It's long been our belief that Persona 5 has the most stylish turn-based combat system ever devised, but it could soon be time for Joker and the gang to vacate their throne. Indeed, Persona 3 Reload's reworked battles look incredible. Visually, there's a much greater emphasis on highly stylised cuts from character to character, and we love the way artwork has been incorporated into certain actions.
Combat isn't just an eye-pleaser, though. Taking clear cues from the aforementioned Persona 5, there's an all-new snappiness to how you issue commands, and as previously reported, you can now 'shift' between party members in order to hit multiple enemy weaknesses in one extended turn.
Meanwhile, new, character-specific 'Theurgy' attacks are basically like super moves. You build up a bar through battling that can then be cashed out for a devastating technique.
We think Persona 3 Reload is looking like a surefire win, but do you agree? Give us a baby baby baby in the comments section below.
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Looks great but I’ll wait for the “royal” edition a few years later
@Nalodart same for me. With all of content from FES and P3P.
@AnVold @Nalodart
Yep was going to say same thing, and then probably wait to get the PS6 Golden/Royale/FES/P3P version which will not have an upgrade path from PS5.
Another burnt Persona 5 buyer here.
I bought Persona 3 on Steam not that long ago and I'm happy with that so I don't think it's worth buying this now. I might buy it during a Sale Idk.
There’s quite a bit of negativity in the above comments, and with Atlus’ track record of flogging ever improved versions of their games at full price, I completely understand why. Personally I never got around to Persona 5, Royal or otherwise, on PS4, so I did pick up P5R on PS5.
It’s still in the old backlog right now, so by the time I do happen to get around to it, hopefully, the ultimate version of Persona 3 Reload should be out. If it isn’t, I’ll more than likely pick this version up anyway.
At the ripe old age of 50, I’m only just really getting around to the RPG scene, thanks largely to Final Fantasy, so I’m really looking forward to finally playing the Persona games. Long overdue though it is.
Honestly, mixed feelings about such style and cool visuals depicting putting a gun to one's head as a power move
Like everyone else, I'll wait for the super duper ultra special awesome edition down the line.
@munkholt If it helps at all, it's not a real gun but an evoker in shape of one.
Looks so beautiful, but i just beat p3p on switch and dont know if i can handle 200+ floors of Tartarus again so soon. Unless they’ve streamlined the tower. And I’m working on p4g, and then plan on finally playing 5. Honestly there is a bunch of things I like so much more in 3 than 4. Especially the dark vibe of it all. But as everyone here is saying, maybe by the time I get to it, or want to experience it again, there might be a ultimate release
@The_Pixel_King in my opinion from what I remember of persona 3 it has the best story, and darker imo.
But yeah it’s not complete, they remade the base version and not the “royal” version so I definitely hope by the time you get around to purchasing it the that edition will have been announced 🤞🏾
Everyone keeps talking about an ultimate edition with all the content of all the versions, but I think it deserves mention that going by the release date of Portable, 2009 being the earliest regional release date, there's probably been people waiting for the complete edition for 14 years or so. I'm just going to say that with that in mind, people are no doubt going to waiting a long time for such a thing. I don't know about anyone else here, but I'm just going to wait for a deep, deep sale on this version, if I even get it at all. My siblings have both the other versions anyway, but I really want dual audio.
I for one am glad this remake doesn't include The Answer
@munkholt Lol, are you joking? 😂 That's always been a thing in P3. You're acting like this is a new thing...
atlus has clearly lost the loyalty of its fanbase... at least those of us who have limits to our spending. nope, won't be burned by atlus again and will wait for the "complete" edition down the line. also, as much as i am looking forward to metaphor, i might apply the same logic there too. atlus could easily have avoided all the negativity had they allowed for an upgrade path for their vanilla releases... hopefully they will get the point when their sales take a hit.
@The_Pixel_King there's also 3 other games to get the full persona 5 story now with the dancing game and the strikers game and now tactica
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