This game comes with plenty of caveats that most people would like you to ignore, but they will still exist which just mind keep in mind.

the combat starts deceitfully simply, despite having a more unusual command menu, you learn that all you need to do is set the attacks and leave the auto battle rolling, then you learn gotta get cards to cash personas, then you learn about mutations, all while having the SMT negotiation system and then there's the rumors system which work on a very esoteric way, if you don't pay attention what type of vendors get the rumors, you won't cash out ideally on the right store to sell your gear an-

you get the point, the game itself in terms of mechanics feels so bloated, you just end up turning your brain off and just getting whatever the game gives you for personas to beat it, it also doesn't help with the amount of combat and stuff to grind on it, the game is not fast enough to keep up with it, leading you to resent a little on how slow it is

yet, despite this, the game delivers incredibly well in terms of story, characters, music, themes, aesthetics and sprite work.

its a very heartfelt story, about chasing ideals, dreams and what matters for your life despite feeling so lost without a goal in mind, every story beat is so interconnected with each other to lead up to its themes, which makes it a very unique game to experience.

so much so, i say that despite the caveats, the game is worthy to experience it.