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Pre-Release Persona 3 Reload Prerelease Discussion Thread (UP: Release date: February 2nd 2024)

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I didn't like Akechi in the original P5, and found his popularity kind of baffling. But after P5R, well... yeah, I get it. That game does so much for him.
 
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Not a huge fan of some of the UI changes but my cope is that seeing the old leaked yukari trailer, they DID update the UI compared to this new leak (I'm talking about the damage numbers).
The game also has over half a year to launch. Hell, maybe nearly a year if "early 2023" turns out to be almost halfway in instead of Q1 2024.

So yeah, I believe they might change and polish the game some more until then.

But what worries me is that FemC turns out to not even be a DLC. Same for the answer.

And finally, I really don't like how they did paulownia mall's floor dirty :(
The shinyness was really cool and kinda reminds me of malls I used to visit in my country instead of some open malls you see in places like Orlando. I know it's an open mall, but c'mon ATLUS, you had ONE job.

TL;DR, I'll buy it unless they fuck something up really bad (weird crashes/lots of bugs/cutting MAJOR plot pieces or content).
 
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robertman2 said:
lmao FeMC btfo rip bozo

Anyways both of these will absolutely be on Switch
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PC people won't have much of a problem.
We already have the femc model ready to use from P3D. The next step after setting up the model would be changing some text and editing the player UI textures to pink instead of blue. Shouldn't be THAT hard, right???

People will just have to live with the male protag being there on cutscenes instead of her.
Unless... those cutscenes we saw in the trailer are rendered in real-time (like iirc, SMT V on switch which is btw, also a unreal engine game).
 
This is funny, Atlus gonna Atlus.

If there's no FeMC that craters my hype for it. Looks pretty though.

Vookatos said:
Wonder if they'll remove the transphobia. Knowing Atlus, the chances are pretty slim
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I expect the most we'll get is the localisers might try to write around it like the homophobic stuff in P5R. That wasn't especially successful, but at least they tried I guess.
 
kasparov77 said:
PC people won't have much of a problem.
We already have the femc model ready to use from P3D. The next step after setting up the model would be changing some text and editing the player UI textures to pink instead of blue. Shouldn't be THAT hard, right???

People will just have to live with the male protag being there on cutscenes instead of her.
Unless... those cutscenes we saw in the trailer are rendered in real-time (like iirc, SMT V on switch which is btw, also a unreal engine game).
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The persona 3 portable Fem MC campaign is pretty different to the Male game version. It's not just changing text; the list of social links and how several of them play out are completely different. Some of that might already be incorporated in to the remake, but we don't know yet.
 
Zellia said:
I expect the most we'll get is the localisers might try to write around it like the homophobic stuff in P5R. That wasn't especially successful, but at least they tried I guess.
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Since I will probably not touch anything Persona related after P5 and this is a safe enviroment for those kind of questions, can you explain how they tried to get rid of it in Royal? Figuring that googling will just result in "ATLUS GONE WOKE?!?!!?!?"
 
Vookatos said:
Since I will probably not touch anything Persona related after P5 and this is a safe enviroment for those kind of questions, can you explain how they tried to get rid of it in Royal? Figuring that googling will just result in "ATLUS GONE WOKE?!?!!?!?"
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They don't. Localization did that job.
 
I've only played P5R which I loved, so I'm well keen on a remake of P3.
Happy days especially as I have Series X Gamepass.
 
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Still havenā€™t started the P3P port as Iā€™m only a few months in to P4G and have barely touched it since TOTK. Thinking of playing the remake first then doing a FeMC run in P3P. Going back to the older gameplay after doesnā€™t bother me, I think Iā€™d rather experience the story the first time round on a shiny new remake.

Anyone thatā€™s played 3 already think I should be doing it differently? No spoilers please!

I also like the look of Tactica! Always up for more Phantom Thieves.
 
If Persona 3 Reload really isn't on Switch, I'm at the point where I don't blame the devs, but I do blame Nintendo for taking too long to release more powerful hardware. If I was Atlus, I wouldn't want to do the work to get P3R and and Soul Hackers 2 running on Switch when it would be way easier when Nintendo finally releases more powerful hardware.
 
thoughthaver said:
after soul hackers trust no one, not even yourself
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I still morbidly laugh when some footage of SH2 leaked and people were worried it'd be a Switch exclusive šŸ˜‚

Scrawnton said:
If Persona 3 Reload really isn't on Switch, I'm at the point where I don't blame the devs, but I do blame Nintendo for taking too long to release more powerful hardware. If I was Atlus, I wouldn't want to do the work to get P3R and and Soul Hackers 2 running on Switch when it would be way easier when Nintendo finally releases more powerful hardware.
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There's no way you can look at the P3R trailer and think the Switch isn't capable of running it. P5R is an upscale ps3 game, and P3R looks to be using the same engine. This has nothing to do with the power of the system.
 
