Thread 715742692

Whats the best way to play Persona 3? Remake? Original? Portable? Dance game?

>>715742692 (OP)
Reload

FES.
Reload is different enough to be considered another game.

FES, emulated and modded to give you control over party members.

LRPS2 Retroarch core with CRT shader.

Reload is a different game.

>>715743107
What are the mods called?

>>715743107
>modded to give you control over party members.
Extremely gay.

>>715743107
>FES, emulated and modded to give you control over party members.
Yes, and destroy balance for retard easy difficulty. Why not just watch a walkthrough by that point, retard?

>>715742692 (OP)
just play the dancing game

>>715742692 (OP)
FES without any mods so you actually have to play with the tactics menu, but afterwards use the party control mod because spending the bulk of combat watching the game play itself is kind of boring. but always play the game as designed first

>>715743054
No it isn't. Reload was too faithful to FES in the areas it shouldn't have been.

Reload is easiest to get and probably the best overall but has some odd/bad changes from FES.
FES is almost just as good but isn't as easy to get nowadays. It also comes with the sequel-story baked in (but said sequel-story is ass)
Portable lets you play as a cute girl and that changes the story a bit in places and it also introduces a boss rematch mode but it reworks the daytime section of the game into a visual novel. It's not a bad game and it's how I got into the SMT series but it's absolutely a step-down from the above two options.
I never played vanilla Persona 3. It's probably the hardest version to get your hands on for the least (if any) exclusive content.
The dancing game is a spin-off. I played it for about a week when it came out and never touched it again.

>>715743054
>>715744210
These anons got it right, except don't even bother with the demake.

>>715742692 (OP)
For me, the original/FES is unplayable due to interlacing

>>715744210
There's definitely one mod you should use.
The undub.

>>715742692 (OP)
>best
FES.
>best for a zoomer newfag tourist
Probably Reload.

>>715744760
that's fair, I don't mind the dub but I did own the disc physically when I played the game for the first time around release so I didn't exactly have a choice.

>>715742692 (OP)
EMULATE. RELOAD is gay.

>>715743452
Why not just play a good game instead of wasting time on persona 3

>>715742692 (OP)
Play reload. Fes sucks. Portable is for trannies since you can play as a chick and groom Ken.
>inb4 lighting screenshots or some other gay shit from nostalgiafags

>>715743107
Just play reload

>>715742692 (OP)
Play Reload, enjoy it or drop it, I don't really care either way and just move on. Don't waste your time with previous versions or anti-remake obsessed retards.

FES, do not use mods.

>>715742692 (OP)
reload or og

i'm proud of reload for not doing something like adding in a faggoty everyone gets to live ending. i know the temptation was there

>>715742692 (OP)
FES on PS2. Don't listen to retards telling you to play with any mods. This game is meant to be experienced with your party being controlled via tactics rather than directly. This is for thematic reasons and for gameplay balance reasons. Only reason reason you wouldn't want to play FES is because of no manual skill inheritance. All the older MegaTen games have randomized inheritance that ends up being a slog if you're the kind of person who MUST minmax every little thing. If you're like me You'll probably only bother at the endgame which is what it is.
P3P is actually what I played first and my first intro to any MegaTen game. It's not bad but it lacks 3d models in the overworld. You don't get the extra FES content. But you do have an alternate story and set of S links with the new female protagonist. Best played after you experience regular P3.
Reload actually isn't as egregious as I expected but the script is based on the P3P version which is overly wordy to make up for being on the PSP, which doesn't always benefit the story, and the difficulty is WAY too easy. And skill cards are not fucking balanced in the slightest in this game. Absolutely makes dealing with non manual inheritance the lesser evil in FES.

Also I really cannot stress hard enough how using mods will ruin an integral part of the feeling of this game.

>>715742692 (OP)
FES with direct control mod or if you have to Portable.
Worst case scenario Dancing in Moonlight is a better way to experience the game than the demake though

>>715742692 (OP)
If you have access to original hardware go with Original. Then if you liked Aigis enough get FES as it lets you play the extra content from the getgo.

