Episode Aigis Isn't The Answer I Was Hoping For | Persona 3 Reload DLC Analysis

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  • @JP2427
    @JP2427  หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Expansion Pass review code provided by Atlus!

  • @Stealthless_
    @Stealthless_ หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Episode Aigis is literally 90% dungeon crawling at the beginning, and then the good stuff happens during the last 1-2 hours lol

  • @thefernbi4330
    @thefernbi4330 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    The reason why enemies "randomly" had multiple turns is because you had advantage on them. Advantage ensures that your whole party moves before the enemy does. Once the first turn is over however, the game then rolls the turn order back to based on agility.
    What is happening is that the enemy moves last on first turn due to advantage and then moves first on the second turn because it outpaces you.
    The reason it happend less as the game progressed is because you start outpacing the enemies more and more

    • @JR-rm4nw
      @JR-rm4nw หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yep. Advantage is actually a double edged sword in Persona games. If you're not confident you can finish all the enemies off in one turn it's probably a better idea to do a normal strike on them.

    • @tallflipkick
      @tallflipkick หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's just bad game design

    • @Insaniac969
      @Insaniac969 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@tallflipkick You meant to say "i dont like that game design"

  • @SpartanPsyche
    @SpartanPsyche หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I certainly don't feel as strongly against the changes Reload made, but I can totally see where you're coming from and your arguments make sense. Great video!

  • @hopecat7466
    @hopecat7466 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Masterfully done. This video, JP... it resonates with me. I relate to it on a deeper level than I feel like writing into words. Thank you.

  • @tomato5049
    @tomato5049 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Persona fans on their way to complain that the thing they already thought was bad is still bad (not you honey I love you)

    • @sirsonic1832
      @sirsonic1832 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nah yes him

    • @robertvalenica8999
      @robertvalenica8999 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      The issue is that, when remaking a game you expect them to fix the flaws, improved or do tons of creative liberties,. Like idk? How capcom does it? Or other video game remakes do, this is just a directly port of the original game repackaged to you in Persona 5 art style. Instead of a resident evil 2 remake, we got a GTA definitive edition.

    • @alexmaganda5827
      @alexmaganda5827 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      this is a shit take for ppl who never played persona 3 and had no idea what they were buying and expecting better for such a steep price for such a lacking dlc

    • @argkitsune
      @argkitsune หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@robertvalenica8999
      > direct port
      lol, lmao even

    • @WhySoSeriousSenpai
      @WhySoSeriousSenpai หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This dlc sucked

  • @Aegis---
    @Aegis--- หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    the two main issues i have is the price and pacing
    the price is way better on gamepass, 20 a month for the base game and the expansion pass fixes that issue
    the pacing in base p3 is cut up with fighting and socializing, this is just fighting which gets monotonous very quickly
    the rest, in my opinion, was fantastic, even with the changes

  • @bubbletea_
    @bubbletea_ หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    my favorite part was when mitsuru backseats ken thru DOOM.

  • @shadeblackwolf1508
    @shadeblackwolf1508 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think persona 6 is not far off now, and having remade 3 FEZ, ported 4 GOLDEN and released 5 Royal, i think gave them a lot of information about what the audience likes, dislikes, what they do well, and what they need to improve at, so, can't wait for it.

  • @DarthReggie
    @DarthReggie หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    I sure love ps2 era games getting remade for full price then getting paid dlc when the og had it included

    • @JohnOMalley-c6s
      @JohnOMalley-c6s หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean how else are they supposed to fill their pocketss😂

    • @Autumnnm
      @Autumnnm หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      At least you don't have to buy the same game again a year later just to get the DLC

    • @kalgore4906
      @kalgore4906 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@JohnOMalley-c6sthe answer wasn’t in the original release it was part of a enhanced port made later, like how persona 5 got the royal edition a year after its initial launch.
      Atlus has always been scummy with it’s business model and it’s even worse now that they are owned by sega

    • @JohnOMalley-c6s
      @JohnOMalley-c6s หลายเดือนก่อน

      The OP said it was apart of the original release not me. That also makes my point tho the DLC for this game is like what $40? When they could've included "The Answer" from the jump. Good thing I have it on Gamepass because I get to play P3R with The Answer for free. I would not pay an additional $40 for something that should've came with the game. But that's just my opinion

    • @Purple-xo2gs
      @Purple-xo2gs หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      except the OG didn't have it included and that it was an added extra when fes came out (full price had to buy it again and for the same console iirc)

  • @joink25
    @joink25 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    "Don't" is a certified banger, for what it's worth.

