Another thing about P4's UI, notice how the battle screen has a rounded black border resembling a TV set when irs a characters turn. This both ties into the TV world itself and one of the games central themes of "people only see what they want to see."
Now it's my turn to sound like I'm smart, specifically for P3P: You've played the original P3, and you've gotten so used to the ever present tint of blue that, at times, you completely forget about it. Then, later on, you're getting ready to play P3P, but as you start up you see something... new. Something different. A choice. A force convinces you to select the new option, whether it be curiosity, preference, or hunger for a new experience. Either way, the game starts, and all of the menus are just as you remember them... except that the blue you've grown so accustomed to has vanished. In its place, all of the menus, from the calendar to the battles, have been dyed a gentle pink. For you see, like the menus, the game itself remains virtually unchanged. However, the pink reminds you that playing through the game as FeMC presents an important change that shall follow you throughout the whole game.
to be fair, xbox shat the servers while i was playing 3 reload, so im like 3 in game days away from the final boss. im not paying 60 bones for 3 more days of content
I really didn’t expect to like the new UI as much since the original was themed around “circles”, but I think reload mixes both circles and water themes together really nicely. The UI especially stands out the further into the game you go. It’s one of those amazing design decisions that pop out especially after the game finishes (like a lot of the dialogue and other design choices do). I hope you enjoy reload!
@@kkkggg19 I must agree but I’ve completed persona 5 royal 5 or 7 times beat portable and reload my gamer card is OPK11 and you see my achievements for persona 3 reload and 5 royal and portable aswell I didn’t really like golden unfortunately but arena and blazblue are great
@@kkkggg19 ill have you know, ive played 5 of them(3 if you aren't counting spin-offs) and have finished 2(1 if you aren't counting my rage quit of p3 fes, after a 30 minute loss to Nyx due to night queen into heal the boss shenanigans )
Ngl I feel like there'd be some good potential in someone like him being a teacher lol. Also, I feel like BobbyDukeArts is similar, filling his videos about carving with the occasional shenanigans.
One game with pause menus that I really enjoy is Astral Chain, because of how diegetic it is. You are not freezing the game in its tracks to look up information about the game or make adjustments, it's the protagonist checking their own mobile device for the items they're carrying, information about the current case that they've been cataloguing, the state of maintenance and upgrades of their legions. The protagonist doesn't even leave the screen during the pause, the camera just moves until they are on the left corner and the menu is visible to the player. It also helps that the save menu is separate from the pause menu, contextualized as a PC at NEURON HQ, where it makes sense to make a more complete report of the current events and keep all that information saved. Those things really help keep you immersed in the game, since you're not broken out of the game setting when you need to pause
Mother 3 changes the music to really calm when you open the pause screen. The most serious moment just happens and you open up the menu screen to hear elevator music. This is hilarious
Hinawa just died and flint went to jail. You open the menu and relaxing elevator music plays. Or theirs a huge robotic pig mech is in front of you and you open the menu to restore someone’s hp and the relaxing elevator music starts playing
@@TheSteelDialga so relaxing I wish everyone else had the ability to hear it, ITS BEEN 18 YEARS AND 3 DAYS AND YOU. STILL HAVENT LOCALIZED IT NINTENDO. Sorry. But it’s so relaxing
I've actually been trying to break down and recreate the P3R UI and MAN OH MAN, the timing and layers and masks/mattes, they really did God's work on that UI design, and all I've done is the pause menu and All Out Attack splash screen!
I also feel like the main colours of the uis reflect our main characters. The persona 3 protagonist is depicted in media as melancholic, sort of somber, struggling to truly enjoy things in life - so the colour blue as the colour of "sadness", but also "calmness" fits him. The red of persona 5 is bold, almost agressively. This, I think, represents how bold in his goals the p5 protag is, trying to change the whole world for the better, while also showing how passionate he is about everything. Yellow is the colour of happiness and warmth. Which might fit how Yu appears to be the source of happiness for a lot of people around him??? Idk I haven't played most of persona 4 yet tbh so I don't have a good idea of the mc (I was gonna write about how the social links in 4 feel more deeply connected to the mc than in 3 but idk if that fits my previous writing well.) Sorry for the long comment!!
