How Persona Changed my life

[@boshemoblack6860]

At my most depressed I've ever been, one of the only joys I had was playing through Persona 5 Royal by myself in my room. It might sound silly but the time management aspects of the game helped remind me to manage my time in real life, and helped me to prioritize what maintenance was important to my general health. A lot of people dislike the Morgana character, and one reason is that he's always telling the protagonist to go to sleep at the end of the day. A lot of people dislike Morgana but he's my favorite character. I was never getting enough sleep before playing that game, and Morgana softly telling the protagonist he should get some rest felt very personal to me, as it was advice I often needed to hear at that time. I'm doing great now, but I am still very grateful to Persona for helping me through that time.

[@SagaXL]

I love hearing these stories. As hard they are to probably talk about but it shows how important these games are. Thank you for sharing your story

[@R0mbVs]

Honestly same. My father has recently passed and the game really helps me calm down.

[@jaybee4288]

Yeah depression is common with people who play games like this and overinvest in anime. You need to create social links in real life, you honestly waste hundreds of hours of your short time on this world with this kinda stuff and for what? Get a real girlfriend it’s much better than Makoto or whoever.

[@lanceear83]

​@@jaybee4288Brother, the game is fun, thats why people play it

[@tomo8940]

Persona 3 givin the chance to have an impact on current day people with it's remake will never fail to bring me joy when it did the same for me all those years ago.

[@town_]

Person 3 reload changed my perspective on a lot of things and taught me a lot of stuff about others, the emotional connection I made to the end was just so deep I couldn’t help but cry and sit on the updated Home Screen while just thinking about what I just experienced, while there’s a lot of problems you could name with the gameplay itself compared to other persona installments the story and ending will probably always be the most mastercrafted emotion inducing pieces of media I’ve ever experienced

[@SagaXL]

It’s one of those games that I’m glad I played when I did. Persona 3 Reload is one of the greatest JRPGs out there.

[@necrotafeio]

if you liked p3's themes you should really look into carl jung's psychology

[@ItsZashiYT]

Persona genuinely changed bros heart

[@Zero89098]

Persona 3 reload genuinley helped me get better especially since my aunt had just recently passed due to cancer. The ending really moved me and had me feeling almost relieved and alot better about what happened and really made me realize that it's about the small thing in life that matter.

[@SagaXL]

@@Zero89098 I’m sorry for you loss. Death is one of the hardest things in the world. This game also gave me comfort in the fact that everything in life matters. I hope you are doing well

[@Zero89098]

I couldn't be doing better!

[@bunnyblue2]

Post-Persona Depression is real! 😭 *spoilerwarning* When “Memories of the City” first played in-game it dawned on me that my first playthrough of this game was coming to an end and I started crying. Same with “Memories of the School.” As with my first Persona, P5R, seeing the end in sight made me want to slow down and soak up every little detail of the game. We as the player spend so much time with these characters that it’s difficult to not get attached to them (not to mention the voice acting and direction were sooo good!). First playthroughs are so special, especially with Persona titles, because the characters come to life and you don’t know where the story will take them. When a story concludes though, it feels like we’re saying goodbye to the characters, too. The ending of THIS game took that and amplified it with Makoto’s death. It didn’t quite hit me until Aigis said he could “rest now” and all of a sudden I felt completely broken. The game is obviously themed around death, and it gave me many chances to have been able to see this coming. But I didn’t. And it hurt so much. I’m so grateful to the people who worked to make this game happen. The message delivered is an urgent one as we lose ourselves to our phones, to our apathy towards the state of the world and even towards each other. Gotta make the most of our time with the ones who matter, let the ones we love know it and keep moving forward. 💙 sorry for the essay! Thanks for sharing your appreciation for P3R! 🥹

[@SagaXL]

Thank you for taking the time and sharing your feelings about Persona as well! I really do believe this seems is one of the greatest of all time

[@PkmnMasterNeb]

Persona 3 means so much to me. It was my entry into the series. A friend in high school lent me his copy of P3P and PSP to play it after continuously telling me about each game’s premise and plot details. I quickly fell in love with the franchise after that point.

[@Normal-Person]

I'm so glad I accidentally discovered Persona 3 & 4 16 years ago, it quickly became my favorite JRPG series.

[@deku5878]

Persona 3 reload was my first persona title and also my first longish game, I'm not a person that really likes video games too much I've never grown up with them or anything but as I'm in my senior year of highschool the reality of things like leaving all of my friends, getting a job, and growing up so much anxiety and stress I had started to build but after playing reload it made me realize that the time we have is limited and even if I only have one last year to enjoy my highschool life I've try to enjoy it to the fullest before it ends.