Scrawnton said:
If Persona 3 Reload really isn't on Switch, I'm at the point where I don't blame the devs, but I do blame Nintendo for taking too long to release more powerful hardware. If I was Atlus, I wouldn't want to do the work to get P3R and and Soul Hackers 2 running on Switch when it would be way easier when Nintendo finally releases more powerful hardware.
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give me a break, 3r could run on ps3
 
"Lack of power" has largely been an excuse from most publishers when they don't do Switch ports. Far more complicated/demanding games have been available day 1 on Switch or got/are getting late ports. Even when Switch 2 launches, it'll still be well behind ps5 and xsx for power (though likely close to xss), and 3rd parties will still not port many of their games even if Switch 2 explodes out the game and goes onto be the best selling system of all time.
 
Yeah, can we not give Atlus a pass for their bizarre platform strategies? Unless P3R is a generational leap over P5R there's no reason to assume it wouldn't be able to run on Switch.
 
Thunder84 said:
Very curious to see how they handle the social links. We have confirmation that Kenji is returning, which should theoretically lock Junpei out of a social link, but you'd think that they'd prioritize the party members. Not being able to hang out with your teammates would throw a lot of newer fans off, so maybe Kenji or Junpei got their arcana shuffled elsewhere. Same with locking the female social links behind the story, only having like 14 days to do Aigis's isn't particularly fun.

There's also some social links that are outright bad too, like the aforementioned Kenji, Nozomi, Keisuke, etc. Wonder how those will be handled.
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I expect most of the social links to be straight up reworked and rewrote honestly.
They just don't live up to what they did after that with P4 and P5.
Some of those P3 social links were like 2 or 3 sentences lol
And obviously their "a man and a woman can't just be friends" bullshit will be gone too, and yeah they will make social links for the boys.

I feel like social links was like one of the main reasons why they even remaked that game in the first place.
 
really looking forward to the Xbox conference, looks like they're gonna blow it out of the park. I expect both of these will be on switch too
 
Yeah no need to panic when this isn't announced for Switch originally, it will probably be announced at the inevitable partner showcase late June/ early July. P5R wasn't confirmed for Switch until an Nintendo Direct.

Pleased this was confirmed, I wanted to play P3 but will wait for the remake.
 
Lugia667 said:
give me a break, 3r could run on ps3
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meatbag said:
Yeah, can we not give Atlus a pass for their bizarre platform strategies? Unless P3R is a generational leap over P5R there's no reason to assume it wouldn't be able to run on Switch.
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I'm not saying Switch couldn't run P3R, I'm saying I wouldn't blame Atlus for not wanting to do the work to port it when more powerful hardware should be right around the corner, making their job easier.
 
Vookatos said:
Wonder if they'll remove the transphobia. Knowing Atlus, the chances are pretty slim
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Wasn't that mostly Hoshino who moved over to Re:Fantasy? Other teams at Atlus are not that bad about this topic, looking at Soul Hackers for exemple. Also the designer for SMT5 casually mentioning that the school allows the boys to wear skirts and the girls to wear pants at their school uniform in an interview (even if it was never shown in the game).
 
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Scrawnton said:
I'm not saying Switch couldn't run P3R, I'm saying I wouldn't blame Atlus for not wanting to do the work to port it when more powerful hardware should be right around the corner, making their job easier.
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I mean they could always farm it out to someone else couldn't they?
 
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Scrawnton said:
I'm not saying Switch couldn't run P3R, I'm saying I wouldn't blame Atlus for not wanting to do the work to port it when more powerful hardware should be right around the corner, making their job easier.
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But... they already have P5R and SMTV (and P4 and 3 I guess) running on Switch? I know game development is not that easy but there's already a foundation of it there, so using that for another game that runs on the same engine (regardless of if it's the proprietary one of P5R, SMT V's Unreal or whatever else the other ports run on), I really don't see it as that much more or harder work.
 
Scrawnton said:
I'm saying I wouldn't blame Atlus for not wanting to do the work to port it when more powerful hardware should be right around the corner, making their job easier
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Why arenā€™t they starting with Switch as the baseline in the first place?

If Atlus isnā€™t putting P3R on Switch itā€™s not going to be because of power. It might be because they think their audience is on PS. It might be because they want Nintendo to moneyhat them. Or whatever.
 
meatbag said:
Why arenā€™t they starting with Switch as the baseline in the first place?

If Atlus isnā€™t putting P3R on Switch itā€™s not going to be because of power. It might be because they think their audience is on PS. It might be because they want Nintendo to moneyhat them. Or whatever.
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Reading these Japanese console sales charts every week makes me think if these devs care about their domestic sales at all they need to target Switch.

