Tartarus should have been shorter and the last half of the game is a slog but otherwise this game is amazing.

Characters are have so much personality and all of them are amazing except for maybe fuuka and most of the social links are forgettable like p4.

Much can be said about the story and gameplay but I'm gonna keep it short and say that it's not as good as p5 in some aspects but way better than p4.

To start off, the story in this game is amazing, the foreshadowing about the real killer and the mystery about him is done very well. All of the main cast in this game are likable except for teddy at the first half of the game where his voice is extremely annoying and he speaks every second in the first 3 palaces making them almost unbearable. ;)

I don't want to compare this game to persona 5 but comparing palaces the palaces I have to say that p4's are trash as they are just randomized like moments but with worse soundtrack on all of them except for nanako's palace which had an amazing ost.

The combat in this game is fine but the variety of enemies is what makes it unappealing to fight as almost all of the shadows are the same just more powerful and with a slightly different look, I also think the shuffle time mechanic itself is fine but not having negotiations and only way to get new persona's other than fusing is through the bullshit shuffle time that gives you mostly the same 3 or 4 personas in every palace so that you have to grind just to get the same persona while the others don't show up is very stupid.

The boss mechanics are decent but them being huge bullet sponges ruined them as I don't care to grind just so I can pass through a boss without spending 40 minutes fighting each one.

The game is too big to summarize but I'll start off with saying that this is the best jrpg of all time, the turn-based combat is a little easy but still feels right and very fun, the story has amazing twists and almost all the main characters are good except for haru and yusuke, and there are someforgettable social links that didn't add anything huge like iwai, yoshida, hifune, ohya, and the really annoying mishima.

The royal additions come from the start with yoshizawa but the expanded arc of the best characters: akechi and maruki, come at the last portion of the game but their development is amazing and the last palace is the 2nd best behind the casino palace which has been in my mind from the first scenes.

There are still some bad parts like most of momentos, space palace, pyramid palace and there being too much dialogue stopping you especially at the first 10 hours of the game where you can't explore much and the start of some of the palaces but this game is amazing regardless.