Persona 3 Reload - First Playthrough - This Game is BONKERS! (Merciless Difficulty)

MERCILESS DIFFICULTY PERSONA 3 RELOAD PLAYTHROUGH!
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[@jonathancapps1103]

"I don't have the courage to say this right now." Rarely, a response will only be possible on a NG+ run.

[@missildineLP]

this has been the only one so far! gonna have to do NG+ just to see what I could have said here lol

[@HollowGolem]

As far as I'm aware, most of the modern persona games have at least one option like that. Fairly early on that you could only get with new game plus as a sort of introduction to the mechanic of locking dialogue choices behind social stats. It's kind of an interesting pseudo tutorial.

[@MrTommygunz420]

This will happen a LOT in P4G though (fair warning)

[@jonathancapps1103]

"I thought they were more visually novelly type games." P4 and previous versions of P3 do have a strong visual novel feel for the life simulator part of the games.

[@missildineLP]

I definitely feel it a bit in sections, still - but I also think I like those types of games more than I thought I did

[@SkyeLimelight]

14:10 The most common and newest cannon game is Matoko Yuki and is what his VA (also a KZbinr) along with trailers for this remake calls him Older canon names would be Minato Arisato in the manga Roger during a trailer for the original game And during the stage play each showing had its own new name

[@missildineLP]

oh wow, that's a lot of names! So, currently Matoko Yuki is canon?

[@DJTachanka]

@@missildineLP yup, if you change languages it'll reset the name to "Makoto Yuki"

[@YugSihtTsuj]

I always named my character Musei Shuyaku. Go to Google Translate to find out why.

[@jonathancapps1103]

"i wonder if he just doesn't see [the blood and coffins] or...." Some people seem to think he's kist that chill. My preferred interpretation is that he's nearly emotionless at the start of the game. Either from trauma or for spoilery reasons.

[@missildineLP]

THAT WAS MY THOUGHT! It felt like he saw it, but just...it's normal. Or like he's just seen much worse

[@jonathancapps1103]

"They said you could leave as soon as you regained consciousness." Realistically, he'd be hooked up to an IV and a feeding tube. And he'd need physical therapy just to stand up. But plot won't wait that long :)

[@SuperiorPosterior]

I was in a three day coma after being hit by a car and didn't even get training on how to use my crutches, let alone physical therapy

[@missildineLP]

similar experience, but glad you are ok!

[@SuperiorPosterior]

@@missildineLP Thanks! And yeah, that was 24 years ago

[@HollowGolem]

​@@SuperiorPosteriorsimilar experience for me. I woke up and was out of the hospital within 3 hours. They gave me a few prescriptions for muscle relaxants, pain meds, and told me to get my stitches taken out within a week and a half. That was it

[@MrTommygunz420]

@@HollowGolem damn I must have been pampered for mine; 14 day coma and I was in the hospital 49 days. Maybe you get to stay longer when they bring you in by helicopter or something?

[@Diinytro]

It's nice that you started your persona journey with the first game.

[@missildineLP]

🤣🤣 that's pretty much how I feel so far haha

[@jonathancapps1103]

"I'm guessing they need to kill themselves to make their persona come out, like a protection thing. Like that's the last resort. It'll only appear if they destroy themselves." Close. And that'd _very_ insightful. Especially for someone unfamiliar with the games. The acquisition method and summoning method is different in each game, reflecting each game's theme. In P3, some people have s natural potential to summon their persona. It's most easily called in a life or death moment. The pistols are essentially realistic props, used to evoke that mental state. P4 and P5 deal with some dark issues, but P3 is easily the darkest one. The game explores the various ways people cope with the deaths of others, and the prospect of their own, sometimes in a metaphorical sense, but often it's actual.

[@missildineLP]

thank you! I'm super into "themes" and this game delivers on that. Very excited to see where they take this story. I have a feeling I might cry...a lot

[@niceguyofgames9490]

Don't get me wrong, wonderful time to get into Persona. But, your first Persona game...and you are playing it on MERCILESS out the gate?!

[@missildineLP]

oh HECK yeah! And so far, I'm VERY happy with that decision! It's rare I die in a turn based game!

[@niceguyofgames9490]

@@missildineLP please try a Shin Megami Tensei Game later as well.

[@missildineLP]

@@niceguyofgames9490 Definitely! I actually have SMT V and Nocturne HD!

[@niceguyofgames9490]

@@missildineLP Can’t wait to see the comparison between your play styles and approaches for SMT as opposed to Persona. :o

[@JohnnyD10055]

I always thought I would like this game, but it seems I REALLY like this game lol

[@missildineLP]

That's basically my exact discovery here hahah

[@chrisdiokno5600]

Don't know if you found it out yet, but bascially, the Evoker basically is used for them to "force" their Persona out, by making them face a fear of death everytime. Also, I would recommend playing the first two, or at least the PSP ports. Also speaking of, Persona 3 Portable has a female MC

[@HollowGolem]

28:15 fun little bit of trivia: that student is voiced by Xander Mobus, who voiced the main character for Persona 5. When they reuse voice actors they usually try to give people who have had major parts, minor, bit, supporting roles or just one line cameos like that.

[@missildineLP]

Ahhh I love that!! Someone was mentioning that Kurosawa is also the OG voice actor of Sanada and that's dope

[@jonathancapps1103]

i didn't realize how much they took from [Digimon: Cyber Sleuth.] I suspect Digimon: Cyber Sleuth was influenced by earlier P3 versions, and P4.

[@missildineLP]

Oh for sure! I was making a joke - Cyber Sleuth definitely ripped stuff from Persona, and it's delightful!

[@fiat1314]

original game said something like "İ have no good reason to go in the ladies bathroom." when you tried to enter the ladies room." iirc

[@missildineLP]

which I suppose is true lol

[@jonathancapps1103]

"I wonder why his persona transformed itself." That isn't really what happened. Once you reach the endgame, rewatch MC's awakening.

[@missildineLP]

I'm STARTING to think it didn't transform, but something ELSE took over...and those coffins definitely symbolize something...

[@VBandit47]

Bro fucking chill, why are you spoiling shit right off the bat???

[@VBandit47]

"Weird fascist armbands... Are weird" To that Chatter: my brother in christ, Nazi Germany did not invent and copyright sole use of armbands. I hate this phrase but please educate yourself and their uses in other cultures.

[@missildineLP]

This is a REALLY goofy comment at something said to make fun of what we picture when we see armbands like this. Nice try!

[@VBandit47]

@@missildineLP I don't think that chatter was "making fun" of anything, I genuinely think they were attributing the SEES armbands with fascism as they said.