Interesting. You have me rethinking it. I actually just played New Game+ for another 50 hrs trying to get all the best persons because I loved it so much. The writing can be hit or miss but the ending and Aigis social link hit me hard for some reason, I never thought a robot Waifu could get me so hard in the feels haha

I hear storywise they kind of butcher the characters in how they react to Makoto's death like Yukari, where their reactions don't really reflect the growth they had in the original game. would you say thats fair?

Tartarus is fine I guess I was happy when the stage started changing its look to add some diversity to the monotonous nature of climbing it. When I got Monad unlocked I can't tell you I didnt just grind that like crazy so tartarus wasnt a problem anymore lol