Haven't touched Delta, but the comment on P3R is nuts to me. I've tried all the other versions and bounced every time. I wouldn't have finished Persona 3 without the remake. Having almost everything in one package was a big deal. I cannot play a version of this game without party control.
Problem is old stuff often benefits from rose tinted nostalgia goggles and people will irrationally hate any remake no matter how good.. anything different is seen as a negative. It's all a matter of taste too.. and that's varied..
Also, P3 is locked to the PS2 without emulation, and not everyone wants to buy a PS2 for one game or emulate a old game. So I dont like the comparison to P3R.
I just don't get it; all the "downgrades" I've read people complain about seem so benign, besides not getting FeMC from P3P. I generally seek out original releases to experience them first, but P3R was so much better for what I wanted, its absolutely my preferred way to play that game.
Like, I get the sentiment regarding Remakes vs new thing. I mostly agree with it. But seriously, SH2 remake, all the REmakes and P3R have real effort put into them, come on. If we're talking about AI upscaled, smoothing filtered, no effort ROMs sold at like $30, yeah fuck that. But P3R ain't that.
And maybe MGS Delta is a garbage fire, I haven't had enough time to think about playing it. But if the worst thing you have to say is "oh its like P3R", then they probably did a bit better than OK.