  • @JohnOMalley-c6s
    @JohnOMalley-c6s หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I got it for free so I'm not complaining

  • @criticalplat1num80
    @criticalplat1num80 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Can’t wait for the comments 💀

  • @ManuPlays05
    @ManuPlays05 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At this point i am waiting for metaphor.... hoping it's really good

  • @jazzerjaw
    @jazzerjaw หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The only point I kind of disagree on is the difficulty. It could've just been my party setup or just unluckiness, but I had a lot of deaths during The Answer compared to almost, if not none I can remember during the base game.
    I only played on hard, so I had access to the base game compendium, but I had used it liberally since it felt unfair for the most part. Being hit with weaknesses so much, having little access to items and getting awful luck with the Monad door's attached bonuses made encounters really difficult for me. If it wasn't Yukari dying, it was Aigis dying. I had an encounter where everyone got confused and I couldn't do anything until it was too late.
    On top of the evade skills shadows got typically screwing me over, it felt like an appropriate balance, but I'm not a super huge min-maxer either, to be fair. The whole pinnacle of it was definitely Ken and Akihiko for me though. I had to rethink my gear to stand a good chance against those two, but the rest of the SEES gauntlet felt very appropriately tuned, outside of random Megidolaons (seriously WHERE did Akihiko and Yukari pull that from?).
    I can understand most of the other points, but what I do 100% agree with for Episode Aigis is, while I never played the original, the story conflict definitely felt very toned-down, and it was probably because of how many people tended to hate Yukari from her attitude in the original FES, which I was expecting, but it all felt more passive-aggressive, instead of at each other's throats. Junpei's VA definitely sold his frustration to me, but I don't remember if he even brought up the point about Chidori. Either way, it definitely would've felt much better if the direction of the voice actors was towards angst, instead of more like "we need to settle this." I don't even think you need to change the lines much, you just need to make it visibly and audibly clear that SEES is very divided for that moment.
    Very clear and concise video. The fanbase definitely needs to learn to chill out and be more neutral instead of pointing fingers. It only helps everyone involved

    • @funyarinpa9464
      @funyarinpa9464 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm guessing he didn't bring up Chidori because you can save Chidori in Reload. If you do Junpei's Linked Episode and buy the flowers he wanted to give to Chidori, this somehow makes it so that she doesn't die, just ends up back in the hospital or something and doesn't remember anything from the past few years I believe. This change was first introduced back in Portable and I'd say it was a stupid change back then, but it's even worse here because of her death's impact on Junpei's motivations during Episode Aigis.

    • @jazzerjaw
      @jazzerjaw 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ngl I think it also negatively impacts his second theurgy. The whole point of his Persona evolution is that he has a part of Chidori with him. I get to some people that amnesia can count as someone technically being "gone" from your life, but you can still tell them what had happened, and they're still alive.
      I was told about the flower thing from a friend and chose not to do it. It makes less sense to save her, especially with the game's theming.

    • @funyarinpa9464
      @funyarinpa9464 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jazzerjaw Oh yeah, the second theurgy and second Persona awakening really undermine the whole thing. What's worse is that, from what I've read shortly after my comment, the option to save Chidori was included in FES as well. So I don't know why the original Episode Aigis mentioned her death and Reload doesn't, it just doesn't make sense.
      I chose not to save her as well, I like her a lot but her death is necessary for the narrative in my eyes.

