It's a Persona game that's for sure. This enhanced version of the original is fleshed out with new Confidants, Personas, Arcanas, and a new ending boss. Honestly the game itself is very good, but that's standard for a Persona game. It's got some really nice exploration that's more fleshed out than in previous Persona games, and the motif of rebellion is a pleasant addition. The combat is some good ole turn based action with some little twists and wrinkles with Baton Passes, it even has some "negotiating" like in SMT proper. Music is actually really nice for the most part although in comparison to other SMT games, I'm not as impressed. The game does have a tendency to overstay it's welcome with all the cutscenes being super long and all the "but this is the actual final boss" stuff. The cast itself isn't super memorable outside of Futaba and I never really felt they meshed together that well. Also, not a huge fan of the story and it's beats and the bosses are pretty damn easy. In fact, I played the game on hard and had no trouble sans the Okumura fight. You become horrifyingly overpowered especially when you can just completely avoid encounters in Mementos (thank God, I would still be playing if I couldn't avoid the encounters). I would be remised if I didn't mention a lot of the weird relationships you can enter with people in this game. Your character is still a minor so... it's pretty creepy how you can date teachers, doctors, and people quite a bit older than you. Still, a very enriching experience, although I will continue to gravitate towards Persona 4.