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Hear me out:
In my first 2.5 hours I had fun actually playing the game. The combat feels nice and I like the mechanics of the game.
There's nothing wrong with the game design.
The reason for why I'm giving a bad review is the fact that the game is unplayable in certain regions. You cannot complete the tutorial or start a versus fight because either the game will crash or you only get the character silhouettes in the select screen and after that a crash in the loading screen.
What to do to play the game?
You have to manually change your windows region to the United Kingdom in order for the programmed code to function properly. It's absolutely outrageous that this game is sold worldwide when it only works in certain regions due to unformatted coding. (there is a cool guide on the community hub)
Spending 60 bucks for a game doesn't seem to be enough for AAA gaming in 2025. You have to change your windows settings in order to be able to play games.
A new low for AAA gaming and I hope that there's a patch as soon as possible because this is just unforgivable.
Don't buy the game until it's fixed unless you live in the UK

Incredibly rough game.
I had my expectations (still have for the story and music) but sadly it seems that this game is an indie game in the most raw form.
Many random assets seemingly taken straight out of the UE Asset Library combined with lifeless level design and empty corridors made it a chore to play through this demo.
I liked the basics of the combat and perhabs the weapon modding will bring some strategy into it but the whole dungeon crawling is not exciting in any way.
even compared to the PS2 SMT games and spin offs like Nocturne or Digital Devil Saga this falls short on any qualities.
I want this game to be good and i'm still awaiting the early access release later this year and the full release in the next but this demo was a huge disappointment for me.
Especially the shopping mall left me speechless because it seemed like it was created in less then 10 minutes just for the purpose to have another area.
A much simpler solution is to make the shop a menu with a stylized UI.
The game tries to be more than it really should be and I hope that there will be further improvements.
To end this review on a positive note: I really like the new UI. it seems way more appealing than the previous one and perhabs this is the prove that there will be changes in the next year.
For the time being I cannot really recommend this demo to anyone and it really hurts me to say that

This game is more than just a "simple game"
It's a new IP for Atlus, a new step further away from the SMT series and it made me happy to see how the combination of the persona formula and various parts of the SMT gameplay can go so perfectly hand in hand in a fantasy setting.
Moreover this game is a true celebration of the Atlus brand. It's release fitting for the 35th anniversary. Throughout my whole playthrough I encountered so many (hidden) callbacks and easter eggs of older Atlus titles and as a fan it was an experience I really want to see again.

There are some lowpoints in the story aswell as in the dungeons and it took a long time for me to truly understand the systems of all the mechanics.
I don't want to compare the game to Persona or SMT that much because they tried something new and it should be judged as such. Neither can I say if I enjoyed the Archetype system more than the demon summoning or the personas because it's just different.

The game stands for itself and did a wonderful job with guiding me through approx. 80 hours of ingame playtime while constantly surprising me with new story twist and gameplay mechanics.
An absolute recommendation for every fan of the atlus brand aswell as all JRPG enjoyers.
Check this game out, it's highly likely to be a life changing experience.
They did it, they created a masterpiece.... again

Amazing game,
would unga bunga all over this place again.
10/10

Game's amazing. First ever classic FG in which i got the feeling to be able to do some stuff that exceeds mindless spamming. I started last year as a total newbie (around 10 hours in SFV but never understood what happened there) and today I reached Platinum for the first time.
The gameplay is smooth, looks incredible and is quite easy to learn but insanely hard to master. But I never got the feeling of burnout and every day I want to jump back into it because it's just addicting.
Besides the very questionable MTX Design and some very high prices in the shop, the game is nearly flawless and by far the best classic FG I played (and within the last year I tried nearly every known franchise)
Capcom cooked

The game's frustrating.
in more than one way:
Firstly the bad performance. Eventhough I got the feeling that my frames are getting better and better the more I play the game (started on low with fsr frame gen and got around 70 fps, now on almost everything on high with DLAA and around 50-70 fps) it's still annoying to get sudden framedrops or even little freezes. But all in all it runs fine now after 10 hours and I begin to enjoy the beautiful landscape and jungle.
The second thing is the gameplay as it is: surely it's intended to be hard but sometimes the AI enemies seem to tank 20 shots before they die and then there are times where they're just one shot. Sure maybe i'm not hitting everytime but i miss any feedback whether or not i'm actually hitting or missing due to bad aim or the sometimes very awful connection. On top of that there is the horrible friendly fire mechanic. It's important for the realism of the game, i get that but it allows to get repeatedly spawnkilled after leaving the chopper or get mistakenly killed 'cause players think you are an AI enemy. I lost more than 10k on the last mission because i died over and over again.
But all in all the game is still fun and very engaging and I would highly recommend atleast testing it. Just give the game a bit amount of time and your performance should get better. It has a lot of potential and i'm very curious about what's happening to the game in the future. Will definitely die again: It's like Dark Souls!

masterpiece
fr 11/10
w gayme

Gutes Spiel. Wollte mich mit jemandem connecten, ging nicht...
Habs nochmal versucht, ging dann.
2 Sekunden später crasht das Spiel. Muss schon sagen, ich mag mein Desktop Wallpaper
Premium!

already got an eargasm from the school theme.
This game's a banger

EDIT: (holy the second school theme is even better...)

Shaheesh number one surfer boy!
Good game, buy it!