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Persona 5 feels a lot like Tales of Vesperia at this point. Just when you think that the story would be finally over, the game adds another arc and keeps going. Things just drag on for too long.

So I decided to take a break from Persona 5 and started Xenoblade Chronicles 3 anew. While XC3 was the game of the year 2022 before already, having experienced Persona 5 made me appreciate Monolith's game so much more. Now even the story, characters and music feel phenomenal when they didn't the first time around. The whole thing is simply... coherent and fun. Although I do know that the turning point of the story is far too elaborate and remains a pacing issue. But otherwise, the distribution of story and gameplay is fine.

Regarding Persona 5, I'm sure I'll finish it eventually and play it a second time. Games with time management are something that interest me a lot, so optimizing how the time is spent is fascinating to me. Fast-forwarding the dialogues will cut down on the real time spent tremendously too. But either way, Persona 5 is grossly overrated. I'm not sure why it is so. I imagine a lot of its fandom just goes along with the flow and praises the game despite not enjoying a good chunk of it.