Persona 3 Reload, Atlus’ flashy, smash-hit remake of the pivotal PS2 sport that cleared the way in which for Persona 5, was notable for what it was lacking. Earlier than the sport even got here out, followers and journalists questioned if the remake would come with later additions to the unique sport, and the reply was, bafflingly, no. Nonetheless, “no,” it seems isn’t “by no means,” and a kind of huge omissions will quickly debut in Reload within the sport’s just-announced Growth Cross.
Revealed throughout the Xbox Companion Showcase, the Persona 3 Reload Growth Cross will embrace “new costumes, background music, and prolonged story content material with Episode Aigis -The Reply-.”
An epilogue added to the FES re-release of Persona 3, The Reply was a combat-focused follow-up set after the occasions of Persona 3 centered on the android Aigis. It was a reasonably grueling expertise mild on the RPG social-sim taste that made the bottom sport nice. Happily, additional particulars in a put up on Xbox Wire point out that the epilogue will characteristic “cutting-edge graphics, modernized quality-of-life options and all of the upgrades that got here with Persona 3 Reload.”
Sadly, essentially the most fascinating addition to Persona 3 — the choice to play as a feminine protagonist added in Persona 3 Transportable — remains to be lacking in Reload. Hope springs everlasting in video video games, although, particularly when there’s cash to be made by way of add-on content material. On the very least, Persona 3 Transportable could be very simple to play today.
Episode Aigis -The Reply- will arrive Sept. in Wave 3 of the Growth Cross, and shall be out there to Recreation Cross Final subscribers at no additional price via January 31, 2025. It’s significantly extra substantial than the primary two waves, which embrace the Persona 5 Royal EX BGM Set and Persona 4 Golden EX BGM Set in March, and the Velvet Costume & BGM Set in Could. Non-subscribers or Persona 3 Reload house owners on different platforms will have the ability to buy the Growth Cross when it launches on March 12 for $34.99.
