Persona 3 Reload - Nyx Avatar (Merciless)

By no means perfect, but a dub is a dub. One shot and done, so didn't skip dialogue and equips/skill use aren't even close to optimized. The boss gimmick of switching abilities is a fun idea, but also see each one very little (and some have their enemy turn entirely skipped). Not a bad final boss, and has a banger theme, but also feels still a little lacking.
Some end of game thoughts: Persona 3 is a game (IP?) that means a lot to me. Had a great time revisiting it and remembering details about the characters and world after several years, even if had IRL stuff going on making it hard for me to complete it at times. My first play of P3P was probably the one I enjoyed most of my first plays of P3-5 (yes, I’m not a P1 or P2 IS/EP gamer… maybe someday, but cut me some slack - am I a real Atlus gamer if I say I played and beat Maken X?). It has its lulls in the story imo, and inherited some problems from the original game (though I genuinely enjoy pure dungeon crawlers if I’m in the mood, and Tartarus wasn’t an exception for me both in this and P3P), but I honestly think it makes up for it by introducing a lot of interesting new mechanics. Theurgies were a little overtuned imo, but I liked the concept. I’m sure I overlook new mechanics like Shift, which would probably be more noticeable (and appreciated) if I went back and played P3P. Remixes in the game were hit and miss, but almost every new track added to the game was fantastic (Color Your Night is insanely good, and I never thought anything could top Time from P3P or old version of When The Moon Reaches Out Stars). Even the cheeky dialogue from random NPCs was appreciated and unforgettable to me (cell-addicted student, rumor-loving girl, etc. lol). The ending is incredibly touching even still.
Maybe will consider Episode Aigis (if it pricedrops - never did play FES and don’t know much about it other than the original was a mixed bag for people) and/or Elizabeth fight. A little oversaturated though, by this point.

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yeah they toned down the phases in reload. original PS2 releases the arcana switches were actually impactful, this I think they made it easier for newer players to get to Death