Revelations: Persona (PSX) - Pandora (Final Boss)

Second phase at 13:30
Oh, could this be a hint at an upcoming video? ;)
If you're wondering why I'm putting some of my characters to guard during the first part it's because I didn't have the protagonist's "BossDamage" ability, which does a lot of damage to Pandora. It was safer to grind for it during the first half of the fight rather than risk it during the second.

[@ZeOHKay]

Remember, this...thing was in a game rated for SIX YEAR OLDS!

[@tataladdd4251]

just don’t be six years old then

[@firionkaiser8291]

Earthbound did it too

[@Endangeredworlds]

I find it funny that a Persona game is rated E. Sorry, I never played 1, only 3.

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@firionkaiser8291 Earthbound was a little more light hearted until you got to Giygas.

[@GiordanDiodato]

I wonder if the ESRB people got like an hour into the game and said "Fuck it, I'm sick of these encounters. Let's just give it a KA rating"

[@joshuapotter5940]

"Rated E for Everyone"

[@joxter3777]

You in the 90 and you se that You never seen coming

[@crosswalkX]

Actually it was rated K-A. But that game should've been rated T for language, violence, brief nudity, gambling, scary images, complex gameplay. I don't know what the ESRB rating company was thinking when they rated the game. I know because I've played Revelations Persona on my Playstation Classic mini console.

[@Kanzuki]

@@crosswalkX someone actually has a PlayStation Classic?

[@ScringleScrobble]

@@crosswalkX Actually Both of you are wrong It's rated M. Edit: ignore this comment, I was acting our of instinct since I've only played the M rated entries in the franchise and thought the original was also that.

[@ScringleScrobble]

@@crosswalkX nevermind me, I'm stupid. I looked it up and it's rated T.

[@joshuapotter5940]

There's just something about the original persona that I love so much.

[@SnicketySliceEXTRA]

Same. It's got an atmosphere to it not a lot of games have.

[@nothing-of5yc]

Yeeh

[@MintyKaru]

Same

[@Dinosaurianationazation]

The then psp version fucked it all up.

[@ArrestMe819]

​@@DinosaurianationazationNot really. PSP version just made it more fast and simple. But yeah i like the ps1 atmosphere more

[@DMSwordsmaster]

Everyone here clowning on the MC's weird "AAAAA", meanwhile I'm giggling at Ellen saying "COME HERE" to her Persona like she's about to bop it on the head with a rolled up newspaper for getting into the trash.

[@XTheBlackSoulX]

Mark: PER _SA_ NAH! MC: *AAH* Mary: ...persona. hel mee. Nice job guys, here's your paycheck. We had such high standards.

[@painkeller20]

Consider the USA version was done by 6 people only it show how law badget that they had... I won't be surprised this is all they can do...

[@XTheBlackSoulX]

@@painkeller20 That's not *too* bad for what they had, but _damn._

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@XTheBlackSoulX Philemon's actor was pretty decent though. Not as good as Travis Willingham's soothing voice, but the og actor did pretty well

[@Rorschach220]

Nanjo: cake it

[@manat31790]

"You're dead!" Heals everybody.

[@emanueltorres8770]

I’m obsessed with these soundeffects omg

[@xdanielol4835]

It’s 2023 and I still can’t believe the atmosphere of this game…

[@jimphoenix494]

0:12 *OH JESUS CHRIST WHAT HAS JUST GRACED MY PHONE SCREEN WITH ITS GRACEFUL PRESENCE ON THIS GRACEFUL DAY IN THIS GRACEFUL HOUR*

[@sebastianramirez9090]

Its Mara's relative! You do know Mara right?

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@sebastianramirez9090 so that's why he never appears in the first Persona game

[@StarLucario102]

@@GiordanDiodato he does appear in the first game. But only in the SQQ as an OoC Persona, and you have to fight it.

[@Endangeredworlds]

Definitely not what I expected when hearing Pandora

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@StarLucario102 no he doesn't? he doesn't appear in any of the Okada Persona games.

[@stgkgrimm7600]

A fight to the death "Wow" "It's beautiful"

[@hvegaval]

The SFX and music gives a completely different atmosphere.

[@Arlesmon]

The music pretty much made this boss fight unique. Considering how this is the worst qualities of maki and the potential destruction it brings. Sadly they had to ruin the atmosphere with the pss version, it's mostly better on almost everything except the music. I wish they could at least let people choose which songs to use. Good thing there's a patch for it though.

[@superplaceholder6537]

Too bad that patch is missing a few songs.

[@sayakamikireal]

As well as weird loops

[@scrappy2082]

when you think about it is Pandora technically the first "Shadow" in the Persona series? she is meant to be all Makis hatred

[@lezzei]

Huh? The PSP final boss song is good though...

[@Arlesmon]

@@lezzei on it's own it is good. I can give credit to that. However the atmosphere of the battle is more fitting for the psx versión.

[@sillyguiro]

Note how the music doesn't start till the first strike

[@OldEnemy1]

I’m late but it actually doesn’t do that. The only battle themes that do this are the regular boss theme, the Tesso theme, and the Snow Queen final boss theme

[@jonchilders7363]

This fight suddenly takes on a whole new meaning when taking Persona 4 into consideration. Think about it, you're essentially facing off against Shadow Maki. (Cue i'll face myself)

[@SnicketySliceEXTRA]

I wouldn't say it takes on a whole new meaning. Both games are referencing Jungian psycholgy and the assimilation of the shadow. You are indeed facing shadow Maki here. That isn't something you're interpreting retroactively because of the later games, that's just how it is.

