post-reload update: i personally really prefer the atmosphere and character defining dungeon/combat design choices of fes. reload is more of a power trip. i will say, i do prefer reload's voice acting and the linked episodes outside of akihiko (not bad just expected more). the social life aspect is an overall improvement with the expansion of night activities; no complaints there. i go into more detail on this in my reload video so please go watch it if you haven't already! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ruCeZK5mr8WzdKM.html

Kinda was thinking they would just combine P3FES and P3P together for the rerelease. Really I'd be fine with P3FES with the option to control party.

Unbeknownst to anyone, P3 Reloaded would come out a year after this video debuted. Good grief, that game is so pretty.

Any video getting people to play the classic personas is a good video

Basically everything that was said is essentially what I would recommend. The enhanced versions are almost- of not always better than the originals, unless we're disputing slight atmospheric changes. Example of this would be: Persona 4's muddy, melancholy atmosphere, to Persona 4 Golden's still melancholic, with a more higher energy atmosphere. Persona 5's gritty, dark color choice and general on screen particle effects of metaverse and overworld, to Persona 5 Royal's more cleaned up, lighter color choice with different particle effects both on screen, in the Metaverse, and general lighting. Etc.

Ah yes, a video debating the merits of every Persona game's version. Surely this will contain nothing controversial to the passionate player base. All joking aside: this is a phenomenal overview. I really appreciate that you included the pros of all versions. It's impressive you presented it all with such efficiency and limited spoilers. I hope this helps more folks get into the series (including the often neglected older titles!).

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19:22 I'm in the minority on this, but I actually found golden far more exploitable. You get to exploit it far faster than royal, and golden hands are far more common than treasure demons + exp cards make it far easier to overlevel in golden. It's also the only persona game where sticking to your initial persona is preferable.

The biggest issue with P3P that you said was a small issue is the visual novel style and it's not cause of the reading, it just ruins all emotional story moments and sometimes you don't even know what's going on. I liked P3's story much more when replaying it in FES since I played portable first. I liked P3's story in portable but I loved it in FES.

P1 PSX is such a interesting experience, I think more people should try to give it a try even with the script, but PSP is fine I guess if you want only the story

6:20 You can switch it to be per turn in PS1 too. In combat go to Strategy > Battle Mode > Simple. In simple it will have everyone go through turns and then bring up input menu once everyone in combat moved. It still allows you to cancel it at any point if you feel things are getting hairy. You also don't need to reinsert commands. Just tweak order if you're aiming for a fusion spell. 6:50 Once again in combat menu Config > Battle Setup > Simple

Been binging your videos so thank you! This helps a lot somebody who wants to play all games chronologically, in order of release!

IMO I wish they do a rerealease of Persona 3 mixing both FES and Portable, add the graphics, animated cutscenes and The Answer from FES, and add Portable quality of life improvments and Female Route.

I think the main reason why P3P has so many compromises mostly comes down to the fact a UMD holds 900MB (on a single layer disc) or 1.8GB on a dual layer. I mean P3P uses the same engine as FES. So I think that’s the main reason is just storage :)

Pretty awesome we finally have the English patch for EP

I can relate to your opinion on Persona 3 versions, although I did it in reverse. I played P3P first both male and female routes before finally delving into P3FES much later, and FES definitely was still fun to play and kept my attention even of I knew the general gist of what was coming. The gameplay style changes alone really make thw two standout, and I dont think one is inherently better than the other which is great

Awesome video man. I havent played any persona first hand, but ive been a fan for awhile and really wanted to i just havent had the means. But now with them finally coming to switch im gonna start. This video helped me a lot!

WOWWZA, What an amazing video bubble

I'm playing the PSP Persona 1 version because of hype waiting for the PC ports and translations and I was expecting something that felt older but I was surprised in a good way, the game feels right most of the time, I did not knew about the music and audio being different from the original, I'll check if I like it better with that mod mentioned in the video.

