Fynn
is an EoFF Hero and/or Heroine
Radical Dreamer

If playing P5 has done anything for me, I'm thinking of going through P2 again when I finally finish it. I haven't touched Eternal Punishment in years, so I'm kind of looking forward to it.

Yeah, there are some messed up things going on in this game, and the first major arc is probably one of the "oh trout, we're actually going there aren't we?" moments. There is a domestic violence mission as well, but probably not as graphic as the Witcher 3 one from what you're implying. Still the game focuses on bullying, gossip, sexual abuse, corruption of authority, blackmail, and murder. It's certainly tied with P2 Duology as the darkest entry in the series so far in terms of actually bringing up and talking about more mature subjects. The game really feels like a good social commentary about the current state of our world even.

The central theme of the game is social reform, and it's probably the best example of capturing the BS that is the modern media/social network element of society as well. There is a minor mechanic in the game that actually keeps track of how much your group is trending in social media and also serves as your groups approval rating. While P3 and P4 touched on the public opinion element affecting society, it's a central focus of P5 and you will learn to hate people really quickly in this game because of it. The Fall and Fog were nice allegories for their games themes, but P5 has gone back to the series roots in P2 to basically showcase how messed up society is and make it a more tangible concept.

Well at least the game has the balls to go there.

So Gygas?

Reading assignment for you!
The Chronicles of the Lensmen
By E. E. "Doc" Smith

The themes just have tough competition.

Yeah, I'm pretty much at the Wham Episode, but probably before the real supernatural threat makes itself known part, which is typical, because P3and P4 did this around late October, early November as well.

I was watching a compilation video of all of the Persona openings and about the time Dancing All Night came to be, I decided P4 hit rock bottom. Also, I forgot how awful the opening songs for P3P, P4G, and the P4Arena games were.

Also, HOLY smurf I JUST LOST OCTOBER AND IT WAS AMAZING!

It was incredibly short lived. I'm already dreading the P5 spinoffs.

It's got the P3 thing going for it where the themes and mechanics are closely tied together, so I'm pretty happy.

Oddly no, up until this Confidant opened up, the arcade was just a meeting place. Basically the way Mementos works is that it functions like Tartarus from P3, but you can pick up missions to change the hearts of wicked people whose Shadows can be found there.

In this case, the target is a business man who cheats at a local arcade in a Light Gun game, when you go to confront his shadow though, since he believes himself untouchable, your attacks always miss. So you have to go back to the real world and track down the one player who actually beat this guy at the arcade game to learn how to do so, and said kid turns out to be the Tower Arcana.

Actually, one thing I suspected early in the game has come to fruition, now that I'm getting closer to the end of some Confidants and I love it because it actually ties all the game mechanics together very neatly.