As one of the resident Persona junkies I found Persona 5 pretty disappointing in retrospect. It feels like the series has been evolutionary rather than revolutionary for 15 years now. There are a few fun twists/turns, and the core gameplay is fun enough, but for all of its critiques of society, social media, politicians etc. it really doesn't have a lot interesting or even cathartic to say. Not that P3 or P4 did, but they weren't focused on fundamental (and relatable) injustices in society. I'm not tempted to play Royal or Strikers and it doesn't even have anything to do with my lack of free time.
Spoilers for base Persona 5:
The game could have gone a very different direction once Shido's heart was changed, but he didn't go public because he warned his cronies and made preparations. Revolution isn't made in a day, and changing one person's heart doesn't change the machine. But instead suddenly there was even more magic (Yaldabaoth) behind everything, and we just had to resolve society's problems by shooting god in the head with a magic gun. And then the characters move on with their lives, as usual.
I'm probably just a bit reluctant to admit I've aged out of the target audience for these games, but they do feel like they've become more formulaic and more anime influenced as time passes... and they were already pretty anime-influenced.
