This game is… fine! There’s just as much good as there is bad overall. The dungeons are all bland and repeats of the same design. Particularly the Soul Matrix. Same with the music. And particularly in the early game when you don’t have as many combat options, it can feel like a slog. But as your abilities expand, the combat finally starts to click and feel rewarding. The plot never takes long enough with each point to carry weight, but the overall story is decent. The characters also become quite easy to invest in as you spend time together.
Overall, if you’re interested in any game in the Shin Megami Tensei universe, you can get much better gameplay from mainline SMT, and much better story from Persona. Not much reason to play this game unless the playstyle is really your jam. No regrets playing this game, but I had no hesitation deleting this immediately after completion lol