Totally slop of the century and to date the most boring and uninspired Atlus RPG. Persona 3 was already the worst game in the franchise with the shitty story and cringe writing. It's full of stuff that's just never explained, as well as stuff that just makes no sense that you are just kind of expected to go along with it and not question it. Normally I don't like to nitpick stories of games I play but lots of people like to slob on this game's knob regarding it's narrative and characters and story beats and whatnot which I just can't get behind imo. I think that out of all the annoying and edgy slop that Katsura Hashino pumps out every time Atlus makes an important game, this is EASILY his worst, even worse than the nothingburger that was Nocturne's story. This game being an Atlus game automatically makes it better than most of the anime slop coming out these days like Tales of Arise and Fire Emblem something.... but I'm not rocking with dating high schoolers anymore like when i was 14 and i know you aren't FORCED to, but it's much harder to avoid in this game, like you can't finish a social link with any woman in the game without being given the option to date them or without them saying some shit like "I love you....something-kun" like hellllll nah I am not trying to go to prison over playing mid... I just find it uncomfortable and cringe whenever they write a forced love confession scene, typical weirdo beach episode or "ahh you pervert!!" hot spring scene into the game. It's messed up man. I am no longer this game's target audience and while that is okay, I am just upset that Atlus can get away with all of this weirdo bullshit and that Persona's strongest soldiers are allowed within 500 feet of any school. And this is just scratching the surface but I'm not really going to get into it. It's boring and way too similar to the original in like every bad way. I got it on gamepass tho so idc i'm cooling...