Pondering Over P3R: Episode Aigis

[@ReallyReallyTrying]

ARE YOU TELLING ME WE WERE BLESSED BY MOTHER HERSELF TWO TIMES IN LESS THAN A MONTH????

[@SuperButterBuns]

It had to be so over before we could be so back

[@robinfire0772]

*Cover persona 1 buns*

[@OmniMon94]

Yes

[@mewmewpowergirl1625]

​@@SuperButterBuns golden buns slapped

[@plaza3825]

"MOTHER" YES Or no? Does this gendered language please Buns? Rain butter and manna

[@TashimaNLee]

Joker being the super boss of the dlc makes me cackle because when you REALLY think about the timeline of the games, he’s like 10 when The Answer occurs. So I’m just thinking, “I wanna see baby Joker!”

[@DapperIndividual]

I remember i saw a comic on Twitter with Sees encountering baby Joker Baby Ren: I like firetrucks and monster trucks :) Aigis: IDGAF

[@crazygamer4260]

I mean in royal you fight Makoto and Yu but they're still in high school

[@Shi_gai]

@@crazygamer4260they’re projected memories from the Velvet Room at least

[@Cyclonestorm8]

@@Shi_gai so the mental plane exists outside of time. Makes sense, I guess.

[@natchu96]

​@@Cyclonestorm8Well, memories are gonna depict people in the state when the memory happened...

[@kingsleycy3450]

No way Atlus is working with creators instead of fighting them. Now this is character development

[@mathieuosakue8449]

No kidding

[@ghostsuru8429]

It's because "The Answer" has the worst reviews on Steam right now. A lot of people bought the Expansion Pass with the game because in the Steam store it said it included any additional content that came out after official release. So a lot of people are a bit angry.

[@joshlegacy1101]

They've been inviting content creators to Metaphor ReFantazio showcases.

[@Silver_Mars]

Impossible another upload within a year

[@fraserking4747]

From the depths of “it’s so over,” we rise again to the peaks of “WE’RE SO BACK!” gamers.

[@SquiglyLuka]

FLAPPIN FLOTSAM WHATS THAT!!!?? Who let mother buns out of her enclosure to release another video this early.

[@panick_9550]

Apparently atlas did by sending her a code

[@Yukiukixx33]

No one has really said so i will Im so proud of you Tyler for getting this sponsor and not only saying how you feel in this with no fear but giving your love into not only ATLUS but Persona as well. You truly deserve this

[@shiningglowingglasses4885]

"Eggs, hamster food and choco milk". I couldn't stop laughing! 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

> Cameo _queen_ Joker **P5R Female Protagonist mod intensifies**

[@ambercarbuncle1440p]

WAIT THERE'S A WHAT HOLY SHIT WHERE

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

@@ambercarbuncle1440p Gamebanana.

[@Dayadvance3]

Now all we need is that all so awesome for beginners video.

[@EmeraldHearts1]

I've been saying, ever since I finished P3R (plan to get the dlc eventually, when I have extra wiggle room in my budget lol) that I REALLY hope that people acknowledge the voice acting in P3R when award noms start coming out. Everyone is so good in this game but, honestly, one of the standouts for me is Zeno Robinson. I've always loved Junpei as a character, he and Akihiko were always my top two fave characters in the game (Shinji and Saori from P3P close behind) but Zeno's performance as Junpei has been a big like- example I give when I tell people that someone's take on a character can sell it for people. There's people I had to convince, who found him annoying at first, to give Junpei a shot- I would tell them how he has one of my favorite development arcs in a game. But there's others who found him endearing at first in Reload, and its BECAUSE of the take Zeno got to have with the chsracter. Not to mention that his voice acting for his big scenes with Chidori in late November. That scene is so well-voice acted by everyone, but ESPECIALLY Zeno. You could tell how much he loves Junpei with his voice work (especially since hes said that Junpei's his favorite) and I'm still incredibly glad he got to voice him.

[@soraxxroxas13]

The subtle butt joke Buns slipped in here had me giggling hard

[@steam-powereddolphin5449]

So, in other words, was it a...subtle sub-buttle? 😉

[@LinkleMcA]

You mean at 7:48? Lmao

[@AndrewFedge]

OMG, the way I laughed at "Hey there Satan, how's it going?" :D

[@Railrunner]

AKIHIKO TWERK JUMPSCARE

[@squidsofty8507]

That shit got me😂

[@ThePokemonPrince225]

LOL

[@ZanMindtrip]

That was the opposite of scare.