Maybe Sega thinks the worldwide audience they seem to want is on other platforms.

(I still think both these games are coming to Switch.)
 
We live in a world where Mortal Kombat 1 is skipping ps4/xb1 but is coming to Switch day and date with the ps5/xs versions, but Persona 3 Reloaded, a game built on a ps3 engine, that was already ported to Switch, is in question if it'll get a port.
 
Me, yesterday before watching the Reloaded trailer:

shoptroll said:
I am still utterly confused as to who this remake is for but then I remembered Square-Enix dropped Collection of Mana into the world with a Trials of Mana localization about a year or so before the 3D remake.
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Me, this morning after watching the Reloaded trailer:

Oh

Reloaded looks like they dropped P3 in the P5/P5R engine. That's coming to Switch, if not the successor ("Early 2024"). If this sells well it's pretty much guaranteed they'll do the same with P4.

Tactics is basically a lock for Switch as that genre has absolutely flourished on Switch and we already have a date on that.

Either way, we're getting what sounds like new Meguro and Lotus Juice tracks so even if the games stink the music is going to be a winner.

BassForever said:
We live in a world where Mortal Kombat 1 is skipping ps4/xb1 but is coming to Switch day and date with the ps5/xs versions, but Persona 3 Reloaded, a game built on a ps3 engine, that was already ported to Switch, is in question if it'll get a port.
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Yea, there's no way in hell this doesn't get a port to a Nintendo system. The question ought to be "which one?"

After Soul Hackers 2 bombing and P5R doing well on Switch I can't see Atlus doing PS/XBox only again.

And not to console war but I think this announcement strongly puts the "inevitability" of PS exclusivity for P6 in question
 
shoptroll said:
Me, yesterday before watching the Reloaded trailer:



Me, this morning after watching the Reloaded trailer:

Oh

Reloaded looks like they dropped P3 in the P5/P5R engine. That's coming to Switch, if not the successor ("Early 2024"). If this sells well it's pretty much guaranteed they'll do the same with P4.

Tactics is basically a lock for Switch as that genre has absolutely flourished on Switch and we already have a date on that.

Either way, we're getting what sounds like new Meguro and Lotus Juice tracks so even if the games stink the music is going to be a winner.


Yea, there's no way in hell this doesn't get a port to a Nintendo system. The question ought to be "which one?"

After Soul Hackers 2 bombing and P5R doing well on Switch I can't see Atlus doing PS/XBox only again.

And not to console war but I think this announcement strongly puts the "inevitability" of PS exclusivity for P6 in question
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P6 is only an exclusive if Sony helps to fund development like they have for FF7R2, FF16, and Forspoken. At some point I can't imagine Sony higher ups are going keep being thrilled funding these expensive jrpgs if they aren't having a major impact on hardware or software sales for ps5.
 
ILikeFeet said:
P3R is UE4
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Which will run on base model Switch although it can struggle

BassForever said:
P6 is only an exclusive if Sony helps to fund development like they have for FF7R2, FF16, and Forspoken. At some point I can't imagine Sony higher ups are going keep being thrilled funding these expensive jrpgs if they aren't having a major impact on hardware or software sales for ps5.
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I'd be very interested in seeing a breakdown of sales by region and platform for each of the P5 releases just to get a better sense of how the fandom is distributed at this point. I'm sure it's clustered around the PS ecosystem but by how much is the question I'd like to answer.
 
BradenAndEggs said:
Reading these Japanese console sales charts every week makes me think if these devs care about their domestic sales at all they need to target Switch
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Thatā€™s absolutely the case. Skipping Switch means giving up on the JP market, and that is barely an exaggeration.

BradenAndEggs said:
I still think both these games are coming to Switch
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Though yes, I agree.

BassForever said:
P6 is only an exclusive if Sony helps to fund development like they have for FF7R2, FF16, and Forspoken
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Yup. And on that topic, I donā€™t think we ever had solid proof about exclusivity deals for Persona, yeah?
 
BassForever said:
We live in a world where Mortal Kombat 1 is skipping ps4/xb1 but is coming to Switch day and date with the ps5/xs versions, but Persona 3 Reloaded, a game built on a ps3 engine, that was already ported to Switch, is in question if it'll get a port.
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The trailer shows the Unreal Engine logo, unless that part of it was fake?
 
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I'll definitely play these via Game Pass whenever I end up getting a Series X (probably next year, by then there should be a few games I want).
 
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EdFiftyNine said:
Still havenā€™t started the P3P port as Iā€™m only a few months in to P4G and have barely touched it since TOTK. Thinking of playing the remake first then doing a FeMC run in P3P. Going back to the older gameplay after doesnā€™t bother me, I think Iā€™d rather experience the story the first time round on a shiny new remake.

