Persona 3 Reload is seemingly getting the extra content material from Persona 3 FES in spite of everything, with a datamine and finish of recreation tease actually suggesting as such.
As reported by PC Gamer, an merchandise solely obtained by beating the toughest problem of Persona 3 Reload — a remake of 2009’s Persona 3 that did not embrace any content material from its expanded variations, FES and Transportable — hints in direction of the previous’s epilogue being launched for it will definitely.
FES, much like Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal, added a piece of recent content material to Persona 3 headlined by the addition of The Reply, a roughly 30-hour epilogue. Persona 3 Reload doesn’t embrace this content material as a result of developer Atlus “needed to essentially, genuinely work on recreating the Persona 3 expertise”, it stated on the time.
Dataminer ruinedsteg0 found six titles for downloadable content material hidden inside the recordsdata of Persona 3 Reload, and whereas this does not imply the content material is assured, it actually suggests it is on the minds of the event crew. Whereas most of those are only for costume units, one is for “Episode Aigis / The Reply”.
That is backed up by the aforementioned merchandise. Beating the sport on Cruel grants gamers the Blue Envelope, which has the outline: “On the finish of a fantastic trial, the reply illuminates my path.”
This comes regardless of Atlus saying the crew has no plans for any such content material. “At present, we aren’t contemplating a revision like with Persona 5 to Persona 5 Royal, which concerned important adjustments and additions to the unique title,” Persona Group manufacturing supervisor Kazuhisa Wada stated. “Followers can relaxation assured realizing that Persona 3 Reload presents a whole expertise.”
Persona 3 Reload arrived February 2 on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Collection X and S, and PC. A Nintendo Swap model hasn’t been introduced to date, although Persona 3 Reload’s director Takuya Yamaguchi has stated it isn’t out of the query.
In our 9/10 evaluation, IGN stated: “With a stellar visible overhaul and numerous small however impactful adjustments, Persona 3 Reload tells a timeless story of tragedy and hope with sharp emotional sincerity.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.