Listen, if you like the game, that's great. I'm glad people were somehow able to actually enjoy this and not feel like they are wasting their time with it. I'll explain:

Persona 4 is simply just better in every way. This game makes me feel like someone is grabbing me from the back of my neck and forcing me to play it how they want me to play, while 4 dropped me off and didn't explain all that much but let me learn how to play the game by giving me the respect as a player to have basic knowledge of things. 5 is a different story all together where it thinks you're an idiot and need multiple paragraphs, tutorials, and several different conversations over the span of hours to explain how combat, skills, personas, and even fusion works.

Worst of all, this cast of friends are annoying as hell. They are so bland and lifeless. What made 4 so much enjoyable was that they were kids who were all curious, self conscious, def not perfect, and weren't shy about the fact they they easily developed crushes and felt flustered around each other. They were kids that didn't know who they were yet trying to figure out their identity, esp through their sexualities. That really strike me as someone who had those issues as a kid, who didn't know who or what I'd turn into after school.

The cast of 5 on the other hand, they have no issues or flaws. Sure, they can be sad and have bad childhoods, but nothing close to questioning themselves, their identities, sexuality, gender, they were just "characters" in a video game. People say they really liked this cast but none of them feel like real people, I can't relate to any of them. Even Ann has nothing interesting about her. When going thought their ranks, I just didn't find anyone's story very interesting. Ann is just a model, Ryuji has an injury but wants to do track, and so forth. No one really has any flaws or actual struggles. Everyone is technically a perfect person outside of "silly quirky comedic writing."

The art direction for this game, like, how the UI in the menus and all work is just nauseating. I can't tell you how gross it feels having all this stuff spammed in my face when im just trying to find items, equipment, look at personas. It's so over done. I do like the actual drawn artwork but they are killing me with how busy alot of this game is.

I also just feel like this game is heavily bloated. I guess you could say "you don't like when the game has more content?" But, I really find it frustrating how palaces work in this game. They are so boring. I get that for this one, they want to make you feel like a thief, but I enjoyed how it was in 4 where you're just running around to find stairs. Instead in 5, where I'm now having to take 3-5 hours to do a palace where I could have done it in 30-45 minutes in 4.

I can't really name an aspect of this game I actually like, since the cast isn't fun, the palace's get boring fast, and even the story itself isn't that interesting. I don't really know who this game is for. I'd perfer it if it just wasn't so "handholdy" most of all.

Listen, if you like the game, that's great. I'm glad people were somehow able to actually enjoy this and not feel like they are wasting their time with it. I'll explain: Persona 4 is simply just better in every way. This game makes me feel like someone is grabbing me from the back of my neck and forcing me to play it how they want me to play, while 4 dropped me off and didn't explain all that much but let me learn how to play the game by giving me the respect as a player to have basic knowledge of things. 5 is a different story all together where it thinks you're an idiot and need multiple paragraphs, tutorials, and several different conversations over the span of hours to explain how combat, skills, personas, and even fusion works. Worst of all, this cast of friends are annoying as hell. They are so bland and lifeless. What made 4 so much enjoyable was that they were kids who were all curious, self conscious, def not perfect, and weren't shy about the fact they they easily developed crushes and felt flustered around each other. They were kids that didn't know who they were yet trying to figure out their identity, esp through their sexualities. That really strike me as someone who had those issues as a kid, who didn't know who or what I'd turn into after school. The cast of 5 on the other hand, they have no issues or flaws. Sure, they can be sad and have bad childhoods, but nothing close to questioning themselves, their identities, sexuality, gender, they were just "characters" in a video game. People say they really liked this cast but none of them feel like real people, I can't relate to any of them. Even Ann has nothing interesting about her. When going thought their ranks, I just didn't find anyone's story very interesting. Ann is just a model, Ryuji has an injury but wants to do track, and so forth. No one really has any flaws or actual struggles. Everyone is technically a perfect person outside of "silly quirky comedic writing." The art direction for this game, like, how the UI in the menus and all work is just nauseating. I can't tell you how gross it feels having all this stuff spammed in my face when im just trying to find items, equipment, look at personas. It's so over done. I do like the actual drawn artwork but they are killing me with how busy alot of this game is. I also just feel like this game is heavily bloated. I guess you could say "you don't like when the game has more content?" But, I really find it frustrating how palaces work in this game. They are so boring. I get that for this one, they want to make you feel like a thief, but I enjoyed how it was in 4 where you're just running around to find stairs. Instead in 5, where I'm now having to take 3-5 hours to do a palace where I could have done it in 30-45 minutes in 4. I can't really name an aspect of this game I actually like, since the cast isn't fun, the palace's get boring fast, and even the story itself isn't that interesting. I don't really know who this game is for. I'd perfer it if it just wasn't so "handholdy" most of all.