[@jonchilders7363]

@@SnicketySliceEXTRA Ok, you got me there. I guess i had just overblown it with the benefit of hindsight

[@palta8100]

Mary: "You are dead" *heals*

[@Lemonadeww]

Bro i remember when i fought pandora in 4 in the morning and entering the room damn scared me😭😭😭

[@GiordanDiodato]

Damn, we were hardcore in the 90s. A KA (E) rated game that has a final boss like THAT? Granted, Castlevania Bloodlines was GA (General Audiences) and was also pretty gorey.

[@crosswalkX]

Yeah and the ESRB Rating were misrated, especially with Lufia 2 Rise of the Sinstrals, I would've done a better job of at least being accurate with rating a game and not mislead them though I would still be imperfect as I'm a human being.

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@crosswalkX I like to think they got an hour into the game and said "Fuck it, I'm suck of the random encounters. Let's just give it a KA rating"

[@Rorschach220]

And earthbound was also pretty fucked up too

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@Rorschach220 Earthbound is more implicit. this one is directly in your face

[@ik0la]

Maki, the Grafted

[@OldEnemy1]

didn't know Resident Evil was a turn based dungeon crawling RPG at some point.

[@boosterfly]

I remember using only two items against the butterfly, one to reflect magic for three turns when her hair is blue, and one to reflect physical attack for three turns when her hair is pink. So pretty much, I let her kill herself. I guess when they made the remake, they took out these items. Forgot what they are called.

[@Arlesmon]

The items are still in the game. They're called magical guard and physical guard. As from someone who played the psp version (with the music patch), it was a interesting fight, though magical guard made the boss into a joke.

[@boosterfly]

They're not as effective as the original version. You're only invincible for one turn. The original one gave you three turns of invincibility. I guess they tried to balance the game a little bit more.

[@Arlesmon]

@@boosterfly Shucks, but it's understandable because it could be very broken.

[@midnightstrove6784]

Basically itemized spells Makarakarn and Tetrakarn

[@scrappy2082]

@@boosterfly iirc during revelations development they reduced the difficulty of the game by altering the encounter rate and xp gain i guess they changed how items work as well

[@MisfortuneFeeva]

Nate sounds Australian lol

[@GiordanDiodato]

they were probably English voice actors who lived in Japan.

[@peternguyen7530]

Thank god we don't have something like am multi-leg, suggestive, body horror eldritch horror like Pandora. Now adays, tye themes in the more popular Persona games are exceptance of death, the mystery of the Midnight Channel, and rebellion against corrupt people, from a crime boss becoming an priminister of Japan to actuall God, like Yaldabaoth and more recently (spoilers) an Iphone AI that becoming an God (like Skynet from with an god complex, that actually reached Godhood).

[@Kurayzeru]

Still missing the old days.

[@htheone6454]

Per-Sauna!

[@crosswalkX]

I've defeat Pandora using the Physical Barrier and Magical Barrier, it was a hard game for me to play even with the save states on the Playstation Classic Mini.

[@Bundooa]

I rented this game over and over until I beat it idk how I beat it wouldn't be able to beat it now

[@lssjgaming1599]

Wtf is this voice over lmao

[@SnicketySliceEXTRA]

You mean the voice acting? yeah, it's kinda bad. aHHHHHHH

[@shellofanegg4039]

I perfer the MC's voice

[@jimphoenix494]

Maki sounds like she's diddly done with this diddly world

[@caliburnabsolute8517]

PERSAUNA

[@MisfortuneFeeva]

I like when Mark says die

[@nonoctoro4933]

-berserk-

[@EnergiArchive]

Neon Ace bring me here. Comments here make me sick. 😀 Like those "Patrick" guy

[@ingridmejia3426]

Rated M for Mature

[@lorddarius603]

¿Cómo saco a este jefe ?

[@ridercornejo3974]

Jefe final de la historia principal (final bueno), aunque el juego no te dice exactamente como elegir los finales hay ciertas pistas. SPOILERS: *Hay 2 rutas en este juego: la normal y la de la reina del hielo; la normal sigue cuando vas tras Kandori. La segunda se desbloquea cuando después de despertar a tu Persona, decides investigar la leyenda con los estudiantes del colegio, y encuentras la máscara en el gimnasio. *Hay 2 finales en cada ruta (bueno y malo) los malos se obtienen: --Al contestarle a Mai las respuestas negativas en el bosque perdido, ocurrirá una pelea de jefe con su oso y el final malo ocurre después de vencer a Kandori. --En la ruta de la reina de hielo, si al completar las 3 torres tienes menos de 8 fragmentos, ocurre una pelea de jefe y se activa el final malo.

[@patrickchargualaf4375]

Lol this must be the most boring persona game for everyone. No one I've seen comes to this fight with overpowered personas like athena or Lucifer. Everyone is here at level 50 to 65 or so personas. Every other shin megami tensei game people grind till they have the strongest skills and personas.

[@SnicketySliceEXTRA]

errr no they don't?

[@JoeyLamontagne]

You mean people don’t over level their characters? Who knew people can beat JRPGs without being at level 99?

[@spooky0407]

Fuck you, dickhead.

[@patrickchargualaf4375]

@Lani Treasure Hunter have the game and played it till I was level 68. Didnt see a point for grinding till the end. Played eternal punishment, 3 fes , digital devil saga 1 and got all the way to 99. It was fun playing those personas. Revelations not as much. Should use your head first not your ass when you talk

[@patrickchargualaf4375]

@@JoeyLamontagne over level? 99 is a cap. Cant over level. Should have changed your name to stupei. You can beat every persona game without being at level 99. Making the point that no one on youtube has shown level 99 characters from revelations. Wasnt talking about the other personas or other jrpgs. Were did you get your logic for arguments?