I honestly don't know if this game deserved the 4 stars i gave it, but some part of me said it did, so... there you go.

This game made me realize that most JRPGs, no matter how good, get boring after like 60 or so hours, i can only get excited by hitting weaknesses and critical hits on randomly generated rooms for so long. So, i do think the game drags on just a bit, but the ending is quite good, so i can mostly forgive it.

one thing i thought was pretty bad was the social links with any of the main girls, yuko's is the exception but all the other ones feel like "oh man, your're such a nice guy, i love you now", most of that coming from the fact that the protagonist is mostly silent, with you getting some amusing dialogue options every once i a while. It's still something i can forgive but it did feel dull, oh and also, Aegis' social link was really good, although a bit fleeting feeling due to it only being available for a brief period at the end, but at the same time, it also felt mandatory to the story, to see her growth and why she becomes important later.

The other social links were actually pretty good, with my favorite being the gourmet king, some really nice writing and ideas with them in general.

the middle of the game was something i didn't enjoy too much, it's when most of the characters are introduced and it feels like they're throwing too much shit your way at once, thankfully this does technically make it so these characters have wayyy more screentime than they'd have otherwise, which does make them more interesting, even if it makes one specific part of the game a little bit lower quality feeling.

the final boss fight is a bit too long, but it was ok, if not a bit lame and unfair at times.

overall, i don't regret the time i spent with this game. it was... good.

femc
gameplay: 6/10
both better and worse than fes, but generally, the changes are pretty mundane besides full party control.
characters: 10/10
best cast of all time, portable didn’t ruin this, it honestly made it even better with how good the new social links are. junpei’s and shinjiro’s changed my life.
story: 9/10
same as the original, docked a point for not having the answer. experience it first through fes though, this game’s presentation sucks.
visuals: 5/10
not getting too into this because it’s obvious, but yeah, it’s only half as good as the original in this regard. the overworld sprites are neat though. femc looks like an alien and the new sprites made to convey expressions that one of the original portraits alone are all either really good looking or (more often) really uncanny and weird, often being pretty lazy. play fes.
sound: 9/10
the new songs are all great besides sun, not much to say about any new voice acting. docked a point because the audio files for voice acted dialogue can take a comically long time to finally load and play when playing the game through a umd.
overall average: 7.8/10
persona 3 fes:
gameplay: 6/10
characters: 10/10
story: 10/10
visuals: 10/10
sound: 10/10
overall average: 9.2/10

I started the series with 5, but around 80% I got groundbreaking spoilers and decided to drop it for a while. I then decided to give this one a whirl, chose the Female Protagonist right away 'cuz it seemed like the logical choice since I couldn't do it in any of the other modern Personas and... I had one of the best experiences in gaming of my life. Despite its limitations, if you've never watched or played FES, you'll never feel like your experience is being affected by them, and there's quite some charm to the more VN pointer-based gameplay. Also FeMC's route adds a lot of value to the game with its fresh perspective and OST even better than the originals. My favorite protagonist and my favorite game in the series, I hope to see FeMC one day in reload. Only then it'll be the definitive version, until then, Portable still has its place.

" Todas as coisas eventualmente chegam a um fim " e meu tempo no mundo de dramas interpessoais e questionamentos sobre a natureza do viver de Persona 3, feliz e infelizmente, também chegou ao fim.

Por entre os portos e shoppings de uma cidade peninsular, por entre os incontáveis e sinuosos andares de uma torre demoníaca, laços realmente profundos foram forjados durante minhas mais de 100 horas de gameplay. Persona 3 Portable apresenta uma junção agradável de JRPG com Visual Novel numa estética muito única que só o início dos anos 2000 poderia produzir, todos os elementos do jogo transbordam um estilo e um carinho muito fortes que acabam te prendendo pelo charme e também pela forma carismática como são apresentados.

Até dentro da franquia Persona, mesmo com suas limitações no departamento de gameplay, Persona 3 tem um espaço especial pelos seus temas e riscos tomados, coisas que ressoam profundamente comigo. A obra une um "slice of life" tipicamente japonês e relativamente tematicamente leve com comentários filosóficos sobre a vida e o existir, apresentando diferentes perspectivas e filosofias que convergem numa mensagem que casa perfeitamente com as mecânicas de formas relacionamentos presente no jogo.

Persona 3 te faz passar 1 ano acompanhando seus personagens e no final te faz querer passar uma vida inteira com eles, sentimento agridoce que conversa profundamente com os temas da obra, uma vez que exatamente como os personagens lutaram e choraram para compreender a vida e aceitar a perda, você também sente um vazio muito singular ao terminar o jogo, uma falta daquele mundo e daqueles personagens, uma contemplação das memórias e momentos da obra, um momento para você ativamente "botar em prática" aquilo que desde o começo o jogo quis te dizer.

