What an absolute masterpiece. All versions of Persona 3 before had some flaws. It was either you couldn't control party members or the visuals were turned into a VN style game.

This game first of all is just gorgeous and they added some much needed things from Persona 5. The biggest thing for me is they made the social links a lot better you don't have to date all the girls now and the boys have events you can do too. While the side characters are mostly lacking compared to P5, the full voice acting for every social link more then makes up for it.

The combat is improved vastly thanks again to P5 and it's baton pass now called shifting. Tartarus was good before but it's even better now with lots more to do do and visual differences for each sector.

The story is of course amazing. The big thing to take away is this game is dark and the story isn't afraid to get super dark with consequences that make every moment hit. I won't spoil the ending but it still really shocks me and Persona has replicated this type of ending to this day.

Go play this amazing masterpiece right now if you haven't. This is the version you have been waiting for