How Persona 3 Reload Killed Persona 3

Chapters Intro-0:00 Social Life-10:07 Link Episodes-18:46 Cutscene Changes-33:43 Presentation-57:03 Reload Sucks as a Game-1:14:05 Reload Sucks as a Remake, Too-1:47:15 Remakes as Replacements-2:20:09 Conclusion-2:34:53 Patreon-   / jp2427   Twitter/X- https://x.com/JP_2427 Bluesky-https://bsky.app/profile/jp2427.bsky.... Special Thanks to ‪@NamsCompendium‬ and ‪@bubbletea_‬ for lending their voices for the video! The original Persona 3 has always been a bit of a contentious game, at least for as long as I’ve been around the Persona community. Despite often being praised for having the best story out of the three modern Persona games, the original PS2 release is often criticized for its unconventional battle system. For years people who wanted to experience Persona 3 were forced to choose between these two options. On one hand you have the original version of the game that has a presentation closer to what they’d come to expect of modern Persona, at the cost of a more obtuse and unorthodox combat system. On the other, you can play the PSP version of the game with a more familiar combat system at the cost of a weaker presentation among other smaller gameplay changes. Both versions had significant strengths and weaknesses, neither one really offering the “definitive Persona 3 experience” if you will. For as long as I’ve been following the series, there had always been chatter about what a potential Persona 3 remake would look like. What if there was a Persona 3 that had the best parts of both existing versions, you could have the presentation of the original game with the dual protagonists and combat of Portable. This would make Persona 3 far easier to recommend to newer fans of the series, there would be just one version of the game that encapsulated the “best Persona 3 experience." For the longest time, that seemed like a pipe dream, that is until June of 2023 during an Xbox games showcase, when it finally happened. The Persona 3 Remake was real, but in the process, its release killed Persona 3 as we knew it. Interview Sources https://personacentral.com/persona-3-... https://www.famitsu.com/news/202308/2... https://personacentral.com/p3r-develo... https://megatengaku.wordpress.com/rea... https://www.thegamebusiness.com/p/whe... Macca Reload Cutscenes Video-   • Persona 3 Reload's Anime Scenes Suck   Additional Footage    • Yosuke MAX Social Link 1 to 10 - Persona 4...      • Persona 4 - Reversing and Breaking the Moo...      • Persona 4 Golden: Ai Ebihara's Temporary L...      • Persona 4 Golden: Reversing Naoto's Social...      • All Bad Endings in Persona 4 Golden      • Can You Beat Persona 4 WITHOUT the Protago...      • Persona 4 Golden 100% Walkthrough: Yukiko'...      • Persona 4 Golden 100% Walkthrough: Void Qu...      • Persona 4 Golden 100% Walkthrough: Secret ...      • Reversing and Fixing Yukari's Social Link ...      • Persona 3 Reload Ending (Creditless)      • All Breakups with the Girls | Persona 3: FES      • Persona 4 Golden Walkthrough - Steamy Bath...      • Persona 3 Reload's Anime Scenes Suck      • Persona 3 FES - ALL Fusion Spells      • Inevitable - Blind Let's Play Persona 3 FE...      • Persona 5X - P3 Collab Part 3/These Summon...      • Silent Hill 2 Remake PS5 4K Gameplay      • Silent Hill 2 -- Gameplay (PS2)      • DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined - 15 Minutes o...      • Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties - 31 Minutes o...      • "Capcom didn't really see the value in bri...