I actually first heard of P3 by accident. WAY back in the super early days of TH-cam, I stumbled across a video of a boss fight from some weird looking rpg and figured I’d watch it. Man! The music and the style was just so freaking cool. And there was something so poetic and jarring about using the evokers to awaken their abilities. I just HAD to run out and get it, and luckily the store had a copy.
I honestly love to see Atlus reaching out to the RPGtubers for promotions, it just makes so much sense. xD I'm really looking forward to this one, P3 is awesome! I do wish we could have a single definitive version, but I can't complain too much when they poured this much love into Reload (and they have P3P right there for cheap if you wanna play as FeMC)
Since you got early access to the game, I'm hoping you can answer a question for me. I heard that you can unlock more outfits in the game itself (non-DLC). Are any of those outfits reminiscent of the ones seen in Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight? Basically, more casual wear instead of the uniforms. P5's dancing costumes were made available as DLC, and I really want to use those costumes, or at least know what kind I can find in game.
about 10 hours into this, and enjoying it so far. But, what I wonder, David, is: Did they flesh out the antagonists more in this remake? One of the weaknesses of the original P3 that many critics point out is how the antagonists are just kinda there to block the way. Regardless, the messages, themes, and protagonists' developments have all been executed very well.
I remember playing this on my PSP Go my first year of college. I didn’t mind Tartarus as much as others. Maybe because it helped time go by while I waited for my next class.
I don’t even know how to classify this series.. No pun intended.. I wasn’t the biggest fan of having to go to school every day personally.. Nevertheless it’s a very intriguing concept what they did inventing this IP.. Seemingly inspiring some of my other very favorites perhaps including Cold Steel.. I can’t say it’s my #1 but more of like a “go to..” I usually only played on Wednesday afternoon.. That said I’m not sure how I got through the entirety of P4G on Vita fairly quickly
Hi David! Can't wait to give P3R a try. Been looking forward to it since it was announced. P3 is my fav in the series. Thanks for another great video and have a blessed day everyone!
I don’t recall anybody protesting the evokers when the original came out. I was a regular poster on the Atlus forums and gamefaqs in those days. Prior to its English announcement, fans speculated that would be a reason why they wouldn’t localize it, I don’t remember it ever actually happening. Atlus was still way too niche in those days for anybody to pay attention to them.
David, I have a confession. I don't play persona games. I've heard amazing things. I'm more of a trauma center fan. I enjoyed your review and ask is it on the switch? 😅
I tried playing P3P but the whole point and click thing kinda got to me after awhile. So needless to say I didn’t get very far which kinda bummed me out because I’ve heard that the game is that good. Then the trailer for the remake dropped. Needless to say, I was pumped. Now I get to play it with modern graphics and revamped gameplay and I still get to experience the story for the first time. Gonna be a fun ride.
I too started my journey with Persona 3 and I fell in love with it having since played P3:Fes, P3P, P4,P4 Golden, P5, and P5 Royal....I ain't beat not one of em 😂 but I like em. I'm actually going to try and finish P3 Reload though.
Persona 3 has taken so much of my money. Persona 3, Persona 3 FES, Persona 3 Portable. For once I’m gonna hold out for the eventual full re-release of P3 Reload that we’ll get in a few years with all that extra content.
Actually picking up the new tactics one the other day got me back into the series.. I figured I’d like it being a fan of stuff like Valkyria Chronicles & Mario Rabbids XCom whatever that style is called.. Been playing P5R all morning.. I was planning to finish the original P2 duology initially but while it’s good I think I like some of those other ones a little better.. I dunno whether to purchase the new P3 on PlayStation or just wait for a Switch version tbh
Definitely picking this up. Also want to play Granblue Fantasy Relink which came out a day before but that will probably have to wait. And we have FF7 Rebirth coming out later this month. February is gonna be a busy month for JRPG fans.
