Makoto simply smiling as he passes means so much. Letting his friend know that everything is okay. Letting his friends know he didn't pass away panicking or in terror. A simple smile is very powerful when meeting the end.
akinari's mom's speech never fails to make me cry. no matter how many times I listen to her and akinari's social link, I start to tear up and get shivers...
@@Raynnnnnn It's a somewhat bittersweet ending everyone survives, but at the cost of Makoto's life. If you didn't grow attached to the protagonist, it doesn't hurt as much
I'd recommend seeing the original and movie versions too. All three have their unique ways of showing the ending along with portable's unique social link goodbyes from the person you dated.
Atlus absolutely KILLED IT with Persona 3 Reload not only did they introduce P3 to people who have yet to experience it. But they improved everything from the original game. You can tell that Atlus put a lot of time and care into making this great remake.
I also felt horrible while you were with Yuko. Like, she has these dreams and hopes to walk the future together with you. And I'm just here screaming at my screen sobbing WHO'S GONNA TELL HER??? She deserves all the good in the world 😭
Hot take I actually find parts of Aigis's speech from the original to be better. The line with "all your friends will be here soon" tugs me harder then the reload line. Also I like what the movie does when the group run up to the protag where we see in his point of view as the group yell his name and you see him smile for the last time as the screen fades out.
I agree, also the phrasing "You don't need to save the world to find meaning in life, sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
We really are lucky to experience this game's life lessons, and even more so coming from a streamer with such a passion to live, so much so that it becomes contagious. We're so grateful to have you with us, Crystal!
This remake was simply amazing, and they did the same with episode aigis, i can't remember anything good about the original answer besides the soundtrack and some story bits, but damn the remake really changed my heart about it. And i can't wait to watch crystahl play episode aigis.
0:00 I recognize that reference! 1:36-1:40 Okay you were really lucky at that part! If the Reaper went ahead and attacked the protagonist again, I think you would have gotten a game over!
Bebe is a character i absolutely didn't like during my first initial playthrough of FES. But the more times i've played through Persona 3 the more that Bebe grew on me. That's the beauty of Persona as a whole for me. I know that the games don't have the best replay value but persona 5 is my comfort game because i know that watching Joker stick it to society will always fix me in ways other games can't. The entire series has some really strong characters and theres always a character for everyone to relate to.
I told myself I wasn't gonna cry until we got to the credits.... and then Aigis' speech happened, and they showed all of SEES running to try to get to her and Makoto, and I just started bawling. They crushed it with Reload.
Im eagerly awaiting ``the answer`` video thats coming out. Ive finished it and thought it was much harder than the original, especially a certain boss fight...
@@whackareal Oh lmao yeah normally that would help, but I meant she also played The Answer DLC on Hard, and offscreen between streams #2 and #3 (the last one) she grinded and beat the Reaper *again* so the progress to the last doors would be way faster. She essentially came into the [butterfly] door fight overleveled and the [arena] battles were decent. Beat the final boss first try lmao
There is an entire essay I can write about Persona 3, but to spare myself, all I will say is that I played Persona 3 Fes as a teen during a very formative time in my life and it changed me in ways I could never have comprehended at the time. Thank you Persona 3, and thank you Reload for letting me play it again.
I'd recommend seeing the original and movie versions too. All three have their unique ways of showing the ending along with portable's unique social link goodbyes from the person you dated.
13:29 This is why you get rid of Diarahan when you get all of Yukari's hangout bonuses. Mediarahan is only 11 SP. That's really all you need. Also, this game still has tactics. If you want Yukari to only heal, the heal order should make her only heal.
Finally took time to watch the finale, because I was playing through the game myself and wanted to beat it first.( just beat it late last night) I’ve enjoyed all of your persona play throughs and this one was no different. I just love how powerful of a message P3 presents to its player and the emotion from certain events and lore really just gave me a whole new experience for the P3 characters and story and love them even more. We were blessed to get this remake during our lifetimes and they went off with it. Def Top 5 games for me now up there with P5
The funny thing is now the singer performs Mass Destruction with the BaybehBaybeh back in the song so what were they thinking when they recorded it for the game?