I became a fan of Persona soon after Reload came out so seeing one of my new favorite youtubers cover it makes me so happy. Alax, if you see this, I’ve been watching video game YT for over 12 years since i was 9. Seeing where you’ve gotten your inspiration from others and watching you turn it into your own special thing has been a blast! Here’s to more years of silly video game videos :)
I’ve played a lot of games in my 2 decade of life and P5 was what ignited a fire in me. My friends like the design and gameplay, I loved the UI, the concept and I thought one day, I could work for ATLIS. Oh my god- CATHRINE?! I loved the opening start page! I remember for my college project, I was to team up with the game department (game dev,des, and art students) to make a mini game. I pushed so hard for something similar to P5. I wanted to be proud so bad. Alas, we didn’t do that because, despite a few us in design, we needed a Graphic Designer to help with the UI and I was as skilled in art. Today, I still dream. One day I’ll make a game…and use the same technique or something similar to P5. That game always brings the fire when I give up on myself.
love your editing style and the type of content that you make alax, at the moment you are like one of my favourite creator don't worry about the time that a video need and don't feel obligated to put a schedule on you, relax we will wait❤
Awesome vid! Very happy to see you talk about Persona again after so long! As for other UI topics, how about UIs on Visual Novel games like 999, Danganronpa, Persona 3 Portable nyeh, Famicom Detective Club? Perhaps talking about structure and functionality of them?
This persona 3 reload pause menu is so good im pretty sure i spend hoursss on just looking around each different design while the fire ahh music plays in the background.
This is just a good, entertaining and educational video about different UI designs. I also absolutely adore Persona 3's new UI. It feels so soothing and hopeless, fitting the themes so well
I really respect this new sponsor, it’s not intrusive and it helps you channel out a ton! Ontop of that, you got a damn good website builder! Also great video!
0:52 "Why do most of them from my childhood Look like a Buddhist Mantra?" _Continue_ : Continuing to Live _Restart_ : Rebirth/Reincarnation _Exit_ : Moksha, Exiting This Cycle "It All Makes Sense Now, This is The Meaning Of Life..." I laughed quite a bit at this 🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely killed it on this video. Didn’t realize how much I liked the UI in multiple games until you pointed it out. Loved the Sonic moment “Continue, Restart, Exit.”
Never happening since Metaphor ended up being too stylish it looped around to being a fucking headache to navigate. trying to change inherited skills from Archetypes will never not be a pain.
First time watching this channel and I see now the name makes sense. I always noticed and appreciated the UI for most games but never knew how much thought goes into them. It's really cool!
Oh god, he's back on the menu design, someone call ATLUS and see if there are any survivors in their UI department
There are. Devil Survivors in fact.
@@Blu_Moon_VA Devilman crybaby's?
Devil survivors perhaps
@@Blu_Moon_VAhehe
@@Blu_Moon_VAChairman?
What’s on the menu tonight, Alax? Menus? Ah, good.
nice pfp :)
wait holy crap I didn’t know you watched alax small world innit
Joker in p5 menu: I’m smashing the corrupt constructs of society!
Makoto in p3r menu: “help me, I am under de water”
XD
@@jellycore1316makoto: don't laugh i am ded
Another thing about P4's UI, notice how the battle screen has a rounded black border resembling a TV set when irs a characters turn. This both ties into the TV world itself and one of the games central themes of "people only see what they want to see."
7:39 Are we just gonna ignore the fact that he named his character "Shrek 2 DVD"?
Even better thats where the name of your group goes so instead of “the phantom thieves” they are “shrek 2 dvd”
@@divinerose7193 oh, shit, you right lol
Now it's my turn to sound like I'm smart, specifically for P3P: You've played the original P3, and you've gotten so used to the ever present tint of blue that, at times, you completely forget about it. Then, later on, you're getting ready to play P3P, but as you start up you see something... new. Something different. A choice. A force convinces you to select the new option, whether it be curiosity, preference, or hunger for a new experience. Either way, the game starts, and all of the menus are just as you remember them... except that the blue you've grown so accustomed to has vanished. In its place, all of the menus, from the calendar to the battles, have been dyed a gentle pink. For you see, like the menus, the game itself remains virtually unchanged. However, the pink reminds you that playing through the game as FeMC presents an important change that shall follow you throughout the whole game.
Well said! It's a small change, yet everlasting. Even manages to change the game's tone
yikes
Also music
"Persona is one of my favourites"
"I haven't finished Persona 3 yet"
Every Persona fan, amazing
It happens to the best of us
to be fair, xbox shat the servers while i was playing 3 reload, so im like 3 in game days away from the final boss. im not paying 60 bones for 3 more days of content
My boyfriend convinced me to play P3R, and every damn time I see the UI it blows me away. It’s fuckin wild
tell your bf he's a good man
i do! he can't go an day without it :3
I really didn’t expect to like the new UI as much since the original was themed around “circles”, but I think reload mixes both circles and water themes together really nicely.
