When Persona 3 Reload was revealed to not have any additional features from neither FES' epilogue The Answer (which was remade as downloadable content for Reload as Episode Aigis), nor Portable's female protagonist, there was a negative response from the fanbase of the series.

[1] Kazuhisa Wada, the remake's producer, explained that budgetary and time-related concerns were the primary reasons why the female protagonist wasn't included.

[2] The developers of the project sought to restore the female protagonist along with other features that were exclusively in Portable, such as the optional male Velvet Room attendant Theodore, and the female protagonist's alternate over world, school, battle, and Social Link themes from Portable's soundtrack.

PC Gamer's Joshua Wolens praised the mod as "genuinely impressive," having finished the work in a very short time.

[5] TheGamer's Joshua Robertson commented that the mod is "pretty well-designed and functional.