just amazing. the only other persona game i've played is p5r and i can confidently say i like this far more (tried p4g but didn't get far - only got to yosuke awakening [?] and one of the girls going missing. waiting for that remake).

i could connect and sympathise with the main cast and even some of the s.links in their hardships, and the character development of sees completely washes the phantom thieves. exploring tartarus isn't as drab as mementos and shuffle time forces players to be intentional with their choices...this game is stellar.

i said i might not ng+ this because i generally don't have the time or energy to replay games (i spent 92h on this btw) but i really enjoyed it and i'd like to go for a plat trophy run. if i do i'll try to time it with episode aigis in september? which isn't very far but we'll see. otherwise i'm very excited to see what atlus does with p6 and i might try to finish p4g after my current backlog, AND THEN maybe try p3p for kotone

- THIS REVIEW IS JUST FOR FFX I WILL LOG FFX-2 SEPARATELY
- used magus sisters to wipe jecht idgaf!!
- i worked for rikku and yuna's celestial weapons (also tried for tidus and got 0:0.1 for the race like dpmo please) but i was just over it
- overall ok like voice acting was janky but it was 2001 so what could they really have done. my only other gripe is the long dialogue that couldn't be skipped
- but this is my second favourite ff mainline believe it or not i think it's just because it was newer in relation to titles i played that released before (just vii)
- but i'll be playing x-2, viii and xii in that order while juggling p3r and rebirth. curious to see if this will move down my ranking