I bought the remake on steam literal days before this was announced. I still havent played it (or really, any of the others). P5R is on my list to play this year, so if i like that I'll probably pick this up
I'm not an Persona fan at all. But man. Hearing an remake of an old game getting so much better is outstanding. That's how an remake should do. It did with Zero Mission being an better version for the first Metroid adventure, Kirby Super Star Ultra does it better than the original SNES counterpart, etc. This is how an remake should do.
I beat p3p when it came out on switch last year and I liked it way more than 5 Royal. I’m roughly halfway through P4G but after that and some other stuff I’m definitely gonna play this
Thanks for the review! Canadian economy and mortgage rates are critical hitting my budget this year but Gamepass is allowing me to play this one and a few other games. Excited to try it out!
Played persona 4 golden for the past few months before this game released. Can't wait for this one, but 4 ended up being one of the best games I've ever played
As fantastic as this looks, I'll be waiting for a sale. I just finished Portable two years ago and need to finish another year of games before returning. That ending song is worth the hours alone. 😅
Just picked up “P3: Reload” and “Granblue Fantasy: Relink” today on Steam Deck! In about 12 hours, after they finish downloading, I’ll get to play them! 😂😂😂
Yeah that's right the remake we need!!! When you buy PS4/PS5 reg 3 sea English ver, inside game you get Chinese text only! It's freaking awesome!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Persona 3 on PS2 was my first persona game, but came at a bad point in my life. my job had crazy long commutes at the time, and every attempt at playing P3 failed as I passed out within 30-40mins. was just too "slow" considering my schedule was exhausting. I stopped playing. P4 reinvigorated my love for persona and finally went back and finished P3 :)
Im gonna get it, havent played it since my psp days. But for purest, it does have some censorship noteably during the beach day. And the female protagonist was not included in this one, it is only the male
Probably going to skip this one for the time being. Spending most of the time in Granblue Fantasy Relink, man that game is sweet. Are you still playing it David, finished it?
I had the first Persona game back on the PS1 and I didn't really like it, it felt like I forced myself through it, at the time there were very few rpgs for the PS1 and I had already beaten Suikoden, Vandal Hearts and Beyond the Beyond multiple times, so since then ive skipped this series as i didnt think it was for me. After seeing the footage for P3 Reload I may have to give it another try, it looks like a good time.
I love p3 one of my fav games.i love rhis remake so far im a hour and it so cool to see modern.i feel like something is missing...i feel like i need plot ghost and alternate dimension lmaoo😂edit.i have noticed npcs literally looked pulled from p5 my only complaint
I absolutely love the game, but spoiler alert* if you want to be overly powerful in the game, then I would suggest buying both dlc personas sets because one of them contains a strong one who I believe is at like level 85 and I gotta say with him... I wouldn't stand a chance for survival in this game 😂
i´m honest and people can call me whatever for that but I´m done playing games that only let me romance girls, there are enough games that give me more options and I gladly play them. Persona needs to grow up it is stuck in the early 2000
A remake we need? Doesn't this company remake games enough. I miss when a game was made once and it was done, then they were forced to actually make new games.
For $70 bucks though, ouch. That would be $94 dollars for us Canadians. You would bitch over a new game plus feature, that isn’t required for you to play and enjoy a game, of a JRPG that offers so much to do, a new game btw, but apparently you’re ok with paying full price for a graphical update of an old game we’ve all played before lmao. Not a fan of Final Fantasy 7 “Remake” either, and how they’re basically cutting it in parts and selling you the games for full price, but at least you could say that’s a “new game” , that it’s a sequel and not a “remake”, this is a full price graphical update.
Not sure what you mean by Persona 2's reviews not being so hot. It has an average of 83 on Metacritic, and a GameRankings score of 84%. I thought Eternal Punishment was great.
