I have tried to beat this game twice. Both times I reached the halfway point. It's not that this game is bad or has any real issues, it's just that it doesn't hit as hard as Persona 4 did for me. I'm not a fan of the JRPG genre and I have only played a few to completion. Persona 4 hit differently, at a time in my life where it was just what I needed. The small-town nature of 4 paired with its intoxicating friendship hit home for me, while 5 fell flat both times. It's just harder to relate or care about "outcasts" who happen to be quite privileged. They're good characters, but their dynamics and struggles just aren't as relatable to me as, say, Chie's and Yukiko's friendship or Kanji's identity crisis and Ryuji isn't as likable a fool as Yosuke. Even with the jaw-droppingly beautiful aesthetic of 5, which is the best in the series, it just hasn't been enough to rope me entirely into its hundred hour adventure. I understand why others enjoy it so much, but for me it doesn't live up to the PS2 version of Persona 4.