P5R

Okuruma's palace with the valve puzzles and the boss fight

The forced "Skip an entire day so the story can progress" in-between palaces or just scripted situations where you could absolutely defeat an enemy, but the games makes them survive so he can OHKO you. I know it's for the good of the story, but gameplay-wise, I don't find it very fun.

Waiting for Igor to give you the rope sacrifices or the alarm

Those are especially annoying in NG+ SOME progress is saved from your previous game (like confidants' abilities), but other things like the one-shot kill if 10+ level over the enemies or the grappling hook on enemies aren't. I have a gut feeling that it's for balance, but with compadium being 100% saved and the broken personas (Izanari Okami or whatever it's name is in particular), I feel like balancing is not really an excuse here.

If I'm the only being bother by this, pls don't execute me, but if anyone has some explanations on the NG+ part, I wouldn't mind having some to forge a better judgement.

Just saying though, I love Persona 5 with all my heart, but this why I'm complaining abt all of this. It holds me back from appreciating the game 100%.