Persona 3 has some of the best character writing of any video game ive ever played. All of the characters have their own ways of dealing with the events of their past, present and future. The fact that the party really doesnt like each other for most of the game and have constant passive aggressive arguments and clashings is such an interesting dynamic you never seem to see, with it even leaking into the gameplay with things like Junpei running off on his own sometimes. Which brings me to my only real complaint which is the fact you cant control your party members. Its not as bad as people say, since there are lots of command options you can utilize to influence the characters ai, it can definitely get annoying especially since the MC is the only one who can use items. Persona from this game onwards makes a name for itself by having both dungeon crawling and daily life management, and as the series first attempt at the latter it is a little lazy with every day you do a social link, and every night you always raise you stats/visit tartarus with very few exceptions. Despite all this complaining like i said the writing is just so impressive it easily makes this game worth experiencing ((until reload)).

Reviewed on Jan 27, 2024


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