I'm gonna keep it real, even with the nostalgia I have for this game and it being my first Persona game, this is easily the weakest in the franchise, even when compared to Persona 1 in my opinion.

I feel like a large amount of the strongest parts of the story don't come until pretty damn late into the game. Once Nanako is taken into the TV world is when the stakes finally actually feel high.
I can't help but not get as attached to this cast as I do with Persona 3 and 5. Yosuke is easily the weakest of the best buddy characters and the only character I have any emotional attachment to in the main cast is Rise, which to be fair, I am extremely attached to her.

Adachi is however, one of the most compelling villains in the franchise in my opinion, anyone could become him really.