The UI especially stands out the further into the game you go. It’s one of those amazing design decisions that pop out especially after the game finishes (like a lot of the dialogue and other design choices do). I hope you enjoy reload!
welcome to the persona fandom! *you will never escape.*
@@BelBelle468the water motif completely enamored me haha
7:13 "he even kills himself, so relatable."
I can see why he likes P3R now 😂
Wish I was him
Those UI are so good that I used it a lot of times in school art projects
1:44 Still more than most fans
Wdym still more
@@TheRealMakotoYuki419The average fan hasn't played even one.
@@kkkggg19 I must agree but I’ve completed persona 5 royal 5 or 7 times beat portable and reload my gamer card is OPK11 and you see my achievements for persona 3 reload and 5 royal and portable aswell I didn’t really like golden unfortunately but arena and blazblue are great
@@kkkggg19 I'm glad that playing the Persona games, starting with 5, has even led me to play the mainline SMT games then lol
@@kkkggg19 ill have you know, ive played 5 of them(3 if you aren't counting spin-offs) and have finished 2(1 if you aren't counting my rage quit of p3 fes, after a 30 minute loss to Nyx due to night queen into heal the boss shenanigans )
“Continue, restart, exit.” - Siddhartha Gautama (525 BCE)
1:44 confirmed not a real persona fan
Wow fr I used to be like you he’s not a real persona fan but that’s not true
at least he plays the game(and not on youtube)
@@10pitate fr
Nahhh... If you play 0 to 1 you are a Persona fan. Any number above you become a Megami Tensei fan (not to be confused with a Shin Megami Tensei fan)
Not literally everybody in these replies missing the joke
Your enthusiasm is contagious bro could talk about shoes and I'd be excited
Ngl I feel like there'd be some good potential in someone like him being a teacher lol. Also, I feel like BobbyDukeArts is similar, filling his videos about carving with the occasional shenanigans.
One game with pause menus that I really enjoy is Astral Chain, because of how diegetic it is. You are not freezing the game in its tracks to look up information about the game or make adjustments, it's the protagonist checking their own mobile device for the items they're carrying, information about the current case that they've been cataloguing, the state of maintenance and upgrades of their legions.
The protagonist doesn't even leave the screen during the pause, the camera just moves until they are on the left corner and the menu is visible to the player.
It also helps that the save menu is separate from the pause menu, contextualized as a PC at NEURON HQ, where it makes sense to make a more complete report of the current events and keep all that information saved.
Those things really help keep you immersed in the game, since you're not broken out of the game setting when you need to pause
You’ll end up making this type of video every time a persona game comes out lol
so once every ten years!
@relaxalax if only smt had this design, like smt V ui is so bad, I hope vengeance makes it better.
@@relaxalax As a Pikman fan that's relatable.
@theshaggs4023 at least re fantazio is going to have some beautiful menus! (I really hope they touch up the UI for SMTVV)
@@theshaggs4023 Nah it was more than serviceable. It was just nothing mind-blowing.
Mother 3 changes the music to really calm when you open the pause screen. The most serious moment just happens and you open up the menu screen to hear elevator music. This is hilarious
Just noticed that, i am playin it a second time in ages bro.
Hinawa just died and flint went to jail. You open the menu and relaxing elevator music plays. Or theirs a huge robotic pig mech is in front of you and you open the menu to restore someone’s hp and the relaxing elevator music starts playing
Hell yeah, that menu song is sooo good
@@TheSteelDialga so relaxing I wish everyone else had the ability to hear it, ITS BEEN 18 YEARS AND 3 DAYS AND YOU. STILL HAVENT LOCALIZED IT NINTENDO. Sorry. But it’s so relaxing
They did say they're not localising it. @@Exeggutorking
I will admit I have a problem where I pause P3R just to look at the menu and forget to play. It’s literally beautiful.
I've actually been trying to break down and recreate the P3R UI and MAN OH MAN, the timing and layers and masks/mattes, they really did God's work on that UI design, and all I've done is the pause menu and All Out Attack splash screen!
The world ends with you and Neo: the world ends with you have some of my favorite Ui and music ever, along side Persona
someone besides me actually played NEO:TWEWY, thats surprising
Such an underrated gem. I would kill for a remake of TWEWY
SO ZETTA SLOW!@@F1nicky
His voice when he said "A BLUE CLUE" sounded so much like Josh from the show. It's uncanny.
