Persona 3 Reload

Play it on: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows (Steam Deck OK)
Current goal: Burn my dread

I’ve already beaten Persona 3 Reload, the from-the-ground-up remake of the 2006 PS2 classic. I even reviewed it here at good ol’ Kotaku period com. But mentally, I am still in Tartarus fighting shadows alongside my friends.

I don’t usually replay RPGs that often unless there’s a re-release of some kind. I hadn’t played Persona 3’s main story in over 12 years before I started Reload. But it was just as infectious, poignant, and radical today as it was back then. If you’ve never played Persona 3, this is easily the most refined version of the game that altered the series’ trajectory forever. There are rumors floating around that it will be getting its missing epilogue as DLC, which would fill out some (but not all) of the content people are upset is missing. So by the time all is said and done, this could be the definitive version of the RPG. But for now, it’s an excellent recreation of, and improvement upon, everything that made the original Persona 3 special. — Kenneth Shepard