This game has received a lot of hate from people coming off of Persona and expecting it to be like that. Let me just say that the only way to enjoy this game is to realize that it’s not Persona. SMT V focuses way more on perfecting the gameplay and turn based formula than having a complex story or great characters. Not to say the story isn’t good, but it’s only secondary to the gameplay, which is kinda the point of SMT. With that being said, this is by far the best turn based strategy game I’ve ever played. It’s like they took the most recent SMT game’s battle system prior to this (Persona 5 Royal) and made it about 100 times more fun and satisfying (and included actual difficulty and challenge which they seemed to forget to do in Persona). Aside from gameplay, other things the game does excellently include the music, the character designs, the environments, and more. The DLC is also pretty good but a little pay to win considering how broken Cleopatra is. The True Demon quest line is very fun though. Overall this game is quite addictive and interesting but the story is the main flaw (which isn’t bad, just a bit rough around the edges).