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This seems like the thread to ask this question in: are there any Persona fans around here who can help me break through my mental block with P4G?
I don't typically replay narrative games which I've completed. Therefore, in games which offer a NG+ experience (usually under the guise of "you got an ending, now play the game again for the TRUE ending!"), I am inexorably drawn to guides which are designed to allow the player to experience the maximum amount of content on a first playthrough. On the bright side, such guides are in abundance for this game. On the less bright side, playing Persona gives me anxiety now.
Even when I'm intentionally avoiding the guide to lessen that sensation, the knowledge that an optimal path exists, and I'm not following it, is discomfiting. I know this is dumb. We work on it therapy.
Is Persona just not the series for me? How do others deal with some of its quirks?
If you typically have a compulsion that you have to see all the content in a game, P4G is going to be a miserable experience. There's a way to complete all the S-Links on the first run, but it requires a ton of early gameplay sacrifice, min/maxing, and lot of shuffling Personas around. If you want to add in seeing all the romances at once, the game's going to literally punish you for doing that. Making meaningful decisions with your time is a core part of the series formula.
That said, it's all but trivial to see the "true" ending in P4G. There's just a small, specific requirement you have to meet.
As to the series (and related games) in general, it's much easier to see everything in Persona 5 Royal and Metaphor: ReFantazio. You'll need either a guide or to know a few of the time-saving strategies in P5R, but Metaphor is pretty straightforward with it. I recently finished both with plenty of calendar time to spare after seeing all the content.
By the way, feel free to ask questions like this in a post! We don't have nearly enough discussion posts, I think.