ehh no. Not really. I mean, the combat is turn based, like in Persona. So that's similar. And there's a boss at the end of every dungeon. Another similarity
it's your typical PSVita JRPG but it has Fire Emblem characters as personas. It's honestly pretty awful but it's got this underdog status in some forums because no one played it and the few that played it, say it's super good. Since no one played it, no one can say no. But I have, it's not good at all!
Dungeon design is very interesting and I kinda like the non Fire Emblem character designs. But don't expect a Persona-like experience. Much less a SMT experience. The idol crap however, is a hard pill to swallow, if you dislike JPop you will not like this one bit. No matter how much you enjoy the gameplay