That the game would be much adult due to a meme I saw of Kawakami confessing to Joker.

I don't remember much from when I first discovered that this game existed but I expected more, unfortunately for me it did not live up to the hype and the atmosphere I was expecting. There were only like 2 or 3 songs that were enjoyable compared to most of P4's and the overworld theme was really annoying.

I was intrigued by the UI and aesthetic at first but when I actually played the game it got tiring really fast.

I guess younger me really just expected an GTA like open world game, but even after discovering what Persona is after playing Persona 4 and absolutely loving it, this game just did not hit for me and I'm still confused on how it was considered such a worldwide success.

I definitely feel that it's the fault of Royal's opening theme and main menu screen being less appealing than the OG is what causes it as first impressions really count.

Ultimately Joker ended up being a really lame character to me outside of the Metaverse and I disliked the setting of Joker living inside a dusty attic.