[@TuftyTaltan]

Happy to hear Atlus sponsored you for this! You're in the big time now

[@thomp]

Guaranteed the answer dlc development was essentially done when reload launched. They couldn’t plan, design, and build the answer that fast waiting for a good fan response to reload. This is atlus. (I love atlus but they take their time)

[@Stickyz]

They definitely had some of it done but I buy that they put it on hold until they saw if it would do well

[@Erikthedood]

They essentially admitted they started working on it during P3 reload’s marketing phase but wouldn’t have finished it by the time the base game released, but didn’t want to leave it out of the game as they saw how fans were clamoring for it to be included, so as a compromise they decided to release it as DLC later as their goal.

[@AlmaHeartfire]

​@@Erikthedood dlc is fine but should've been free :)

[@thehevandragon]

@AlmaHeartfire I mean it is…for gamepass owners or something like that lol.

[@Nintendotron64]

@@AlmaHeartfire I'm cool with paying for it. Vanilla P3R has enough content on its own that I don't think charging for DLC (especially when said DLC is reportedly a whopping 30 hours) is all that unreasonable.

[@darienb1127]

So I understand them wanting to keep Tartarus randomly generated in the base game in order to preserve the feeling of the original, but I really feel like they should have done mode with the dungeons in this. the dungeon crawling is the entier point of this DLC, THIS is the time to break out the hand-crafted dungeons. Or at the very least I would have liked to see more set pieces. Also, I remember that people were PISSED that The Answer wasn't in the base game. When this DLC got announced, I looked up a bit of what it was about to find that it was met with a resounding "meh". I was very confused

[@PatManDX]

People were just annoyed with having to spend the extra money, and that it wasn't included in the original, regardless of the quality of the content. People REALLY wanted that definitive P3 experience and Atlus kinda dropped the ball (even if it was due to very understandable budgetary and development scope reasons.)

[@clowntown5220]

@@PatManDX it was because they were selling a Deluxe edition that was supposed to include all DLC, low and behold the aegis pass comes out and it is not considered DLC that was included in said edition which was only mentioned after the fact. I don't believe it was a "atlus dropped the ball" as much as a scummy move on sega's part. DLC looks fantastic so make your own decision when it comes to spending, I just hope that the persona series isn't gonna be held hostage by sega for us to approve of their shitty tactics, or make atlus suffer due to most of us hating the decision.

[@Miriam_J_]

I don't think they'd of had the time to create new assets for all of the dungeons they'd need to make.

[@shawklan27]

​@clowntown5220 Man atlus is such a clown company for reals man

[@brandoncain]

Mum's back with a sponsership and the milk!!!

[@mewmewpowergirl1625]

Milk from buns breast is it sweet or bitter

[@CastiellaXIV]

Fun fact! The day thats repeating in The Answer is my birthday! When I first playing Persona 3 I thought it was cool there was an ost track called 3/31 (found it out of context on YT) until I found the context and got a bit sad 😅

[@KrimsonKattYT]

Same birthday as me? Same birthday as me. Were you born in 2002? In that case we would be born on literally the same day!

[@CastiellaXIV]

@@KrimsonKattYT No, sorry ❤ But the idea is very cute!

[@Hyp3rSonic]

Well, I saw a youtube video that was uploaded on my birthday (10/12) Also, I made this channel on my 18th birthday

[@nicksomethingcleverhere5965]

I was born 2 hours away from being a joke so I’m thankful my birthday is 3/31 and not 4/1

[@jamesdecannon7509]

Omg we are so back Thank you Sega and Atlus you have no idea what you’ve done for us Bread-children

[@finecastleie]

I never thought I see the day Buns would be doing monthly videos and not yearly.

[@rogueguardian]

OMG ...2 VIDEOS THAT AREN'T YEARS APART??... WHAT TIMELINE ARE WE IN!!!!!!!????

[@Retr0-Cynik]

The Berenstain one

[@rogueguardian]

​@@Retr0-Cynikmy God.....

