Hello, I am Akinari Kamiki. I'm going to be talking about all of persona 5, so i'll spoiler tag what is necessary. However, I might generally spoil things about the game by just talking about some things. So if you are here and you haven't played persona 5, please do so. This is meant to be viewed by those who have played through persona 5 at least once.
I love persona 5 and I think it's a fantastic game. However there are very clear problems with it and I hope by pointing out the flaws of it we can all understand how atlus can improve future entries. My issues with the game are as follows:
-Every arc after Kamoshida felt rushed and less meaningful. Madarame was ok but the connection between him and fox weren't explored enough, and he fell flat because of it. I'm not a fan of how comicly evil all the other villains are. Yes, most of them have reasons for ending up how they are but there isn't enough light shed on them. Now the big complaint with a p5 character:
Goro Akechi was very obviously the traitor, not just the pancake comment, but he had a story social link, he is the one character who isn't featured with the rest of the cast, etc. The use and conclusion of his arc is just..poorly done. He made very good points on the negatives of the phantom thieves earlier in the game but all of that is just dropped in the last few months of the game.
A lot of the social links also have a very repetitive structure involving Going to mementos and changing the corrupt adult's heart that is troubling the confidant, and then by the end of the link said confidant learning your identity as a phantom thief, sometimes miraculously. I also don't like how nothing you say really matters unless you're looking for love or trying to get more rank up points. Regardless of what you say, you'll reach the end of the social link and the same things will play out and happen.
These are things I feel persona 5 could of improved upon. Feel free to disagree with me, and tell me what else you think persona 5 could of done better.