This review contains spoilers

My god, what a game, I think I like this even more than Persona 5 Royal.

First off, the flaws:
- Tartarus is a drag (and I played the game on Beginner);
- The villains are not very well developed, although you could argue they're not the real antagonist (I think it's time more than anything else);
- Towards the endgame (from late November onwards) I had everything maxed out except for some Social Links, so after maxing out Tower all I did at night was walk Koromaru and go to bed early, but that may be due to me playing on the easiest difficulty;
- Some Social Links are uninteresting (e.g., Moon and Devil), but it's understandable because this was the first game doing them;
- It's a shame the cutscenes had to be cut out but I just watched them on YouTube as I progressed in the story.

The pros:
- I loved the main characters, all of them. At first they look like stereotypical JRPG main cast character, but each one of them has a nice little arc of personal growth;
- The OST is AMAZING, I love the 00s aesthetic with the cheesy rap and the strings;
- The story is pretty good, the "we forgor" bait at them almost got me and I finished the game actually caring about the characters;
- I actually don't think I mind the visual novel style navigation instead of a 3D world because it speeds up the gameplay a bit (I have not played P3/P3FES though);
- I like that the social sim side of the game is not that complex and doesn't have half the activities P5R has, because I felt very overwhelmed with P5R.

Can't think of anything else to say right now, gonna try to fuse all personas and finish Elizabeth's quests and her sister's challenges.

Reviewed on May 14, 2023


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