Just played p3 for the first time ever with reload and i am obsessed. What a beautiful ending. Glad i finished it a couple days before you posted this. Got to enjoy it again by watching you stream it
A little fun fact you may not have known The Voice of Mitsuru, Allegra Clark, is also the voice of Dorothea from Fire Emblem Three Houses/Hopes. Also a Romance option for the one THE ONLY Ferdinand Von Aegir.
Damn, I didn't know a lot about 3 Houses but that's neat she's also part of the VA cast! I really only recognized the FE3H shipping song Robbie Daymond posted on youtube.... the silly Ferdinand/Hubert duet with Billy Kametz kinda became really heartfelt after his passing. But that's hilarious all 3 VAs were in both Persona & Fire Emblem projects!
@@CelestiaLily Its actually 7 if you count Yuri from the DLC. Voiced by Alejandro Saab (who is akihiko in P3R), Rhea (Cherami Leigh. Makoto Nijima) Sothis (Cassandra Lee Morris. P5 Morgana.) and Marianne (Xanthe Huynh). So yeah.
" I will not say do not cry, for not all tears are an Evil." - Gandalf. Persona 3, is my favorite game, ever. Persona 3 Reload is a love letter to everything Fes, Portable, and the original were. Memento Mori, Memento Vivere.
It's almost 2:30am where I'm at and I'm fucking balling my eyes out over the ending again. Akinari's social link will always destroy me and Aegis's speech as well. This game really is something special. Happy that I got to experience this again. Thank you Crystal.
Bittersweet ending but it teaches you to love ,experience all that life goes your way and that is “beautiful” Now that the serious stuff is aside I cried like a baby at this ending
same feel... In my first time playing it in original P3, I was such a dumbass, didn't get the ending like at all... Playing P3R is totally a whole new experience, and realized how masterpiece this game is... Really enjoy your playthrough 😊
CrystAAHHL you are so amazing! I love your humor, I love your insights and comments, and your overall reactions and experiences to these amazing games we all love so much! Thank you for bringing joy into our lives with your videos! Life is difficult and it helps to laugh and cry even if it’s for a short moment during my day. I can’t wait to watch more with you 😊
I think I played p3 for the first time around 2010, the story always hits hardest the first time, but I'm glad the game is getting the attention it deserved the first time around.
It took me 3 days to actually finishing this video. I just… I can’t watch the ending without crying. It’s beyond painful every time. And it doesn’t help hearing memories of you say “my life is exhausted”
0:00 I just want to take a moment to appreciate how Berleezy's influence made it into the persona community, referencing the grim reaper or "the reaper" in this case.
Happy to see you attempt to fight the reaper and manage to win. :D In a way, P3 reload is my first experience with P3. (I didn't play it, I watched a playthrough of it by analog vernacular, an underrated lets player youtuber I watch out of desire to help small creators) I didn't expect many things and I've seen P5 first and PQ2 second. Speaking of which, imagine how much more I enjoyed Persona Q2 after watching many cutscenes of other persona games including reload. XD Persona 3... just... damn... I thought Persona 5 royal can get dark and sad once and a while, it doesn't come close to this. Live. Just live. That's all there is to say. :( I disagree with you saying the original mass destruction is better. And I've listened to it a few times in gameplay footage of persona 5 playthroughs and smash bros too. I consider reloads to be better honestly. (That said, the mass destruction verison in the answer or episode aigis SUCKS SO BAD.)
I played FES a long time ago so watching the ending here doesn't hit as hard anymore. Strangely what hit me in this video was the cut away from the protagonist's smile to the menu scene which has changed from a moonlight night scene to a bright sunny day with cherry blossoms blooming.
5:19 I’m SO unironically tempted to make a gif of this and caption it something dumb like “me when testosterone” or something. Reload is good and all, but I hate that they didn’t animate me pulling out the grenade this time. Like, they HAVE the model, they have the capability, they just.. didn’t want to do it?? Shame. (speaking of this, I wonder if S.E.E.S had to, like, go back down that floor to get out of the tower before it collapsed. Wonder if there would be anything left of me down there, or if the Shadows ate it all.) I should probably stop thinking about this before I either drive myself insane or make myself sick. Bye, sorry for yapping so much. It’ll happen again.