  • @malik2978
    @malik2978 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    If Persona 3 was stand alone his death would mean a lot more to me but since literally 2 years later in universe the world about to end cause fog . Might as well just bring Makoto back . That's just my opinion tho

  • @juanweasley8101
    @juanweasley8101 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the real answer was the friends we made along the way or something (I’ve only ever played Persona 5 so idk)

  • @NovaKaiser21
    @NovaKaiser21 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I stumbled upon this video thanks to the algorithm and I went back to watch your video about remakes, specifically the part where you discussed Reload. I myself am a big FES fan and I was initially excited for the remake. After playing the base game I came to many of the same conclusions you did. The combat was toned down to be mind numbingly easy, the game balance is completely skewed towards physical to the point where using magic at all is detrimental, there are so many item drops that you never need to take a healer, the presentation was dumbed down, characterization was changed to either make the characters more likeable (and therefore marketable) or to have them act more in accordance to how they are portrayed in later spinoffs like P4A. The voice acted social links are about the only improvement I can think of. I thought that Reload took a story that I loved and told it is a much less interesting way. I had my gripes and I would still recommend FES to anyone who wants the real P3 experience, but I was just happy that P3 was getting attention again. I was (foolishly) hoping that Episode Aigis might be an improvement on the base game.
    Episode Aigis' release has soured my opinion on Reload as a whole. As soon as I saw the new opening for EA, and how generic and melodramatic it was, I knew I was in for trouble. As you pointed out, the gameplay balancing is still completely broken, the story changes ruin a lot of intense character moments and kill all drama in the concluding act, the cutscenes are so much worse than the FES versions that it is shocking. The changes to Yukari in particular are what pissed me off the most. It gives the impression that they made this for babies that can't handle anything unpleasant in their stories. It really is amazing how all the new content they added to The Answer, like the hangouts or the fact that you can go gardening in the mall, just serves to create a huge sense of tonal dissonance. Episode Aigis illustrates the overall problem with Reload, they just made a version of P3 that retains none of the qualities that made it special and instead more a version that is more palatable for the Persona 5 audience. It has helped me realize that what I really wanted this whole time was just FES HD to be released on modern platform (especially PC). It just sucks that on modern platforms we are stuck with two different versions of P3, Reload and Portable, that both fail to capture the appeal of FES.

  • @kurtz2412
    @kurtz2412 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The king has uploaded

  • @brunoacuna4540
    @brunoacuna4540 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks phil for getting this on gamepass

  • @tallflipkick
    @tallflipkick หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    4:25 "Junpei SMASH" Bro thinks he's Deku

  • @mrdonutin
    @mrdonutin หลายเดือนก่อน

    Chidori doesn't die if you do certain actions, that's why they removed it

    • @JP2427
      @JP2427  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They originally added the revival event in FES, so I don't think that's the reason it was removed

    • @mrdonutin
      @mrdonutin หลายเดือนก่อน

      Makes sense

  • @AnonymousFluffi
    @AnonymousFluffi หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I was frustrated with reload because Atlas cut out a lot of content from portable including the female protagonist and I also believe they cut out content from other persona 3 games and charged almost $80 for it if not more depending on where you're from. What really frustrated me the most about the remake is itself and the fact that they built it from the ground up instead of using assets from both portable and fes to make an actual remaster.
    Oh well!
    I'm also not a fan of some of the new voices but that point is pretty minor.

    • @DominatorElite4
      @DominatorElite4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The voices are great especially aigis and fukka

    • @AnonymousFluffi
      @AnonymousFluffi หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DominatorElite4 I didn't mind Aigis's but fuuka was more whatever to me. I like her old voice better, but it may grow on me as I play more.
      however, Ken's new voice hurts my soul.

    • @blastimbre
      @blastimbre หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Its a remake. In a whole new engine, with much higher quality assets. Its not surprising they didn't add the second protag. The only real issue with the game is the pricing of the DLC, which really shouldn't have been an add on to begin with.

    • @AnonymousFluffi
      @AnonymousFluffi หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@blastimbre Well no duh! I know what their intention was with the remake. I was just respectfully saying it was dumb on their part. of course in my humble opinion.

    • @foxu3478
      @foxu3478 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nope only femc was cut. What content from fes was deleted? Aigis Social link is present, weapon well now buying for persona heart items and Tanaka being a nighttime Social link are all in reload. FeMC would require too much costs and time and somehow they already have 17 new games to announce so yeah...

  • @Randonlyh
    @Randonlyh หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    While I disagree with many of the points given here and I personally prefer Reload overall, I can't say I like this DLC too much in either version (lol), and I respect your thoughts about this game

  • @argkitsune
    @argkitsune หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's a solid 6-7/10 for me.
    Great performances, decent gameplay, mostly solid story, but the aesthetic changes (along with some gameplay changes) really bother me.
    One thing I don't like is how oversaturated the game is. That style works for 5, but detracts from the tone and story of 3.
    The whole game is just Persona 5 with a Persona 3 skin sloppily slapped on top.

