This game does so many things right but has major flaws that come with its age. The confidants, or the social links you can create with people in the game, are really amazing but some are lacking (I probably prefer the non-party member confidants in this game over the ones in P5, but P5 has better party member confidants). Another missed opportunity is that you can have confidants with your female party members but none of the males, which is definitely annoying after playing P5. Also the combat can be very satisfying when you can knock all of the shadows down and land an “All-Out-Attack,” but it heavily suffers from the fact that you can only give broad commands to your party members and you can’t actually control them. The main dungeon is a pain in the ass too, it’s called Tartarus. It is a randomly generated dungeon where every 20 or so floors there is a mini boss. The issue is that it isn’t interesting at all, the maze like structure is very repetitive and with something so interesting as the concept of Tartarus you think they would do more. Persona 3 desperately needs a remake with quality of life changes but even in the state that it is now I’d still recommend it to any JRPG fans because the last half of the game is magnificent and the ending is one of the best endings I have ever seen in media. Also the music like any Persona game is top tier stuff as well as the final boss. I know I have complained about Persona 3 for months and basically forced myself to finish it but I can’t stress how good the ending is. I’d check it out if it eventually comes to Steam, but I wouldn’t recommend buying a PS2 just for P3FES.