I personally don't feel that Reload's gameplay is as engaging as FES hard mode (too easy to avoid shadows (in fes you were more on your toes n case you messed up against priority + knocked down), everything is easier, no need for situational strategies against bosses to be able to win as much, the compendium in hard mode was nice cause it made your choices matter due to the price etc). Some cutscenes are better in FES if anything because Reload likes to overdo things a lot, but the VActing is definitely less hit or miss here and the budget is nice to have. I do like the remixes but overall I don't like the whole deader jazzy tone of it all. Memories of you is an example. I prefer the og. I'd still prefer to play FES but for most people Reload is probably a better choice to recommend.
Makoto simply smiling as he passes means so much. Letting his friend know that everything is okay. Letting his friends know he didn't pass away panicking or in terror. A simple smile is very powerful when meeting the end.
The movie does it better IMO.
Makoto didn't become a door he just got isekai to metaphor
@@WeeeeeeebNation I really love the Metaphor being P3's isekai head canon lol
This is my canon now. XD
Reincarnated and Issekaied, whoa.
Seriously though! Atlus had to know what they were doing designing John Metaphor-kun like that.
I became a Messiah to stop death itself, and now reborn I run an election for king in a re:fantasy
Starting with an Aleks Le clip is an INSTANT WIN
akinari's mom's speech never fails to make me cry. no matter how many times I listen to her and akinari's social link, I start to tear up and get shivers...
Same! Especially after I lost my best friend to something similar two years ago. 😢
I love Toriumis va. She really gave it her all despite how little screen time her character has
This ending makes me cry without fail, no matter how many times i rewatch it. Absolutely timeless story
Exactly!
I hear this a lot but I genuinely don't get it, why do people cry at a happy ending? /gen
@@Raynnnnnn it's very touching if you know what really happened to Makoto.
@@Raynnnnnn It's a somewhat bittersweet ending everyone survives, but at the cost of Makoto's life. If you didn't grow attached to the protagonist, it doesn't hurt as much
I'd recommend seeing the original and movie versions too. All three have their unique ways of showing the ending along with portable's unique social link goodbyes from the person you dated.
Atlus absolutely KILLED IT with Persona 3 Reload not only did they introduce P3 to people who have yet to experience it. But they improved everything from the original game. You can tell that Atlus put a lot of time and care into making this great remake.
I wouldn’t say EVERYTHING is improved but I absolutely share the same sentiment. I’m happy this remake exists to preserve such a timeless classic.
I disagree, some of the cut scenes and many returning tracks were better in the original version.
omg i hear it
she said burn my bread🤣
I wouldn't call Reload absolutely perfect. The movie and original did do some things better.
@@tomo8940Name TWO things the original did better without mentioning the soundtrack.
Absolutely perfect timing on Great Seal, the song faded completely after the lyrics "Don't worry, I'm invincible, so legendary."
I also felt horrible while you were with Yuko.
Like, she has these dreams and hopes to walk the future together with you.
And I'm just here screaming at my screen sobbing WHO'S GONNA TELL HER??? She deserves all the good in the world 😭
The Arcana is the memes by which all is revealed.
The revealed is the which by memes all is Arcana
They did such an incredible job with the ending 😭😭
So happy with how the P3 Remake turned out, and glad I got to experience it again with you.
Hot take I actually find parts of Aigis's speech from the original to be better. The line with "all your friends will be here soon" tugs me harder then the reload line.
Also I like what the movie does when the group run up to the protag where we see in his point of view as the group yell his name and you see him smile for the last time as the screen fades out.
I agree, also the phrasing "You don't need to save the world to find meaning in life, sometimes all you need is something simple, like someone to take care of"
@@ronantheronin3521 My thoughts exactly.
We really are lucky to experience this game's life lessons, and even more so coming from a streamer with such a passion to live, so much so that it becomes contagious. We're so grateful to have you with us, Crystal!