" Todas as coisas eventualmente chegam a um fim... Todas as coisas vivas vão algum dia desaparecer... Apenas aceitando isso uma pessoa pode descobrir aquilo que ela realmente quer, qual o significado de sua vida será. "

Foi meu primeiro jogo de PSP e um dos primeiros que me introduziu a série. A história é boa, a rota da FEMC foi uma das melhores opções que adicionaram e é bem simples de jogar, mesmo sendo difícil pra um iniciante. A gameplay é razoável, mesmo o tártaro sendo entediante, e a navegação pelo mapa é zoada por conta das limitações do console. Outra coisa que não me agradou muito, é falta de The Answer nessa versão, sendo assim, um jogo incompleto. Outra crítica válida são alguns Social Links que são entediantes. Tirando isso, é um bom jogo.

Después de jugar al Persona 5 Royal pensé en los otros Personas que están en la PlayStation Store y había un pack con el Persona 3 Portable y el Persona 4 Golden, cuando estaba de oferta me lo compré. No me arrepiento de esa decisión.
Nada más empezar el juego vi a Kotone y pensé en lo genial que era y jugar con ella ha sido genial. He amado sus Social Links y la dinámica que tiene con los personajes.
Solo tengo palabras positivas para este juego y de agradecimiento, ha sido un gran acompañamiento, la ilusión de volver de la universidad y ponerme a jugar, levear en el Tártaro ... Este juego me ha ayudado mucho y voy a estar eternamente agradecido por ello. Sin duda lo recomiendo.

This counts as a REPLAY because I've played through P3P before. I definitely think that pre-remake, this was a viable option for people to get the jist of the Persona series, as most folks typically start by playing 3 and not 1 or 2 because that is where the series became a little less arcane. When you've played the original P3, however, you'll understand that the game was made "portable" by junking the cutscenes, the ability to walk around the environments yourself being traded for a more point-and-click navigation, and the game having less polished animation than that of the original. So some important things are being lost in translation. P3P is more of a visual novel than anything, but it made the game more accessible for other players at its time which is why I stand by the rating.

P3P added things such as a female version of the main protagonist which included some differences in Social Links between the male and female protagonist, as well as Persona's ability to give you skill cards after a certain point. P3P also omits The Answer which was available in FES following The Journey, but I feel as if enough people have covered this controversy to the point where I don't find it worth my time to give a take on that.

With talk of Reload being on the rise, there are differences between FES, P3P and now Reload. If you want to kind of speedrun the original source material for the remake, then I'd suggest playing through P3P before touching Reload, my review on that is a whole different ballgame.

MAS QUE JOGASSO DA PORRA. definitivamente é um dos jogos que eu facilmente retornaria pra jogar ainda mais, afinal eu ainda nem fiz a rota da femc pra dizer que joguei tudo de verdade. como esse é o primeiro jogo da serie persona que eu toco, nao tenho criticas muito duras pra ele

o sistema de persona é muito divertido, criar e fundir personas diferentes pra ver no que vai dar é top coisas desse jogo. os social link nem se fala, ver eles alcançando o lvl maximo dá uma satisfação do caralho e ver como eles estarem no lvl max culmina no final do jogo é lindo. talvez suba pra 5 estrelas caso eu goste ainda mais da rota da femc

O jogo é bom, cumpre seu papel de portar o antigo p3. Com alguns elementos remanescentes do p3: fes, o jogo em si é ótimo, cumpre seu papel de portável e é uma 'faca de dois gumes' na questão de jogatina.

O que eu quero dizer? O jogo é ótimo na questão de ambientação, é uma ótima experiência tanto numa viagem de carro quanto uma play noturna na sua cama.

Comparando com o FES, o jogo deixa muito a desejar, o fato do protagonista não poder mais usar qualquer classe de arma me faz achar que os devs cortaram essa parte apena para não ter que reanimar todas as animações de arma com a protagonista feminina.

Por enquanto apenas joguei com o Male MC, então não tenho uma opinião completa por conta da storyline diferente da FemC. Porém, pretendo revisitar o game e zerar com a FemC.

3.5/5

Been playing this on and off. If you can ignore the lame dungeon gameplay, and the outdated “visual novel” graphics, then it’s actually really good. The story is interesting while the voice acting is something to be desired, I keep the acting in Japanese so I don’t have to listen to them. I get that it’s an old game so I don’t want to be too harsh on it as it’s of its time. It’s still fun to play, but slightly repetitive, as is most persona games. Still could’ve been executed better, like persona 4.