Persona 3 Reload Review - IGN

With a stellar visual overhaul and countless small but impactful changes, Persona 3 Reload tells a timeless story of tragedy and hope with sharp emotional sincerity.

[gold_drake]

gettin my copy tomorrow, cant wait :)

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Getting this on Steam. Never played Persona 3 so I'm very excited.

[Barlos]

Never played it either but I love P4/P4G and P5/P5R so I needed to get this too. Getting it for PS5. It's due to arrive on Friday but I'm into Like Dragon IW right now so I think P3R can wait a while.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Yeah, I'm working on Anonymous;Code and Eternights so it'll be a minute until I get to it 😆

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

It's a great game, story isn't as well paced as P4, but still brilliant.

[DrDoomer]

Ich been waiting für das!

[notachance]

My collector's edition is on the way

[Relientk77]

Nice! This looks so good! I am definitely picking it up.

[GoodGuy09]

What really bums me out is that its $70 though.

[Barlos]

£50 in the UK. I know that doesn't help you though

[andy85]

£42. Which is a crazy difference tbh

[Elda]

I never played P3 so I'll be playing this on my XBSX through GP this Friday along with physical copies of Granblue Fantasy Relink & Suicide Squad for my PS5.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Granblue Fantasy Relink looks nice. I watched the Trash Taste guys play the demo on a YouTube Livestream last week.

[Obscure_Observer]

Day One on Gamepass!

Let´s Go!!!

[Barlos]

Buy it maybe? You know, support the developers and help keep physical media alive.

Oh silly me you're an Xbox fanatic aren't you? Xbox people never actually buy anything...

[thesoftware730]

"Xbox people never actually buy anything..."

He bought a T.V., paid for his internet, bought an Xbox, and paid for Game Pass. All that seems like a lot of things he purchased to play the games.

Also, why are you so worried about the Devs? MS paid them already for him/users to play it on GP, So by downloading and playing it, it is supporting the Dev and MS ....everyone gets paid...nothing is free. It's asinine for you to think that the deal they struck with MS wasn't a good deal, stop pretending you know what's better for a company more than they do, no one forced them to put the game in GP...they PAID them.

Do you feel the same way when games get added to PS+ or is it just Xbox you don't like? I see many, many PS fans happy when good games are added to Plus.

[Barlos]

I think you know what I'm referring to. Also, I don't bother with PS+ either. Thanks for caring.

[TheColbertinator]

Collectors Edition in the mail and digital edition preordered.

"Didya see that, Shinji?!"

[-Gespenst-]

Kind of burned out on Persona, so I'll probably skip this for now. I think I'll go cold turkey on the series until 6 comes out so that it has the greatest impact. 3 is great - probably the best one - but I'd be more inclined to play this remake right away if it was more of a reimagining, like Final Fantasy VII Remake. I'll play it some day, though.

[DarXyde]

I've bought this game three times already:

Persona 3 FES (PS2)
Persona 3 Portable (PSP)
Persona 3 Portable again (PS4)

... I think we know what I'm going to do...

[Barlos]

I hear you. I have 3 copies of P5:

P5 launch edition steelbook for PS4
P5R steelbook for PS4
P5R steelbook for PS5.

Never played P3 so this will be a treat for me. My first introduction to Persona was with P4G on Vita, and ever since then I've been hooked.

[DarXyde]

Amen, brother. I did spend a pretty penny on Persona 5 myself: the Take Your Heart Edition of the base game but the standard edition for Royal (on PS4).

Persona 4 is arguably my favorite. I loved the darkness on 3 and the stylishness and presentation of 5, but there's something about 4 that felt super grounded, but by the end of the game, I felt this bizarre sense of loneliness. Almost like... My real life friendships are shallow...? I don't know, but the first time I beat it, there was kind of this emptiness. Though, I did get one of the bad endings the first time and Corridor was playing in the background.

.... Then I proceeded to play it again immediately. 😅

Atlus knows how to take my money.