Persona 3 Reload is a fantastic Remake of Persona 3.

I don't really need to go over the basics if you know Persona 3 but I will say Reload does a lot of great things by improving characters in terms of their depth, even making characters like Ken likable.

I think the game keeps the amazing story intact but it does lose the melancholic feel though I think that's do to ATLUS not wanting to animate all scenes in 2D again but in the new style and instead went for 3D animated scenes.

The music is hit and miss, the new tracts are all fantastic and great additions to Persona 3 and the franchise like "FULL MOON, FULL LIFE", "IT'S GOING DOWN," & "COLOR YOUR NIGHT." Some of the new remixed Tracks are also fantastic... all except 1, and I don't care the compium some Persona 3 fans want to have, MASS DESTRUCTION RELOAD is ASS Destruction. People who say this new version is better than the original are smoking heavy amounts of copium, that's not to say you can't enjoy the song, I don't I think it's a violation of the ears, but anyone who says it's better than the original MASS DESTRUCTION are high.

I think the new Uniforms for S.E.E.S are a great addition along with the Thuergy abilities added to gave the game uniqueness and differentiate it from say Persona 5 and the Original Persona 3 along with FES & Portable.
I do appreciate ATLUS featuring the original costumes from Persona 3 as many were worried ATLUS removed them over the original Armbands being Armbands do to... conspiracy morons (IE some people have messed up minds and think ARMBANDS = connection to evil moustache failed painter and his army of people angry at other people for their problems).


The game looks beautiful in the new engine, and its just so awesome seeing the these beloved characters and personas in a new remade style. It's exciting since remakes for 1, 2 Duology (My favorite), and 4 Remakes are in the works. I do hope ATLUS does these remakes with the same time and care as they did for Persona 3 Reload, while respecting the esthetics of said games as well.
Meaning respecting that Persona 1 and Persona 2 Duology can be updated in terms of dungeons and combat design, while not implementing the modern calendar system and maybe social links (Persona 1 can have it, but 2 Duology's story is so tightnit you literally can't).
Persona 4 Rerun (Remake) will just be a visual overhaul since Golden is the perfect version of Persona 4, so legit remake will just look nicer. Still regardless the level of effort they put in Reload gets me excited for Persona 1, 2 Duology, and 4 Remakes.

1 Thing i don't like is how ATLUS knew people were going to ask about FEMC/Kotone Shiomi and sort of gave a halfassed "budgetary reason" as to why they didn't add her.
Fans wanted a definitive version of Persona 3, and yet now we still only have 2 versions to choose from. What I mean is ATLUS announced that in SEPTEMBER of 2024 (as of writing), they're releasing EPISODE AIGIS which is a remake of the divisive epilogue story "THE ANSWER" from FES where you play as AIGIS. Well, most fans agree it's strange how ATLUS were able to do "EPISODE AIGIS" DLC but not KOTONE/FEMC DLC. Though call the PERSONA fanbase many things, they are dedicated since now there's a nearly completed mod for PC that let's you play as Kotone, talk about dedication!

Still going back to the main point, this game, is an amazing remake of Persona 3, it does have a couple of hiccups but if you've been asking for a remake... this is an amazing one to have received. Thanks for reading and remember!

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