thinking back, they made royal feel way too cheery as a game, especially with take over as the main battle theme, the original persona 5 wasn't smt levels dark but it was dark enough, but royal comes in and it feels like going from being rated for teens to being rated for kids almost (even though the story was largely intact)
i watched the persona 4 revival gameplay video they just released, and im quite serious when i say they need to make these games harder with all the new ways you can stun lock enemies into winning everytime, it does get a bit tedious when all you do is weakness into 4 baton passes, and now this whole blocking to stun and spreading ailments and prime time just makes it even easier to kill everyone before they even get a chance to attack back (even on merciless its far too easy)
this is cool but man they just remove every little bit of challenge unless you're purposely not interacting with the new mechanics



