i could tell you about all the shortcomings this remake has, from lack of difficulty compared to the original, to the prerendered cutscenes lacking bite in some areas, to the removal of femc, ect.

none of those really mattered to me by the time i finished. the original persona 3 is one of the most important games of my life, a game that ended up changing how i viewed life and my own existence in it. reload was never, ever going to be anything less than 5 stars from me if they managed to stick the landing.

well, i'm typing this through tears after spending the last 30 minutes sobbing after the ending played, so yeah they stuck the landing. every emotional beat from the original hit me just as hard as they did when i was 15, and that's all i ever wanted. everything else i got was just a bonus.

memento mori

nintendo treat game freak like human beings and give them more than 5 minutes to make a game challenge

this game feels like it was made by people who wanted to create a truly great pokemon game, that wanted this game to be so much more and so much better than the last few games. but no game company is capable of creating a finished game with this little time. this game is not finished. it is buggy, ugly, and runs like ass.

despite it all, i still adore this disaster. it's the first time i cared about the plot of a pokemon game in years, i loved a lot of the new pokemon for the first time in years, and it's just a very cozy and relaxing game. i love my stupid dinosaur motorcycle with my life.

it's frustrating to know that this release won't change nintendo's tactics. why would they? i'll keep buying this anyways.

shez!

it's SOOOO close to achieving greatness, but the fact that every route doesn't have an actual ending is. a choice, i suppose. honestly, i was expecting dlc releases to come and give you the "true ending" for each route, but considering we're now well over a year after release, and not even a hint of dlc in sight, i don't think that'll happen.

real disappointing, because otherwise i enjoyed it significantly more than i did the first fire emblem warriors.