First off, I highly recommend this game if you loved Persona 5/Persona 5 Royal. It is a great spin-off that actually adds something to the characters' stories from the last game. I will say that if you have not played the previous Persona 5, then I do not recommend this to be your first game in the series. The game really does assume that you know what happened previously and only does a bit of background knowledge.

Another caveat, this game is NOT turn-based like the other Persona games. Now, while I prefer turn-based combat, this games combat is extremely fun. It is not just random button mashing, but instead a bit more strategy needs to be put into each fight no matter the difficulty. I played the whole game on hard and I will say that at the start it will kick your ass if you have no experience playing musou games. However, once you start to understand the combat, the personas, each character, and the skills then the game becomes a lot more easier (still not easy, but you will have better knowledge into the combat).

Story-wise, this game is extremely strong much like Persona 5/Royal. Is it as good a story? No, but then again the length of the game is like one half that of the normal games. I will not write any spoilers, but I did enjoy the story with each character still being the same, but growing a bit. It is such a good feeling to see the Phantom Thieves interacting with one another, in both the happy scenes and the more serious ones too. The addition of some new characters was something that I was worried about, but I think they handled it remarkably well. They both have interesting backgrounds, interactions, and actually important to the story.

Just one last mention, the music is fantastic again. It sounds just like Persona 5 which I loved back when I played it and I still love it now.

Issues I had with the game. I see that people have struggled with crashes and I will say that I only crashed once and thankfully I had saved like a minute prior. But, I do think that each person's game will act differently so make sure to save as much as possible! The other issue I had with this game is just the lack of side stuff to do with the Phantom Thieves like what was possible in the previous versions. I did not expect nearly as much as the last games, but I think there could have been more interesting "requests" with the members.

I highly recommend this game!

First off, I highly recommend this game if you loved Persona 5/Persona 5 Royal. It is a great spin-off that actually adds something to the characters' stories from the last game. I will say that if you have not played the previous Persona 5, then I do not recommend this to be your first game in the series. The game really does assume that you know what happened previously and only does a bit of background knowledge. Another caveat, this game is NOT turn-based like the other Persona games. Now, while I prefer turn-based combat, this games combat is extremely fun. It is not just random button mashing, but instead a bit more strategy needs to be put into each fight no matter the difficulty. I played the whole game on hard and I will say that at the start it will kick your ass if you have no experience playing musou games. However, once you start to understand the combat, the personas, each character, and the skills then the game becomes a lot more easier (still not easy, but you will have better knowledge into the combat). Story-wise, this game is extremely strong much like Persona 5/Royal. Is it as good a story? No, but then again the length of the game is like one half that of the normal games. I will not write any spoilers, but I did enjoy the story with each character still being the same, but growing a bit. It is such a good feeling to see the Phantom Thieves interacting with one another, in both the happy scenes and the more serious ones too. The addition of some new characters was something that I was worried about, but I think they handled it remarkably well. They both have interesting backgrounds, interactions, and actually important to the story. Just one last mention, the music is fantastic again. It sounds just like Persona 5 which I loved back when I played it and I still love it now. Issues I had with the game. I see that people have struggled with crashes and I will say that I only crashed once and thankfully I had saved like a minute prior. But, I do think that each person's game will act differently so make sure to save as much as possible! The other issue I had with this game is just the lack of side stuff to do with the Phantom Thieves like what was possible in the previous versions. I did not expect nearly as much as the last games, but I think there could have been more interesting "requests" with the members. I highly recommend this game!