This remake was simply amazing, and they did the same with episode aigis, i can't remember anything good about the original answer besides the soundtrack and some story bits, but damn the remake really changed my heart about it. And i can't wait to watch crystahl play episode aigis.
Akinari's Mother getting voice lines wrecked me so hard
Yeah it frickin broke me the social link did at the end especially
IS THAT THE GRIM REAPER?!?!?!?!?!?!
Why did I have to meet you here
It is hot as hell in this fucky ass hot ass room I'm in
It is hot as hell in this fucky ass hot ass room I'm in
It is hot as hell in this f***y ass hot ass room I'm in
It is hot as hell in this hot ass f*$&@ ass room I'm in
0:00 I recognize that reference!
1:36-1:40 Okay you were really lucky at that part! If the Reaper went ahead and attacked the protagonist again, I think you would have gotten a game over!
Bebe is a character i absolutely didn't like during my first initial playthrough of FES. But the more times i've played through Persona 3 the more that Bebe grew on me. That's the beauty of Persona as a whole for me. I know that the games don't have the best replay value but persona 5 is my comfort game because i know that watching Joker stick it to society will always fix me in ways other games can't. The entire series has some really strong characters and theres always a character for everyone to relate to.
Makoto's last words should've been "If you miss your shot, just reload."
When she Persona on my 3 until I reload.
- Makoto "I don't care" Yuki
I told myself I wasn't gonna cry until we got to the credits.... and then Aigis' speech happened, and they showed all of SEES running to try to get to her and Makoto, and I just started bawling. They crushed it with Reload.
Im eagerly awaiting ``the answer`` video thats coming out. Ive finished it and thought it was much harder than the original, especially a certain boss fight...
She uhhhh, well. Grinding off-stream and reaper-farming before the last set of battles kinda killed the difficulty curve for her 😅
@@CelestiaLily could still play on heartless, that removes any grinding from the base game that you did
@@whackareal Oh lmao yeah normally that would help, but I meant she also played The Answer DLC on Hard, and offscreen between streams #2 and #3 (the last one) she grinded and beat the Reaper *again* so the progress to the last doors would be way faster.
She essentially came into the [butterfly] door fight overleveled and the [arena] battles were decent. Beat the final boss first try lmao
persona3 reload is one of my favorites. Did not expect to ugly cry after what happened to shinji
There is an entire essay I can write about Persona 3, but to spare myself, all I will say is that I played Persona 3 Fes as a teen during a very formative time in my life and it changed me in ways I could never have comprehended at the time. Thank you Persona 3, and thank you Reload for letting me play it again.
This ending made me cry so hard.
I'd recommend seeing the original and movie versions too. All three have their unique ways of showing the ending along with portable's unique social link goodbyes from the person you dated.
@@tomo8940 I’ve played the original and FES. I haven’t watched the series yet but it’s on my list.
@@mangamegbe It's definitely worth it. 👌
I instantly dropped everything to watch this. I've been waiting for this!
the look of sheer awe when aigis crit the reaper is gold
24:19
*The HP cost of the Great Seal*
Game is not mincing words
Every time that piano hits... 😢
that new song with the rooftop scene is just absolute cinema
I think… I think the arcana is the means all is revealed
WE'RE GONNA HAVE DEPRESSION THIS ONE 💯💯🔥🔥
My heart absolutely sank when I saw the rooftop fully animated and I just couldn't hold back the tears at that point.
13:29 This is why you get rid of Diarahan when you get all of Yukari's hangout bonuses. Mediarahan is only 11 SP. That's really all you need.
Also, this game still has tactics. If you want Yukari to only heal, the heal order should make her only heal.
Finally took time to watch the finale, because I was playing through the game myself and wanted to beat it first.( just beat it late last night) I’ve enjoyed all of your persona play throughs and this one was no different. I just love how powerful of a message P3 presents to its player and the emotion from certain events and lore really just gave me a whole new experience for the P3 characters and story and love them even more. We were blessed to get this remake during our lifetimes and they went off with it. Def Top 5 games for me now up there with P5
No matter what anyone says, Reload gave me an even greater appreciation for the P3 era as a whole. P3 is now tied with P5 as my favorite Persona era.
