In my original review I talked about how I had an amazing time with the game, as well as how it was my introduction to Persona and JRPGs as a whole. Since then, I spent much of this year playing through Persona 1-5 and having an absolute blast with the entire series. I finished P3R at the end of February and have now come back to play the Episode Aigis expansion, staying spoiler free of it the entire time as I never played P3FES. (While I won't comment on how Atlus has implemented a scummy form of monetization by separating this from the steep 70$ price tag and additional editions of the game, that's a conversation for another day.)

Revisiting Persona 3 and getting to cap off the experience with its epilogue through Aigis's perspective as well as playing through the entire series as a whole, I can firmly say that Persona 3 is my favorite entry in the series and possibly my favorite game of all time. I've gotten to experience quite a number of deeply impactful games up to this point, but Persona 3 has hit closer to home than anything thus far. I would love to gush on and on about the many emotions it made me feel, from sheer joy to crushing heartache, but to do so would take away from the experience of the game itself. It's the kind of game whose themes and messages can and should touch your heart, no matter what. It has personally made me more aware of the kind of person I wish to be. While that road may take a very long time and will be rough, Persona 3 has been nothing short of a life changing experience. I have never stopped thinking about it since I finished it, and now I will certainly continue to think about it for a long time to come.

While this has much been more a personal rant than a review, rest assured every other aspect of the game is phenomenal. It has an engaging turn based combat system, a wonderful cast of characters, gorgeous visuals and an earworm of a soundtrack. Your daily life system is a refreshing break from dungeon crawling, both main aspects of the game balancing each other out nicely. You have a ton of Personas to grind for and collect along with a bunch of other characters you can get to know and bond with, and both of those systems go hand in hand. There's a bunch here to keep you engaged just from a gameplay standpoint even if that's all you care about.

I would very, very highly recommend P3R to anyone and everyone. No matter what kind of games you enjoy, there will be something for everyone and so much more beyond that.

In my original review I talked about how I had an amazing time with the game, as well as how it was my introduction to Persona and JRPGs as a whole. Since then, I spent much of this year playing through Persona 1-5 and having an absolute blast with the entire series. I finished P3R at the end of February and have now come back to play the Episode Aigis expansion, staying spoiler free of it the entire time as I never played P3FES. (While I won't comment on how Atlus has implemented a scummy form of monetization by separating this from the steep 70$ price tag and additional editions of the game, that's a conversation for another day.) Revisiting Persona 3 and getting to cap off the experience with its epilogue through Aigis's perspective as well as playing through the entire series as a whole, I can firmly say that Persona 3 is my favorite entry in the series and possibly my favorite game of all time. I've gotten to experience quite a number of deeply impactful games up to this point, but Persona 3 has hit closer to home than anything thus far. I would love to gush on and on about the many emotions it made me feel, from sheer joy to crushing heartache, but to do so would take away from the experience of the game itself. It's the kind of game whose themes and messages can and should touch your heart, no matter what. It has personally made me more aware of the kind of person I wish to be. While that road may take a very long time and will be rough, Persona 3 has been nothing short of a life changing experience. I have never stopped thinking about it since I finished it, and now I will certainly continue to think about it for a long time to come. While this has much been more a personal rant than a review, rest assured every other aspect of the game is phenomenal. It has an engaging turn based combat system, a wonderful cast of characters, gorgeous visuals and an earworm of a soundtrack. Your daily life system is a refreshing break from dungeon crawling, both main aspects of the game balancing each other out nicely. You have a ton of Personas to grind for and collect along with a bunch of other characters you can get to know and bond with, and both of those systems go hand in hand. There's a bunch here to keep you engaged just from a gameplay standpoint even if that's all you care about. I would very, very highly recommend P3R to anyone and everyone. No matter what kind of games you enjoy, there will be something for everyone and so much more beyond that.