I enjoyed the demo, mainly for the story. Unfortunately I'm still fearing the same problem as I was before, and IGN's review part confirmed it really. That, like Persona 3 and 4, the gameplay ends up becomming more like a chore which you have to do, just to get to the next story piece. Oh well, thanks to the story being so interesting, I'll get it and probably enjoy it regardless, like 3 and 4.
One thing though, I hope the sensitivity for the analog stick is toned down a bit. I dunno about anyone else, but I constantly kept on climbing ontop of blocks, instead of turning around to grab, because it was too sensitive.