Greater leniency and eventual abandonment of the idea would occur in later Persona releases, but it was a memorable feature of the original Persona 3. Still, Social Link reversals will be able to happen in Reload, though it seems like they’ll be difficult to encounter unless you go out of your way to do so.
Not too surprised they made it so hard.
Actually surprised they even bother to keep reversals in.
Gamers, like myself, prefer to max out or befriend the most allies we can with any game nowadays. Completion mindset.
So having the ability to go backwards seems more of a novelty for a YouTube clips about “here are all the reversals” and move on.