I have yet to try a Persona game, honestly I think i was never able to get past the idea of the high school themes, so I never gave it a shot. Great video and insight, I'll now take a look at this once I get through a few other games I've been meaning to finish
Why do people bother watching and commenting only to say Persona games aren’t for them? Then maybe this video and comment section isn’t for you either lol we don’t care let us hype
It's a shame P1 and P2 were so badly reviewed, but I get it since they released in such a weird and terribly localized state. Bummer, because P2 (both parts) is my favorite one. No nostalgia either, I only just played it like 3 years ago
I greatly prefer the FeMC playstyle, story and social links. I'm conflicted whether to buy this because I love the story, but I won't be able to play the character I perfer
Hey David I've been busy watching someone lets play the new tomb raider until someone was rude to me sigh sometimes I don't know why I say anything but u deal with that all the time I tried blocking but it won't on mobile sigh
@@murmina Obviously. But wouldn’t you rather get 30+ hours out of something you’re dropping decent money on? May as well just wait for those 12 hour games to go on sale.
@@poopoogigolothe only other RPG with a ten,hour campaign I can think of is Child of Light, which was a downloadable 15 dollar title (20 on switch for some reason), so it didn't bug me as much.
I'd still recommend Persona 2 Eternal Punishment. Party members are adults from mid 20s to their 40s with female lead. Felt very refreshing in RPG setting back in the 2000s.
Completed P4G last year and loved it. I was going to start P5R but decided to hold off and play this one first. Loving it so far. P5R next. That is all 🫡
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the dlc practice is bad but the game is really really great
Can't wait to get this one for my birthday!!! It looks perfect for me!
Happy early birthday, you’ll love it!
My exact strategy. My Bday is Coming up too and I preloaded this before work 😎
I actually first heard of P3 by accident. WAY back in the super early days of TH-cam, I stumbled across a video of a boss fight from some weird looking rpg and figured I’d watch it. Man! The music and the style was just so freaking cool. And there was something so poetic and jarring about using the evokers to awaken their abilities. I just HAD to run out and get it, and luckily the store had a copy.
David wasn’t listening in class during his playthrough.
This is somewhat concerning, young man.
I honestly love to see Atlus reaching out to the RPGtubers for promotions, it just makes so much sense. xD
I'm really looking forward to this one, P3 is awesome!
I do wish we could have a single definitive version, but I can't complain too much when they poured this much love into Reload (and they have P3P right there for cheap if you wanna play as FeMC)
Since you got early access to the game, I'm hoping you can answer a question for me. I heard that you can unlock more outfits in the game itself (non-DLC). Are any of those outfits reminiscent of the ones seen in Persona 3 Dancing in Moonlight? Basically, more casual wear instead of the uniforms. P5's dancing costumes were made available as DLC, and I really want to use those costumes, or at least know what kind I can find in game.
I really liked Eternal Punishment. I still need to get around to playing Innocent Sin though.
I'll def going to get this when I have free time very nice review David!
about 10 hours into this, and enjoying it so far. But, what I wonder, David, is:
Did they flesh out the antagonists more in this remake?
One of the weaknesses of the original P3 that many critics point out is how the antagonists are just kinda there to block the way. Regardless, the messages, themes, and protagonists' developments have all been executed very well.
I am still waiting for HD remasters of the DDS, feels like a no brainer when SMT3 Nocturne HD remaster sold so well.
i did so many playthroughs of digital devil saga, I literally got sick of it lol. Had to sell it, was too addicted 💀
I was shocked to see it on game pass. For me that’s huge.
Been dreaming of this day for years!
I remember playing this on my PSP Go my first year of college. I didn’t mind Tartarus as much as others. Maybe because it helped time go by while I waited for my next class.
I don’t even know how to classify this series.. No pun intended.. I wasn’t the biggest fan of having to go to school every day personally.. Nevertheless it’s a very intriguing concept what they did inventing this IP.. Seemingly inspiring some of my other very favorites perhaps including Cold Steel..
I can’t say it’s my #1 but more of like a “go to..” I usually only played on Wednesday afternoon.. That said I’m not sure how I got through the entirety of P4G on Vita fairly quickly
Hi David! Can't wait to give P3R a try. Been looking forward to it since it was announced. P3 is my fav in the series. Thanks for another great video and have a blessed day everyone!
