Aside from minor issues like some outdated and badly written social links, end-game difficulty being a joke on normal and some of the Reload OST arrangements feeling weaker than the originals (looking at you Unavoidable Battle), Persona 3 Reload is a fantastic remake of, arguably, one of the best JRPGs ever made.
Reload manages to walk the very fine line of remaining faithful to the original game while introducing a ton of QoL changes that elevates and fleshes out both the story, which was already the best of the 3D Persona games, and gameplay, with it now being on par with Persona 5 Royal.
While it's disappointing that the absence of FeMC and The Answer being relegated to DLC stops Reload from being the absolute definite edition of Persona 3, their exclusion doesn't detract from how excellent this game is - especially for first-timers.
Reload manages to walk the very fine line of remaining faithful to the original game while introducing a ton of QoL changes that elevates and fleshes out both the story, which was already the best of the 3D Persona games, and gameplay, with it now being on par with Persona 5 Royal.
While it's disappointing that the absence of FeMC and The Answer being relegated to DLC stops Reload from being the absolute definite edition of Persona 3, their exclusion doesn't detract from how excellent this game is - especially for first-timers.