I also feel like the main colours of the uis reflect our main characters.
The persona 3 protagonist is depicted in media as melancholic, sort of somber, struggling to truly enjoy things in life - so the colour blue as the colour of "sadness", but also "calmness" fits him.
The red of persona 5 is bold, almost agressively. This, I think, represents how bold in his goals the p5 protag is, trying to change the whole world for the better, while also showing how passionate he is about everything.
Yellow is the colour of happiness and warmth. Which might fit how Yu appears to be the source of happiness for a lot of people around him??? Idk I haven't played most of persona 4 yet tbh so I don't have a good idea of the mc (I was gonna write about how the social links in 4 feel more deeply connected to the mc than in 3 but idk if that fits my previous writing well.)
Sorry for the long comment!!
I became a fan of Persona soon after Reload came out so seeing one of my new favorite youtubers cover it makes me so happy. Alax, if you see this, I’ve been watching video game YT for over 12 years since i was 9. Seeing where you’ve gotten your inspiration from others and watching you turn it into your own special thing has been a blast! Here’s to more years of silly video game videos :)
this guys gonna have a few good nights with Metaphor when he finds out what the UI looks like over there
"Joker and his property damage" lmao
One of my favorite pause screens is in Tak 2 the Staff of Dreams I love it so simple but great!
at 0:27 my video actually accidentally paused and i was mystified at how tf you did that
10:07
We need a clean rip of this remix that should be named “Soup and Soda” 😂🤣 the unofficial new theme for RelaxAlax
your videos are special alax.
i really, really enjoyed your videos and still do.
I’ve played a lot of games in my 2 decade of life and P5 was what ignited a fire in me. My friends like the design and gameplay, I loved the UI, the concept and I thought one day, I could work for ATLIS. Oh my god- CATHRINE?! I loved the opening start page!
I remember for my college project, I was to team up with the game department (game dev,des, and art students) to make a mini game. I pushed so hard for something similar to P5. I wanted to be proud so bad. Alas, we didn’t do that because, despite a few us in design, we needed a Graphic Designer to help with the UI and I was as skilled in art.
Today, I still dream. One day I’ll make a game…and use the same technique or something similar to P5. That game always brings the fire when I give up on myself.
love your editing style and the type of content that you make alax, at the moment you are like one of my favourite creator don't worry about the time that a video need and don't feel obligated to put a schedule on you, relax we will wait❤
Menus are very cool I like them
10:07 Cool Dk sound
Rivals of Aether has a cool menu if you wanna look at it
rivals of aether is cool in general
Persona 4 Rerun UI bouta be godly I can already tell
i would love for it to be in a comic book art style
@@MrRim91more likely to be early anime themed considering the whole TV theming.
i can feel it in my soul
I can actually see that being the title if they do a P4 remake.
REWIND
Congrats, you found your way back into our recommendations!
Awesome vid!
Very happy to see you talk about Persona again after so long!
As for other UI topics, how about UIs on Visual Novel games like 999, Danganronpa, Persona 3 Portable nyeh, Famicom Detective Club?
Perhaps talking about structure and functionality of them?
this video aged well with the release of metaphor refantazio lmao
Great video, I enjoyed the entire thing before commenting
you fr been filling out your frame bro you look great
Great use of the Sonic Rivals 2 menu sound effect at 0:29 ;)
He made a 14 minute video about just a menu,great job Alax
This persona 3 reload pause menu is so good im pretty sure i spend hoursss on just looking around each different design while the fire ahh music plays in the background.
What a crazy well built video. Subbed!
THANK YOU. I can pause the game but I can't close it because when I get to the menu I stay there looking at it
You felt very comfortable talking about this and it was very enjoyable
This is just a good, entertaining and educational video about different UI designs.
I also absolutely adore Persona 3's new UI. It feels so soothing and hopeless, fitting the themes so well
3:46 literally perfect
thank you for thisss, i LOVE THE persona menus to deathh. they are soo aesthetically addicting, and nice on the eyess.
So good to see that mug again! Hope you're doing well, Alax!
I really respect this new sponsor, it’s not intrusive and it helps you channel out a ton! Ontop of that, you got a damn good website builder! Also great video!
this was a rollercoaster of emotions.