My pleasure!
My pre-order was waiting for me when I got home from work today. My wife ain't getting the TV tonight!
Persona FES is one of my favorite games, and I was a bit worried the remake wouldn't live up to it, but now I'll definitely check it out.
Unfortunately the remake does not contain "the answer"
I started playing early morning. I’m 7 hours in and the flow of fighting is so smooth and structured. It feels so much better to take down mobs.
Im waiting to see what they add later or for the version that adds everything as we know this is jot the definitive version
I don’t recall anybody protesting the evokers when the original came out. I was a regular poster on the Atlus forums and gamefaqs in those days. Prior to its English announcement, fans speculated that would be a reason why they wouldn’t localize it, I don’t remember it ever actually happening. Atlus was still way too niche in those days for anybody to pay attention to them.
David, I have a confession. I don't play persona games. I've heard amazing things. I'm more of a trauma center fan. I enjoyed your review and ask is it on the switch? 😅
Persona 3 was my first entry into the persona and smt series as well, though I played it a few years latter in 2010.
Fibonacci sequence is what they seem to be asking...
I completed the FES version on PS2 twice unfortunately. But maybe I will want to play it again in the future.
Amazing game. I have it on Game Pass but I had to buy it. They really deserve the support my dude.
I started with 5 royal then finished persona 3 portable male side and just recently finished persona 4 golden
I tried playing P3P but the whole point and click thing kinda got to me after awhile. So needless to say I didn’t get very far which kinda bummed me out because I’ve heard that the game is that good. Then the trailer for the remake dropped. Needless to say, I was pumped. Now I get to play it with modern graphics and revamped gameplay and I still get to experience the story for the first time. Gonna be a fun ride.
Thanks for the review. 🎉
My pleasure!
I wish I could play the remake so bad, but losing my job recently really put me into a bind. It looks so good though. :)
I too started my journey with Persona 3 and I fell in love with it having since played P3:Fes, P3P, P4,P4 Golden, P5, and P5 Royal....I ain't beat not one of em 😂 but I like em. I'm actually going to try and finish P3 Reload though.
Persona 3 has taken so much of my money. Persona 3, Persona 3 FES, Persona 3 Portable. For once I’m gonna hold out for the eventual full re-release of P3 Reload that we’ll get in a few years with all that extra content.
Actually picking up the new tactics one the other day got me back into the series.. I figured I’d like it being a fan of stuff like Valkyria Chronicles & Mario Rabbids XCom whatever that style is called..
Been playing P5R all morning.. I was planning to finish the original P2 duology initially but while it’s good I think I like some of those other ones a little better.. I dunno whether to purchase the new P3 on PlayStation or just wait for a Switch version tbh
Definitely picking this up. Also want to play Granblue Fantasy Relink which came out a day before but that will probably have to wait. And we have FF7 Rebirth coming out later this month. February is gonna be a busy month for JRPG fans.
Thanks for the review. Also you’re rocking that shirt.
Woke up at 4 this morning so I can jump in before work. The game is just beautiful they did a great job with this remake.
A remake of Innocent Sin and Eternal Punishment would have been much more interesting.
I bought the remake on steam literal days before this was announced. I still havent played it (or really, any of the others). P5R is on my list to play this year, so if i like that I'll probably pick this up
The fact there are already 100% walkthroughs online is all you need to know regarding how excited fans were for this
Amazon with all your corporate hellscape glory don’t fail me. Get here early today!!!
that's why i always go to pick my stuff up in person; i wanna do it on my time vs waiting on Amazon to deliver something I'm super excited for lol
@TTParadigm same here! Lol
I don't pre-order much, but Amazon has literally never once gotten a game to me day of release.
@@digitaldaemon2845 got mine today at 1:45 pm. Not too bad.