If you don't have original hardware then just go with Reload, avoid emulation, it will kill your interest.

PS2 FES or Reloaded

The PSP version literally removed the entire town

>>715749943
>integral part of the game
Ah yes, the integral part that's almost always stated as one of the flaws of the game.
FES is more than playable without mods but direct control just makes the game more fun.
>B-b-but the tactics are symbolic of how SEES has their own autonomy and can make their own decisions!
Yeah it adds nothing to the game

>>715742692 (OP)
the dance game obviously, the rest are just shitty spin offs

>>715742692 (OP)
Portable. Reload is an unfinished mess with bootleg VAs.

reload is good, ignore the autists who got triggered over the lighting in a room, it's gorgeous and has amazing music, cuts the shitty parts of FES too

>>715751478
there they are, should prove my point that that this is literally the only screenshot they ever post, you got trolled faggot, it's a good game

Is there a modded version that let's you play as Femc, but with all the features missing from portable?

Play FES. The game is easy enough that you don't even need the tactics menu on hard mode. Reload isn't worth the game being completely devoid of challenge and aesthetic.

>>715750729
>Ah yes, the integral part that's almost always stated as one of the flaws of the game.
Only by retards. I would flip that on its head and say that the removal of tactics is a big factor in why P4 is a decisively worse game than P3. Adding in direct control is simply going against the game's design and making it worse.

>Yeah it adds nothing to the game
Yes it does. You start out with rough commands and get more as the game progresses that mirrors the character development between SEES. It also reinforces the thematic of the hardships of interpersonal relationships that Persona is known for. They don't always do exactly what you want them to do, just like people in your life. Persona is a social simulator in part. And as the game goes on, if you're not retarded you'll understand how to best use the tactics system which is rewarding in and of itself. And SEES out of all the groups in Persona are by far the ones that fit this dynamic and benefits from tactics rather than direct control. Unlike P4 where Yosuke is so retarded he outright just wants you to be the one to give the orders.

>>715742692 (OP)
The best way is to watch the movies.

>>715742692 (OP)
fes is obsolete

>>715752125
>Yosuke is so retarded he outright just wants you to be the one to give the orders.

Would having control not fit that Holy “thematic element” you preach so much then?

>>715752773
Yeah but that's also why P4 is a worse game.

Persona 3 Fes or Persona 3 Reload.
Portable is the only wrong way to play P3.

>>715752125
>that mirrors the character development between SEES
Yeah, when people finished the game on release no one mentioned this as one of the positives, it's something people conjured up to deflect from the critique of the lack of direct commands
Even the devs see the lack of direct commands as a flaw, it prevents people from enjoying the game and they remedied it with future entries
>w-well those people are retards
Yeah most people are retards, and games are made for retards.

>>715742692 (OP)
If you can't handle "the jank" then play reload.
Otherwise play FES for the PS2 kino.
There's also portable if you're a groomer.
All of the above are fine enough ways of experiencing P3 anyways.

Reload. FES purists are not human. They didn't actually play the game or they'd be honest about their gripes with it.

No one that actually liked Persona 3 before the Remake came out actually recommends the the remake over FES, considering the remake butchers some of the best aspects of the game.
The only people that recommend reload are P4 and P5 fans that could never get into Persona 3 and love reload because it casualized the game to an extent they can finally play the game and experience the story.

Didn't they fuck the soundtrack in Reloaded?

>>715748457
As a Remakefag, I will always give credit where its due. But objectively speaking, they did make very subtle tweaks to The Answer to make it less biting.
For instance, Yukari no longer tries to grab the key from Aigis and falls on her ass. Now she just collapses onto her knees.

I don't know what the original japanese dialogue is, but they also removed references to the MC being dead, such as Yukari "holding his cold hand" in FES, which wasn't even mentioned in the remake version.

Small issues, but I fixate on them because they're such unnecessary changes.

What do you think of this art?

>>715753751
Yes, the new tracks are good but the remixed tracks are garbage barring 1 or 2 exceptions

>>715753751
No. Changing seasons now won't make your ears bleed.

