This remake is one of the few remakes I find to be pretty remarkable as far as, respect to the original material, everything new added does not hurt the original story but instead enhances it, some of the new things added because of these also enhances characters(I think Junpei bros might be happy), how good most of the English cast is(Only one I find to be rough is Akihiko), tweaking Baton Pass from Persona 5(I like how it's a simple pass with no stat boosts).
This to me really seems like a remake that only had some MILD interruption from investors which is obviously the elephant in the room the DLC and how egregious it is, the DLC alone keeps this remake from being a 5 for me and not because of "The Answer" being DLC which IS fucked up but the fact that the original soundtrack wasn't included. So If you don't vibe with the remixed music(I don't) and if you aren't on PC then you're screwed. On the subject of negative things though it REALLY is unfortunate that they beat into our heads that it is a faithful remake of P3 original/FES but they decided that P3 MC had to be stuck with one Weapon type which is unfortunate. The changes to Light and Dark are nice and this makes Koromaru arguably one of the best party members where in the original and PSP you would only really use him for grinding and even then I didn't really th ink it was worth it.
tl;dr I think this is a solid remake, I think the new stuff added overall is good, this remake doesn't offend me cause I think it's one of the few games that didn't need a remake and the originals are still great/worth playing(specifically PSP).
Only thing legit preventing it from being a 5 is the forced music if you aren't on PC lol. Looking forward to see how they handle P2, Raidou and other remakes.
This to me really seems like a remake that only had some MILD interruption from investors which is obviously the elephant in the room the DLC and how egregious it is, the DLC alone keeps this remake from being a 5 for me and not because of "The Answer" being DLC which IS fucked up but the fact that the original soundtrack wasn't included. So If you don't vibe with the remixed music(I don't) and if you aren't on PC then you're screwed. On the subject of negative things though it REALLY is unfortunate that they beat into our heads that it is a faithful remake of P3 original/FES but they decided that P3 MC had to be stuck with one Weapon type which is unfortunate. The changes to Light and Dark are nice and this makes Koromaru arguably one of the best party members where in the original and PSP you would only really use him for grinding and even then I didn't really th ink it was worth it.
tl;dr I think this is a solid remake, I think the new stuff added overall is good, this remake doesn't offend me cause I think it's one of the few games that didn't need a remake and the originals are still great/worth playing(specifically PSP).
Only thing legit preventing it from being a 5 is the forced music if you aren't on PC lol. Looking forward to see how they handle P2, Raidou and other remakes.