Wow I haven't heard anyone mention Azure Dream in yeeaaarrrss. I really liked it but hardly anyone played it
I haven’t played a Persona game before but started playing this as it’s on game pass. Pretty fun so far
I'm not an Persona fan at all. But man. Hearing an remake of an old game getting so much better is outstanding. That's how an remake should do. It did with Zero Mission being an better version for the first Metroid adventure, Kirby Super Star Ultra does it better than the original SNES counterpart, etc. This is how an remake should do.
The remakes I need would be Persona 1/both 2s(no calendar system/school sim), SMT 1, 2, if...., SJ, Devil Summoner, Soul Hackers, etc.
I beat p3p when it came out on switch last year and I liked it way more than 5 Royal. I’m roughly halfway through P4G but after that and some other stuff I’m definitely gonna play this
Love from Belgium 🇧🇪 ❤
Thanks for the review! Canadian economy and mortgage rates are critical hitting my budget this year but Gamepass is allowing me to play this one and a few other games. Excited to try it out!
Played persona 4 golden for the past few months before this game released. Can't wait for this one, but 4 ended up being one of the best games I've ever played
I've been enjoying my time with P3R. P3 FES is what got me started on the franchise and Reload is an amazing remake.
As fantastic as this looks, I'll be waiting for a sale. I just finished Portable two years ago and need to finish another year of games before returning. That ending song is worth the hours alone. 😅
Just picked up “P3: Reload” and “Granblue Fantasy: Relink” today on Steam Deck! In about 12 hours, after they finish downloading, I’ll get to play them! 😂😂😂
Hmm... persona 3 relead on PS5 or Persona 3 Portable on Switch?
This is how you remake an old beloved JRPG. Not like Square Enix did with Final Fantasy VII Remake.
Yeah that's right the remake we need!!! When you buy PS4/PS5 reg 3 sea English ver, inside game you get Chinese text only! It's freaking awesome!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Tempting. But I'll wait for Persona 3 FES Reload for the Switch 2😂
Persona 3 on PS2 was my first persona game, but came at a bad point in my life. my job had crazy long commutes at the time, and every attempt at playing P3 failed as I passed out within 30-40mins. was just too "slow" considering my schedule was exhausting. I stopped playing. P4 reinvigorated my love for persona and finally went back and finished P3 :)
Never played any Persona games but at least they are getting more accessible than ever!
Im gonna get it, havent played it since my psp days. But for purest, it does have some censorship noteably during the beach day. And the female protagonist was not included in this one, it is only the male
I’ve been hearing good things about this remake. Still going to wait for a price drop I played through P3 Vanilla, Fes and psp.
Can u do a persona 5 review ?
Probably going to skip this one for the time being. Spending most of the time in Granblue Fantasy Relink, man that game is sweet. Are you still playing it David, finished it?
Algébric spiral. That was fricking funny ahahaha
I had the first Persona game back on the PS1 and I didn't really like it, it felt like I forced myself through it, at the time there were very few rpgs for the PS1 and I had already beaten Suikoden, Vandal Hearts and Beyond the Beyond multiple times, so since then ive skipped this series as i didnt think it was for me.
After seeing the footage for P3 Reload I may have to give it another try, it looks like a good time.
I love p3 one of my fav games.i love rhis remake so far im a hour and it so cool to see modern.i feel like something is missing...i feel like i need plot ghost and alternate dimension lmaoo😂edit.i have noticed npcs literally looked pulled from p5 my only complaint
I know I say this a lot, but I'm still planning on saving Persona 3 Reload for my birthday.
David I’ve got persona 2 and man that game is wild!!! It had a paper bag wearing serial killer and I heard hitler was in it too. Wild.
