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Persona 3, this was my first Persona game and it still holds a special place in my heart. Is Tartarus dogshit? Yes. Are the Villains forgettable and boring? Yes (Not you Nyx). Does it have the worst characters? Arguably yes. Why do I love it then?
The story this game manages to tell, even though it has ass villains, even if some moments were contrived as fuck, the way this game portrays depression in 2 different ways (depending on the MC you chose), the heartbreaking moments like Junpei losing Chidori (you can save her, but that really takes impact from the scene), Akihiko mourning Shinjiro and evolving his Persona, Yukari finding out her father's secret and the Protagonist's fate at the end of the game are all very well executed and had way more impact on me than I would have expected. The music is awesome, but that's expected from Persona, the boss fights (especially Nyx) are amazing, I still remember the first time that I was fighting through Tartarus and I had to go AFK for like 10 minutes, When I had returned, to my absolute horror I was face to face with the fucking REAPER, now that was a core fucking memory, that was only made possible because the friend that recommended the game to me "forgot" to tell me about the REAPER.

Final thoughts

Overall, I think that if the Remake of this game changes a few awkward moments in the story and improves the gameplay and graphics, Persona 3 could become my favourite Purse Owner game. 8/10

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Purse Owner fiiiiiveeeeeeeee
You already know this game is fantastic and since its dick has been sucked so many times, I am here to kiss the tip a bit and then bite down on it, here we go.
I'll keep this brief, the story is good but worse by quite a bit compared to 3 and 4's stories, the characters are good (Not you Makoto, fuck you), and some of the Villains are good (Maruki, Akechi and Madarame) some are uhhh not so good (Yaldabadadingdong, Okumura and for legal reasons, I can't say his name) and some are forgettable, but they are still miles ahead of 3's, the combat is great
the overall gameplay is fantastic, the art direction is in my top 3 OAT, the music is phenomenal, the dungeons are great, the social links are good, and I'll stop here because you probably already know how good this game is, time to bite down.
Fuck you, Morgana, Mementos is just Tartarus 2.0, the story tried to incorporate a "7 deadly sins" theme but failed so badly its funny, the pacing is god-awful in the Okumura palace, thank god it picks up again in Royal, speaking of Royal, I'm so glad that Royal expanded a bit on Akechi because if it had not, he would have been one of my least liked villains in the persona franchise as a whole, even then, how the fuck are Haru and Futaba ok with teaming up with the little shit that killed their father and mother? Sae was underutilised and should have had a social link (I still like her better than Midkoto, fight me), the characters are downright moronic sometimes (Ryuji gets beaten up for saving their lives because funnyyy hahahahah), the game's writing goes to shit 2/3's into the game but it gets redeemed a bit in Royal and did I mention I fucking hate Morgana?

Final Thoughts

Even though I just shat all over this game, it's still one of my favourite games ever, flaws and all. 9/10