They trimmed the superfluous and amplified what worked already well.
The original story of P3 but with all the quality of life improvements of the more recent titles: more of the iconic style that P5 brought to the table with less of the repetitive exploration, frustrating combat randomness and friction in the gameplay overall. Maybe a bit too easy on Normal if you're already familiar with how the Persona (or MegaTen in general) games work though. Unless you want to experience the original music (which is so weird to go back to after completing the game), I don't think there's really a reason to go back to any of the previous versions. (edit: Especially now that the Aigis DLC was announced.)
Just like years ago, I did find the writing flawed at times, especially how characters tended to act unrealistically but I guess it could be brushed off as just them being teenagers or what the grieving process might do to someone (and also me possibly missing cultural context as a non-Japanese player). Still had a great time though, felt great experiencing the game all over again and I'm glad it sold so well so fast. Well done, Atlus, I just hate how tough it will be to enjoy any older title's gameplay afterwards.
The original story of P3 but with all the quality of life improvements of the more recent titles: more of the iconic style that P5 brought to the table with less of the repetitive exploration, frustrating combat randomness and friction in the gameplay overall. Maybe a bit too easy on Normal if you're already familiar with how the Persona (or MegaTen in general) games work though. Unless you want to experience the original music (which is so weird to go back to after completing the game), I don't think there's really a reason to go back to any of the previous versions. (edit: Especially now that the Aigis DLC was announced.)
Just like years ago, I did find the writing flawed at times, especially how characters tended to act unrealistically but I guess it could be brushed off as just them being teenagers or what the grieving process might do to someone (and also me possibly missing cultural context as a non-Japanese player). Still had a great time though, felt great experiencing the game all over again and I'm glad it sold so well so fast. Well done, Atlus, I just hate how tough it will be to enjoy any older title's gameplay afterwards.