[@tostadamika]

I know nothing about persona but I love hearing the funny butter mom yapping about it.

[@popstarprincess123]

Thank you for sponsoring and providing the review copy to momma buns Please do it again in the future

[@veeshadow]

This DLC is very similar to KH3's limit cut. If you love the combat, The Answer/Episode Aigis is worth your price and time. The dungeon crawling, Persona compendium, Theurgies, and party members kit are pretty much better than the Journey/Makoto side, especially Metis is OP for that reason. But for the story, nothing differs with just adjustments and more social links. So it's up to the players to buy it or not. Waiting for sales/discount is also fair way if you don't like the price.

[@Murderlin7]

I absolutely loved this game and it's dlc. Outstanding

[@Sonicstillpoint83]

How amazing to get two surprising videos with perfect timing. Such a stellar presentation as always.🎉

[@Kate_Hanami]

I love how you manage to both praise and shit on the answer in the same breath

[@Ikcatcher]

Episode Aigis really be kicking my butt with its extremely tanky enmeies that take up way more time than it needs to But the music bops so I can't complain

[@elvisboafo446]

The game is really not hard , I did heartless

[@ACloudCat]

Two buns uploads in a month. I can live well this year with this blessing 🙏

[@ShycoWar]

Just got done with my playthrough, and decided to check out a few reviews and comments in that usual post-completion fixation. Gotta give it up for the way you handle the more controversial topics-namely, with humor, neutrality, and respect. Cuz it ain't exactly the best feeling to suddenly be met with an unexpectedly large angry mob yelling about how the things that nearly made you tear up just a couple hours ago are such "watered down garbage made for wussy snowflakes", they may as well consider it the greatest gaming sin of the 2000s 🙃

[@knotknight514]

I'm glad i found this comment cause this is what I'm afraid of. I haven't beaten the normal story yet, although I think I'm close to it. And I'm just worried that when I get to this and beat it, I'll enjoy it like I expect myself to, only to look online and see everyone complaining that it's "too soft" or whatever the buzzword is at the time. I already struggle with constantly worrying about if my opinion is "correct" or not already. I don't want to have played this, loved it, and then be told that my own feelings are wrong because I played the wrong version or whatever. Even if I haven't had an opportunity to play the original.

[@Mathtriqueur]

Thanks to episode aigis, Joker now got in a fight with 4 different AI's at some point.

[@brandoncain]

@@Mathtriqueur Sophie, Aigis, Metis... who's the fourth?

[@Mathtriqueur]

@@brandoncain Emma, unless you want to argue otherwise.

[@tyemaishu2961]

CONGRATS BUNS ON THE COLLAB! HO HECK YEAH!!

[@pralenkaman8105]

Ironically people wanting the answer made everyone not want the answer due to sega making atlus sell it for 35$ on top of the 70$ of the base game, gotta love corporate greed

[@buffelbek1803]

Yeah, that's the main thing putting me off. I do want to play it, just not at the price point they're trying to sell it.

[@greenbrickbox3392]

Really happy I got it for free via gamepass because man are the dungeon sections a huge slog with no social links to break them up. Would feel really dumb paying $35 for the DLC and immediately wanting to skip most of the dungeon content because of how tedious it is lol

[@FelixS.]

It is time to let go. Videogames are becoming more expensive. As everything. You have two choices. Be successful enough to not care or keep crying for the next 30 years.

[@pralenkaman8105]

@@FelixS. there's a third option, finish my master's degree so that I actually have money to buy stuff for me instead of living in on an allowance

[@FelixS.]

@@pralenkaman8105 That’s what I meant with becoming successful ;) your master degree is a huge step into the right direction, I wish you all the best success with your academic goals 👍🏼👍🏼

[@therestlessjoker5474]

Bread Mother returned with not one, but TWO gallons of milk this month.

[@Moofydakidd]

12:06 Click got instant Bops 🎶🎶

[@arthurbowling-dyer2224]

I think we can all agree that “Don’t” is an absolute banger and a half at least

[@ashleyhunte]

I kind of wish the secret boss was related to p1 or one of the p2s

[@bluecanine3374]

Woulda been a neat way to sorta gauge interest in remake/updates of those games.

