| Spade said: Easily going to be my GOTY or best game played in 2023 for me. Definitely the best villain so far for me in the series.
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Seriously? I'm definitely past the half-way point and probably closing in towards the end and I would rate it at most a 7.5.
The leap from 4 to 5 is gigantic. 4's dungeons are just awful. Whoever thought it was a great idea to use the same exact layout for the whole game hopefully got fired. Also the dungeons are linear as fuck. Just because there are some corridors that fool you into a dead end doesn't mean it's not linear, it's just a waste of time. It wouldn't be as bad if every corner of every floor didn't look identical. I much prefer the linearity of games like FFXIII. At least there's always something new to look at despite there being only one way to go.
Story is the only thing that keeps me going and honestly it's not nearly as exciting as the story of Persona 5. It's good at the beginning but there's absolutely nothing going on for many many months (I'm in October now). Same old same old. Also, what you're doing has no impact on the world at all.
Talking about the world, there's simply not much to do, especially if you haven't unlocked the two locations that require the scooter. High School only has confidants. The Flood Plain only has one fishing spot, the rest is a waste of space. Junes is the biggest joke of all with only one tiny room and otherwise just used for team meetings. The street in front of the Dojima residence is also pretty pointless. That only leaves the Dojima residence itself (actually just your room), the shopping district and the High School as places of interest. It also pisses me off that I can go to Okina City but can't visit the bookstore there to buy me some new books. Game logic. "Buy books! but not there, duh!". Furthermore the activities are poorly timed. I've maxed out my stats during Summer and now there's basically nothing to do during Evening. There are only a couple of confidants available (and only on specific days) and money is not an issue of mine so I might as well go straight to bed.
Lastly, I already had issues with the menu design of Persona 5 but I had no idea that it could get even worse. Well Persona 4 proved me wrong. Not only does it look incredibly boring, it's also missing important information that luckily got added in Persona 5.
