Positively no hate to P5, as well. But god this is the most annoying trend that sounds like a meme but is actually reality

oh boy it's the "this movie is giving Boss Baby vibes" meme only persona 5

Listen I know when I started ToCS I had some pointed commentary on the monthly morphing dungeon and the calendar motif but

Persona 5 invented jazz, thieves, school, style, etc

Also this is hardly fair when Persona 5 invented "Crow/Rean if it sucked"

Yeah like, those elements are totally valid to draw from, "yeah P3 and P4 were REALLY popular." It's commentary that makes sense, and they do their own thing with it.

The P5 glazing otoh

Even if it IS a well constructed and influential game

Always manages to miss the mark

(And this is on top of people seeing Daybreak and going, "oh they're using Metaphor's battle system" and METAPHOR ISN'T EVEN OUT YET AND DAYBREAK PREDATES IT BY YEARS I'M GONNA MCFUCKIN LOSE IT)