Recent reviews by Michael Macaw

If this is your first foray into Persona 3, or modern Persona in general, you are absolutely in for some of the best the series has to offer, featuring all the great storytelling of P3 with most of the modern conveniences 4 and 5's various versions introduced to the series and even a few extra beyond that.

If you are returning to Persona 3 after experiencing the original, FES, and/or Portable, you're still in for an incredibly polished and fun time, one that's sure to bring back memories of experiencing the story for the first time. However, gameplay and UI upgrades aside, the story itself doesn't deviate from the original, so if you're in this for something particularly new, you're going to get a bit less out of this overall. While the current version lacks The Answer from the FES version (which has been confirmed to be coming later this year as DLC), the various story bits added into that version are present here as well.

Regardless of your prior experience with this series, if you're up for a unique turn-based RPG/life sim hybrid, you really can't go wrong with Reload.

it's like I'm actually among the ducks, living my dream of being isolated with nothing but an endless stream of plastic ducks and a flamingo pool ring. Immersive, relaxing, life-changing. My favorite duck is the very first one. Plain and yellow, but a simple appeal to it. A true reflection of how I see myself.

Anyway, it's good, I had it on in the background while I work my job from home. It's certainly way more entertaining than work.

This game is amazing. It's lovingly crafted from scratch, has constant updates and balancing done to it, and just oozes charm and a perfect fighting game experience.

Also a balls-to-the-wall final boss that will make you pull your hair out.

Birds. Dating sims. That's pretty much everything. If you like both then get this game!

No, that's a lie, actually. Even if you're not a fan of the Dating Sim genre, I recommend playing this game. There's more to it after the initial dating storylines.

Much much more...

If you're looking for a quick FPS/platformer you can run through again and again, and enjoy the feeling of making a little progress each time, this is the game for you. A solid experience all around, starts off fast and just cranks the difficulty up from there. You will die quite a bit, but once you've unlocked some stuff, you'll find it gets easier and easier. The random dialogues that are generated before each run are pretty neat, you can run through the game multiple times and get a different story each time.