    • @zukosvfx
      @zukosvfx หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      it isn't like persona 5 at all besides quality of life and it isn't even over saturated at all

  • @annonymousvector1690
    @annonymousvector1690 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I mean it's alright like

  • @mfsalatino
    @mfsalatino หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still despiece what they did to him (and always will be F You Hashino)

  • @PTRaisin
    @PTRaisin หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't agree with most points. But you made a good video. Don't let the hate get to you king!

  • @digimonlover1632
    @digimonlover1632 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Don’t care for how easy you found it considering I’ve seen plenty of other people disagree. Even then, difficulty is subjective and I don’t think it’s a good metric to determine the quality of gameplay. Plenty of people find P5R easy but love the gameplay anyway. In regards to the story, I partially agree. They do change things that lessen the impact but I don’t think it’s as bad as you make it out to be. The stuff you mentioned isn’t enough for me to feel drastically differently. Finally, I do think the cutscenes got a downgrade compared to the base game but the original scenes from the answer in fes are still crappy. So yeah.

  • @Lupinia_the_Wolf
    @Lupinia_the_Wolf หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well I never played P3 FES I did watch several LPs heck my first time playing P3 was P3P with the FemC as my gateway into the game. Though I do agree with your opinion that P3R was dumbed down a lot I have to disagree with you on one thing I dislike the A.I controlled party members and I felt the pain of every LPer who I watched fight the A.I party members at every juncture and how many deaths they suffered due to how the A.I played using their party and these LPers were vets playing it and even they said it often seemed unfair. So when P3R was announced and promised more player control even the vets were happy. Now like I said I never played P3 FES I played P3P where you DID have full control of your party I had a blast playing it regardless that it was set up as a visual novel instead of what it was in FES and I enjoyed playing as the FemC. So yeah did really enjoy playing P3R and thanx to prior knowledge and a helpful guide I effectively sped run P3R and actually got all achievements after only 2 full playthroughs and I can honestly say that I am also thoroughly enjoying playing “Episode Aigis”! Though I do agree that the tension the group have is dumbed down with the only explanation I can think of was because they still wanted the characters especially Yukari to still be likeable, but thankfully I know they were meant to be butting heads over their shared guilt so I know the fighting at the end isn’t a spar between friends. Honestly the only thing in P3R I really disliked was that they cut out the FemC story route and all of her social links. Now I know modders are hard at work trying to mod her back into P3R but sadly that is only on PC and I am not made of money I am an Xbox player so sadly I won’t ever get to play as her on consoles unless Atlas years later implement her in a new P3 game when they feel like they want to cash in on Nostalgia. Though I know that won’t happen since they have said time and again they will NEVER bring back the FemC because they said it will take too long to make it with the all new mechanics and graphics and systems they put into P3R and because they REALLY don’t want to include her again. But aside from that I really do like P3R and hey if I want play as her I still have P3P

    • @RedHairShanks-bb3dc
      @RedHairShanks-bb3dc หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The A.I. controlled party members were part of its theme. Its a message of the game that every person has a choice of their own.

  • @wo_avocado2362
    @wo_avocado2362 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    8:43 its not random, this scenes appears every time u reaches out the door that unlock a memory

    • @JP2427
      @JP2427  หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      See I thought that too, but I got 2 upgrades in the middle of a block so I don't think thats the case. Idk shits wierd lol

    • @wo_avocado2362
      @wo_avocado2362 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@JP2427 ok uh, so i did more research, and apparently it should trigger automatic the scene after 3° doors (that is, after akihikos doors). After this, it will triggers every time u unlock a memories

    • @wo_avocado2362
      @wo_avocado2362 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JP2427 kens theurgia in specific, u get after mitsuru's door

    • @tallflipkick
      @tallflipkick หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@wo_avocado2362 yeah that's a damn lie lmao. I got Ken's theurgy way earlier than that

  • @dphanthief8802
    @dphanthief8802 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    now to end p3r add femc route

  • @lesleydive985
    @lesleydive985 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wait, there is a hangout event? 🙁

    • @danielmayonaka8818
      @danielmayonaka8818 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, to unlock them you must get the items you get from the rare chest of the boss floor areas, for example: Bone for Koromaru, Book for Ken, Movie for Yukari, etc.

