Persona 3 Reload PS5 Game

A ground up remake of the 2006 original, not a port. You transfer into Gekkoukan High School on Tatsumi Port Island and join S.E.E.S. to fight Shadows during the Dark Hour, the hidden 25th hour that most people sleep through without knowing it exists.

Tartarus

The main dungeon is a tower that reshuffles itself and unlocks in blocks as the in game calendar advances.

New combat systems

Theurgy gives each character an ultimate attack charged on its own gauge. Shift lets you hand your remaining turn to another party member after knocking an enemy down. Neither was in the original.

What changed from 2006

Every Social Link route is now fully voiced. The fatigue system is gone. The dorm adds cooking, gardening, reading and films, plus new Linked Episode side stories for the male party members.

Key details

• Platform: PlayStation 5 disc
• Genre: RPG with social simulation
• Players: 1
• Developer: P Studio, Atlus. Publisher: SEGA
• DualSense vibration and adaptive trigger effects, both optional
• Rating: PEGI 16, ESRB Mature 17+

Worth knowing: This version does not include the female protagonist route from Persona 3 Portable, and The Answer epilogue is not on the disc. Episode Aigis, The Answer, was sold separately as part of the paid Expansion Pass.

In the box: One PS5 game disc in retail case.