Man after returning to this game years after my disastrous first playthrough I have learned that this game is still... insanely rough. While there are things about the game I enjoyed more this time (mostly the improvements portable brought to the combat) this game still has huge problems. A very mediocre story with half backed sometimes annoying characters. Gameplay design that makes me question the sanity of those behind the game. And just overall design choices that make the game hard to sit through at times. The game starts off well and is actually pretty well paces for the first months. But the game quickly falls apart ESPECIALLY during the later months where things feel like they slow to an agonizing crawl and just go on way to long. This game is only getting a 6 now instead the original 3 i gave to fes because portable actual made some decent design changes that make the game way better and easily makes it the definitive version of the game. Like no joke whoever thought it was OK idea to have an AI controlled party in a heavily strategy based turn based rpg should be shot in the streets. Portable giving you control of your party along with some other design changes (like a reworked stamina system) easily makes it the best option to play this game regardless of the somewhat downgraded presentation. But really if you're going to play a persona pleas do yourself a favor and just play persona 4 golden or persona 5 royal. With all 3 games being available on modern consoles now and with p4g being the same price I just don't think this is a good choice for your time and money where there are better experiences available for the same price.