This seems like the type of thing that will grow on me after awhile, I'm a big fan of the Codec mechanic it adds a lot of flavor. The cutscenes and voice acting still hold up as among the best too. Some bosses I'm mixed on gamewise (sorry Mantis) but others managed to make me feel tense.

Story wise I feel like Kojima is a visual novel writer who just kinda ended up making Triple A video games.

arcueid brunestud hypercharged my autism.

The novelty of Mario as an rpg is neat and cute but doesn't carry itself beyond the opening few hours. Standout monster designs though.

significantly less ghost train this time :thumbs_up:

The pacing is better than in Remake but still has the occasional brief padding, it doesn't take up an entire chapter though. It hits so many amazing peaks and I can't wait to see how R3 follows up on the haunting ending.

the BEST way to play Persona 3, elevating everything to it's natural peak, the new cast kills it too.

I AM LITERALLY AKECHI IF HE WAS NONBINARY AND INTO GIRLS

I cannot stress enough how fun the bosses in this game are.

A few narrative irks, but overall I like this game a lot, time might be unkind to it though but we'll see.

This is the biggest I get it moment i've had all year, I knew a lot that was coming but even with that it still threw so much at me i somehow didn't see coming. while as a whole it has some very significant flaws there are small moments that will definitely stick with me for a long time.