It's the middle child of the Persona Dancing franchise. Not as good as 4 but somewhat better than 5. Has the same problems as Persona 5 Dancing in that the note tracking just isn't as good and feels almost random at times. Using scratch notes to represent actual notes in the melody throws me off whenever I play. Also some remixes are a bit mid but nothing majorly terrible besides 1 or 2 exceptions. The Social Link conversations are a bit neat but often go on way too long and I would find myself skipping through the dialogue for a majority of them. The first person sections are neat but the camera is weird which ends with me being motion-sick if I play those sections for too long. Besides these complaints, I found myself enjoying it quite a bit since P3 has way more songs to select from compared to P5. It's good, but it just doesn't hold a candle to Persona 4 Dancing All Night.

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 sharp rhythm gameplay. Overstimulation at its finest.

Just.... eh. It's a fine enough rhythm game but it never really goes anything beyond that. The gameplay is fine though I feel at times the visuals in the background can be really distracting, especially in the songs with special music videos. The dances themselves are cool to look at and can be funny at times depending on what your character is wearing. The rewards for doing well in a song aren't great though. You'll either get new clothes for your character for get these little social events with a specific character that are pretty uninteresting. They just don't feel like good rewards and don't really encourage to continue to try and do better on the songs. The list of songs here is fine. The remixes are alright but there's nothing really that stands out or is better than the original. It's a fine spin-off I guess but the most enjoyment I got out of it was just from seeing the P3 characters happy and not having to worry about anything for once.

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,