I hope you play Episode Aigis anytime soon
The piano kicking in right at the end gets me every time. A perfect remake
man the ending really hits different when you actually know what's happening
55:00 this part reminds me of the Persona Q ending song.
You know. I just realized thst the great seal takes your HP not SP and its always your max. Not a set number.
53:51 she really is the best toaster
The funny thing is now the singer performs Mass Destruction with the BaybehBaybeh back in the song so what were they thinking when they recorded it for the game?
Just played p3 for the first time ever with reload and i am obsessed. What a beautiful ending. Glad i finished it a couple days before you posted this. Got to enjoy it again by watching you stream it
The ending hits so much more when you haven't just done like 2 hours of emotional story just before it.
Privileged? Lucky? Maybe, but that means nothing without hard work and consistency 🙌 always a joy to watch.
A little fun fact you may not have known
The Voice of Mitsuru, Allegra Clark, is also the voice of Dorothea from Fire Emblem Three Houses/Hopes. Also a Romance option for the one
THE ONLY
Ferdinand Von Aegir.
Damn, I didn't know a lot about 3 Houses but that's neat she's also part of the VA cast!
I really only recognized the FE3H shipping song Robbie Daymond posted on youtube.... the silly Ferdinand/Hubert duet with Billy Kametz kinda became really heartfelt after his passing. But that's hilarious all 3 VAs were in both Persona & Fire Emblem projects!
@@CelestiaLily
Its actually 7 if you count Yuri from the DLC. Voiced by Alejandro Saab (who is akihiko in P3R), Rhea (Cherami Leigh. Makoto Nijima) Sothis (Cassandra Lee Morris. P5 Morgana.) and Marianne (Xanthe Huynh). So yeah.
I have played the original and it made me cry as I finished it. This game was so unique and special to me.
" I will not say do not cry, for not all tears are an Evil." - Gandalf.
Persona 3, is my favorite game, ever. Persona 3 Reload is a love letter to everything Fes, Portable, and the original were. Memento Mori, Memento Vivere.
It's almost 2:30am where I'm at and I'm fucking balling my eyes out over the ending again. Akinari's social link will always destroy me and Aegis's speech as well. This game really is something special. Happy that I got to experience this again. Thank you Crystal.
Bittersweet ending but it teaches you to love ,experience all that life goes your way and that is “beautiful”
Now that the serious stuff is aside I cried like a baby at this ending
same feel... In my first time playing it in original P3, I was such a dumbass, didn't get the ending like at all... Playing P3R is totally a whole new experience, and realized how masterpiece this game is... Really enjoy your playthrough 😊
CrystAAHHL you are so amazing! I love your humor, I love your insights and comments, and your overall reactions and experiences to these amazing games we all love so much! Thank you for bringing joy into our lives with your videos! Life is difficult and it helps to laugh and cry even if it’s for a short moment during my day. I can’t wait to watch more with you 😊
I think I played p3 for the first time around 2010, the story always hits hardest the first time, but I'm glad the game is getting the attention it deserved the first time around.
Good boy koro doing good boy koro things
I wonder if CrystAAHL's seen the new Yakuza pirates trailer....
@@WeFightForKarl she did
It took me 3 days to actually finishing this video. I just… I can’t watch the ending without crying. It’s beyond painful every time. And it doesn’t help hearing memories of you say “my life is exhausted”
y'know moments like the ending is why i wish atlus would make all of their protagonists fully voiced
Jin threw that fight so fucking hard, it's not even funny.
cried first time in 5 years. gourgeous game.
0:00 I just want to take a moment to appreciate how Berleezy's influence made it into the persona community, referencing the grim reaper or "the reaper" in this case.
If you choose not to fight Nyx, I bet she still sits up there talking about how the Arcana is the means by which all is revealed for an hour.
Just in time for METAPHOR in like 3 weeks. Another great playthrough as always Crystal
man... this is timeless
Weird coincidence that I actually finished this game today! It was a really fun experience.
