So in case it wasn't obvious, I was kind of burnt out on Persona 3. I'm taking a break.

I just did Destinyland in Digital Devil Saga 1. There's a faint whiff of a plot here butit's even more remote than in Nocturne. I was told this is the most linear and standard JRPG in the SMT series. Maybe it is standard and I'm just not used to dungeon crawlers.

Battle system is interesting. I like that I have permanent access to every skill I learn and not just six or seven of them. It's just that my team seems like a bunch of psychopaths apart from Argilla and Cielo but I don't like Cielo so Argilla and Sera are the only characters I can really stand.

Normal battle music is fantastic. Although Strange Journey is beginning to seem like the odd one out with its "traditional" orchestral score. Nocturne and DDS love the rock and Persona 3 was very hip-hop inspired.