Let me be absolutely clear, if ANY studio other than Atlus used this formula they could easily make a masterpiece. Unfortunately, the company is saddled with some of the most incompetent writers in the business, and the rest of them are content in making a stylish, vapid mess.

One of the worst examples of turn-based combat in recent memory, exploitable, repetitive and overused to a comical extent. Palaces are still boring to traverse and feel like pointless, extremely padded set dressing.

The character writing is so surface level and tropey I can only describe it as cringe-worthy. Some exceptions do apply but the vast majority of confidants and team members are mediocre and uninteresting at best.

The direction is also extremely questionable, they were more interested in fanservice than sticking to the themes they attempted to explore initially. Every female character devolved into a different type of waifu-bait the moment their introduction in the main story is finished. Am I'm NOT gonna touch the pedo shit.