Ok... I'm at a point where I agree with a review, complaining about the secrecy of some things.
I don't mind hidden stat changes and that choices in chapter 1 influence later chapters in unexpected ways.
It's all fine and good and offers some replay value.
But what I absolutely hate is when the game offers me 2 doors, without any explanation why I should choose one over the other... or why I should choose at all.
'Meditate' or 'Exercise'?
Yeah... don't know... care to explain, game, why I should care?
How about an inner monologue?
It's a rare case where I peeked into the walkthrough, just highlighting these keywords... and yeah, it's about gaining physically abilities or mental abilities sooner... and I still don't know what it means.
Again, some secrecy is good and fine, but now the game is a child, holding both hands behind its back and let me choose 'Left or Right?'.
Still damn fine game tho, I just wish the choice-gambling would be less obvious.
EDIT: And after figuring it out, I must say, this whole place is a nightmare, especially when you don't like these time mechanics in 'Persona' and early 'Atelier' games.