that would arguably be a best fit for a questions & recommendations megathread thing.

also probably the game number 4 or 5, either smt or persona

NINE has different battle themes for different alignments, that alone makes it worthwhile experience in my opinion lol

np. there are a few instances like that where you have to look up or down, keep that in mind. dpad up and down for both cases. also left and right change camera perspective i think?

There is a single ladder near the entrance/exit (which you can see on the map. You need to walk up to it and then press up on the d-pad to get the prompt.

honestly I was kind of miffed about all the persona stuff but after sleeping on it - I actually like the idea of Persona gameplay loop, and really hated mostly the kiddy shit "boy peep on girl in bath" filler garbage I had to endure in P4. This game seems to be more pompous, more "serious", on a grander scale. Not sure how to word it properly, but the "seriousness" scale seems to be closer to SMT than Persona.

This could be the closest we get to an "adult Persona" (p2ep does not count because it doesnt have muh slinks), without any generic teen comedy anime trash filler, and I think I like what I see.