  • @RedEyeschannel
    @RedEyeschannel หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I do agreed in the tone down story, for me Yukari and Jumpei were the worst of the cast in P3 ... and how they were ... reoloaded ... makes like them a lot ... until the DLC ... the world's destiny is decided on a cat figth ... over a dudes love ... amazing ... thanks Yukari 😒

  • @kowaikokoro
    @kowaikokoro หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    ''hey we need an strong opponent''
    ''okay lets add joker''
    FaItHfUlL rEmAkE :)
    The only positive about aigis DLC is the new music as the dungeon design is yet again more lazy proc gen with limited variety in layouts.... man. more broken theurgy with base theurgies unlocked by default with cringe unlock events.... 100% player advantage with dash rush or at range on basic mobs. Pathethic.

    • @foxu3478
      @foxu3478 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a challenge battle for people that want it, it's not a must do so this point is invalid. Randomized floors are the same thing since P3 came out. About the "cringe" unlock events... Just say you don't read anything in persona. Theurgies were added to reload it would be stupid not to put them in The Answer. And if you don't like how they made it then don't play

    • @kowaikokoro
      @kowaikokoro หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@foxu3478 my point wasnt that difficutly is a must, just that by default the challenge is borderline non existing. hence why people beat heartless joker with just orpheus.... joke tier difficulty like its pathehic. Also proc gen dungeon design if its in base p3r or p3r dlc is still lazy.... the thergy events are non voice acted (again more lazyness) and If Aigis gets the missing Persona for one of her Theurgy Fusion Spells from Shuffle Time, she won’t gain the spell until she visits the attendant. thats whats cringe, not the dialogue.... theurgies where added to reload to completly and i mean completly nullify any boss by stacking all theurgy and just letting it rip. i played the DLC and didnt like it, voicing this is totally normal.

  • @GB-xn8dh
    @GB-xn8dh หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    persona fans on their way to bitch about the smallest things 😁

    • @justmundane
      @justmundane หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      p3r fans on their way to harass TH-camrs when they criticize their precious remake

    • @SuperFusionAJ93
      @SuperFusionAJ93 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@justmundane
      Persona 3 Fans on their way Bitch and whine about everything instead of just playing a different game

  • @ryukopoolpeacemaker228hd9
    @ryukopoolpeacemaker228hd9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The answer made me hate yukari even more

  • @Jayswan
    @Jayswan หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    i think everything you think about reload is kinda just opinionated ngl besides the ai being kinda bad and such

    • @TheOCS01E01DVDRipXvid
      @TheOCS01E01DVDRipXvid หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      No kidding! It's their video in which they state their own opinions! Even the video title is written in first person.

  • @alexmaganda5827
    @alexmaganda5827 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    i wasted 35 euros for this shit tell me about it never again fu atlus

    • @RedHairShanks-bb3dc
      @RedHairShanks-bb3dc หลายเดือนก่อน

      The original creators of P3 were not part of this remake, thats what happened

  • @SuperFusionAJ93
    @SuperFusionAJ93 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Conclusion: Wait for a price drop and pick up and play for yourself stop listening to Persona Fans Y'all don't like your own games

    • @JohnOMalley-c6s
      @JohnOMalley-c6s หลายเดือนก่อน

      Or get an Xbox and get game pass that way its essentially free

    • @Astral76
      @Astral76 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JohnOMalley-c6sshut up

    • @pinkknight
      @pinkknight 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@Astral76 you sound friendly

    • @Astral76
      @Astral76 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@pinkknight thank you

  • @mythalieon7829
    @mythalieon7829 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    12:34 I'd argue P5R is about 100x worse at this, so its improving atleast

  • @Jojoswigobosh
    @Jojoswigobosh หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The makoto gore need to go tho, the seen could have still been better with the Skelton shit

    • @JohnOMalley-c6s
      @JohnOMalley-c6s หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Why? Its a Rated M game. I swear this generation is way too sensitive.