This review contains spoilers
one of the best experiences that i've ever had in turn based jrpgs if not the best one
i spent 90 hours for the main story and almost all the side content with 73% in the persona compendium and 94% achievements and i barely have any complaints about this game
loved the gameplay and grinding tartarus is significantly better and more fun than portable/FES as much as i see with the small changes like breakable objects and the clock
which really made it easier and less boring to grind the whole 264 floors
but my favorite part about it is the social sim almost every social link got an interesting story and character development for both the protagonist and the other characters in the arcana
akinari's social link is a masterpiece and i don't think I'll ever see a better social link in any other persona game
the plot is more than greatly carved it feels like a slice of life anime at first but when you reach mid-game it shocks you with alot of unexpected plot twists, the pacing was soooooooo good for a game with +100 hours of content i never felt bored playing it even for +12 hours continuously
i loved the well written characters and their development especially for junpei he's the best i love how he went from jealousy towards makoto to accepting and improving himself to the better, you can also sense the character development for every character when you're progressing through dialogues + the additional linked episodes feature really made the chemistry between the characters stronger
loved the art direction with the blue color since they reflect depression and it means alottt for the story + the new original soundtracks are amazing ( full moon full life, it's going down now.. ) also most of the remixed soundtracks are great except for the dorm ost it felt less funky and lively than the old one
my complaints aren't even that many and they don't ruin the experience at all
one problem is with the plot that after aigis fought ryoji and went absent for a WHOLE semester nobody got curious about her in school i checked every npc 💀
the other problem for me is the lack of night time activities which ruined the time management in the game after you max out all your stats so i found myself unable to process all social links in 1 run which is impossible to do without a guide, we should've got more night social links than the tower and devil arcana
anyway this game is a definition of a faithful remake easily one of my favorite games of all time 🐐 10/10
i spent 90 hours for the main story and almost all the side content with 73% in the persona compendium and 94% achievements and i barely have any complaints about this game
loved the gameplay and grinding tartarus is significantly better and more fun than portable/FES as much as i see with the small changes like breakable objects and the clock
which really made it easier and less boring to grind the whole 264 floors
but my favorite part about it is the social sim almost every social link got an interesting story and character development for both the protagonist and the other characters in the arcana
akinari's social link is a masterpiece and i don't think I'll ever see a better social link in any other persona game
the plot is more than greatly carved it feels like a slice of life anime at first but when you reach mid-game it shocks you with alot of unexpected plot twists, the pacing was soooooooo good for a game with +100 hours of content i never felt bored playing it even for +12 hours continuously
i loved the well written characters and their development especially for junpei he's the best i love how he went from jealousy towards makoto to accepting and improving himself to the better, you can also sense the character development for every character when you're progressing through dialogues + the additional linked episodes feature really made the chemistry between the characters stronger
loved the art direction with the blue color since they reflect depression and it means alottt for the story + the new original soundtracks are amazing ( full moon full life, it's going down now.. ) also most of the remixed soundtracks are great except for the dorm ost it felt less funky and lively than the old one
my complaints aren't even that many and they don't ruin the experience at all
one problem is with the plot that after aigis fought ryoji and went absent for a WHOLE semester nobody got curious about her in school i checked every npc 💀
the other problem for me is the lack of night time activities which ruined the time management in the game after you max out all your stats so i found myself unable to process all social links in 1 run which is impossible to do without a guide, we should've got more night social links than the tower and devil arcana
anyway this game is a definition of a faithful remake easily one of my favorite games of all time 🐐 10/10