Thanks man. Thanks to your video, I finished FES first. It was a blast, now I plan to play portable, then RELOAD

january 19th is so close i am so excited to play persona 3 for the first time. i had no idea there were so many different options of the lfrst three games, cause i've only recently got into the persona series (p5 royal which i bought in February of last year... had to start over last month tho cause i couldn't carry over my save data to my new console :/). thank you for the video, I've been enjoying going through your 'older' ones too.

Totally the video i needed today! Thanks!

Found this in my recommended, this video is great! Surprised you only have 8k subs because your content is well made. Keep it up!

FES with controllable party members is not even a mod it's just a cheat code

At this point, Persona 2 could be released as a full game with the option to play Innocent Sin or Eternal Punishment or play them both as a full story.

I think that for P3, played the Portable version for main story since they did add more dialogues compare to the original, some even add new context like Junpei's Ultimate Persona is a fusion with Chidori's Persona. Then play FES for The Answer only, maybe with Party Command mod to consistent with Portable gameplay.

Thoughts on Persona 3 Reload?

Mods are actually essential to get the best experience with the original Persona - The PSP version of Persona patched with the PS1 music.

Ohhhh, when I read the title, I thought you were going to go over the best overall strategy in each game But this is really cool too 😆

Fantastic video, loved the editing I left a sub look forward to more

With Persona 1 I definitely lean more towards Japanese MIP/Revelations due to the presentational changes in the PSP and even though that mod (which I know the people who worked on it) is really cool and fixes the music, the sound design is honestly completely different and it doesn't feel right to someone like me who has been so used to the original. Also for Japanese players there is a weird presentational thing in the PsP version with the animated cutscenes only being subtitled and having no voices while the English version is fully dubbed. I thought that was extremely strange. With p2is one of the biggest advantages the PsP has over the original was scrapped from the western release with the dungeon builder and DLC quests being removed. I don't think there's any ongoing projects to restore that unfortunately, Western players really missed out with those DLC quests made by Satomi Tadashi

Wait; did you mention the extra story content you get from Persona 2 Innocent Sin if you play in on the PSP? You get some extra dungeons and some story bits in there so that's not a bad addition to those who want it. (I'm talking about the Climax Theater)

Thansk for this video. NEver played persona games and I'm about to start this journey.

As a worm I do use only two modified versions but one is just the PS1 music and the other is the direct control for FES but that does not change my experience on how I enjoyed them the very first time I played them as a kid. As a long time fan even though Persona 1 released on the year I was born. Has been some of my favorite games. Other than Resident Evil and Zombies Ate My Neighbors and of course Wild Arms. I was blown away finding out there was a second story in 1 when I saw the PSP version in 2009. Just brings a smile to my face seeing a video of someone encouraging people to play the originals.

For a second playthrough of Royal, if you do want to use mods I'd highly recommend Custom Bonus Tweaks, it's by some of the same modders as P5EX for the PS3 version and adds a whole bunch of little tweaks that improve the experience significantly. I'd also recommend some 'fixes' mods like the one that stops the shadow quality from changing to medium after every loading screen, and the texture fixes project.

The fact that we have P3:Reload coming out and Atlus STILL haven't released FES or even the original p3 on console marketplaces makes me wonder if they lost the original code.

P3P at the end will destroy u especially on harder difficulty playthroughs. I'm having that experience with p3 reload rn cuz I never played the og fes.

I don't really mind that the main char would only hold a certain type of weapon since the best play in any smt or persona game you always should focus on spells attacks anyway. Leave the powerhouse to your partner

I'd really like to see a full P1 PSX fan translation come to fruition someday. I suppose I always could just play the PSP with modded music, but PSX sounds a lot more interesting.

yo can someone tell me whats the song in the conclusion part of the video at 19:40 ?

