Persona 3 Reload

 PlayStation 5
Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 68 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 68
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 68
  3. Negative: 0 out of 68
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  1. Destructoid
    Feb 4, 2024
    65
    It’s odd to say, but I felt sad playing Reload. Not for anything occurring within it. Rather, it reminded me that I had fallen out of love with Atlus. If anything, it’s fitting that Persona 3 Reload helped me realize that. Much of it is about learning to move on, and I’m going to do just that.
  2. Dot Esports
    Feb 20, 2024
    60
    If you’re already a Persona fan, there’ll probably be enough sheer Persona-ness for you to forgive all the shameless grinding and recycling. For curious newcomers, a lot will depend on whether or not the look and sound of the game push your buttons. If it doesn’t, steer clear, as I definitely wouldn’t recommend it as a gameplay experience. And if it does, you might enjoy it, but the more refined Persona 5 would still be a better entry point to the series.
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  1. Kotaku
    Jan 30, 2024
    Reload is the best version of this story, and only makes me appreciate the bold steps it took even more.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Feb 1, 2024
    The fact of the matter is that Persona 3 was a masterpiece in 2006, and remains a masterpiece in 2024. (For all that we wish Atlus had chosen to include the new content from either the Portable edition, or updated re-release Persona 3: FES, in this fancy new version; alas.) Those who missed the first game once upon a time, but who fell in love with Persona 4 or 5, will find themselves in for a dark, sometimes somber treat: Wonderfully written, craftily designed, and featuring a soundtrack that remains somewhere close to best-in-class, it makes you feel every flip of the calendar page, every cruel tick of the running clock. You only have so much time, it asserts, again and again, from a dozen different angles; how will you choose to spend it? There are much worse ways we can think of than revisiting an old friend like this.