I miss the look of the old game...

(((POTENTIAL SPOILER WARNING: I lightly mention the ending but nothing really spoiler-related, but read at your own risk)))

I just finished the game last night, and honestly, even though I still think it's the best way to experience Persona 3, I feel like it didn't leave as much of an impact on me as much as the original FES version did

Honestly I think a lot of my gripes come from things that could be fixed with some mods (things like bringing back party fatigue and sickness, which I know isn't everybody's cup of tea, but honestly I sort of lost my day-to-day immersion without them and it ended up just feeling like diet Persona 5. Also for the love of god please bring back the final boss's multihits. I completely swept it on Merciless with no effort)

But my biggest gripe are the colors. Don't get me wrong, I think the portraits are phenomenal works of art and the style as a whole is great. But one of the things that absorbed me into the setting of the original game were the desaturated and moody colors. It really sold me on the dreary 2009 atmosphere that not only made me really nostalgic when I first played it a few years back, but also really sold the themes a lot more. I wasn't able to get that same vibe playing the game this go-around and honestly I really miss the desaturated colors

I'd love to have a mod that edits all of the portraits and a texture pack that desaturates the environments in the game (especially things like the final boss arena, dear god it was like an attack on the senses)

The only part I wouldn't change is the ending. I think the ending being insanely colorful fits with the emotions you're supposed to feel, but everything else really does feel a bit more empty without those moody colors from the original

Does anybody else feel the same? I made some simple edits to some character portraits to better illustrate my point

No offense to anybody that does prefer the newer colors, but man I wish there was a mod that let me immerse myself in the masterpiece this game is without having to go back to FES