Persona 3 Portable

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  • Summary: Terrible creatures lurk in the dark, preying on those who wander into the hidden hour between one day and the next. As a member of a secret school club, you must wield your inner power--Persona--and protect humanity from impending doom. Will you live to see the light of day?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Oyungezer
    Feb 15, 2023
    90
    I wouldn't be lying if I called the PC version of Persona 3 Portable "an upscaled version of the original game". But that doesn't change the fact that Persona 3 Portable is a great game and I would blindly recommend it to anyone who hasn't played it.
  2. The Mako Reactor
    Jan 17, 2023
    90
    My issues with Persona 3 Portable itself aside, the new PC port is excellent. It scales across different hardware well, runs well and looks good on Steam Deck, and arrives without the issues P4G had at launch on PC. It is disappointing that after all these years Persona 3's arrival on modern platforms isn't a complete remake, but it is hard to argue with the value P3P provides at its low asking price right now.
  3. Tech-Gaming
    Jan 17, 2023
    90
    If you have somehow overlooked the franchise, Persona 3 Portable makes an ideal entry point. Not only does this remaster showcase many of the features that will carry over and evolve into subsequent entries but flaunts a reasonable price and proficient porting. Unless longtime fans still have a working PSP or PS Vita, this is an impeccable way to revisit one of role-playing’s most relevant efforts.
  4. PC Gamer
    Jan 17, 2023
    80
    A PSP classic with systems that show age, but P3P's retelling remains a series best for its stylishly eerie world and intimate look at mortality.
  5. Worth Playing
    Jan 17, 2023
    80
    It might sound like I'm being negative about Persona 3, but I'm not. It's a lot of fun, and it has a lot of interesting strengths. It has the misfortune of being the first game in a franchise where the sequels improved on a ton of features and were released before it on the PC. If you've never played it, it's well worth a shot. It's still a great game, but it has aged more than its sequels. Despite that, it still does some things superbly well. The addition of an entire second playable story path and a bunch of new social links also makes it a worthwhile experience for those who played the original release but not the portable version.
  6. PC Invasion
    Jan 17, 2023
    80
    This isn't the definitive version of Persona 3 that it could have been, but it's hard to deny that the game is still highly enjoyable all the same.
  7. The Games Machine
    Jan 18, 2023
    60
    Persona 3 Portable is an unconvincing conversion of a game that could have expressed more in 2009, constrained then by limitations that current platforms do not have. It remains an important chapter for the saga with a unique aesthetic that serves as a bridge to its origins, but it is a shame that the adaptation was made without the will to dare.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 9 out of 11
  1. Ghibbuz
    May 13, 2023
    8
    This game was really good, i don't get why people are having problems with it. The story is very good at least a 8,5 out of 10, the charactersThis game was really good, i don't get why people are having problems with it. The story is very good at least a 8,5 out of 10, the characters are also very human and you can easily relate to a lot of them; all of the side stories are very good (even if 90% of them are depressing as hell). The battles aren't too hard and the only really boring thing is that you have to farm a lot especially, at the end of the game, but except that it has a pretty decent pacing. i finished it in about 50 hours and i really enjoyed the game even if its very old (also the soundtracks are all bangers).… Expand
  2. CyberPhoenix1
    Jan 24, 2023
    7
    This review was made before I've finished the game, so please take it with a grain of salt.
    I think at least so far this is a pretty fine    This review was made before I've finished the game, so please take it with a grain of salt.
    I think at least so far this is a pretty fine port. The only things are that the backgrounds are clearly AI upscaled and that for some reason the battle sounds are low quality, and especially the ones in the Persona awakening for some reason. However, if I know modders I know they'll fix those in no time.
    And of course, the game itself is great.
    I will say though if you are comfortable with emulation the only thing you're really losing is the custom difficulty as save states can act as quick saves, Retro Arch Steam has cloud saves, and it isn't all too hard to make a keyboard set up for Persona.    … Expand
  4. Tomate2133
    Jan 22, 2023
    3
    After the great port of Persona 4 golden on PC, i had a lot of hope. Unfortunately this game is a huge dissapointment. The AI upscaling ofAfter the great port of Persona 4 golden on PC, i had a lot of hope. Unfortunately this game is a huge dissapointment. The AI upscaling of backgrounds and characters look awful.
    The first awakening scene with the main character has such a bad audio quality, that i thought to myself, if that is some sort of joke. Who made the quality control for this? Who said, that this looks fine? This is a ripoff, just a cash grab. To make a few bucks.

    The gameplay loop itself is fine. You see where it all started. There are a few annoying things, which are better in the other Persona games. But overall, the original game is fine.

    If you want to play Persona 3 get any other version. Not this port.    … Expand
  5. LostApoc
    Feb 7, 2023
    2
    This port is unbelievably trash, i do like persona 3’s story and gameplay but this port gives a bad look on persona 3 as it is lazy as hell.This port is unbelievably trash, i do like persona 3’s story and gameplay but this port gives a bad look on persona 3 as it is lazy as hell. Like the awakening audio is **** up and the battle audio. Hell, they barely changed anything tho they added quick save and you can change difficulty anytime. The AI Upscaling is even worse than the original, this is nowhere as good as the original P3P. Also they still did not add manual inheritance and this looks like something that would be playable on mobile, steam deck, or a nintendo switch. Just emulate FES if you want a good experience for P3.… Expand
  6. mirtaksyak02
    Jan 24, 2023
    0
    one of the worst ports imaginable. a visual guide of how not to upscale the graphics in the game through ai. full fail.
  7. 1629when
    Jan 20, 2023
    0
    A port of the "weakest" version of Persona 3 that is somehow uglier on pc, Xbox series / ps5 and switch than the psp version because of theA port of the "weakest" version of Persona 3 that is somehow uglier on pc, Xbox series / ps5 and switch than the psp version because of the weird ai upscale, with very questionable translation in top of that, and at full price. I'd recommend you to emulate the PSP version if you really want to play at P3P, or to emulate p3 fes.
    I really can't believe how different in quality the P4G and P5R ports are compared to the P3P one    … Expand
  8. Sirapinagi
    Jan 23, 2023
    0
    I have put all of one hour in P3P for PC, and with being my first time experiencing this game, I am thoroughly disappointed in the lazinessI have put all of one hour in P3P for PC, and with being my first time experiencing this game, I am thoroughly disappointed in the laziness Atlus has demonstrated with this re-release. The sound effects and graphics are abysmal.… Expand

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