>>715753751
You judge for yourself
FES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iupq4GUgiQ8
Reload
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZTp2JzcOJ0

>>715753818
you're so dramatic.

>>715754070
>Just consume the slop! Stop noticing things!!!

>>715753868
This was the only song that is actually superior to the original version

>>715754205
you're not noticing things though, you're throwing a tantrum and exaggerating like a child. There's nothing intelligent about that.
Let me guess, you only play games on the switch because your parents don't let you use the TV and you're upset at Atlus for not putting every game on a shit console?

>>715742692 (OP)
If you want to go from worst to best go:
> Portable (MC)
> Anime Movies
> Portable (FeMC)
> Persona 3
> Persona 3 Reload + Aegis DLC
> Persona 3 FES

You can play Dancing after Portable.
Play Q, Q2 and Arena Ultimax after Reload DLC.

>>715753646
It really sucks too because there's some things I like about Reload, but holy fucking shit it's way too watered down in the gameplay department. Not only is it too easy but they sucked the fucking soul out of overworld combat, too. I always thought it was cool how all the different weapons for MC had their own advantages/disadvantages and feel. Just little attention to detail like that that was lost. And it'd be something I could overlook if there was some improvement in gameplay, but instead Theurgy is retardedly busted and skill cards are super farmable and trivialize experimenting with Persona Fusion. This shit bugs me the more I think about it because P3 isn't even that hard of a game even for a newcomer to Megaten. It's only hard if you try to max every S Link in your first try and also with the Secret Boss. This game didn't need to become more casualized.

>>715754318
Sorry man but the worst part of play p3fes was getting to the second semester and every single day after school starting with
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I'd understand you'd never admit to disliking it, though. You're a purist, you barely register as a human.

>>715742692 (OP)
FES.
NON-MODDED, DO NOT LISTEN TO THE TROONS WHO TELL YOU TO USE MODS ON THE FIRST PLAYTHROUGH

>>715753646
>No one that actually liked Persona 3 before the Remake came out
Kill yourself P4fag

How good is the DLC in Reload

>>715754320
>you're throwing a tantrum
All I said was that they were garbage... which they are. It's not worth throwing a tantrum over because I already own the superior version.
>you only play games on the switch
There's nothing intelligent about making baseless assumptions about people because you dislike their opinions
I played up to the first full moon boss on gamepass and dropped it because there's no point in playing an inferior version of a 70 hour game. I listened to the OST on youtube and pretty much the only tracks I liked were the new ones. The opening is probably the best of the series

I miss play it with /v/. The threads with the anons playing it when it camet out was fun and comfy

>>715754467
You sound like the fags who downplay Pokemon RSE because hurr durr 2 much water and trumpets. Absolutely shallow and worthless criticism.

>>715744375
I got fes for $20 a few years ago and now it's $75 what the fuck happened? you'd think reload would lower the value but instead it made the best version of the game more valuable

>>715754721
I will never forget how many anons were e-begging to Aigisbro to gift them the game.

Aigisbro as a man of his word, so I respect him but I was dissapointed by seeing how many poorfags we have here.

>>715754493
Really good, everything they did wrong in the original Answer on PS2 they fixed Some changes:
>3 Monad doors instead of 1 now. You can only choose one. First door lets you fight 1 boss, second two bosses in a row, third three bosses in a row. More rewards based on which difficulty door you pick (I always picked 3)
>Monad door equipment rewards have randomized extra attributes (+ stats, HP, a skill like Strike Amp, etc.)
>You can transfer over your main game compendium if you want, in addition to Aigis getting her own now, you can swap between them.
>Added extra hang-out things with your party between dungeon crawling.
>More dungeon crawling voice lines/party banter.
>Made Yukari a little less aggressive toward everyone.
>The animated cutscenes fucking suck and they ruined the tone and atmosphere of Aigis's re-awakening and changed the shadow MC's defeat to be less haunting and strange and more emotional.
I enjoyed it, despite the flaws.