Anyone thatā€™s played 3 already think I should be doing it differently? No spoilers please!

I also like the look of Tactica! Always up for more Phantom Thieves.
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FeMCā€™s route is better if youā€™ve played the male route first imo. But you could really go either way.
 
I'M HYPED AF NGL
EVERYTHING I WANTED, DAMN!!!
Persona 3 Reloaded playing like 5 is a big win for me tbm since the point and click/VN playing of the original didn't engage with me as much as P5 did. Fire Emblem Tactica is just wild, I thought P5T would be some weird game that was f2p or something.
Also I'm kinda hopeful that Genealogy of the Holy War remake will be Three Houses mold again because that one reminded me a bit of P5 and I loved it.

P5T has a shot at being budget price so I'll get it as close to launch as possible. P3R I'll wait for a sale.
robertman2 said:
the people want cringefail twinks
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I mean didn't Tears of the Kingdom selling 10m in a weekend prove that enough??
3D Mario can't come soon enough so people can look at cubs again.
Scrawnton said:
If Persona 3 Reload really isn't on Switch, I'm at the point where I don't blame the devs, but I do blame Nintendo for taking too long to release more powerful hardware. If I was Atlus, I wouldn't want to do the work to get P3R and and Soul Hackers 2 running on Switch when it would be way easier when Nintendo finally releases more powerful hardware.
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It's probably on the Switch. It's like P5 in gameplay, systems, and visuals. Might be higher poly and have better cutscenes (but those are pre-rendered so if MK1 of all games is coming, they can make it work), but... Atlus has put an Unreal Engine semi-open world game, that was miles higher poly, had particles explosions, a lot of modern techniques and great animation, not to mention great shaders and lighting, as a Switch exclusive (SMT V).
If P5R came out for Switch, and SMT V is Switch exclusive, and P3R is coming to Xbox One, there's literally no way P5R couldn't run on Switch at very good parameters like P5R did.
 
ILikeFeet said:
we're long since past the tools being the problem. it's almost always ideological. if P3 doesn't come over, there would be no great mystery as to why, Atlus is just Atlus
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Sure, but I was mostly referencing the fact that Yoshi Crafted World runs perfectly fine but then you have Bloodstained which has significant performance issues and was visually compromised for the platform.

Having seen the DF perf reviews for Soul Hackers 2 on the PS4/XB1it was pretty clear why that didn't hit Switch at launch
 
Marce-chan said:
I'M HYPED AF NGL
EVERYTHING I WANTED, DAMN!!!
Persona 3 Reloaded playing like 5 is a big win for me tbm since the point and click/VN playing of the original didn't engage with me as much as P5 did. Fire Emblem Tactica is just wild, I thought P5T would be some weird game that was f2p or something.
Also I'm kinda hopeful that Genealogy of the Holy War remake will be Three Houses mold again because that one reminded me a bit of P5 and I loved it.

P5T has a shot at being budget price so I'll get it as close to launch as possible. P3R I'll wait for a sale.

I mean didn't Tears of the Kingdom selling 10m in a weekend prove that enough??
3D Mario can't come soon enough so people can look at cubs again.

It's probably on the Switch. It's like P5 in gameplay, systems, and visuals. Might be higher poly and have better cutscenes (but those are pre-rendered so if MK1 of all games is coming, they can make it work), but... Atlus has put an Unreal Engine semi-open world game, that was miles higher poly, had particles explosions, a lot of modern techniques and great animation, not to mention great shaders and lighting, as a Switch exclusive (SMT V).
If P5R came out for Switch, and SMT V is Switch exclusive, and P3R is coming to Xbox One, there's literally no way P5R couldn't run on Switch at very good parameters like P5R did.
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I really need to play SMTV again, that was such a cool rpg
 
shoptroll said:
Sure, but I was mostly referencing the fact that Yoshi Crafted World runs perfectly fine but then you have Bloodstained which has significant performance issues and was visually compromised for the platform.

Having seen the DF perf reviews for Soul Hackers 2 on the PS4/XB1it was pretty clear why that didn't hit Switch at launch
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with Soul Hackers, I blame Atlus giving up on that game while in development. that game has the stink of "we lost faith in you, so we're cutting budget"
 
Yeah, Soul Hackers seems more like it was send out just to get it out there. I mean, the Xbox port seems to have been done with as little budget/resources spent as possible. That release was a mess beyond just the platform choices.
 
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Soul Hackers 2 was fucking dogshit and the fact it has the name of my first MegaTen game slapped on there makes me hate it even more. Absolutely evil game
 
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