Persona 3 Reload - Reveal Analysis & 1st Thoughts

Daniel has beautiful hair and excellent opinions about Persona, but you'll only get one of them in this video.

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[NoonDragoon]

The complaint about FeMC not being included is valid, but I really think it’s disingenuous to suggest it’s as simple as a model change and recoloring some assets. There would be tons of animation edits, script changes, and voice acting additions that would need to be made. It isn’t just a toggle for “Male -> Female” and “Blue -> Pink”.

[instinctive]

This remake is going to be a unique situation, there’s never been a remake where it’s been so exciting & looks great but at the same time cause as much controversy as this has

[TheMightyMRP]

I really hope the Answer gets remade. It's the official epilogue of P3, it's canon and its themes of moving on from one's death complements the themes of P3 of accepting that death is inevitable, perfectly. It deserves to be remade.

[FletcherReedsRandomness]

Allegra Clark taking over Tara Platt’s role just gave me the idea of Dorothea asking Edelgard if she could play her part in a play or something, and I can’t get the image out of my head. Someone please make an animation about it.

[davidschoenhofen]

i think you are forgetting for the FEMC route Atlus would have to not just reskin the protagonist. But also write additional Dialogue, add new music, and character models for her route to be complete as it was in portable. I personally think it should be include cause my criteria is to fix the issues from the original, add unique context, and to make it the complete version of the game like the resident evil 2 remake or medievil.

[Mudkip]

The reason why the FEMC isn't in is probably because it's extra work just to have her work. Reminder that it's not just a reskin, there's social links that differ from the MC and also all of the animated cutscenes.

[Shilobotomized]

I was REALLY hoping Atlus would FINALLY made a definitive Persona 3 game, with the content of all releases of the game. Even with this Remake coming, people will argue over FES, Portable, and Remake because of what content is there and what content is missing.

[Terumimi]

So really quickly i wanna specify that the text in the trailer says a bit more than just "dark hour", it's latin for "In the dark hour, while I breathe, I hope to be reborn"

[Neoxon]

I only expected them to recast Junpei & maybe Aigis due to their previous actors being problematic. I didn’t expect them to replace the entire cast.

[Brianycus]

I really love the polished work this remake has and it looks like a fun time for sure

[datalphalion]

Pretty sure this is like the, what, third Persona 3 focused video on this channel? Not that I’m complaining.

[Beny]

I wish we could get Kotone in a proper Persona experience. I had fun with P3P, but having her in 3D environments (outside of Tartarus) would have been so amazing! As for the answer, I don´t care about the gameplay, but I value the character writing in it, and it should be here.

That being said, still very excited, and honestly, I know I´m part of the problem, but if Atlus does a "deluxe" version of reload a few years later with FeMC and the Answer I will probably buy it again.

[Kurizu]

I really liked the answers story and how it handles grief. Gameplay wise has so much room for improvement I want it remade so bad. FeMC's social links really are so much better and not being forced into a harem like Makoto was much appreciated. Some of the changes in the movies are also soo good that I am sad if they don't take some cues from it.

[GentlemanGamer]

"IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS" awesome analysis :)

I too am also miffed about the lack of FEMC. I'm crossing my fingers that her story gets included in post-launch DLC, perhaps with the Answer campaign included as well, though I'm not sure how likely either scenario is.

That all said, the number of QOL life improvements, new story events which will be added and new tunes to look forward to, I'm overall quite excited! ^_^ I can't wait for them to show more.

[James-gjrn]

I really hope this turns out great and i hope they make Tartarus less tedious (it was a real slog)

[diabeticman]

As someone who has never played Persona 3, hearing the reaction to the remake with all the info out is fascinating. At this point I'm just curious if/when it will be coming to Switch, as I might pick it up over Portable

[logogogo]

8:00 this shot here is a complete redo of one shot in the first Persona 3 Movie, so we might be getting content from the movies in the remake

[ForestOfSleep]

Femc?
Oh you mean the halfhearted gimmick to get old players to buy the visual novel they passed off as P3P?
Also when "The Answer" was released in FES I distinctly remember the majority of the fanbase hating it claiming it "ruined the ending" because it cheapened the emotional punch of the original ending.
Now suddenly people are upset that what they once either didn't care about or hated isn't there?
Gotta love revisionist history.

[sainttan]

Someone who also reacted for FemC (Kotone), I think it was Crystahl, she was also upset she wasn't there, but gets it when she read why she can't be included. The director stated that they are first focusing the original, and I think they've delivered on that promise based on the trailer. I hope if ever The Answer (P3Fes) and P3Portable would ever happen, that they are ready and prepared to tackle in creating it, because Metis, Theo and Kotone are part of Persona lore and deserve to be known by more Persona fans.

[perlichtman]

I’m quite sad that the cast got replaced - especially just weeks after Michelle Ruff (Yukari) talked in an interview about ageism keeping her from getting the roles she used to (and we know she stills nails Yukari from P3D). Tara’sand Lliam’s performances quite literally inspired me to buy P3 FES after playing P4 Arena and thinking how I related most to the P3 characters in that story. After well over a decade of their voices across so many Persona 3 related projects, it honestly never occurred to me that they would be swept aside.

Let me be clear: this is neither against nor about the persons chosen for the new cast. It just hurts every time I hear people talk about how excited they are for the new without thinking about who got management hurt in order for them to get there.