It's almost the end of 2024, and while we're all embarrassed by a few songs on our Spotify Wrapped, seeing Persona 3 Reload as my second most-played Xbox game of the was the real kicker for me.
Those 132 hours shouldn't have been that surprising. After all, this game is the very first JRPG I've ever played front to back. I recall it monopolizing most of my free time in February, as evidenced by it being my busiest month on the console according to the Xbox app. It took a whopping 86 hours for me to realize I was enjoying Persona 3 Reload, but looking back at how my general attitude on JRPGs has evolved over the last year, it's been instrumental in reforming everything I think about the genre – and for that, I'm immensely grateful.