>>715754493
Better than base The Answer thanks to some extra scenes, but it's still The Answer so overall very grindy.

>>715754938
The sudden backlash against Reload when some of the beggars didn't get a game is unreal. Some of them are in this thread shitting their pants even now. They must be unemployed.
>>715754724
You sound like a fag who plays pokemon and watches dragonball.

>>715754961
They ruined the Yukari scene, and for me this ruins everything

I bought a copy of FES CIB on eBay for about $20 about 2 months before the remake came out. I haven't gotten around to playing it yet, but I'm glad I bought it when I did since its literately twice as expensive now.

>>715754750
The people who enjoyed Reload also heard that FES is better, reigniting some interest and demand while the people who already have FES are hanging onto their copies because they know it is better. If Reload was universally loved the price probably would have went down, just like OG P3 was dirt cheap (except for the special edition) years after FES was the established definitive version. We're also in the era of Gen 6 not only being nostalgic for people who lived it, but also being rediscovered by new generations who never grew up with it because modern games in general suck so bad.

>>715754938
I was one of the poorfags that was blessed by Aigisbro. I only could play the game thanks to him, he is too based

>>715755062
I wouldn't say it's ruined but it is a bit of a disappointment. Some people were apparently VERY vocal about how much they didn't like the way Yukari acted in The Answer. For me it was a plus, it was a very natural reaction for her considering the MC died in the same date as her dad for fucks sake. She must feel cursed.

>>715755028
You sound like a man without an argument and shit taste in lolis

>>715755203
>Some people were apparently VERY vocal about how much they didn't like the way Yukari acted in The Answer.
Only the people that didn't get the theme of the answer did get mad at Yukari angry bitch behaviour in the dlc

>>715755310
What was the theme of the answer

Just emulate FES
Also I love Fuuka

>>715755161
>Complete Edition it's like $30 right now
Anon, I had my poorfag era too but if you work you can get out of that hole and not have to beg for gibs on the 4chinz.

>>715755348
Grief, everyone was handling it differently. Some people were stuck (Aigis), Yukari was trying to aggressively move past it. Some had already made their peace (or so they thought). Overall, grief never actually gets any easier and until you sit down and address the way it's making you feel, the wound will remain open.

>>715755348
Grief and acceptance. Anyone that payed attention to her backstory in the main game would understand why she was acting like that in the dlc. Everyone of the team was dealing with it differently.

>>715755672
paid*

>>715755560
>>715755672
The title screen shows the "position" everyone is in over MC's loss.
>Aigis looks like she's halfway out the door already, but Metis is the deepest inside.
>Yukari is beside Metis.
>Fuk and Jun sitting down.
>Ken facing away, Akihiko standing in the middle.
>Mitsuru thoughtful but furthest from the group, barring Aigis.
>The Answer ends with everyone exiting the dorm and moving on together.

>>715755672
That's probably because people don't care about characters being flawed and well written. It's better for them to just suck your cock from the very beginning, as evidenced by P4 and P5

>>715755920
>moving on
They never moved on from his death, only accepted

>>715755286
>He says, posting a shitty copy of a superior loli.
Prisma was dogshit and you're an embarrassment.

>>715756210
That's why both are shit games

>>715742692 (OP)
Reload +mods+reshade to fix colours/shading and make them a lot closer to fes
i can upload my reshade that i use if anyone wants btw

>>715756541
Do it anon

>>715756541
Show some screenshots.

>>715742692 (OP)
Either PS2 or the Remake

>>715756541
>No Original OST
So close to perfection.

>>715744375
>but it reworks the daytime section of the game into a visual nove
Atlus being sincere with themselves

I have never done it but how exactly do you emulate the game?

>>715756742
Set up PCSX2
Find an iso
Slap them together
You're emulating

>>715756742
Why not youtube it?

>>715754042
>Reload
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KuWjZD6PBA
>FES
Uhhh...

>>715756929
In that case the Portable tracks are even better than the Reload ones.

>>715756987
How so?

dance game, obviously

>>715756929
Post the updated screenshot fag

>>715757049
>had to mod both games
Now this is desperate.