[@winst7765]

4:19 his va would definitely do that as a bit

[@SiegDaisuke]

the feels when "heartful cry" and "brand new day" song plays in 😢

[@Official_RetroMania]

I always loved "The Answer" and Episode Aigis is a slightly new improved version of it, so I take it!

[@WhySoSeriousSenpai]

Its still a snooze

[@Official_RetroMania]

​@@WhySoSeriousSenpai ? You mean the challenge, grind and time commitment? Yeah, I like to compare it to New Game+ is a additional story mode where you go way beyond and you work your way through to get the additional story elements. I never fiund this aspect of The Answer problematic but I know some people did. I am playing Episode Aigis right now and I usually also play KZbin in background when grinding my way through the dungeons.

[@Cakespresso]

Womp womp ​@@WhySoSeriousSenpai

[@thewrongtruth8129]

I am so glad you are back! Please post more! I have missed you so much🫶🏼

[@zinogrex]

Do Not The Robot

[@safetyboots]

I will the robot.

[@vjbd2757]

CLANK CLANK CLANK

[@LingeringFlower]

Thank you Atlus and Sega for getting us more Buns

[@jhknightmare5131]

Two ponderings in a single month?! We are blessed All hail the Bun!

[@Darth_Bateman]

10:32 we all know what she’s talking about right?

[@mariatukoroma3900]

Shadow makoto death

[@TheRawyan]

I’m gonna be a contrarian here, I actually liked what they were going for in that cutscene in reload in the og while it was good it was more like “damnnn look how painful and gorey that looks” while in reload it’s more about How Aigis reacts to it

[@mariatukoroma3900]

@@TheRawyan I do agree it does fit the situation a bit more

[@nightwish1453]

@@mariatukoroma3900think it’s more of a tone difference that separates itself from older games, p1 and 2 have a lot of creepy shock moments like a full scene of showing you p1’s final boss and the general reaction ends up as “what the fuck is that!? Who designed this!?” And me describing it wouldn’t make it better

[@LuigiSantoriniXXX16]

Yeah **shudders**

[@Zyaire286]

Thank you Atlus and Sega!!! 🙏

[@knotknight514]

I just want this to be good. Just, please. I don't want to deal with my own thoughts telling me that because I played P3R first instead of FES, that my experience is invalid because people say FES did it better or whatever. I just want to have fun and experience a good story, like I've come to expect from every persona game I've played

[@AquilaGuard]

I loved the Answer but thats because I didnt have to deal with all the time management social link stuff and could focus exclusively on the dungeon crawling. Its about 30 hours of content which isnt much grind at all in my eyes.

[@juanortiz9123]

God damm buns! Feels good to see you working so hard! Thanks!

[@LucarioBlade]

3:53 Damn. What a deep cut.

[@martinak.6854]

Congrats for the sponsor! Always great to see a ButterBuns vid

[@KotoCrash]

Quirk Chungus: The KZbinr

[@GrandAngel8000]

Thank you, Atlus! Who knew all Buns needed to make a timely video was a sponsorship? XD

[@Zed_Said]

The Playstation update yesterday lost about 4 hours of my gameplay and I didn't save. So for me it was the definitive The Answer experience lol 🙃

[@dexstockworks2043]

Mom came back with the milk already

[@celicaveidt7613]

NOT THE I FEEL FANTASTIC VIDEO IN THE BASEMENT I'd forgotten about the bane of my comfortable childhood dreams how could you do this

[@howlingwolfart8380]

Congratulations on being shown love from the gods above! That's super awesome.

[@laidesman1997]

I love The Answer cause it was the first time I cried while playing a video game.

[@btbesquire5]

YAY! Bun Mother delivers TWICE! Yeah, i am not long into this DLC, and wow, the emotional beat hits hard, right off the bat, my jaw hurts from the initial drop, because of (spoiler dart to the neck) P.S. Grats on the sponsorship 😃

[@gilded_lady]

Yay! My favorite carb filled youtuber got sponsored! I'll get around to The Answer eventually, just no time to play it right now

[@DSoulA3]

A friend livestreams the answer last night. I have "don't" on loop for 4 hours at work today. Buns uploads "the answer" video tonight. Me: I HAVE SUMMONED HER! XD

[@FauxRetro]

Velma is my favorite P3R character

[@TheRealBitterbub]

Awesome. Glad to see you more than once a month, Buns!

