So I just finished the game and thought it was fantastic. The characters, story, social links, combat everything was just top notch. I loved the ending as well. The main character falling asleep on the roof with Aigis as everyone remembers and runs to meet you, fantastic. No I've read that The Answer continues the game with the main character going into a coma and dying and you controlling Aigis from there on. Now that premise doesn't really appeal to me. If I liked the original ending do you think The Answer would make me like the Persona 3 universe more or less?

Its not the type of thing that will change your opinion on the universe at all, its just an Epilogue to be played for closure. I'm not a fan myself though.

FUCK NO!

FES RUINS THE ENTIRE FUCKING PLOT OF P3!

The entire purpose of the savior story is fucking ruined because of that fucking FES.  What's the point of the savior story when you have a god damn story to take place after it?!  

No.

Persona 3's ending was excellent. The Answer ruins it.

" its just an Epilogue to be played for closure. "

" @EuanDewar said:

" its just an Epilogue to be played for closure. "

It's a savior story!  YOU DONT NEED CLOSURE! "

You should watch the start of it at least, because those anime cutscenes are AWESOME. 

It won't ruin the story for you, don't worry about that. Worry more about how fucking frustrating the gameplay is. 

also, personal taste aside, all of the cutscenes are basically in the first hour and then in the last 30 minutes or so, and the rest is basically just dungeon crawling.

I never liked Aegis, so I have zero interest in The Answer.

" I never liked Aegis"

" I never liked Aegis, so I have zero interest in The Answer.

Persona always seemed more magic than sci-fi to me. A robot felt out of place.

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" @BananaKid I didn't love Aegis but I didn't hate her either. She was ok. My favorite characters were Akihiko, Ken and Shinji. There story was very interesting and playing as the female protagonist you get more attached to Shinji as he has a S Link. "

Ken? KEN!? 

I wouldn't advice anyone to play The Answer, It's a pretty useless add-on and you'll probably be better off just watching the scenes on Youtube (I beat it just for the sake of beating it though).

I don't recommend it. I feel Persona 3 had a great ending, and The Answer actually made it worse.

Whether you like Persona for the gameplay, the story or the aesthetic--

Stay away from the answer.

I thought it was terrible, but then, the original's ending didnt satisfy me at all either. Loved everything up to it though.

@RE_Player92:  I had a big grin on my face followed by a furrowed brow of existential confusion when my female protagonist had sex with Shinjiro.

" @BananaKid said:

" I never liked Aegis, so I have zero interest in The Answer.

Persona always seemed more magic than sci-fi to me. A robot felt out of place.

"

Persona 2 had robots, I believe... They were part of Hitler's battalion I think. "

I'd only recommend playing The Answer if you feel like hating yourself.

The music is pretty good though, particularly near the end of it. But overall I think you're better off leaving it alone.

I wanted to like The Answer because Aigis was the MC but I got about 3-ish hours in and was too frustrated with it and stopped.

Reading these replies really makes me want to finish the Female MC story on PSP because I would like to see all the guys S-Links. I always liked Akihiko and would like to know his deal.

It wasn't so much the story that bothered me in The Answer, as much as it was the difficulty and the total lack of the social aspect of the game. I understand why The Answer is only dungeons, but the genius of Persona 3 & 4 is the way the two sides of the gameplay compliment each other, creating something that is greater than the sum of its parts. Once you remove one half of the formula, the game feels mindless and boring.

"Reading these replies really makes me want to finish the Female MC story on PSP because I would like to see all the guys S-Links. I always liked Akihiko and would like to know his deal. "

" Ken? KEN!? 

I need to have a lie down. This thread is all backwards bananas. 

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 I was soo bummed by the ending of the game, but very moved by it as well. Doing anything else in that universe is pointless so an add-on liek that would just  piss me off

Just watch it on YouTube if you feel like you really must see it. The Answer is a half-hour of an overdone, idiotic sci-fi cliche that really cheapens the P3 experience and I really wish I hadn't wasted my time. I liked the P3P ending as is.

If you want more Persona 3 dungeon crawls and combat. Sure.

Never finished it, didn't really enjoy my time with it.

If only to play some of the epic battles it has at the end, yes. Also be sure to use the new character or else you will be pretty screwed at one point where you have to use her.

just watch the cutscens on utube, trust me the difficulty is bumped up and its annoying when you die after making so much progress. trust me i've been there

" @BananaKid I didn't love Aegis but I didn't hate her either. She was ok. My favorite characters were Akihiko, Ken and Shinji. There story was very interesting and playing as the female protagonist you get more attached to Shinji as he has a S Link. "

" @Aus_azn: See I only got to like rank 4 or 5 for Mitsuru. Probably going to get her in my second play through as she was defiantly one of the more interesting characters. Also I thought Koromaru was better than Aigis... you can punch me if you want.  "

I liked The Answer, story-wise that is; having just pure dungeon crawl with no compendium and no social links to break up the tedium a bit grates on the nerves after a while. If you're into difficulty, Answer will probably be a little more interesting. I liked Aigis at the very least so that may have been a contributing factor as well. I don't see how it ruins P3, it just continues it. The MC's fate was really ambiguous in the normal ending so finding out what exactly happened to him was welcome, at least for me.

I never did any of the FeMC romances; I found it uncomfortable to sit through my FeMC hitting on guys. The fact that 10-year old Ken is available as a female romance also made me keep away from FeMC romance altogether.

The only reason you should play it, is if you thought Yukari was annoying and want to go in and kick her ass with your personas.

I thought the main story of Persona 3 was awesome. I couldn't stand The Answer, and thus only played like 2 hours of it before giving up. If you want another 15-20 hours of pure dungeon crawling (but harder) without any social aspect or real story payoff.

And, I might as well also include that I think Aigis is a lame character and has no personality for all but the last month of the story.

I'll be one of the rare people to say they really like The Answer. If you want more P3, then I personally think it's worth checking out. I liked quite a few parts of it.

Aw, sounds like most people here are telling me to stay away from The Answer. But I'm picking it up from the post office tomorrow anyway; its existence alone intrigues me enough to play it.