Rumours that the recently released Persona 3 Reload would be getting The Answer (previously only playable in the Persona 3 FES iteration) began swirling last month and look increasingly likely to be correct. Now that the game has been in players' hands for a while, further evidence has emerged that there is still more SEES action to come. Warning: vague item description spoilers for Persona 3 Reload incoming!
Beating the game on Merciless difficulty will see that mysterious denizen of The Velvet Room, Elizabeth, reward your efforts with a cryptic clue, which some say all but ensures The Answer is on the way. YouTuber Faz (thanks, PC Gamer) used a cheat engine to reach that point and recorded what was said. If you're curious, Elizabeth delivers players a cryptic message that reads: "At the end of a great trial, the answer illuminates my path."
The Answer took place after the events of Persona 3, following the cyborg warrior Aigis in the weeks following the game's climax, and represents about 30 hours of content. Persona 3 Reload remains incomplete until its addition, and in typical Atlus fashion, technically sidesteps the publisher's pledge not to release an expanded version of the game, namely Persona 4 Golden or Persona 5 Royal. Dataminers had already determined The Answer was in the offing (alongside more expected DLC), so consider this further evidence, but it is still not an actual confirmation.
Do you think we will get The Answer in Persona 3 Reload? Are you clamouring for it? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source youtu.be, via pcgamer.com]
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So is this DLC just an option you can choose in the main menu or something?
@Nepp67
If it's like how it was in the original then yes, the answer is meant to be played after you finish the game and is more of an "extra" story, complete with characters coming at predetermined levels so your main game wouldn't carry over to it.
@ATaco Ahh got it, a bit of a shame that it isn't implemented in game like P5R though
You can’t spell Persona without Faz
Just beat Reload last night. Loved every minute of it. Can’t wait for the inevitable DLC 😎😎
@Nepp67 That's what I've been saying. Due to story reasons a royal or golden version can't exist unless they changed the ending, which now i can assume they haven't.
The answer itself is a pointless dlc that can be skipped. It's kind of like a spin-off that didn't get It's own game. It's there for peeps that want that high level dungeon at the end.
Female Protagonist from P3P: next DLC.
Give us Kotone.
I’m still in my first play through of the game and had not played it before this version. I’m a very slow player and have already clocked 100 hours and only in late November in the games calendar. Can’t imagine how many hours I’d have with an additional DLC. Love the game. I had tried playing P4 Golden after P5R but it didn’t quite scratch that itch and I didn’t make it very far. That’s on me, not the game. I hope it gets the same treatment, even though I understand the arguments that it doesn’t need it. Can’t wait for P6, though.
@tseliot I had to give P4 a couple chances before I got hooked. I actually bought it when it came out on PS2 back in...I don't know, 2006? I couldn't get in to it and shelved it until after I beat Persona 5 Royal in 2021. After getting through the first dungeon and going in to that loop, I finally got in to the story and played right through. Ended up enjoying it so much I bought Golden on Steam and played right through it again. It might be something to check out again later.
@IntrepidWombat That might be where I dropped off. If I had no hope for an enhanced P4, I might try again. Any idea what the odds are? I'm guessing pretty high but no idea.
@tselliot Your guess is as good as mine. It may come down to how well P3R does financially.
Hopefully we will the an answer to the answer soon..
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