Welcome to the Group

IMO It's best to play as male because Persona 3 was originally played as a male mc, thats why Persona 3 Reload (Remake) is also played as a male. Female route is only shown in P3P and is kinda additional to the original story

About to play P3P for the first time, would you recommend Male mc or Female mc for a first playthrough? I've already played P4G and P5. Interested to see what y'all suggest.

thanks!, that double boss fight with rise and then teddy RIGHT after, gave me a literal heart attack, and I got sooo upset when I had to start from the top that I basically only healed and guarded, still though the feeling of accomplishment you get from something like that is a thing I haven't really felt in many newer games, im almost always a "normal/medium" difficulty player because i make all of the harder modes sound too tough in my head so kind of having no choice in the matter left me feeling both super stressed and happy I won. I'll be interested to see if anything else challenges me like that.

P4G is my favorite one, good luck on your playthrough

I just made it through halfway on ps4!, crazy how nostalgic I can get for a time i was barely alive in, of course the graphics and difficulty were a bit of an adjustment but im loving it so far, the intro was a lot of fun and I watch it every time I boot up the game- and overall is just is a nice change of pace from the stress of impending death that the 3 one had, (just so long as you ignore the literal serial killer), not too much of a fan of the bear mascot either, koromaru will always be my #1 animal sidekick, Sorry it took so long to reply, thanks for asking!

Wow nice, glad you liked it bro, considering playing other persona games?