Persona 3 Reload is the latest entry in the long-running franchise, but it is also a remake of what many consider to be the first modern Persona game. Because of this, it is the most feature-rich and graphically advanced entry in the series, but it also features some relics of the late 00s games in the franchise. In this way, P3R is both a window into the series' past and, quite likely, its future. The series' love of randomization plays a central role in Persona 3 Reload, just as it did in the original. Wherever the series goes next in Persona 6, it needs to learn from and expand on this aspect of P3R.