VGChartz's Paul Broussard: "There is a lot to like, and even love about Persona 3, but it’s all buried underneath an incredible amount of tediousness - a very slow start to the story, an insipid amount of busywork and bland grinding in Tartarus, and a fairly unengaging overworld - so it’s tough to say I found myself enjoying it as a first timer. Perhaps it’s unfair to judge an older title by more modern standards, and I’m sure for people who enjoyed the original game, there’s no reason to dislike what’s here. If you're someone who doesn't mind a lot of busy work and a slow start in exchange for an interesting story (particularly the ending), then feel free to ignore everything written previously. However, it’s tough for me personally to view this as anything other than an average experience."
Nameer from eXputer: "With Persona and Like a Dragon, SEGA delivers a bold middle finger to the idea that turn-based games are outdated and I couldn't be happier."
I love RPGs and spent 151 hours with Infinite Wealth. Currently playing through Rebirth and Reload, and I have to say I'm far more engaged with Reload because I prefer the turn based combat. I'm not a fan of the real time combat in Rebirth. If the game and story wasn't so good, I likely wouldn't entertain it at all. I much prefer turn based games.
As someone who prefers turn-based I’ve real-time, I can definitively say I would choose Rebirth’s battle system over everything. It’s the perfect fusion of turn-based and real-time and I get. Rush using it over turn-based. That being said I do like the turn based for Infinite Wealth.
I agree, even over 150+ hours I never once found the combat in Infinite Wealth a chore, I loved every minute of it. I can't agree with Rebirth's system though. There's something about it that just doesn't click with me. I prefer pure turn based combat for sure. That's why I also enjoy Persona's combat so much - in particular P5 Royal. With all the Persona fusing options it adds a lot of depth, and you really can create the perfect Persona for you.
Same thing, nostalgia and story. My biggest issues in rebirth are combat, and not being able to talk to npcs.
Persona 3 reload and infinite weath boasts sales of 1 million at launch on multiple platforms.
https://www.ign.com/article...
https://personacentral.com/...
And Rebirth launched to 2 million which is seen as concerning on one platform.
https://www.pushsquare.com/...
Why is it more viable to make turn based games when they sell half as much?
Theses articles should at least highlight turn based games that sell the same or more than non turn based games to make a coherent argument. Like Pokemon or Honkai Star Rail.
Rebirth sales are do wn there's multiple articles stating it hasn't sold as well I don't y game is fantastic but it hasn't done was well hope they do 3 as spent a lot time on both remake and rebirth but I like both turn based and live action
The author acts like turn-based RPGs are a dying genre. Recent successful games such as Octopath Traveler series, Sea of Stars, the Trails series, Honkai Star Rail, and Baldurs Gate 3 (mentioned in the article) would prove that there is still market out there hungry for them. I’m blessed enough to love both turn-based and action rpg games.
The expansion pass for Sega and Atlus' role-playing game, Persona 3 Reload, is free to keep for subscribers of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
I wasn't lying. It wasn't free a few days ago. I just checked again & it is free.
The Atlus RPG is the first PlayStation 5 title in eight months to take the top of the sales charts.
"Perhaps it’s unfair to judge an older title by more modern standards"
Oh yes because mission and story structure nowadays is not just repetitive quests and Hollywood bait cutscenes and dialogue
I agree it's way too slow and tedious compared to 4 and 5. You can really tell that this was the first game within the trio of 3-5 and made on the ps2, Atlus did a pretty good job though with the visuals and much of the improvements it has and mostly sticking faithful to the original... don't think the game is a 5/10 though lol.
Persona 3 Tartarus is one of my favourite dungeon designs ever. Just an endless climb, no stupid switch puzzles or fetching nonsense. Just surviving with limited resources. Genius.
This is what happens when you don't have a professional reviewer to give an objective analysis, and you just get a random schmo to post his personal opinion.
That score is brutal for a game of this calibre, its biggest issue is the pacing, that has always been a common complaint compared to its successors, I also hear the remake is easier than the other versions of P3, which is a downer, but it's essentially the same game. I also don't mind if you complain about missing content like the P3P Fem MC, and the FES content (supposedly a upcoming DLC).
Other than that, it's a pretty great game and it's successors just build upon it, you need to bump that score up another 2 points at least to have this review taken seriously (the game is above average, easily). And if you look at the original P3 release, it was a revolutionary game for it's time, I still can't think of any game like this franchise.