[@judobigdog7683]

i found p5 (sadly) from some post on tiktok years ago (right before p5r came out i think). I looked on the Xbox store and it looked interesting. I played and fell in love, which turned into me playing p4, the spinoffs, and finally p5 royal. all these games were here during the good and the not so good parts of my life in the past 4 or so years, and they have been like having a constant friend who was there for me. Fun fact, I recently wrote my college paper for sociology of how persona 5 demonstrates sociology in pop culture. i got a 100 :)

[@AJD45]

I won’t lie, I was a really annoying self-pitying guy before P3R, I was always so negative and just wanted to stay sad, it then I played persona 3 reload as I was attracted by the music. By the time I had finished the game my attitude towards people and mainly towards life had completely changed; I realized there’s no reason why I acted how I did and i deeply regret the years I spent like that, persona 3 reload and namely Makoto’s (technically mine since I named him after me lol) ending brought me to tears, and I came to the realization that life is a gift, just being alive was worth being joyous and afterwards I very quickly became far more optimistic far more positive and over the last few months I’ve stopped holding pity for myself rather working to improve what I don’t like and propagating what I do. Persona 3 reload was the push I needed to improve myself, to improve my attitude and to truly learn how to appreciate everything in life. What I’m trying to say is persona 3 taught me that life is precious, but it’s also short there isn’t enough time for us to just keep moping and crying over ourselves, and instead we should learn to better ourselves and learn to appreciate everything in our lives whether it be something as small and fleeting as a nice view or something as important as the fact of being alive itself. We are all truly blessed to be alive and I will always treasure persona 3 reload for teaching me that

[@lenpodcyt6090]

Literally I was going through a depression when I played persona and the plot the characters and everything gave me a message to keep going forward

[@nubius]

It is fantastic to hear other gamer's experiences with these games. Though abstract, it gives me that vibe of seeing something familiar through another's eyes. Thanks.

[@MangusSteed]

Beat Persona 3 Reload + Episode Aigis last week. It’s actually given me a lot to think about, whether its my interpersonal relationships or where I am in life. I haven’t really played a game that has made me question so much since I beat Final Fastasy X for the first time in my youth

[@lucianamorc]

I'm so grateful for P3R. I've started playing in a really complicated moment of my life, in which I was facing major issues regarding human connection in general. Just finished P4G now and although to me P3R hits deeper, still carries the message of how precious human contact can be. Now I'm just facing issues to find people that I can really connect with. Not easy but at least I'm not 100% avoiding it as I was when I first played. Baby steps I guess hauhasus

[@Cheesychubying-wz7iv]

I started playing persona at around August and since then Iv beaten P5R P3R and P4G with 5 being my favourite. Normally when I play games I never really get emotional like when i played RDR2 when Arthur died I didn’t really feel sad but persona is the only series where I have had any kind of emotion when beating a game due to the characters and how much time you spend with them and when you finish you know it’s over and you cant experience it for the first time again

[@matheu6848]

P5 vanilla was my introduction to the whole JRPG subgenre, but to me P3 as a whole taught me how to live and appreciate the little things I have in my life (like my family and friends) but more importantly that my life purpose is mutable it changes constantly and the moment I fulfill one purpose I can start to chase or look another. I wonder how many people feel they live an empty life because how constantly they compare to others, thanks to P3 my life turns 180.

[@mijofalco6355]

Good. Good! I'm glad p3r changed your life, as it should. P3 is one of my favorite games of all time and I have nothing but praises for. The story, the characters, the music, and especially the themes are all so incredibly important.

[@lost8320]

I’ve had 3 games throughout my life that had that deep of an effect in my life. The first was Nier Replicant and then it was Nier Automata, then finally Persona 3 Reload. Nier Replicant helped me out of a depressed state of my life. Automata did as well since I played them one after another, but it was what really helped me to let go of what was causing it. And Persona 3 Reload recently for close to the same reasons you said

[@Soooooooooooonicable]

No game handles the theme of death like Persona 3. It's SO good. The Sun Social link in particular is really something special. Going through that social link after you know what inevitably happens to Makoto makes the moments you share with Akinari even more powerful. By the end of the game, both of them are gone, but that bench they shared is still there. 😥

[@RasinBreadClub]

I've only been a persona fan since like 4 months ago and Persona 5 for me is the best 7/10 game I've ever played. I like the game alot and my first experience with Persona 5 was Well I thought it was good game, very flawed but good game, and then I replayed it because I missed the whole Other ending from Royal. So I played it again and with the fact i actually played the game a lot I got a lot more out of it. But also saw a lot of it flaws more. But Persona 5 was a really good game I say, and now im too deep, the hyper fixation is taking over!

[@RasinBreadClub]

I'm add something, There was one game I felt depressed when it ended it was, Nier Automata, I love that game so much, it my all time favorite game. I got the game for switch and couldn't put it down, I just fell in love, the first game to make me cry. I just loved the game so much.