>>715757024
They sound better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iy47Q--EbU&list=PL86609943E9325EBF&index=5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfaPQibemwE&list=PL86609943E9325EBF&index=4

>>715754750
You can't have hobbies in the west without someone trying to get rich.
That's why retro games or any TCG gets expensive, at least compared to places like Asia/Japan

>>715744210
>>715744760
lol no

the only mod you need is the manual skill inheritance one, because the rng based one is legitimately the worst design choice atlus has ever done

>>715744550
there's a mod that fixes that

>>715757154
>because the rng based one is legitimately the worst design choice atlus has ever done
I don't know how I dealt with it for so many years, man.

>>715757154
>manual skill inheritance
that exists for FES?
Wow reload is actually obsolete at this point

>>715756742
https://persona-3-fes-modding-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

here comes the airplane open wide

>>715757106
Brutal mogging.
It's going to be the first Persona track to reach 100M.

>>715756608
ive tried to take screenshots to show off the differences but for some reason they never really show up, i think for whatever reason taking screenshots just doesnt show reshade for some reason. anyways here is the file.
https://files.catbox.moe/ef4zty.ini
let me know if it works or not, the only things that should be checked or available are:
Tonemap, Filmgrain, Immerse MXAO and MXAO, oh and maybe unsharp?

>>715757206
https://gamebanana.com/mods/531295

this one is pretty neat, too
https://gamebanana.com/mods/546969

>>715757130
P3 has the best soundtrack of the series easily, I love every song, excluding some shit remixes from the remake

>>715756631
its in there anon. thats what persona 3 reload Fes music update is. it puts the fes/origonal soundtrack in the game, and i modded it to put a few songs i liked from portable as well.

>>715757303
P1 PSX is better

The game's beautiful.

>>715757374
This one is the 2nd best tho

>>715757447
...please tell me that's the Ps2 version and not the remake

>>715757536
hell yeah dude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUjcsNDVCLc

>>715757303
If we're going by just Nusona sure, but I'm a big fan of P2's myself
I kinda miss the Velvet Room having multiple classical music tracks

>>715757292
didn't know either of those existed, you have any idea if these work on real hardware? I've got the party control mod patched onto an Iso working pretty good, I'm unsure if other mods work or if they depend on emulators to work properly, and neither page says anything about hardware compatibility

>>715754961
>>Made Yukari a little less aggressive toward everyone.
they ruined the entire premise of the coliseum conflict with those changes
it's mindboggling that people still defend this and the removal of yukari trying to grab the key

>>715757795
>it's mindboggling that people still defend this and the removal of yukari trying to grab the key
Nobody defends it, just nobody's going to say IT'S SHIT IT'S RUINED IT'S SO OVER over these changes.

I mean, there are, but those people weren't even going to give it a chance to begin with lol

>>715757789
>you have any idea if these work on real hardware
Haven't tried it. Sorry.

>>715757795
STOP noticing and pointing out flaws in the new product! It personally offends me.

>>715757285
>It's going to be the first Persona track to reach 100M.
It already did

>>715757952
no big deal, I'll just start slamming patches onto the iso and see if I can get the game to launch on my PS2

>>715742692 (OP)
there isn't one, it's all tradeoffs all the way down

>>715758014
Don't is so damn good.

>>715742692 (OP)
Reload for the most "modern" experience but you really can't go wrong with any of them, they fundamentally play the same.
I was generally surprised going from P3P to Reload was not much difference at all. Just more style. Hell in some ways portable is still better.

>>715758018
good luck man

I think I might give it a shot as well some day since the input lag when emulating is sometimes unbearable

>>715758083
>Hell in some ways portable is still better.
Almost had me until this.
Portable is a direct downgrade in every single way from FES and Reload.

>>715758062
I love both Don't and Disconnected, mass depression songs

>>715758014
>Color Your Night almost surpassing Life Will Change
Holy based.

Isn't Aigis showing her Papillion heart like spreading her pussy?

