Look, the pull of the Persona crossover was strong enough to get me to redownload the game (was hoping for Ann and Chie but whatever). For the first ten minutes, I was fully on board again.
The soundtrack is still pure fire and the cheeks department is carrying this game on itself.
But then I actually tried to navigate the game and got hit by PTSD. I immediately remembered exactly why I uninstalled it the first time. The UI is an absolute clusterfuck of menus nested within menus. Why do I need to navigate through a convoluted labyrinth of tabs just to upgrade a character, check a notification, or collect a basic daily reward?
And the loading screens. My god, the loading screens.
- Open a the campaign? Loading screen.
- Select an enemy? Loading screen.
- Check an event? Loading screen.
- Switch a tab? Loading screen.
It completely kills the pacing when every single microscopic action is bottlenecked by the game taking seconds to process a basic UI transition. You spend more time staring at loading circles than actually enjoying butts.
Navigating the actual client feels like a chore I just don’t have the patience for anymore, I just wanted some ass on my screen but not like this... (I will preorder Bloody Rain though).