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A Love Letter to Persona 3 Reload’s UI
Iam back from my long hiatus (I was travelling for two weeks) to rant (again) about the Persona series.
After recently replaying Persona 4 and having thoroughly enjoyed its 1970s retro aesthetics, I thought about the new Persona 3 Reload UI, and I would like to share my first impressions (even though I won’t get to play it any time soon).
So, here is my short love letter to Persona 3 Reload’s new UI.
If it Works, Don’t Change it
Before we proceed, I would like to mention that the art director of this project, Tomohiro Kumagai, also worked on Persona 5 Royal’s UI designs. If you’ve been following my other articles, you know I highly regard that game’s UI.
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