aigis... you'll find the answer one day as well.
persona 3 reload is a... hard game to review.
this IS persona 3 we're talking about, i love the main characters, the simple yet underlying complex story told all at once, and aigis might be my favorite character of the whole series.
(and yes, i really like the new soundtrack)
that said, it's still a game, and a remake nonetheless, so i have some things i wanna complain on:
1. while i did enjoy the new hangouts and mini social links, i think this remake is far too constrained on being faithful to it's source material rather than trying something more with it, this remake could've been a LOT more, but instead it chose to do the exact same thing as it's PS2 counterpart, and as a counterpart the game still feels like it has the PS2 limitations in mind. and the whole time i kept wondering "i spent $70 dollars on this, and i could've just played FES again..."
2. also, the majority of the social links... kinda suck. or i don't really care for. here's a tier list of how i feel about them
3. they could've done a LOT more with tartarus, the same way they did with mementos in P5 -> P5R (i miss you, ryuji's insta-kill) and it kinda frustrates me they chose to handle it like this.
4. it still has the same problem as FES, that when you max your social skills and your social links at night, you have NOTHING else to do on nights. this is a little mitigated by the dorm hangouts but it gets old really quickly
but when all is said and done, it's still a really meaningful experience and i had a lot of fun.
persona 3 reload is a... hard game to review.
this IS persona 3 we're talking about, i love the main characters, the simple yet underlying complex story told all at once, and aigis might be my favorite character of the whole series.
(and yes, i really like the new soundtrack)
that said, it's still a game, and a remake nonetheless, so i have some things i wanna complain on:
1. while i did enjoy the new hangouts and mini social links, i think this remake is far too constrained on being faithful to it's source material rather than trying something more with it, this remake could've been a LOT more, but instead it chose to do the exact same thing as it's PS2 counterpart, and as a counterpart the game still feels like it has the PS2 limitations in mind. and the whole time i kept wondering "i spent $70 dollars on this, and i could've just played FES again..."
2. also, the majority of the social links... kinda suck. or i don't really care for. here's a tier list of how i feel about them
3. they could've done a LOT more with tartarus, the same way they did with mementos in P5 -> P5R (i miss you, ryuji's insta-kill) and it kinda frustrates me they chose to handle it like this.
4. it still has the same problem as FES, that when you max your social skills and your social links at night, you have NOTHING else to do on nights. this is a little mitigated by the dorm hangouts but it gets old really quickly
but when all is said and done, it's still a really meaningful experience and i had a lot of fun.