P3P is... well, P3P. The game itself isn't bad, and in my opinion has the most solid story out of all the Hashino Personas. I'm glad I was able to experience it on my Switch and playing the femc route was a fun experience.
That said, it IS disappointing that it's a straight port of the PSP version. Persona 3 being reduced to a system of menus and still images for 75% of the game was understandable on the limited hardware of the PSP, but is less so on today's consoles. I would have loved to see the femc route with the animated cutscenes back in and everyone's actual models on screen. The visual novel reskin is fine, but there are points in the game where it massively takes away from the impact of the story. Especially when you've seen the fully modeled versions on PS2. Having absolutely none of the QoL changes on the male MC route still is a massive step down, and there is pretty much no reason to play the vanilla route in P3P unless you have no other choice, as it's just a watered down version of its PS2 self.
Still, it's Persona 3, and I enjoyed the journey. None of these problems are necessarily dealbreakers for me, just disappointments. I didn't really expect Atlus to do such a dramatic rehaul of the game, but seeing P3P on a better system than the PSP just reminds me of how much had to be stripped out to fit into the old console limitations, and that the Switch could probably easily handle a full remaster.
That said, it IS disappointing that it's a straight port of the PSP version. Persona 3 being reduced to a system of menus and still images for 75% of the game was understandable on the limited hardware of the PSP, but is less so on today's consoles. I would have loved to see the femc route with the animated cutscenes back in and everyone's actual models on screen. The visual novel reskin is fine, but there are points in the game where it massively takes away from the impact of the story. Especially when you've seen the fully modeled versions on PS2. Having absolutely none of the QoL changes on the male MC route still is a massive step down, and there is pretty much no reason to play the vanilla route in P3P unless you have no other choice, as it's just a watered down version of its PS2 self.
Still, it's Persona 3, and I enjoyed the journey. None of these problems are necessarily dealbreakers for me, just disappointments. I didn't really expect Atlus to do such a dramatic rehaul of the game, but seeing P3P on a better system than the PSP just reminds me of how much had to be stripped out to fit into the old console limitations, and that the Switch could probably easily handle a full remaster.