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."
Atlus has launched a new demo for Persona 3 Reload on all platforms.
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Persona 3 Reload celebrates its first anniversary with a new release based on the DLC that expanded Aigis's role in the critically acclaimed remake.
this is oddly written,
its a vinyl release based on the dlc. not a mew game
It's a niche topic not many care for. Of course trash news sites will have to twist it for clickbait
"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.