[@SagaXL]

@@RasinBreadClub I felt the same way! Once Persona gets you it really drags you deep. These series are really really good and have some serious depth to them. I played Nier a long time ago but it was when it first launched. I really should go back to that title and give it an honest try! I have heard really good things about that series as well!

[@RasinBreadClub]

@@SagaXL There also Nier Replicant a remake of nier 2010

[@SagaXL]

@@RasinBreadClub Ill add these to the next Titles to play through for sure!

[@RasinBreadClub]

@@SagaXL just heads up Replicant can be a bit Grindy, also Automata to a lesser extent

[@AdApT3Rx]

Peak out here changing lives

[@konariko]

I also started with p3r! finishing it while being hooked onto ffxiv (I cannot get over endwalker) really destroyed any ounce of nihilism I had hahaha, but personally my favourite is persona 4!! I've always struggled accepting myself and couldn't see the connections I had with friends and family due to doubt and lack of self. But seeing all those characters accept themselves pushed me to do the same, and my uneasy feelings I've had for years disappeared. Suddenly my world was a lot brighter and I'm smiling a lot more. And I can never thank Atlus enough for making such a life changing game.

[@tombotamist1174]

I bought P5 when joker joined smash bros but my file got corrupted when I was in kaneshiro’s palace. I bought royal when it launched on PS5 and this series has absorbed my life, still need to play 4 but won’t be doing that for a while, need a break from P3R

[@kolbyjerred5552]

I legitimately thought I was the only person that struggled with persona 5. For some strange reason I couldn't get into it as quickly or as easily as persona 3. I would want to get back to persona 5 at some point but I think persona 3 just is my comfort game

[@giganticmoon]

I was a Nintendo kid, I was playing Mario, Zelda, Kirby, the stuff. I was 12 when Persona 5 released in the US. Of course, my dad had seen the game on ads and was kind of strict about not letting me play those games (but CoD was fine…?), so I snuck to GameStop and bought it for my PS3. that’s my story with the game lol

[@TheRealJunpeiIori.]

There isnt a game series quite like persona out there, ive played many games from many genres and even though the persona characters arent my favorite they feel the most real and I dont think I'll be able to forget them, hell I made an alt account literally dedicated to one of them. Anyways glad to see another one converted to the peaksona series

[@neetpride5919]

I have def caught myself calling up old friends and being friendlier to strangers while playing these games

[@skewedview9557]

Currently playing through persona 3 reload, so I'll finish it and come back to finish the video :)

[@SagaXL]

Get ready for a ride! Thank you for coming out though! It will be here for you whenever you are ready!

[@agikai_]

Love the persona stories. I started on P4 Golden (my fav cast). It was around this time I stopped playing games on normal difficulty or higher and instead stick to either peaceful or easy. I play with guides to try and experience the whole story in one playthrough maybe new game plus. Kudos to those that are able to do those crazy solo challenges on the hardest difficulty, but for me especially with having a family, I use that time to enjoy all the content the game has to offer. Even if it is the easiest difficulty. Games like these always remind me to enjoy what I like at my own pace, this is coming from someone who spent days grinding out Call of Duty camos back during the original Modern Warfare and Black Ops days.

[@SagaXL]

@@agikai_ It sounds like me and you have a lot in common! I due tend to stay with Normal not often do I sit on Hard mode. I’m busy as well being a parent! It’s very time consuming! Persona is just one of those titles that feel like I’m home. I’m the same as well lol. The OLD Camo Grinding COD days

[@Ayranenjoyer]

I did also play this, but the only lesson it gave me - more like what made me feel even worse - was that you have to grind for an endless amount in your life (Tartarus in this case) and the only reward of yours is just one month you can't even fully enjoy because the world is ending (your death). The serious part is.. even the moments you're a lot more "free", beyond the whole hypocrisy, happenings that will "liberate" you are overshadowed by the darkness of life, something you cannot run away from. In all honesty, it made me feel even worse by the time I reached the end. It has been a long time since I actually felt anything about anything, but just the way this game by pushes its point made my insides hurt. You got it trying to show you every bit, you have STREGA, a group of chewed and used souls for the sake of desperation of another trying to reach promised salvation, you got Kirijo group still pushing teenagers into the frontlines of a unknown battle still even after years since allegedly making amends, forget about all, Aigis's existence itself is a tragedy. Someone was so devoted to their awful sense of duty, their own selfish reason that they deemed it was okay to bring something to life that might never be alive in the sense that will be accepted in the Earth she is in. But she will always ache to be what she cannot, be in this everlasting conflict so she can use her persona, seen as like a cattle, get harvested for her torment. Is her suffering now is okay? She could not even hold Makoto for more than a month, the only thing she ever dreamed. But that is just one example. Makoto lets everything continue because in the end he finds.. reason in the same darkness he is in, but that is selfish beyond anything. The world will only fester, because only a few out of billions that will wander this Earth MIGHT reach his resolution, your few moments of affection and respite taken for granted, the suffering of other countless generations is accepted. Shadows exist because just how awful everything is. It is literally the soul of men catching up with itself. The moment you turn your eyes, you're just a dark sludge barely held together by the will of life you cannot shake, your instinct. You lose yourself by just how terrifying everything is. You got torment surrounding you, your pleasure and enjoyment built on top of the pain and agony of countless others that might never have love, liberty, happiness and all the other states that made Makoto reach his decision.. In the end, I think it made me realize just how selfish we truly are. Just how awful we are. In the end, there really isn't anything worth it on this Earth. In the end, I have finally realized nothing is for me. I've seen it that much, I suppose all I needed was this little push. I do not know just how long I can push on through, but in the end I will die grateful, contrary to my point. Because that's just how we are. Because I did not try to put a reason on this life, I did not claim it is anything, and I did not force anyone to partake in it because of my own reasons. And I think Makoto died a drunk, more than anything. He was a living corpse his entire life, and the moment he felt what is like heaven, nothing else seemed relevant. Hold your dears close but also do not forget just what circumstance make them so important to you. Memento Mori, Memento Vivere

