Highlights
Persona 3 Reload is an overhaul of the original Persona 3, with quality-of-life improvements and features similar to Persona 5. The game’s trailer showcases the characters and RPG battle mechanics, including Tartarus exploration scenes, social interactions, and combat. The new UI, victory screen, and re-arranged music give the game a sleeker feel reminiscent of Persona 5, adding to the excitement for its early 2024 release.
Atlus gave fans another look at Persona 3 Reload, with a trailer for the game showcasing some of its characters and RPG battle mechanics. This new version was first announced in June and looks to be a complete overhaul of the original Persona 3. This will add a host of quality of life improvements and features that will bring it in line with newer Atlus outputs, such as Persona 5. The developer has also been quick to give fans plenty of details on what to expect from this remake as well.
Updates regarding the remake have come in increasing portions, with gameplay demos and interviews about the RPG remake. Atlas even mentioned that these revelations would come with every full moon, about once a month. While the July full moon has already come and gone, Persona 3 update I got a brief introduction during Bilibili China’s exclusive “High Energy Game Fest” digital event, which highlighted the favorite members of the SEES party gamers to meet.
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This gameplay clip first featured Junpei, Akihiko, and the hero’s party exploring Tartarus, where they first encounter Fuuka Yamejishi, SEES’ ultimate navigator in Persona 3. It also shows some scenes where the player can talk to a girl outside the school, presumably as part of her social bond. The show also features scenes from the game’s story, such as the introduction of Mitsuru Kiriju coming to the rescue of the inexperienced members of Tartaros on her bike.
The second half shows the other senior member of SEES, Akihiko Sanada, helping his youngsters around the Tartaros block. From there, it moves into a short battle, where Akihiko summons his Persona Polydeuces, with a quick glance at the game’s new user interface. The trailer also ends on the game’s new victory screen, with all four party members exiting the fray, and the downed one being the final blow in the middle of the shot. Fans have noticed how this screen has taken a more elegant path reminiscent of it Persona 5Art mass attack victory screen.
Following this trailer, Faz, a YouTuber who focuses on the JRPG, points out what the music will likely sound like after it’s rearranged. This can be seen in a clip from the livestream of the event, where he noted that it was an arrangement of the song “Af Night Break”, which can be heard in the original game, and which is heard frequently during Persona 3social events.
Persona 3 update Coming early 2024 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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