I started Portable as my first P3 experience ad it just wasn’t hooking me. Which was surprising, as I do play a lot of VN and didn’t think I’d mind. It just felt like I was missing details. So I switched over to FES and everything clicked. The story seemed more clear (in portable for example I didn’t even realize Tartarus was at your school, somehow). Portable feels like a great way to do a 2nd playthrough to me. You’re less likely to miss details since you already know the story. Something about actually moving around the town in a 3D space just had me more invested.

persona 3 reload is easily gonna become the best way to play 3

are you gonna do this again when reload comes out?

Regarding to Golden and Royal, I agree, however. Having played the originals without DLC, I was surprised to hear my friends having played the game(s) without doing any of the velvet room confidants/SL or special fusions.... heck fusion in general. Not that the persona games are designed to be hard but I dont know if its a good design to have the dlc persona unlockable at the start.

Great vid bro!

Anyone know the name of the song at the start of the video

im so excited to get p3 and p4 on switch!!! i got into persona 5 like two years ago and i love it so much, and recently i've been looking at the older ones. i was considering getting p3 for my ps2, but i couldn't find anyone selling it + it's coming out on switch so, might as well just get it in january. i have a feeling i'm really gonna love them, i've watched a few clips on youtube and they both look super fun. i have gotten a few spoilers for persona 4, actually a major spoiler but i don't mind since i got *all* of persona 5 spoiled before i played it haha edit: i did not mean to make this comment so long lol

I started playing the series from the very 1st version the OG ps1 version now I'm on persona 2 innocent sin ps1 version as well I'm loving every time I play it and I'm also considering to watch the anime adaptations

As someone who has never played them, my plan is to play all the PSP ones, as I have a hacked PSP. For 4, I have the PS2 version on PS3 that I got for very cheap a while ago. If I ever see Golden on Switch for a good price, and I still haven't played it, I'll get it for that. For 5 is going to be Royal on Switch.

What's the name of the song that you used for the ps1 MIP?

Gotta say that i appreciate the censoring of the spoilers in the gameplay footage. Way too many people just toss out spoilers for no good reason.

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15:23 can i get the source for the music?

Cool vid man good luck

I love “P3P”, but I just downloaded “P3: FES” with a patch for controllable characters!

I'm usually for faithful remakes too... unless they're Pokemon BDSP. (But that's mostly because I thought the original DP could do with a lot of improvements) There are three versions of Persona 3. FES, Portable, and the one nobody plays because maxing all Social Links was somehow EVEN WORSE than FES. I definitely agree with you on reverse Social Links. They should still exist, just get rid of the jealousy system. It was even worse in FES because the male MC doesn't even have the option of platonic routes. I agree that part of the beauty of P3 is both versions (we don't talk about non-FES PS2) give very different experiences on what's broadly the same story. I never really thought of that before but yeah, Golden's additions were more substantial expansions on the formula than I thought. And on Golden being exploitable, well... sure, but P5R is MUCH worse in that regard. 17:50 LolYosuke'sLevel. I'd say Golden is worth picking over PS2 just for Kanji and Naoto's moveset improvements along. (To a lesser extent Chie, who is now crit focused) And you have the same opinion on Royal I do. I love its new additions, like guns actually being good, Technical being a consistent way to fight enemies with no weaknesses instead of needing to rely on Lucky Punch and Akechi actually being a good character this time. The main downside though is how incredibly easy it is compared to vanilla P5. In Golden, you at least has to kind of go out of your way to grind Persona stats. In Royal, Special Treatment + Alarm or Ryuji Rank 7 + Jose Mementos Exp Boost is ALL you need to make the gameplay effortless. In my LP I've having to actively hold myself back and I still haven't Game Overed yet up to the 3rd Palace. The boss changes also make most of them significantly easier than the original, with the exception of Okumura. (Who's my favourite boss precisely BECAUSE it's a challenge) Merciless doesn't solve these issues, because tripling Technical damage actually makes a lot of fights EASIER. Anyway, great video as always. You got a review code! Nice.

Great Video 👍

I thought this was just gonna be some annoying whiny video saying that the OG versions of the games suck and the remasters are good because they're "newer" but I'm glad to see that the video was (mostly) unbiased and raised good points for playing each game. Cool video

So how does persona 3 reloaded match up?