[@UltimateSoulX]

A fellow soul. Fan of FFVII AND Persona 🎉

[@stupid3814]

My favorite game of all time is p3fes. I actually finished it in a whole high school year, just like Makoto did in the game, thats why it can resonate so much with me. I’m currently playing p3r rn and even though it could not recreate some of the feelings i have for the original, it seems like it still got the most important thing right: being able to sending the game’s message to the player. And I’m also very glad that the game got remake in such a modern fashion and more people can experience this game now. After you complete Personas, i hope you give Metaphor: Refantazio a try also. It tells a beautiful story of how a piece of fiction can change people’s lifes. I personally think this game is the best Atlus game up to date.

[@SagaXL]

I beat Metaphor and I’m sure I’ll have a video for that game as well! It’s a masterpiece

[@stupid3814]

@ so true xD

[@Oshikno-oo5hp]

it's not really a game-y game but witch on the holy night, and fate stay night, are definitely these for me

[@qwertypadz5819]

thank you for the spoiler warning 🙏

[@SagaXL]

@@qwertypadz5819 I made sure that it was there for anyone who didn’t want to be spoiled!

[@Vaderfreeman12]

I’m playing Persona 5 after Reload and I gotta say, it just feels kinda weak after experiencing peak😭🙏

[@SagaXL]

@@Vaderfreeman12 I did the same thing granted it took me 5 years to beat Persona 5 just because of timing in my life but P5 is really solid. I loved 3 reload more though for sure!

[@Vaderfreeman12]

@@SagaXL I like it so far but I think I might have to drop my expectations a bit.

[@crazydalmation4778]

You played red dead 2? After finishing it I can compare both of them story wise as both peak cinema tbh.

[@hayreenhawkiey]

shiet, i thought there's nothing like a big spoiler or what since i still playing p3r... p3r is about (D)...immediately stop the video XD...

[@hypercore8175]

I have been suffering with depression and persona 3 as well as Evangelion DID NOT help my ass

[@SagaXL]

@@hypercore8175 I’m sorry to hear what you’re going through. It’s one of those things where endings can really change meaning on whose playing it. I recently watch Evangelion for the first time this year as well and that shit was crazy lol

[@hypercore8175]

Persona 3 did change me though it helped me realize that I'm not the only one suffering and I think that actually helped me cope a lot more

[@AdApT3Rx]

Same

[@-SamsungPS3ProMax]

Did you beat 4

[@SagaXL]

@@-SamsungPS3ProMax I haven’t 😅 That’s next on my list first! I’m currently finished Kanji’s Shadow

[@Clay-mation]

i simply think persona 5 is bad. the rest of the series is good though. i also wish that women were cannon for more than one full game, a bonus in fes, and part of 2.

[@Clay-mation]

to be clear 5 has some of the best combat and dungeon crawling in the series but the characters and story are very weak in my opinion, especially compared to the other games. i think the use of ann and the whole first arc was really off putting for me.

[@SagaXL]

@@Clay-mationI really did enjoy Persona 5 but there was so much going on in that game for first time it was really stressful! Later playing it I think it is my 2nd out of the big 3 Persona games!

[@Clay-mation]

@@SagaXL fair, i just think the characters aren't very well done for the most part and shadow versions of villains are kinda boring. i get what p5 is going for, I just think that it doesn't do a good job of actually doing it. I will admit that i haven't finished the game, and maybe I will go back to it at some point, but it just isn't for me. at the end of the day the best game in the series is p4au because seeing elizabeth beat john persona 4 to death is funny.

[@jaybee4288]

You need to find social links with people in real life. It’s not healthy for grown men to be so invested in cartoons. Good luck.