Persona 3has always been somewhat of an outlier in the high-schooling, monster-bashing series.

Still great, then.

I’m unfortunately not as in love with the rest of the package’s spruce-up.

Persona 3 Reload promo screenshot of Aigis facing the camera, reading an attack.

Reload does a much better job of tying up loose RPG threads and connecting progression systems between the two.

It’s also where every other Persona 3 version succumbs to sometimes mind-numbing monotony.

You’re still chasing elemental weaknesses and exploiting them to dish powerful All-Out Attacks.

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It makes battles slightly more aggressive, without feeling overpowered.

Persona 3 Reload accessibility options

Persona 3 Reload has no explicit accessibility options outside of subtitle toggles.

However, the icing on Tartarus' elongated cake is just how much simpler getting up it is.

A screenshot from Persona 3 Reload, showing an anime cutscene with the SEES crew.

Reload throws away the fatigue mechanic that previously debuffed party members as they spent more time in the tower.

A copy of Persona 3 Reload was provided for review by Sega.

Leader, Junpei, and Yukari race across train tracks in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

A screenshot from Persona 3 Reload, showing blue magical debris shooting out of the main character’s head.

A screenshot from Persona 3 Reload, showing combat in Tartarus.

Junpei tells a spooky story in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

Mitsuri poses at the end of battle in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

Leader gets ready for battle against a boss in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

The party waits in front of a Monad Door in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

The SEES crew meet on the Dark Hour in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

Leader and a friend sit in a crowded cinema in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

Leader watches TV with bestest boy Koromaru in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

Chidori looks ominous under a green moon in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.

A screenshot from Persona 3 Reload, showing an elemental weakness in Tartarus.

Little snowman and little pumpkin wizard Personas link up for a joint attack in a screenshot from Persona 3 Reload.