This was incredible.
It’s a shame that the dungeon crawling isn’t as fun as P5’s because the story is just insane.
This game has the most well put together cast of any of the Hashino games, every character gets almost the exact same amount of screen time while in P4 and P5 a party member becomes almost irrelevant after their story arc.
There are some complaints, mainly the repetitive nature of Tartarus, the lack of Valentine’s Day (I know it wasn’t in the original but the remake could have easily added it), the romance options making no sense because there is a clear canon romance option for the protagonist and the quality of the social links: some of them are the best in the series, while others are mediocre or uninteresting.
I also have a few minor story complaints, mainly regarding Strega and Ikutsuki but overall the story was really good (like in every other Hashino game) and it really resonated with me.
Overall this game is a MUST PLAY for everyone who likes jrpgs or anime or philosophy or a deep story about the meaning of life or great characters or great music…JUST PLAY IT!
I feel really bad not being able to give this one five stars but the dungeon crawling sometimes felt too repetitive and easy, which made me a bit bored and there also are the other complaints I listed, but honestly it’s a remake of a 20 year old game, crazy how well this holds up.