[@VSpoodle]

Fucking Velma chilling with the gang got me so bad

[@geniusgamerr4517]

If it wasn’t sold as dlc I probably would have like it.

[@ragingriver6025]

Welcome back buns! We love you and your thoughts!

[@megabyte5726]

one of the most artistic series

[@PandemicCat7]

Mama buns has blessed us with 2 videos in one month LETS GO!!

[@zidarose]

Love that you got sponsored for that. Very likely to get The Answer when I beat P3R.

[@TheHorseWhoKnows]

I JUST FINISHED THE OTHER PERSONA 3 VIDEO NOT EVEN AN HOUR AGO. THE BUNS RESEARCH DIVISION IN BUSINESS!

[@wolfofpersia2275]

we have to get her more sponsors this is the only way we can get more videos on time

[@willcoleman3330]

Thanks for still uploading content! Love your videos

[@MaxusFox23]

Fun fact: Technically, this isn't the first time The Answer campaign got sold separately. Back in the day, Japanese players had the option to either buy P3FES at full price (¥8,000) or the Append Edition at a fraction (~¥3500), which needed an original copy of P3 to work. The Append Edition contained basically all of FES' QoL improvements and The Answer. In other words, "physical DLC", so to speak.

[@TarekTamo]

I was just watching a P3R review video and then you uploaded, welcome back queen!

[@impachoblue1301]

I finally beat the answer about 4 months before p3r announcement. I'm still not ready to get back into it again I'll give it another 10 years 😅

[@joopvanhedel1372]

We will probably see more DLC than rerelease in the future. Atlus is a company that often listened to fans, Persona 3 reload was only made because fans asked for it. Atlus knows people are tired of the rerelease. Even if the price is high Episode Aigis will probably sell quite well because 3 reload was such a big success and because of how popular Aigis is. So this is a test for P6 and P6 will probably get a DLC story expansion. Side note: I don't hate re-releases there are both pros and cons to both re-releases and DLC. But most Altus fans are just tired of re-releases so DLC is a better option right now, That may change in the future, but DLC the best for now

[@24hr-Gaming]

It's kind of a shame because I prefer physical copies. I think what they should do is when they release the upgraded version of the game, they should just let people who own the original version either download it for free or buy it at a cheap price. I am hoping Episode Aigis will get a physical release, but if it doesn't happen I'm not surprised. I also think that argument is very passive aggressive (not you, but people arguing against re-releases) because almost all the people who say re-releases are a scam are also calling for Reload to get a re-release and are whining about Episode Aigis being DLC. People really are just stupid. Atlus should just go more with what sells because people who actually buy the game are real consumers, not whiny people on Twitter.

[@joopvanhedel1372]

@@24hr-Gaming I have nothing against re-releases either. There are things that rereleases can fix that DLC simply can't and there are things that DLC can do that rereleases can't, one is not better or worse than the other. but a large portion of Atlus fans are tired of rereleases so we'll probably see more DLC in the future. A game that I think deserves a rerelease is soul hackers 2, it is not the greatest game but it does a few things very well so a rerelease can fix the bad parts

[@Namingway248]

Its certainly on their mind but it may well depend. On one of the fan surveys I did for them (I'm part of atlus' fan emailing lists) they had a few questions regarding preference for re-releases or dlc. It's likely if the international results said dlc is a better way to go, we will see more of that direction. Personally, I actually really dislike it. A re-release can thread new characters and plot points throughout the entire game while also adding new content whereas dlc as a rule doesn't usually interact with the main plot. This means you can never really touch up the main game in a meaningful way. It doesn't seem like other people see it this way though.

[@joopvanhedel1372]

@@Namingway248 I don't hate re-releases but most Altus fans are tired of re-releases. There are both pro and cons to both rereleases and DLC. A game that I think deserves a re-release is soul hackers 2, it is not the greatest game but it does some things very well and a re-release can fix those bad parts

[@RefreshingMirage]

It took the blue hedgehog company to get Buns to upload consistently, salute

[@POKEMONMASTERMIND]

Not me eating a red white and blue popsicle when she said that 😅

[@brandoncain]

Also, thank you Atlus-SEGA.

