I really enjoy the atmosphere and themes presented here, I just wish the pacing and gameplay were better so I'd be able to enjoy it more than I did.
This could've easily been a great 40 hour experience, but instead it's bloated to 80 plus. This is due to the main dungeon Tartarus' design and the calendar system delaying every major story event to the next in-game month. This leaves you with not much to do in-between other than grind for levels and complete social links. Which unlike in later persona entries aren't very interesting or engaging.
On top of that, the entire game's narrative seems to be severely underdeveloped. There are inklings of interesting ideas but they are left unfinished or without enough explanation to make me care about them (especially the main antagonists).
Overall Persona 3 feels like a bunch of missed opportunities, which is shameful because this could've been something special if it wasn't held back by it's many shortcomings.
This could've easily been a great 40 hour experience, but instead it's bloated to 80 plus. This is due to the main dungeon Tartarus' design and the calendar system delaying every major story event to the next in-game month. This leaves you with not much to do in-between other than grind for levels and complete social links. Which unlike in later persona entries aren't very interesting or engaging.
On top of that, the entire game's narrative seems to be severely underdeveloped. There are inklings of interesting ideas but they are left unfinished or without enough explanation to make me care about them (especially the main antagonists).
Overall Persona 3 feels like a bunch of missed opportunities, which is shameful because this could've been something special if it wasn't held back by it's many shortcomings.