I actually really enjoyed my time with this one. I just needed something immediate and easy to play in the evening, and something Persona felt comforting. The rhythm gameplay is intuitive and satisfying, executing long combos to the best tracks from Persona 3 is exactly as it sounds, fun. It also helps that Dancing in Moonlight has great remixes that sound wholly different to the originals, whilst also sounding more in line with typical dance music. The character customisation is another highlight, boasting great outfits in particular; however, it is hampered for the duration of the game as Yukari’s and Junpei’s social links are reliant on you swapping in new outfits and accessories every dance to rank up, forcing you to put together awful, incoherent looking outfits for the characters, instead of letting you play around with stylish combinations. The social links are still underbaked and largely uninteresting, however the scenes with Elizabeth in were surprisingly amusing.

In conclusion, Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight is a great way to appreciate Persona 3’s music whilst being further entertained by its sharp rhythm gameplay.

em resumo:
pontos positivos:
+ bons remixes
+ SEM MODO HISTORIA GRAÇAS A DEUS
+ divertido pra caralho, da pra passar horas aqui

pontos negativos:
- o sistema de social events só é interessante por 3 ranks, depois fica muito chato
- os acessórios, outfits e etc são, na sua maioria, desbloqueados através dos social events, diferentemente de P4D em que dá pra comprar eles
- CADE O SHINJIRO E O KOROMARU POHA

So, this game isn't that bad but I kinda hate it.

-The fact that it cost $60 at launch and gives you 25 songs
-The gall to add additional DLC
-The rhythm UI being a mess
-The social links being, from what I watched, complete fluff that don't put any effort in to expand the world or your understanding of these characters
-The lack of Koromaru :(

The story structure is so annoying that I played the first 23 songs, realized I needed to spend another hour or two getting all the social links if I wanted to see the ending, and bailed on finishing it.

I love the games that Sega publishes, but sometimes they just seem so greedy, man. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is undoubtedly my game of the year, but I can't help but think about how they charged me $20 for a post game dungeon and NEW GAME PLUS. I also can't help but think about how they made a current gen version of the original Judgment and did not even offer a paid upgrade path to PS4 version owners. They did the same thing with Persona 5 Royal when the PS5 version came out.

This is arguably worse than all of those examples from a value standpoint. Yeah, there are some cute moments. Yeah, it has a few good remixes. But even when value isn't considered, what you're left with is a mediocre rhythm game where Persona characters shout the same 5 or 6 lines over each other while doing Hatsune Miku dances.

Atlus really made something scammy here. P3D and P5D feels what they should have been a 1 whole game where you can choose between P3 and P5 cast. But on top of it what we have? Ofc: tons and tons of DLCs.

Unlike P4D this time with both P3D and P5D we have the same kind of "story": just social links with your team that once they are all maxed out you'll see the ending and then credit rolls. When you play both you'll realize you are doing the same but just with a different cast and as a different looking game only on UI that mimick perfectly the feels of those games.

As a rhythm game is still kinda fun just like P4D was.

Even though this game is a prime example of laziness on Atlus' part I still love it anyway. The social events are CUTE, definitely better than I thought they'd be overall and the gameplay is of course lots of fun as well. What surprised me the most was how much I ended up liking most of the remixes, with the standouts being Heartful Cry, Brand New Days, Want to be Close, Mass Destruction, i could go on. Memories of You though... whatever they were cooking, it BURNT. 🔥🔥 The only major issue with this game was the overwhelming lack of Burning Men's Soul, which,

Sendo sincera esse e o P5 Dancing são a mesma coisa, mas o P5 tem uma interface melhor pelo menos e social links melhores, esses são chatos e a unica coisa que presta é a storyline da Elizabeth mas ter que fazer trocentos social links pra um final insatisfatório é tortura psicológica. Os remixes sao com certeza melhores q os do P5 mas ainda são meh. Pelo menos as skins aqui são provavelmente as melhores da franquia, mas creio q seja em detrimento do design de roupas de persona 3 ser o mais satisfatório da série

decepcionante num geral, persona 4 dancing humilha essas duas bombas q vieram posteriormente, paguei 40 reais e ainda acho que foi muito dinheiro

I don't play many music rhythm games at all. I do enjoy my time with the various minigames in the Yakuza series though, but not really as a full game until I played P3D.

The actual rhythm gameplay is quite good. Multiple difficulty levels and they get noticeably harder as you go up. I found Normal to be a pretty decent difficulty for my abilities. I can pass Hard and to some extent the All Night Difficulty tracks if I used support modifiers. Hard and above can get pretty crazy with how fast the beats are and the different patterns. The challenge modifiers are just insane and I have to applaud those that can clear tracks using these and end on a high rating.

The songs themselves have left me with mixed feelings. Most are remixes and many of them aren't as good as the original. Some are pretty different from the original song altogether. That said, I did enjoyed some of the remixes as well and actually prefer them to the original.

I do think the song list is lacking in quantity. DLC nearly doubles the list, but that's DLC.

There isn't any other notable gameplay modes other than the dancing part. There are social cutscenes with the characters which are pretty nice. They help further develop characters and often have other people appearing with them. The actual story and premise is basic. Other than the opening scene, there isn't much story until the end. The social cutscenes pretty much fill in the gap.

The graphics look great as well as the character models. Even though I think Reload looks good overall, I think the character models in P3D is even better. There is a ton of body movement with them though during the cutscene. It's nice to see a lot of activity in one hand, but it can pretty jarring another time when they make very exaggerated movements that's not really called for.

Overall, a great game for those that want more P3 and to see more character interactions. The gameplay is good, but I don't know if non-P3 fans will enjoy it as much.