'Yes.. they actually removed this from the game'

hopefully they bring this back as dlc..

#gaming #persona #persona3 #persona3reload

[Akaritomi]

Nyx: "I have come to lead you all to death"

Makoto: "Nah, what you came for is these hands"

[nikolayshutov]

To be precise, they first removed it in P3P most like to prevent the need of making more animations for the female protagonist, but keeping her options on par with male one. Reload just stuck with it most like out of the same reason: less animations to make.

[pqulxv]

I think the in game lore for the mc to be able to use multiple weapons, along with his fusion spell abilities, was that death enhanced all of his abilities overall

[The_Pikaboi]

The upside is that MC could use Axes like Shinji. With Thor you could get Mjolnir as a weapon which gave you a 0sp Zionga as your melee attack

[bearerofbadnews]

It was a cool idea for Makato to wield multiple weapons. Shame that didn’t carry on for Yu and Ren.

[slicessenpai]

"I wonder why they removed Makoto/Minato's ability to use all weapon types from FES!"

Me who only played P3P before Reload:

*Mass Destruction abruptly stops*

[Demi-fiend]

Other cool facts about this is that the summon voice lines and victory pose would change depending on the weapon you were carrying. I remember one where the protag does a little hair flip when the battle ends lol

[jordanfisher]

0:34 i didn't know he's like that

[CodeREDACTED]

The best part of this was that it gave axes a use later in the game. I remember running Mjolnir on MC endgame; it was really cool.

[specter_of_thestars]

Boxing gloves having him use his right instead of left Akihiko(he’s a southpaw compared to protag) was a nice detail, same with his show off like kick.

[adrianhanko]

They also removed mp3 Player inside Tartarus. In original Persona 3 after some time you could change music in your mp3.

[Newsteevie]

I much as I'm adoring Reload, it kinda sucks how many things they just... got rid of.

Nothing game ruining by any means. The NEW additions and presentation make Reload worth it imo, but at the same time I miss the weapon options, being able to choose the Kendo or Swim teams, even the little things like Tartarus having a transition screen between blocks.

[chaselowell]

Every time I hear fuuka’s old voice it sounds like a robot

[yumithehunter]

It’s cool you can use any weapon but i like how each character is kinda defined by their weapon of choice and can easily be identified… except mitsuru… how does she not do pierce

[freedomred]

They gonna fix it in p3:reload golden royal canine final remix

[josephcampos]

I mean to be fair, you couldn't control your party members in the original p3 and FES, so now with being able to control your party members, it makes sense to balance it out by limiting the mc to only 1 option

[steam-powereddolphin]

Someone made a mod-ish for P3P that allows the male MC to wield nearly any weapon type. It's not free of jank (unless it's been improved/remade for the 2023 Steam version). Maybe it's possible for an ambitious user to make a similar mod for Reload?
In addition, I believe I've read that the WIP FeMC mod for Reload will allow her to wield a similar type of weapon to what she wields in _Portable_ (IIRC). I wonder if it's possible to suggest an add-on that allows her to wield nearly all weapons as well...

[tryinglyon]

While it is unfortunate that they left that mechanic out, engaging with Shadows in Reload isn't really that difficult to warrant an extra reach. I can only recall like... 2 times of my total play through where I was caught off guard by a shadow and I was playing on hard. And since you now fully control your party, it'd just feel like an unnecessary addition considering how much is already open to you.

I don't believe for a moment that it was left out because of "them being too lazy to make the animations" cause have you SEEN THE ANIMATIONS IN THIS GAME? Aigis's 2nd Theurgy alone puts every single Persona game previous to shame like goddamn. The animation team was definitely proud of what they accomplished. I'm sure they would have put the same amount of effort like they did for every other animation had they been called to it.

[hunterkat]

It would have been dope to add that in for reload. Like if the player wanted to use a specific weapon theh could go talk to a party member with said weapon to unlock it

[BenSpace]

(SPOILERS)




The best part about wielding any weapon type in the game is that it makes Shinjiro’s axes still useable even after he leaves party. In Portable and Reload once he’s gone the axes are basically useless.