Persona 3 Reload - Everything To Know

Persona 5 was the game that skyrocketed the Persona series’ popularity outside of Japan, but it was Persona 3 that defined what a modern game in the franchise could be. Here's everything to know ahead of the game's release.

Persona 5 was the game that skyrocketed the Persona series’ popularity outside of Japan, but it was Persona 3 that defined what a modern game in the franchise could be. Breaking even further away from the Shin Megami Tensei spinoff status that gave birth to Personas 1 and 2, Persona 3 cemented several important gameplay features that have now come to define the series, such as the calendar. For those revisiting this game, and those experiencing it for the very first time, here’s everything to know about Persona 3 Reload.

Since the release of the original Persona 3 in 2006, the game has already received several revisions before Reload. Persona 3 FES was a director’s cut release of the game, and Persona 3 Portable was a port of the title for the PlayStation Portable handheld. Both renditions added new content to the game, but that content won’t be a part of Persona 3 Reload, which is simply adapting the original game, so features such as the epilogue of FES and a female playable protagonist are absent. The core of Persona 3 Reload’s gameplay is mostly similar to that of the original game. Players will take control of a nameless student from Gekkoukan High School, and will not only participate in turn-based combat with Personas, but will also attempt to improve their social dynamics with other characters.

Persona 3 Reload will release for both previous and current generation consoles (minus the Nintendo Switch) and PC on February 2 2024. The standard edition will cost $70, and preordering will net you several background music tracks from Persona 4 Golden. The Digital Deluxe and Digital Deluxe Premium editions cost $80 and $100, respectively. While both include a digital artbook and soundtrack, only the Premium edition includes the DLC pack, which includes cosmetics based on other Persona games as well as the background music and a select amount of the personas from Persona 5 Royal. The content in the DLC pack can be purchased separately.

Timestamps:
Intro 0-:32
Plot :32 -1:59
Development 1:59 - 3:07
Gameplay 3:07 - 5:04
Release Date and Price 5:04 -6:05
Outro/end credits 6:05 - 6:22

[aToaster]

I think you need a spoiler warning on here for people who don't know the plot. The origin of the Dark Hour isn't revealed right away and that mystery is a significant part of the story at the start of the game in my opinion.

[tobikenobi]

SPOILER WARNING ON THE VIDEO! DO NOT WATCH IF YOU WANT TO GO IN TO THE GAME WITH MAIN STORY POINTS BEING SPOILT!!!

[closetdemon]

IMAGINE SPOILING THE GAME IN A BEFORE YOU BUY

[adrielmejia]

Ain’t no way they spoiled the ending here

[fluke]

DONT WATCH THIS VIDEO IF YOU WANT TO PLAY PERSONA 3 BLIND.

[Datbombboody]

why did you immediately spoil the plot?

[thriceuponatime]

Ah yes - "Everything you need to know" - but mentions none of the new content or reworked dungeon, but they sure spoil the ending lol. Also it literally has FES and portable content why is still still constantly being said, it's been 6 months since that wrongly translated IGN article...

[snowdeer]

there’s so much misinformation and spoils in this vid it should just be taken down

[narasnek]

If it's your first time playing p3: DON'T WATCH THIS. This full video are spoilers.

[rickyfann]

Blatantly obvious that the script writer hasn't played Persona 3

[raphaelcoprada]

That's hilarious, the first few sentences after the intro is a literal spoiler and it gets worse from there.

Also, the FES is not an acronym. Since it's just shorthand for "Festival".

[NightBreakDreamer]

I never played the original game back in the day, so I'm glad there are some
people who actually do care enough to warn newcomers of spoilers in this video, unlike GameSpot.

[TheAnonLee]

First off Spoiler warning because they couldn’t be bothered. And it should be noted that the models from the dancing games where used as reference but all the models for reload were made from scratch. Saying they used them as a base doesn’t feel like the right wording for it.

[fluke]

bonus content from FES and portable are in the game they just arent including the epilouge and the female protag and her exclusive social links

[DennisMII]

Everything you need to know about Persona 3 Reload — including how to mispronounce Aigis. 😜

[DevilishGamer]

Dude said its not gonna be on PC but has he checked Steam?

[TheRebornExpert]

*FOR NEW PLAYERS OUT THERE: DON'T WATCH THIS VIDEO*

[Curlorly]

New player here, I didn’t even listen to the entirety of the first batch of info and I feel like I already had a huge plot revelation spoiled when it shouldn’t have been. One comment is saying this video also spoils the ending, so I am staying away. It is shocking to me a video supposedly centered around new players would contain such heavy spoilers with no warning. Heed my words, anyone who may also happen to be a new player: stay away from this video. It is bad news. Please, GameSpot, at least try to be considerate next time.

[sevenn]

⚠️WARNING⚠️ Persona 3 Ending Spoilers ahead

[evolancer]

Pretty sure that "nameless" protagonist is named Makoto