>>715758364
kinda lol

>>715742692 (OP)
Complete Edition on Switch 2 in October

>>715754724
there was too much water in RSE though, just because a criticism is so valid it resonates with your soul and you're too pig headed to concede a point doesn't mean its worthless, you're just hiding from the truth.

>>715758574
NTA but RSE did not have "too much water", retarded children are just too stupid to go into water without repels.
Besides, ORAS is better than RSE anyway. And water exploration was perfectly fine, especially with dive.

if you like downgrade OST, plastic graphics and souless modern slop localizations, then just go play reload
if you have doubts about your gender, portable
if you are white male, FES

>>715758364
Just don't cum on it otherwise she'll short circuit

>downgrade music
still the funniest cope

>>715758738
SAAAR PLEASE REDEEM MY DEMAKE SAAAR

>>715758738
Anti-remakefags are very entertaining.

>>715743452
Why do you need the game to be hard? It's practically a VN as it is lmao

>>715758652
lets make a majority of our overworld require the use of items so you're not fighting seagulls for 2 hours straight when going from point A to B, brilliant game design, nothing wrong here, people were just too stupid to buy repels and use them constantly

youre insane bro

>>715742692 (OP)
FES all the way. The only good thing about Reload is that it has Skill Inheritance. Meaning when you fuse personas, you get manually choose the skills you want passed down into the new persona. And no need to spam close and open the results menu every time as any persona game back then randomizes the skill that gets inherited

>>715758939
>Majority
It's a couple of routes between the 7th and 8th gym, then again on the way to Evergrande. Get over it you fucking baby.

>>715743452
>Why not just watch a walkthrough by that point
>Giving yourself more control over a game makes it more like a walkthrough
Makes sense.

>>715757982
fuuuuck im fuming, people don't fight to the death when they are indecisive
and dont start with hurr durr localization because fes localization was accurate in that part

>>715742692 (OP)
My wife platted all of the dancing games when they were only out on PS4. She's a special kind of loser

Should I play Metaphor now or wait for the Metaphor Overclocked Record Breaker Full Body Redux Maniax FES Golden Royal Vengeance Reload Revival?

>>715759108
I played the demo. It was bad. Play the demo. Decide for yourself.

>>715759047
Damn, they fucking ruined her in the dlc

>>715759108
I'd say wait, there are some really obvious places in the game that are meant to be a dungeon like the Mage academy that will 100% be completed in the obligatory new version.

>>715742692 (OP)
They made the remake for your kind. Play that one.

>>715743107
That completely breaks the balance of the game.

>>715759306
This, FES was only good because your party members were constantly sabotaging every battle and killing themselves like attacking Tetrakarn'd enemies.

>>715759047
also i remembered one more dogshit change, they changed the lines about yukari's promise for no reason
it's not as offensive as the previous two, but it's still pointless and stupid

>>715759306
>the difficulty of the game hinges on whether your party does what you want them to do or not

>>715759058
based wife
they are fun

>>715759047
To be fair I'm pretty sure they rewrote it so they didn't know it would kill Aigis if they went through with it
I feel like that does ultimately make more sense than Yukari killing Aigis despite how hot her emotions are running but it definitely undercuts the drama and character development, I never really bought that Yukari would go through with killing Aigis (or that the others would let that happen) but I know it makes her more interesting if she was that kind of person (and it also says something about everyone else's relationships too)

They just sanded too many edges off in Reload generally

>>715759661
Yeah I love Reload but I felt they were too safe with some decisions. I know it's impossible for them to re-create the shadow MC death cutscene but at least they could have TRIED with Aigis's awakening lol

>>715759915
They fucked up both awakening scenes

>>715742692 (OP)
just play reload and don't get the fes content dlc because it's trash. If you really want to know what happens in it just watch the cutscenes on yt

>>715743452
>>715759306
>Playing Persona for a challenge

>>715760228
>just play reload and don't get the fes content dlc because it's trash.
This except do because it's great.

