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Gryphus Since: May, 2011
02/11/2016 01:32:20 •••

The Answer (A.K.A. How to ruin what was once a great game)

The original Persona 3 is probable one of the best, if not THE best JRPG ever made. So of course, when i heard that the Updated Re-release would include a brand new mode that shows what happened after the events of the game i got very excited.

...And then i actually played it.

To be brief, this mode takes EVERYTHING that made Persona 3 fun and unique, and just throws it out the window. Social Links? Gone. Day progression? Gone. Character Development? Gone. Instead the entire game basically becomes Final Fantasy meets Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. The story is awful too, it just destroys the original cast's development and reverts them to how they behaved at the very beginning of the game, which feels like a slap to the face after seeing how much they change as the story moves forward, and i haven't even mentioned the massive Ass Pull that Erebus' sheer existance is.

Overall, i'm glad i chose to pick up Portable now. It includes all of the cool stuff FES added to the original game excluding this awful mode. I suggest you do the same too.

catmuto Since: Nov, 2012
02/11/2016 00:00:00

Maybe it\'s me, but even if I completed Yukari\'s social link over the course of the game, she still didn\'t seem to become a better person or character in it. So, can\'t say Yukari being an obnoxious tool in Answer was all that different to how she was in the game itself.

I played Portable. And it made me realize how much more entertaining Persona 4 was for me, than this game. Despite playing it three times, to see if maybe I was just not seeing how appealing it could be, it still feels subpar to the fourth game. From music (I can remember 3\'s music if I try really hard, but don\'t have the problem with 4) to characters (I hate them all in 3, \'cept maybe for Ken) and the only upside was that Portable took some of 4\'s mechanics into it. Still. Get rid of Mission Control. I can SEE what\'s going on in the battle field, Stop telling me what\'s going on!


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