Persona 3 Reload (P3R for short) is a game that I never really expected to EVER happen. But it seems that SEGA is finally getting on Atlus to release some of their older titles to make some cash, and I'm all for it. The original P3 is a cult classic, and after playing it for the first time it became one of my favorite games of all time. The remake fixes or does away with the major problems that came with the original game, due to taking ideas and mechanics from both P5 and P5R, on top of making other adjustments to the game. My favorite one being the added events for the members of SEES, since the male part members didn't have social links in the original, and they don't have them here either. Along with the female party members get their social links later in the game. But these extra events give those characters the depth that they desperately needed in the original, as well as making them seem more like a team, rather than just something equivalent to co-workers. The battle system is pulled straight from P5 and that's okay, as that battle system is really good. The new music is also a surprise to me, as at first I really didn't like the new singer that they had got for the remade soundtrack. But she grew on me the more I played the game. New tracks like "Color Your Night" and "It's Going Down Now", are amazing and being added to my playlist as soon as they are on streaming platforms. The new versions of "Master of Tartarus" and the credits theme, do an amazing job of hitting that new persona feel while feeling nostalgic. Overall, I believe that this release over shadows the original in every aspect. There was no aspect during my time playing the game where I went, "That was better in the original" or "This was missing from the original". For the people that didn't hop on the Persona train with 5, hop on with the one that got most people (myself included) into the series. Promise that you won't regret it