Persona 3 Reload: Standard Edition - PlayStation 5

The original version of the game was fantastic and this remake is faithful. It loses a little of the grit and charm of the original, but it comes with some added quality of life features and some modern graphics. I enjoyed my time with this and recommend it to any JRPG fan.

JRPG Of The Year 2024. 🏆🎉I originally played Persona 3 on the PSP. Loved it. Persona 3 Reload takes everything and makes it better. EVERYTHING.From the graphics, the battle system, UI, music, all of it. Improved.I started playing at release and soon enough, a bajillion hours passed by. Exact numbers btw. 😆Story is simple enough, you are a transfer student whose first day ends up with him fighting monsters. Now, you must use your hidden power, called Persona, to defeat them and put a stop to the Dark Hour.The game goes day by day over the course of a year. Having you live out the life of said transfer student. Very engaging stuff. The back and forth of school life and monster fighting makes for a nice flow.You can build relationships to improve your chances of better Persona abilities. These side quests play out like a slice of life anime. Myself, I went for Yuko's route this time. I usually go either Yuko or Mitsuru. Choose whatever works best for your play style.Combat is where P3R really shines. They give you new ultimate attacks, called Therugy, like Limit Breaks in Final Fantasy 7. My team is usually Yukari, Junpei, and whoever else I need. Most times being Aigis.This game is great. I already knew I was gonna like it. I just didn't know I would love it.Now, Atlus, can we get a Catherine 2 already? 🤣 5/5

The base game is 5/5 get it, its great. DLC (not included) is a drag that I suggest you avoid and seek a LP on Youtube to check out if you are curious.But ya the base game offers the normal Persona goodness with many choices on party members what persona you use and how you go about your day. Time is limited so what you choose to do and who you choose to hang out with will effect many things.It is a faithful remake with quality of life changes that go a long way. The Music alone is a selling point, still hum tracks from this all these months later after beating it.Its a must have for JRPG fans, you will love this game.

And the only way to know if it’s your type of game is to play a Persona game. After playing Persona 5 and now this, I can say it’s not my cup of tea. And that’s okay. I can see why people love these games.I liked the graphics and the voice acting. The combat system is pretty cool too.These types of games just have to be for you. I’d say this is a great one to try out and see if it is.

Very nice looking game and amazing music

ordered this as a gift for my son and he absolutely loved it. great product, good value. item just as described.

Positives:- The rewind system makes viewing results of different choices faster. Rather than making a save file then loading a save file over and over if you were just curious about what happens if you chose a different choice- All the difficulty settings are fair and balanced (except for the Reaper cheese)- Story and environment were more or less preserved, no modernization here (e.g. still using wired earphones, flip phones and other early 2000s tech and fashion)- Fantastic music and slick UI elementsNegatives:Major complaints- Lack of female protagonist which could have doubled the replay value- Maxing out the social links in one playthrough is impossible without following a strict guideMinor complaints- Minimap could show more information like destroyable stuff for loot- Can't view active Arcanas at any time (you can only see them during shuffle time)- Can't view the description of active Arcanas (the game expects that you memorize what each one does based on a tiny image at the bottom left)- Can't cancel shuffle time, if an Arcana you don't want appears and there is no other choice, you will have to take that Arcana

its persona so its always worth it