10:45 this mf laughs like a cartoon character, or slimesicle
i ADORE the editing and the fakeout in the beginning, i was so ready to skip forward LOL
10:08 cool dk sound effect
I watched this at 2x speed, and I still couldn't escape being lobotomized in the first five minutes
0:52 "Why do most of them from my childhood Look like a Buddhist Mantra?"
_Continue_ : Continuing to Live
_Restart_ : Rebirth/Reincarnation
_Exit_ : Moksha, Exiting This Cycle
"It All Makes Sense Now, This is The Meaning Of Life..."
I laughed quite a bit at this 🤣🤣🤣
The only thing I know about P6 UI is that it will have green. This is baseless confidence, but their UI is gonna kill!
That argument at the end was A Tier acting, really impressive how you pulled that off on your own
I quite enjoyed this video lol VERY creative alax 🥰🥰
this video had me cackling, this was genuinely entertaining to watch
The men i pause are none of your business
Absolutely killed it on this video. Didn’t realize how much I liked the UI in multiple games until you pointed it out. Loved the Sonic moment “Continue, Restart, Exit.”
I just realised you are Scott the Woz for people with brain rot. Keep it up gamer.
you should definitely check out killer instincts menu because with every direction you press, you start playing the theme
MAGIC
“THE 5 ATE IT” is the funniest thing in the world to me right now I can’t stop laughing
The pause menus in the modern Persona games are indeed very well done. Great video. 👍
just navigating the menus from p5 and p3r feels so good and smooth. Just like the baton passes in P5R.
Now we have the Metaphor Menu and I think everyone collectively had their minds blown
I hated it.
Wait till bro hears about Deadly Premonition's pause menu 😌
when is the metaphor menu appreciation vid?
Never happening since Metaphor ended up being too stylish it looped around to being a fucking headache to navigate. trying to change inherited skills from Archetypes will never not be a pain.
@@AirahsELL yeah especially if you master all the archetype for MC like I did lol, jesus what a slug navigating that mess
I may not be able to watch your videos day 1, but I do make note when you do and get to it when I can. Your videos are always so fun to watch.
Okay but WHEN DO WE GET A FULL COVER OF "Murder Murder Kill" FROM THE 64 DS VIDEO?!
This is the first video of yours I’ve seen, loved every minute of it. P3 Reload has the best pause menu of all time and I’ll die on this hill
Man, I would love to see your reaction to the ending of P3R, that or a review of the game, it's nothing like the other persona games
Always love Altus menu design especially on persona
So after you see the ending, if you open the menu you have an appreciation for how clever it is.
ill always love the jokes where persona fans haven't played the games
I just found this guy, and it's like a manifestation in the game design world of Bobby Duke Art's shenaniganry
I love the p3r menu, everytime I pause it's just so clean.
I'm grateful that you're trying to make a point about niche subjects while making us laugh in the process.
You've gained a subscriber bro. You are funny as hell, and concise with your video topics. Keep up the great work man!
Our little E-boy
First time watching this channel and I see now the name makes sense. I always noticed and appreciated the UI for most games but never knew how much thought goes into them. It's really cool!
The first time I loaded p5 and p3 reload I got very emotional, AT THE START MENU 😭 THE MENU ALREADY MADE ME SO EMOTIONAL 😭
If only Alax knew how the ending of the game also ties into the water theme in the menu…
Must've been a glitch because Persona 3 was all pink when I played it
How odd...
Thank you for the Ice Climber menu, best theme imo. :)
Seeing Alax exclaim about water is something I didn’t think I needed…
Hahahaha loved the edition and humor in this video. Thanks..subscribed ❤
Even though the thumbnail is basically P3reload, I knew immediately that it was a relax alax video
Leaving a comment to help with the stupid algorithm, and because love you Alax
persona ui is just its own genre
as someone who played persona 5 royal as their first persona game, the jump to the less extravagant menus of persona 4 golden was SO violent
as i was playing this game i just completely fell in love with the ui. i never even realized how much an amazing menu can add to a game.
The small gag bits where he loses his mind always get me😂
Man, I love your videos. Keep up the good work, man.
Man, watching 10:21 for the first time while just so happening to drink water really adds to the experience
This is my first time seeing the new P3 menu, and I'm finna be real. I cried a little. Shed a wee man tear of happiness
you look like youve been working out? your arms are getting massive. looking good man, keep up the hilarious vids and sick editing
Was hoping Alax would hit P3R. Great video as always!
I already knew Persona 5's menus are incredible, but Persona 3 Reload's menus are just beautiful. I took one glance and was mesmerized