http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/Persona_3_Portable/index.html
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| Graphics: | 71% |
| Sound: | 90% |
| Gameplay: | 77% |
| Control: | 75% |
| Story: | 76% |
| Overall: | 75% |
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Overall
The original Persona 3 was in the 80% range for me with the FES additions putting it around 85%. Similar gameplay with a much better story puts Persona 4 in the 90% category. With that as a starting point, this iteration necessarily falls below 80%. It plays and looks worse than the original and the added content will not do much for people who are not already obsessed. Ultimately, P3P is a fan service game that does a good job of imitating the original. If you loved it on PS2 and are in the mood for another go around, have at it with the female MC and enjoy the new perspective. Pretty much everyone else need not apply.
The reviewer makes in my opinion some good and bad points. First, the original Persona is nowhere near an 80%, more like a 95 or so, thus it's obvious that he's not a big fan of the game. And of course, we already knew the game would be somewhat downgraded for the PSP. Still, I agree with him that it's disappointing that Atlus didn't add much other than the female character for the game, more changes would have been welcome. Still, I think that 75% is far too low for what's one of the best RPGs ever, even if it's not its best version
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