I absolutely love the game, but spoiler alert* if you want to be overly powerful in the game, then I would suggest buying both dlc personas sets because one of them contains a strong one who I believe is at like level 85 and I gotta say with him... I wouldn't stand a chance for survival in this game 😂
Another exceptional RPG remake to add to the pile. Now if only Bandai Namco could get the message.
i´m honest and people can call me whatever for that but I´m done playing games that only let me romance girls, there are enough games that give me more options and I gladly play them. Persona needs to grow up it is stuck in the early 2000
About 6 hours in feels pretty good so far but i think p5 is still the best out of all the persona games i’ve played
Can’t wait for this to come to nintendo’s next platform! I like keeping a series of games all in one ecosystem.
YES DAVD
A remake we need? Doesn't this company remake games enough. I miss when a game was made once and it was done, then they were forced to actually make new games.
They've been remaking games almost as long as games have existed. Did you only enjoy the first few years of their existence?
still haven't beaten portable and the next remake is already out.
For $70 bucks though, ouch. That would be $94 dollars for us Canadians. You would bitch over a new game plus feature, that isn’t required for you to play and enjoy a game, of a JRPG that offers so much to do, a new game btw, but apparently you’re ok with paying full price for a graphical update of an old game we’ve all played before lmao. Not a fan of Final Fantasy 7 “Remake” either, and how they’re basically cutting it in parts and selling you the games for full price, but at least you could say that’s a “new game” , that it’s a sequel and not a “remake”, this is a full price graphical update.
Not sure what you mean by Persona 2's reviews not being so hot. It has an average of 83 on Metacritic, and a GameRankings score of 84%. I thought Eternal Punishment was great.
I have yet to try a Persona game, honestly I think i was never able to get past the idea of the high school themes, so I never gave it a shot. Great video and insight, I'll now take a look at this once I get through a few other games I've been meaning to finish
All out attacks and one-more via weaknesses originated in P3.....
Why do people bother watching and commenting only to say Persona games aren’t for them? Then maybe this video and comment section isn’t for you either lol we don’t care let us hype
They need strangers to know they're special.
hi David
It's a shame P1 and P2 were so badly reviewed, but I get it since they released in such a weird and terribly localized state. Bummer, because P2 (both parts) is my favorite one. No nostalgia either, I only just played it like 3 years ago
I greatly prefer the FeMC playstyle, story and social links. I'm conflicted whether to buy this because I love the story, but I won't be able to play the character I perfer
I received mine todaaaay. Can’t wait to lock myself inside my appartment all weekend ❤❤
Fantastic game loop btw. 😂🙃
Hey David I've been busy watching someone lets play the new tomb raider until someone was rude to me sigh sometimes I don't know why I say anything but u deal with that all the time I tried blocking but it won't on mobile sigh
Sorry that happened bud :(
Ps this game reminds me of trails
Capitalism got this game good. $94 Canadian on steam. Big oof. Pass until it’s heavily discounted.
algebraic spirals hahahha
Lmao at least Persona 3 reload wasn’t 11 hrs long unlike Granblue
length = quality doesn't correlate.
Taking a shot at Granblue's story length?
Edit: Lol. Just saw your edit
@@murmina Obviously. But wouldn’t you rather get 30+ hours out of something you’re dropping decent money on? May as well just wait for those 12 hour games to go on sale.
@@10k-NoodlesEspecially since we've been waiting like 7+ years for the thing. A ten hour campaign is pretty weak
@@poopoogigolothe only other RPG with a ten,hour campaign I can think of is Child of Light, which was a downloadable 15 dollar title (20 on switch for some reason), so it didn't bug me as much.
nice
Well least my favourite thing is popping out lol
69.99 ouch
I love these videos but I don't know why we're OK with the least-jacked Persona fan representing our community
Is there a bunch of woke crap in it?
I can't wait to dive into this 🩷
I'd still recommend Persona 2 Eternal Punishment. Party members are adults from mid 20s to their 40s with female lead. Felt very refreshing in RPG setting back in the 2000s.
Completed P4G last year and loved it. I was going to start P5R but decided to hold off and play this one first. Loving it so far. P5R next. That is all 🫡
Glad you enjoy it!
Hi David