If a remake of Persona 3 sounded too good to be true, it form of is likely to be, relying on which model of the sport you bear in mind. Atlus has introduced the not too long ago revealed Persona 3 Reload (formally, at the least) will probably be based mostly on the unique PS2 launch and will not characteristic content material from the FES or Transportable incarnations of the sport.

This consists of the large stuff some followers will seemingly take with no consideration, together with (however removed from restricted to) the distinctive skill to play as a feminine protagonist and all of the related Social Hyperlinks and extra content material that went together with it in Transportable. The darkish, edgy predecessor to the life and light-weight that was Persona 4 will as a substitute be based mostly on the primary incarnation of the sport, mockingly the one the least variety of gamers will probably be most conversant in (ourselves included).

Persona 3 Reload producer Ryota Niitsuma and director Kazuhisa Wada sat down with IGN to elucidate what gamers ought to anticipate from the venture. Niitsuma said that: “So first, I would like to say that because the primary idea of the Persona 3 remake was to remake Persona 3, we do not have the FES and Transportable contents included. We needed to actually genuinely work on recreating the Persona 3 expertise. So we won’t actually go into the small print at this level but, however now we have remade principally every thing from scratch as for Persona 3, the unique model.”

There are some new additions, nevertheless, as Niitsuma outlines: “We now have newly recorded voices, now we have new scenes and occasions. We even have each new and organized music. We’ll be form of releasing that data, following every thing. So please look ahead to that.”

How do you’re feeling about Persona 3 Reload, understanding a little bit extra about its supposed scope? Sadly for our wallets, Atlus is the purveyor of a number of the best RPGs ever made, and so whereas disappointing, it will not dissuade us from being there on day one. Do you’ve extra self-control? Unholster your Evoker within the feedback part under.