a deeply upsetting experience. perfectly captures the feeling of bitter nostalgia - reminiscing over awful times. there are stories in this that are so beautiful it's absolutely insane.

could easily see this in 5 stars but i'm not sure how i feel about the way this game treats death. the core message feels like it's about accepting death, but it falls into a kinda common trope i see where the deaths are pointless and preventable. this isn't a huge fault but it does make me like the game a bit less. high recommendation though.

I CANT BELIEVE I FINISHED ToT WOW. tried playing P3P years ago but i dropped it early, idk the story at all, so i’m what people can call a “newgen” to this game. But now, i’m fully motivated to try p3p, specifically the femc route.
What i liked: a darker persona game, interesting character growths, deep and emotional social links, even the ones i thought i was being forced into, caught my attention and my emotions (french white boy, you will always be a part of me). The completed social links had me sniffling on the very last day especially. The ending had me bawling my eyes out so hard that i got dizzy. SOME of the new songs are catchy. Junpei. Just junpei. AND HIS VA DID A BRILLIANT JOB. Like wow, he is literally me, I LOVED his character. Many people hate him but i just cant bring myself to. to me, he is a breath of fresh air. A guy who is fueled by jealousy and self-confusion, grows to be better, and even after his growth, his fear takes over him sometimes, a Human character with flaws and strengths. Monad fights are brilliant and force you to actually strategize. I love you elizabeth (just had to let that one out.) The romance might be the best one out of all the games, i felt like most girls suited protag romantically (opposed to p4 and p5, where i felt like every girl should just stay friends).
What i disliked: (expected complaint incoming) tartarus is repetitive. Fights are easy, TOO easy for a persona game, ESPECIALLY the huge ones. You’re telling me i just casually got Messiah level 90, without trying?! #NOTMYPERSONA I refuse to believe i’m so good that i’m overpowering strega and Nyx in less than 10 minutes. i’m high on this ego boost and i know p4g is gonna run over my big ego with a bulldozer and set it on fire. Yes, monad fights are brilliant, but.. why? Why can’t they be the actual boss fights? The actual ones didn’t have this much strategy. Can’t befriend male teammates (shinjiro pls accept me). (This one’s petty) I am used to realistic 3d models, so it was hard taking these models seriously sometimes. THE Shinjiro scene was ehhhh… ken amada’s voice actor lost me in this scene. Random script changes (why?). Toriumi would’ve been my favorite if not for What She Said. And Justice for Femc.