>>715742692 (OP)
FES and anyone who says different is a faggot

>>715760291
If the game is so easy, why use party control mods in the first place
How much choice between "it may as well play itself" and "it actually does play itself" really is there

>>715742692 (OP)
Reload. Fes and p3p didn't age so well

is the english cast in FES or Reload better? (or is the Jap dub miles ahead?)

>>715762534
Reload dub has niggers and trannies in it so the other one is better

>>715762534
The originals are better

>>715758652
RSE had too much water and too many HMs that make navigating that water a pain in the dick. basically necessitates a water HM slave else your water type is doomed to run 3 HM moves out of 4 total slots

>>715762534
FES has a lot of standard anime/videogame dub voice actors (Tara Platt, Liam O'Brien, Karen Strassman, Yuri Lowenthal, etc.,), they're serviceable outside of Fuuka's performance which is notoriously bad
Reload's is also okay, some VAs do a decent job of emulating the originals but Yukari has some rough moments and Akihiko's performance is pretty lackluster
It's really just a matter of preference, though you should probably just go with the Jap dub if you can

>>715762534
reload dub is better (yes even the tranny ken VA), but the original is still miles ahead, dubfags were always seriously missing out on fuuka and yukari

>All this suggesting FES
OLD GOOD NEW BAD
Dog shit taste as usual from this board.

>>715762534
Reload's dub is way superior. FES has its charms, but it is very early 2000's. Most of the main casts original dub actors return as an NPC that's close to the original character (Akihiko's VA is now the police officer, Aigis's VA is now the old lady with the cats in her s.link).

>>715763204
have you considered that there are reasons why people prefer FES outside of the age of the game

why does /v/ hate Yukari so much

>>715763204
>defending one demake while posting another demake
NEW GOOD OLD BAD

>>715763464
she isn't a generic subservient waifu

>>715763464
we love yukari here

>>715763204
When are people going to come up with a new, good version of OLD GOOD NEW BAD
The current version seems very reliable despite its age

FES, on a PS2, on a CRT, played while sitting on your bed in front of the TV. Only way to play.

>>715743452
>and destroy balance
just like 3P and the Demake?
and let's not pretend Persona is known for its difficulty

>>715762534
reload’s dub is the only persona dub that can match the kino of p4g’s dub voice acting

>>715763204
I honestly don't care either way cuz it's more subjective than anything except for the gameplay part. Reload battle system is just way smoother and the game has way more content so anyone following their advice is missing out on a whole lot. And it didnt age well, youre gonna have to deal with all the issues that comes with playing a twenty year old jrpg.

>>715763828
>implying golden chie isn't rubbish

>>715743054
thread

>>715763925
>And it didnt age well, youre gonna have to deal with all the issues that comes with playing a twenty year old jrpg.
it's a PS2 game anon, not an NES game with random encounters every other step to pad for play time. Games have not mechanically evolved very much from the PS2 era to now, especially in the realm of JRPGs. The like, singular thing you have to deal that's a hold over from older SMT game design is random skill inheritance and that's it.

>>715742692 (OP)
FES or Reload if you don't want to emulate/have a PS2.

>>715763925
>so anyone following their advice is missing out on a whole lot
Ah yes, playing the game the way the original creators intended means you're missing out on a whole lot
>youre gonna have to deal with all the issues that comes with playing a twenty year old jrpg
Ah yes, because we all know how much better modern RPGs are

>>715763464
OG translation made her way more bitchey

>>715742692 (OP)
OP here. Thank you for all the replies. I've decided to play FES, unmodded. It seems Reload is different enough to stand on it's own, so down the line I will try it.

>>715764992
Have fun, OP
Having played both unmodded FES and Reload and enjoyed both I'd say you're making a good call
You can always throw mods on later too, honestly if I had access to manual skill inheritance back then I'd probably have grabbed that myself

>>715764992
Enjoy your five minute battles and giraffe necks I guess

>>715765176
That's just what Junpei's neck looks like

>>715764992
Enjoy the superior version I guess

I love P3 so fucking much, dude. The aesthetics, the atmosphere, the soundtrack, the theme, the characters, everything.

>>715765563
Same I've played FES and Reload multiple times each now.