in my nearly 20 years of gaming THIS is the longest game i have ever beaten. it wasnt easy, and at some times felt quite draining. im writing this right off after saving my completed game to an empty save slot.

this game isnt perfect, but its damn close to it. and the thing that makes it imperfect for me, is oddly enough a part the game does really well, but you have to do it for all nearly 100 hours (on average) gameplay and that thing is... playing the game. the combat felt really good for me up to about the 40 hour mark. did the gameplay become boring? maybe. but im leaning more towards the story shot the gameplay in the foot. i became so enthralled with the story that i wanted to just skip the gameplay and only experience the story. the story had so many twists and had like 6 moments of "oh this is the last moment" and then its not. other than p3r, this is the only game to make me wanna just see more of the story. and this persona game made that feeling more intense than p3r lol.

ontop of flashy, fun gameplay that only becomes boring when the story gets way too good- the OST. to me, i know an OST is a masterpiece or very close to it when i enjoy it as much as i have. every game i have played in my lifetime has had a few songs out of the 15+ OST tracks and not many have had a completely blown me away with its music. the last game to do it was Medal of Honor Frontline on the ps2 and i played that when i was like 5 years old. the soundtrack to this game is just ridiculous. even when i got to what i thought was the final palace of the game.. BOOM. a new crazy a*s song starts up and i go from grueling the next hour of nonstop puzzle solving, battles, and sneaking to completely hyped with the thought that once i finish this palace i'll get the satisfaction of seeing the palace ruler falling apart.

the music, the gameplay, the characters, the character interaction, the voice acting both jp and eng, and the story are some of the best of the genre. this game defines the genre for me as what jrpgs can and should be. i look forward to the next mainline persona game and plan to start strikers at some point.

the post persona depression is with this one. the ending overall isnt what made me sad. but once the credits rolled.. i wont lie. i cried, and you will too.

i paid like $40 and got nearly 100 hours out of it and i skipped a lot of content. didnt do all the social interaction i could have just because i wanted to see what happened next. so i missed at least another 5 hours of content i bet. good luck gamers, you will need it if you play this one.

in my nearly 20 years of gaming THIS is the longest game i have ever beaten. it wasnt easy, and at some times felt quite draining. im writing this right off after saving my completed game to an empty save slot. this game isnt perfect, but its damn close to it. and the thing that makes it imperfect for me, is oddly enough a part the game does really well, but you have to do it for all nearly 100 hours (on average) gameplay and that thing is... playing the game. the combat felt really good for me up to about the 40 hour mark. did the gameplay become boring? maybe. but im leaning more towards the story shot the gameplay in the foot. i became so enthralled with the story that i wanted to just skip the gameplay and only experience the story. the story had so many twists and had like 6 moments of "oh this is the last moment" and then its not. other than p3r, this is the only game to make me wanna just see more of the story. and this persona game made that feeling more intense than p3r lol. ontop of flashy, fun gameplay that only becomes boring when the story gets way too good- the OST. to me, i know an OST is a masterpiece or very close to it when i enjoy it as much as i have. every game i have played in my lifetime has had a few songs out of the 15+ OST tracks and not many have had a completely blown me away with its music. the last game to do it was Medal of Honor Frontline on the ps2 and i played that when i was like 5 years old. the soundtrack to this game is just ridiculous. even when i got to what i thought was the final palace of the game.. BOOM. a new crazy a*s song starts up and i go from grueling the next hour of nonstop puzzle solving, battles, and sneaking to completely hyped with the thought that once i finish this palace i'll get the satisfaction of seeing the palace ruler falling apart. the music, the gameplay, the characters, the character interaction, the voice acting both jp and eng, and the story are some of the best of the genre. this game defines the genre for me as what jrpgs can and should be. i look forward to the next mainline persona game and plan to start strikers at some point. the post persona depression is with this one. the ending overall isnt what made me sad. but once the credits rolled.. i wont lie. i cried, and you will too. i paid like $40 and got nearly 100 hours out of it and i skipped a lot of content. didnt do all the social interaction i could have just because i wanted to see what happened next. so i missed at least another 5 hours of content i bet. good luck gamers, you will need it if you play this one.