"It's pretty impressive that you put so many ingredients into a dish and it came out tasting like nothing." - Persona 4 Golden

I cannot get over how bland, boring, and uninspired that this game is, it actually retroactively made me question why I've played around 10 Atlus RPGs, since this just feels like the most soulless and lame version of an Atlus RPG.

I can safely say that characters like Fuuka, Teddie, Morgana etc have been completely vindicated because Figue could be the worst wacky animal sidekick. Having an anxiety attack over an enemy that couldn't be more disinterested in me and then saying "Now we can relax" every 10 seconds. Holy shit.

And I cannot get over how boring the dungeon design is. Dumping into the human psyche makes sense (Atlus RPGs have done it a ton of times), but they all look the same. What in the hey. And with the rumored Persona 3 Remake just waiting to be announced, this feels like an issue that will not be remedied any time soon.

If you like Atlus RPGs, avoid this one. It does a disservice to SMT, Persona, hell, even Soul Hackers 1. I'm only giving it 2 stars because it's serviceable and technically competent.