The Persona 3 Remake, officially titled Persona 3 Reload, was released for current-gen platforms. Read ahead for the Persona 3 Reload Release Date, Story, Gameplay and more.
Persona 3 Reload Release Date: February 2, 2024
“Your story begins again. Memento Mori. 🌙”
After the trailer and release date were let slip accidentally, the Xbox Showcase last June 2023 officially revealed the release date for Persona 3 Reload: Early 2024.
This is followed up by a feature on gamescom 2023 that announced its specific release date:Â February 2, 2024.
The game will be available on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Steam. Only digital versions will be available for Xbox, Windows, and Steam.
Persona 3 Reload is described as “a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era.” Rumors of this game's existence floated around for a long time but were mostly shunned as fake until the fire was stoked by a snippet of the game's supposed trailer leaked a few months ago. Prior to its debut in the Xbox Showcase, the official ATLUS accounts posted the trailer a few days early which also contained the release date. The posts were quickly taken down, but not before it was reposted and spread throughout the community.
The gamescom 2023 feature brought a second trailer that also introduced one of the new battle tracks titled “It's Going Down Now“.
Pre-order Bonus
Players who preorder the digital version or purchase the physical edition early will receive the Persona 3 Reload; Persona 4 Golden BGM Set DLC as a limited bonus. This includes the following tracks
- Reach Out to the Truth
- Time to Make History
- I'll Face Myself =Battle-
- A New World Fool
- The Fog
- Results
Persona 3 Reload Physical Editions
Persona 3 Reload Limited Box
- Base Game (PS4/PS5 Physical Version)
- SEES Battle Armband
- This gorgeous resdesigned SEES armband can only be obtained through the limited physical edition! Put it on to become part of SEES!
- Persona 3 Reload Artbook
- This book is packed to the brim with character art, concept art, backgrounds, and other illustrations from the game! (64 pages, A4-size hardcover book)
- Persona 3 Reload Limited Box Original Soundtrack
- This soundtrack contains in-game music created by the ATLUS Sound Team, including arrangements of classic tracks from the original game and new songs! (2 CDs, 60 tracks)
- P4G Yasogami High Costume Set & P4G Persona Set DLC
- These two DLC sets allow you to wear the Yasogami High uniforms from Persona 4 Golden and summon the Personas Izanagi, Magatsu-Izanagi, and Kaguya.
Persona 3 Reload: Aigis Edition (Limited Physical Edition)
- Base Game (PS5 Physical Version)
- SEES Battle Armband
- This gorgeous redesigned SEES armband can only be obtained through the limited physical edition! Put it on to become part of SEES!
- Persona 3 Reload Artbook
- This book is packed to the brim with character art, concept art, backgrounds, and other illustrations from the game! (64 pages, A4-size hardcover book)
- Persona 3 Reload Limited Box Original Soundtrack
- This soundtrack contains in-game music created by the ATLUS Sound Team, including arrangements of classic tracks from the original game and new songs! (2 CDs, 60 tracks)
- P4G Yasogami High Costume Set & P4G Persona Set DLC
- These two DLC sets allow you to wear the Yasogami High uniforms from Persona 4 Golden and summon the Personas Izanagi, Magatsu-Izanagi, and Kaguya.
Persona 3 Reload Digital Editions
Persona 3 Reload: Digital Premium Edition
- Base Game
- Persona 3 Reload DLC Pack
- This DLC pack contains all available DLC for the game (P5R Phantom Thieves Costume Set, P5R Shujin Academy Costume Set, P5R Persona Set 1, P5R Persona Set 2, P5R BGM Set, P4G Yasogami High Costume Set, P4G Persona Set). The pack can also be purchased separately.
- Persona 3 Reload: Digital Artbook
- This book is packed to the brim with character art, concept art, backgrounds, and other illustrations from the game! (64 pages, digital app)
- Persona 3 Reload: Digital Soundtrack
- This soundtrack contains in-game music created by the ATLUS Sound Team, including arrangements of classic tracks from the original game and new songs! (60 tracks, digital app)
Persona 3 Reload: Digital Deluxe Edition
- Base Game
- Persona 3 Reload: Digital Artbook
- This book is packed to the brim with character art, concept art, backgrounds, and other illustrations from the game! (64 pages, digital app)
- Persona 3 Reload: Digital Soundtrack
- This soundtrack contains in-game music created by the ATLUS Sound Team, including arrangements of classic tracks from the original game and new songs! (60 tracks, digital app)
Persona 3 Reload Gameplay
Persona 3 Reload stays faithful to the original 2007 version as well as other games in the Persona series, being a dungeon-crawling JRPG with social elements. The trailer showed a glimpse of the world exploration, which will also be kept close to the original where the areas are divvied up into small, explorable regions. A preview of the battle was also shown, retaining its turn-based combat with various skills being available through each character's Persona. Equipment also exists, which can be acquired through various different means including the in-game shop.
Persona 3 Reload Story
“The protagonist is a student who transfers to Gekkoukan High School, an establishment located on Tatsumi Port Island. A few days after moving into the dorm, they are attacked by a mysterious monster which causes their latent Persona abilities to awaken. The incident leads them to join the school's Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad (SEES), an organization comprised of fellow Persona users. Together, they seek to
unravel the mystery surrounding their world.
Hidden between one day and the next is an interval of time known as the Dark Hour. During this period, frightful beings called Shadows roam the streets. As the toll begins to mount, the SEES must uncover the root of
the mystery and rid the world of Shadows before it's too late…”
Persona 3 Reload follows the story of SEES, or the Special Extracurricular Execution Squad, and the other club members at Gekkoukan High School. Members of SEES, including the newly inducted protagonist, have the power to wield Personas which allow them to explore a mysterious tower called Tartarus.
They make their way through the tower during the Dark Hour, a secret hour that only a handful of people are aware of while the rest of the people stay oblivious.
During an interview with IGN, Persona 3 Reload producer Ryota Niitsuma and chief director Kazuhisa Wada confirmed that P3R will be a genuine recreation of the Persona 3 experience and will therefore not include content from other versions of the game, namely Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Portable. This resulted in the dismay of the community, as it meant that the story will be “incomplete” and that the female protagonist will also be unavailable.
Persona 3 Reload Details
The remake improves upon a lot of the systems from the original game. Firstly, the graphics have been enhanced to support 4k/60FPS, and the character portraits, 3D models, environments, UI, and other visuals were also refined to a better quality.
The controls and interface were also improved to give a better overall user experience. Players will find the game easier to control and more user-friendly.
While we're not getting the extra story that Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Portable offer, Persona 3 Reload adds more dialogue between characters, voiced scenes, and extra side stories to offer a fresh adventure for everyone to experience. All animations and cutscenes have also been redone to achieve a better quality. This includes the iconic opening cinematic!
Three voice actors for the Japanese voiceover were revealed, namely Akira Ishida for Makoto Yuki/Protagonist, Megumi Toyoguchi as Yukari Takeba, and Kosuke Toriumi as Junpei Iori. This suggests that players of the original game can expect the old Japanese voice talents to reprise their roles in the remake.
For the English voiceover, more roles have been revealed, and it's a complete recast across the board. The casting includes Aleks Le, Allegra Clark, Dawn M. Bennett, and more which you can check out here.
Persona 3 Reload is available on Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X | S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Steam. Want more of the latest gaming news, updates, and video game releases? Subscribe now to the ClutchPoints Gaming Newsletter to receive your weekly dose of video game information.
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