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Spade said:
Barozi said:

Done with Persona 3 Reload.

Gotta say I was a little underwhelmed.

Story-wise it's way worse than both P4 and P5. P3 has nothing going on for the majority of the game. It's just month after month of story not developing one bit.

Party members aren't exactly the best either. Especially those that join later on. They get barely any introduction, they are just there suddenly. Also Junpei is the most annoying character I've encountered in Persona games thus far.

Tartarus wasn't as bad as I expected, still far far worse than P5 castles.

What annoyed me the most is that there aren't that many locations/activities when free roaming the city. There are only two social links that are available in the evening. So I used these times to max out my social stats and by August or September I was already maxed out. After that there was NOTHING to do for over 4 months straight in the evening. Quite a design flaw. Did the game expect me to beat only one Tartarus floor every night? Because that would've been possible...

7.5/10

I can wholeheartedly say the female MC is far superior IMO. She adds more SLinks that add to the story. More night time Social links as well. I remember having that issue with the male MC with having nothing to do at night. Really wish they re-worked those at to make the flow feel better. 

People apparently love Junpei because he progresses so much as a character throughout the game. While that might be true, it's only because they set him up to be so unlikeable. 

Definitely my personal least favorite in the series as well. 

I feel the opposite. He's somewhat likeable in the beginning but still a loser when it comes to women and then he suddenly wins over a woman's heart out of nowhere with minimum effort. Furthermore he's the only one to blame and attack the main character for something he has no control over towards the end of the game.



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GameStop seems to have some monster deals going on for the physical collectors.

My youtube has people making videos getting 2-5$ games (including games like Soulhackers 2) 

https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/products/soul-hackers-2---launch-edition---xbox-series-x/349091.html






konnichiwa said:

GameStop seems to have some monster deals going on for the physical collectors.

My youtube has people making videos getting 2-5$ games (including games like Soulhackers 2) 

https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/products/soul-hackers-2---launch-edition---xbox-series-x/349091.html

Damn, they clearing stock for sure.

Seems like its in anticipation of the White Digital only Series X.



Barozi said:
Spade said:

I can wholeheartedly say the female MC is far superior IMO. She adds more SLinks that add to the story. More night time Social links as well. I remember having that issue with the male MC with having nothing to do at night. Really wish they re-worked those at to make the flow feel better. 

People apparently love Junpei because he progresses so much as a character throughout the game. While that might be true, it's only because they set him up to be so unlikeable. 

Definitely my personal least favorite in the series as well. 

I feel the opposite. He's somewhat likeable in the beginning but still a loser when it comes to women and then he suddenly wins over a woman's heart out of nowhere with minimum effort. Furthermore he's the only one to blame and attack the main character for something he has no control over towards the end of the game.

Couldn't stand his i wanna be a leader shtick, but also he shows

Spoiler!
a lot of sexism for the female MC in portable. 


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Yeah, I'm not sure why Atlus didn't move some social links to the nighttime. That was a big complaint with P3/P3 FES. So it's weird they didn't address that in Reload. I maxed out my social stats in September as well, and there was nothing to do at night for the rest of the game (I already did the Tower and Devil social links which are the only two night social links).



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Also, another minor complaint I have, they removed Fuuka's ability to change the music while exploring Tartarus (from FES). So you get the same theme over and over while in there.



It is weird that ID xbox barely get promoted by official channels or don't get any directs, their are some rough diamonds that are made by the program:

Fossilfuel 2 is a good example, on steam it is received alright reviews swimming in 7's and occasionaly even an 8/10.

It is short but it is only 19.99$/€... and it has an horde mode if thats your thing.

Edit: Also picked up Dead Island Definitive edition.

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NobleTeam360 said:

Yeah, I'm not sure why Atlus didn't move some social links to the nighttime. That was a big complaint with P3/P3 FES. So it's weird they didn't address that in Reload. I maxed out my social stats in September as well, and there was nothing to do at night for the rest of the game (I already did the Tower and Devil social links which are the only two night social links).

More time to grind in Tartarus!



Barozi said:

Done with Persona 3 Reload.

Gotta say I was a little underwhelmed.

Story-wise it's way worse than both P4 and P5. P3 has nothing going on for the majority of the game. It's just month after month of story not developing one bit.

Party members aren't exactly the best either. Especially those that join later on. They get barely any introduction, they are just there suddenly. Also Junpei is the most annoying character I've encountered in Persona games thus far.

Tartarus wasn't as bad as I expected, still far far worse than P5 castles.

What annoyed me the most is that there aren't that many locations/activities when free roaming the city. There are only two social links that are available in the evening. So I used these times to max out my social stats and by August or September I was already maxed out. After that there was NOTHING to do for over 4 months straight in the evening. Quite a design flaw. Did the game expect me to beat only one Tartarus floor every night? Because that would've been possible...

7.5/10

2 S. Links in evening time slot is definitely a design left over from original game. PS2 version had “tiredness” mechanic, when your party members will get tired if you grind too much in Tartarus and go home, thus making it hardly possible to go through entire block in one day.



 

NobleTeam360 said:

Also, another minor complaint I have, they removed Fuuka's ability to change the music while exploring Tartarus (from FES). So you get the same theme over and over while in there.

I think you can change some music in the settings. They should have had music done like Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth, MC has his own MP3... And if you don't know how it's done in Infinite Wealth well... play it



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