Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

 PlayStation 2
User Score
6.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 443 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 268 out of 443
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 443
  3. Negative: 157 out of 443
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  1. MoonCanLight
    Feb 11, 2019
    2
    Persona games are the best japanese student simulators, but everything else in it is really poor. Fights are boring and frustrating at the same time, and story in P3 is really bad written. Main hero has almost zero impact on the course of events. Except beating shadows, main hero do completely nothing during all story. It's a shame that Mitsuru must landed in such lame game.
  2. AzurealZX
    Apr 14, 2017
    1
    I expected something better for all of the hype this really average franchise gets.

    All characters were boring anime archetypes with no flavor of their own. The story was an extremely generic premise that flows in the typical Japanese way of story telling like Light Novels. Tartarus, the main gameplay feature was fun at first but as you progress in the tower, it becomes more and    I expected something better for all of the hype this really average franchise gets.

    All characters were boring anime archetypes with no flavor of their own.
    The story was an extremely generic premise that flows in the typical Japanese way of story telling like Light Novels.

    Tartarus, the main gameplay feature was fun at first but as you progress in the tower, it becomes more and more tedious by the second. In the end, I forced myself to complete the game.

    Bosses have a terrible gameplay design, for example the ones under the Millitary base, you have to kill the 2 bosses in the exact same turn or the one that wasn't killed will revive the other one ON FULL HP. No, they don't warn you about that, they never tell you about it until the first revive happens.

    One of the bosses even relies COMPLETELY ON LUCK. That's bad game design.
    He uses a move that spawns a roulette in front of you and you spin it and stop it.
    Whether you damage him for some small amount or he 2-3 shots you, that's up to luck.
    Whether you get debuffed or he gets debuffed, that's up to you..
    Oh, did I say that there' s another boss fighting besides that guy? Yeah, 2 enemies at the same time.
    Not only you have to rely on luck but you also must simultaniously fend off that other guy who has an attack that can one shot you if you have an Ice based Persona. or leave you barely alive on about 30 hp if you don't.

    The whole game is riddled with badly designed bosses and the pacing of the story is bad. A story sequence happens and you're left with a whole month of free time before the next one.
    Either you grind which is boring, or do Social Links, which are just unfleshed dialogues that get the other characters attached to you. The characters seem to start loving you way too quickly. You go and say hi and you already got a girlfriend... (It's an over exaggerated example, chill.)

    I started with the P3P version of Persona 3 so I was happy that I get to walk around at first... but as soon as the novelty wears off you realize how **** tedious it is, constantly having to walk in a boring world just to advance the story a bit or do Social Links. You would wish for P3P's hub.

    Also, an additional -1 point for containing The Answer which is hands down the worst additional content I've ever played in any game.
    You play as the most boring character in the entire cast as the protagonist, Aigis and the whole thing contains **** enemy design and is extremely long for the little story it offers, you can just look it up on YouTube. Did I mention the whole thing is just grinding? Yes, THE WHOLE THING!    … Expand
  3. Kingdomhear
    Nov 12, 2020
    0
    Noioso e scritto male come gli altri capitoli della saga...recensioni alte solo per vendere giochi da serie d...tutti i dungeon identici...almeno sforzarsi a cambiare un po...esteticamente vuoto
  4. IviAless
    Jan 29, 2021
    0
    From here, Persona isn't Persona anymore...
    Persona 3 is a bad game. Unnecessesarily boring, awful voice acting, really bad combat mechanics, you can't control your party (meaning they WILL do what they want), your party can't use multiple personas, and the story... is just stupid
    Overall, this game feels like a crappy dating sim.
    Wanna know why? Social links... what's the point of it?

Awards & Rankings

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#2 Best PS2 Game of 2007
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#4 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2007
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#4 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2007

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 52 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 52
  3. Negative: 0 out of 52
  1. Game Almighty
    84
    Persona 3 is an amazingly unique title for the Playstation 2. Even if you're not a fan of dungeon crawls, Persona 3 deserves your attention for its maturity alone. Gamers that are sick of typical JRPG settings will love the new atmosphere and relish the creepy style.
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  2. Game Informer
    85
    Persona 3 holds its themes together with solid gameplay and cool characters, and thoroughly rewards you for the time you invest. [Aug 2007, p.96]
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  3. GamerNode
    75
    Persona 3 is a fairly unique game, in that it combines stale and tried elements to make them fresh. The presentation is good, and the environments are crisp. This is definitely a game only for the true RPG faithful.
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