Cabbage pancakes Japanese style
I've been waiting for this
I will never apologize for making so many Tanaka donations during the Nyx fight. :V
3:22 Maya to "Maya": "Hang in there, girl! Lets think positive!"
22:56 the synced burn my dread😭
Ahh how to cry episode
I will not cry i will not cry (the music that kicks up 56:10) 😭😭😭😭😭
After beating the reaper the game becomes stupidly easy
Happy to see you attempt to fight the reaper and manage to win. :D
In a way, P3 reload is my first experience with P3. (I didn't play it, I watched a playthrough of it by analog vernacular, an underrated lets player youtuber I watch out of desire to help small creators) I didn't expect many things and I've seen P5 first and PQ2 second. Speaking of which, imagine how much more I enjoyed Persona Q2 after watching many cutscenes of other persona games including reload. XD
Persona 3... just... damn... I thought Persona 5 royal can get dark and sad once and a while, it doesn't come close to this.
Live.
Just live. That's all there is to say. :(
I disagree with you saying the original mass destruction is better. And I've listened to it a few times in gameplay footage of persona 5 playthroughs and smash bros too. I consider reloads to be better honestly. (That said, the mass destruction verison in the answer or episode aigis SUCKS SO BAD.)
I played FES a long time ago so watching the ending here doesn't hit as hard anymore. Strangely what hit me in this video was the cut away from the protagonist's smile to the menu scene which has changed from a moonlight night scene to a bright sunny day with cherry blossoms blooming.
I NEED YOUR HALP!!!^^
24:17 Did also a solid 2 min before pressing the button because , if you know, you know.
violently slurping my noodles as i watch
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE... Remastered
I did not know the ending, since I romanced yukari I told her that we wolud meet her mother
That hurts
I want to hug her 😢
Now for the grindfest of The Answer 😋
Theres a Therugy that can one shot the Reaper 😁
Scarlet havoc murder blends everyone
@@degeneratemale5386 Armageddon: 💀
@@andurasu1204 Thats the one 😂
is that the actual line for fuuka
when the Grimm reaper show up
cuz that is hilarious
cysthaal a tip for the dlc: orgia is better than the other theurgy, way better
GRIM REAPER 😩
17:40 the real enemy was the guy who peacocked our mom that we met along the way
Rersona 3 ReCry 😢
5:19 I’m SO unironically tempted to make a gif of this and caption it something dumb like “me when testosterone” or something.
Reload is good and all, but I hate that they didn’t animate me pulling out the grenade this time. Like, they HAVE the model, they have the capability, they just.. didn’t want to do it??
Shame.
(speaking of this, I wonder if S.E.E.S had to, like, go back down that floor to get out of the tower before it collapsed. Wonder if there would be anything left of me down there, or if the Shadows ate it all.)
I should probably stop thinking about this before I either drive myself insane or make myself sick.
Bye, sorry for yapping so much. It’ll happen again.
So Nyx is a broken golden egg with a thousand hands
If FEMC ever comes to P3R, Bebe better be a romanceable option. Also, RU gonna continue with Episode Aigis?
Damn I just noticed great seal cost all of your hp. Like I'm about to finish my 2nd playthrough and I just noticed that.
Now for The Answer!
Just finished the game today too. I feel so empty :(
She never got armegeddon 💀💀💀
Why the ending always blurring?
I personally don't feel that Reload's gameplay is as engaging as FES hard mode (too easy to avoid shadows (in fes you were more on your toes n case you messed up against priority + knocked down), everything is easier, no need for situational strategies against bosses to be able to win as much, the compendium in hard mode was nice cause it made your choices matter due to the price etc). Some cutscenes are better in FES if anything because Reload likes to overdo things a lot, but the VActing is definitely less hit or miss here and the budget is nice to have.
I do like the remixes but overall I don't like the whole deader jazzy tone of it all. Memories of you is an example. I prefer the og.
I'd still prefer to play FES but for most people Reload is probably a better choice to recommend.
Did she ever use armageddon?
I love the reference to the original p3fes vid where you also did this 12:05
are you gonna play like a dragon pirate yakuza?
(aka majima's game)
In hawaii
WoW hardly any editing in large chunks of this