Man I absolutely love this series.
I was introduced to Persona with Persona 5, which came out 7 years ago (good lord), and it, along with Royal, is my favorite game of all time. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to go back to play 3 & 4 without all the QOL improvements. So when a remake of Persona 3 was announced I was so excited.
The story overall is phenomenal. To me P5s story was bombastic and arguably the biggest part of the game itself. P3 a story is a more down to earth story about people and their relationships and ultimately how everything does come to an end. The main story is much lower key so that the team dynamics and social links can shine.
The main characters are top notch. I eventually settled into a team i liked using, but personality wise I enjoyed every character. Their social links/linked episodes and their daily life events in the dorm make them feel so authentic.
The gameplay is so improved from the original. While I do prefer the dungeons of 5, 3 Reload made Tarturus not near as boring as it seemed in the originals. Plus the battling feels top notch.
The social links were decent. I really loved some, like Miyamoto, Akinari, Bebe, Mutatsu, of course the main cast. Some of them definitely fall flat though. The gourmet king and the kid that wants to date his teacher are some low lights.
The music is absolutely incredible. Atlus somehow made the remixes as good or even better than the original.
I really enjoyed the cut scenes, both animated by WIT and the CG ones.
Overall my only criticism of the game comes from the social links. You have a few that fall flat and then only 2/20+ that are available at night. Once you max social stats out and finish Tanaka and Mutatsu’ arcs there is nothing to do at night. While during the day I’m scrambling to finish all of them (ultimately I didn’t finish Fuuka, Chihiro, and Keisuke).
Still all in all, a phenomenal entry in a series I adore.
Time to beat: 79 hours
Date beaten: 2/21/24
Trophies obtained: all but the platinum and maxing out social links.
Persona Compendium %: 96%
I was introduced to Persona with Persona 5, which came out 7 years ago (good lord), and it, along with Royal, is my favorite game of all time. Unfortunately, it isn’t easy to go back to play 3 & 4 without all the QOL improvements. So when a remake of Persona 3 was announced I was so excited.
The story overall is phenomenal. To me P5s story was bombastic and arguably the biggest part of the game itself. P3 a story is a more down to earth story about people and their relationships and ultimately how everything does come to an end. The main story is much lower key so that the team dynamics and social links can shine.
The main characters are top notch. I eventually settled into a team i liked using, but personality wise I enjoyed every character. Their social links/linked episodes and their daily life events in the dorm make them feel so authentic.
The gameplay is so improved from the original. While I do prefer the dungeons of 5, 3 Reload made Tarturus not near as boring as it seemed in the originals. Plus the battling feels top notch.
The social links were decent. I really loved some, like Miyamoto, Akinari, Bebe, Mutatsu, of course the main cast. Some of them definitely fall flat though. The gourmet king and the kid that wants to date his teacher are some low lights.
The music is absolutely incredible. Atlus somehow made the remixes as good or even better than the original.
I really enjoyed the cut scenes, both animated by WIT and the CG ones.
Overall my only criticism of the game comes from the social links. You have a few that fall flat and then only 2/20+ that are available at night. Once you max social stats out and finish Tanaka and Mutatsu’ arcs there is nothing to do at night. While during the day I’m scrambling to finish all of them (ultimately I didn’t finish Fuuka, Chihiro, and Keisuke).
Still all in all, a phenomenal entry in a series I adore.
Time to beat: 79 hours
Date beaten: 2/21/24
Trophies obtained: all but the platinum and maxing out social links.
Persona Compendium %: 96%