Persona 3 Reload is seemingly getting the extra content material from Persona 3 FES in any case, 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 issue of Persona 3 Reload — a remake of 2009’s Persona 3 that did not embody 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, just 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 embody this content material as a result of developer Atlus “needed to actually, genuinely work on recreating the Persona 3 expertise”, it mentioned on the time.
Dataminer ruinedsteg0 found six titles for downloadable content material hidden inside the information 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 an ideal trial, the reply illuminates my path.”
This comes regardless of Atlus saying the crew has no plans for any such content material. “Presently, we aren’t contemplating a revision like with Persona 5 to Persona 5 Royal, which concerned important modifications and additions to the unique title,” Persona Workforce manufacturing supervisor Kazuhisa Wada mentioned. “Followers can relaxation assured understanding that Persona 3 Reload presents a whole expertise.”
Persona 3 Reload arrived February 2 on PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Sequence X and S, and PC. A Nintendo Change model hasn’t been introduced thus far, although Persona 3 Reload’s director Takuya Yamaguchi has mentioned it isn’t out of the query.
In our 9/10 evaluation, IGN mentioned: “With a stellar visible overhaul and numerous small however impactful modifications, 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.