[@MAO7891]

New Buns video?? Drops EVERYTHING

[@yukaiyami]

I haven’t seen one of your vids in forever, so I kinda forgot your joke vibe, and for some reason Velma just standing there, menacingly, in the background at 4:50 without being pointed out made me break laughing out loud and I don’t know why! Glad the algorithm told me you’re back, Buns!

[@Drakerai]

BABE WAKE UP NEW SUPERBUTTER- oh wait a live alone

[@TheOpperbink]

Thanks Atlus-kun & Butter-chan. It's nice to see your thoughts so early.

[@HyliaBlaze]

Just made it home from the fair to see Buns has released yet ANOTHER video?! Christmas came early y’all!!!!

[@machupichu18]

For me I think Margaret would of been a better choice than Joker. I know that was a Portable thing, but considering Episode Aigis added a lot of FES things in this DLC, Margaret would of been a nice crumb for Portable fans especially with Elizabeth back and the fact that the Liz stuff is referenced and canon in Arena, just idk.

[@PatManDX]

Or FemC, but that was never going to happen haha.

[@DubsBrown]

Thank you Atlus Sega. Really appreciated how you updated the game so you could favorite which BGM songs to play on shuffle. Finally the game implemented what PC mods achieved. Now if only you could let us choose Velvet room BGM...😅

[@DerpyDerp254]

This DLC.....kinda seems like it should've just been added onto the game and not a paid DLC. This coming from the perspective that Royal was a nice upgrade to Persona 5 and well worth the price. If the base game would've had the same amount of sheer content P5 did, I might consider buying this, but there's not enough content in P3R to keep me hooked to pay more money for the story if that makes sense.

[@minlow7831]

Glad butterbuns got sponsored otherwise we would have gotten this video next year

[@CW-dn3ce]

WHAT???? 2 VIDEOS IN LESS THEN A MONTH??? HAS CHRISTMAS COME EARLY THIS YEAR??!????

[@pkmnman13456]

Buns, are you okay? It's been less than a month... this is scary...

[@Dermetsu]

I would have much prefered a super boss from Persona 1 or the two 2's.

[@Jaytaxman]

What a wonderful little video thank you buns

[@babula1965]

So, what you're saying is, if I complain loudly enough, father Atlus will hear me that I want P3P remade so we can have a definitive version?

[@anny8005]

4:50 Velma, what are you doing there?

[@JJBird2003]

Happy you're getting that buttery bag Buns

[@SuzuStarlight]

Finished the DLC last night and oh... oh the feels. I only ever played Portable so I didn't know much about The Answer (I read some plot details on the Wiki in passing but that's about it), but I gotta say I am pretty happy (in a "bawling my eyes out bc why do you have to traumatize these beautiful children even further" kind of way) with what we got here. The gameplay worked well (I didn't even notice the spike in difficulty even though I played both the main game and DLC on Normal), but I sure was glad they gave us the additional little character moments because I found myself missing the social sim parts of the main game dearly after hours of mindless dungeon crawling (I even paused my playthroughs for a few hours to finally clear RE4's Separate Ways DLC as a palette cleanser - which is saying a lot, considering how much I love the P3 cast). I agree that it would have been even better to have the new character interactions voiced as well, but I assume that they had to give up on that due to time/budget constraints. Even if most of the enemies and combat was recycled, I'm pretty sure development consumed enough time and money already. As for Joker... cool job, but I don't know if I'll ever try that fight again after him wiping the floor with me yesterday 😂 I was like: Yeah, nah, I'd like to know how the story ends in this lifetime - other than that, I found the challenges mostly fair - I did have a few game overs, a few seemingly endless battles and a few Armageddon-Spams bc I was getting so tired of the fight, but as someone who tends to prefer chill experiences over challenges, it did seem solidly balanced. (unlike that other DLC I played the other day *insert salty gamer noises here*)

[@craxnor]

There’s also this thing where you’ll scan enemies, see their defenses, then get a random reflect to a damage type they don’t have a reflect stat on.

[@jedimasterpickle3]

Oh that presentation is very pretty. Still hoping to get a good sale on this, and that the expansion pass will go on sale when the base game does. It's already $70, an extra $35 is...quite a bit.

[@TipToey]

Man that twinkie's voice is buttery smooth.