This is going to be interesting!

IS and EP are separate stories, aren't they? I mean they have the same characters but (for sake of spoilers) but the underlying arc for Tatsuya and noticeably the battle team has changed and Jun Kurosu's last name

Wait there's a English patch for eternal punishment? How do I download it?

Watching this video and hearing Persona soundtracks again, I can;t wait to get Persona 5 on Switch and play Persona 4 again one of the best games for me really

Can someone tell the Persona tracks he’s using in here? They’re so dope (no surprise there)

Whats the Conclusion song at 19:39

The enemy stats are also lowered by about 20-30% in the PSP version of Innocent Sin Not that the PS1 ver was a particularly difficult game, but psp's hard mode only barely matches the original difficulty

Remember Persona 4 Golden on PS Vita includes a crap ton of extra content in the TV mode like concerts, expanded music player and trailers/cutscenes to each game (THIS IS ONLY IN THE VITA VERSION, NOT THE RERELEASE!)

Oh god, i want to play these games now, i cant wait to 21 october to they release it on game pass.

been playin persona 5 on pc and i love. dont know if i will play royal tho since im not one to replay the same game again

Royal on the switch with the 60fps mod and a slight overclock has been so goddamn good lately 😍

the enhanced version such as the Fes, Golden and royale are my favorite. i mean i don't know why atlus got lazy with the pc version and decided to have the P3P. What they could have done is to consider that the pc has a lot more memory, power and storage which means they could have gone the route of putting the elements of P3P like the female protagonist and the other social links and combine it with the playstyle of FES. i dont see myself playing a novel game on my pc. but im definitely going to play the royale version again.

I loved Persona 4 and went back to play Persona 3 and was not prepared for the hit to the feels lol took me years to be able to back to it.

I agree, the FFIV PSP version was amazing! Not as hard/difficult as they made the DS version since FF III was a hard game and also on the DS but still amazing.

If you want to play the persona 1 game with the music but with its updated version on psp someone made a mod for that and its already part of the game on cdromance

I got into Persona game from watching Occultic;Nine then i started with P3P and holy shit, only game that makes you feel in highschool all over again xD

I feel like megaten fans are allergic to the opposite of reading, which is why they play smt instead of pokemon

Hm, how very interesting, i can see your points, i very much appreciate this Video, makes me look forward to see what you do next. Hm, i wonder what you think of the Spin-offs?

Ive played all of my persona on portable device. So I did buy p5 on my ps4 but.... never finished it. Now I got a steamdeck... so freaking happy. Persona 5 Royal on the go baby (also been playing Fes and golden up to the release of Royale). God I love my deck. I'm also happy for the swicth peoples

I wish there was a way to combine that difficulty of Persona 5 into Royal. Royal is fantastic on every front and the grapple hook does so much in so little time. But that difficulty is stupid easy compared to what P5 original had. My main grapples are the gun and the showtime mechanic, in P5 original I enjoyed how they force a limit. If you wanted to use bullets you saved them for the enemy's you knew could take them hard because they could easily kill anything. In Royal I found myself just spamming the gun alot more often. With Showtime while an amazing mechanic that's fun, it always came out anytime I was about to either destroy an enemy or about to lose to an enemy. It was honestly more of a blue eyes white dragon of getting out of situations or dunking on them. But that's honestly my main complaints, I spent a good 12 hours in tycoon tho because god damn was that such a nice breather from having to replay what I've already done before.

It’s so hard for me to play persona 1 and 2 on psp and ps1 again. I tried recently and now they back on my collection shelf getting the dust

A fair assessment of each version.

There’s just something about this series that feels just soo much better on a portable.. But I may be biased being I’d played through P4G on Vita first.. I look forward to seeing P5R on Switch and I’ll probably keep my PS4 version as a backup

12:02 That's exactly what I noticed from these people. They could very well be the same people who will hate the original book than the film based on the book because they rather watch the story rather than read through it, even though the film doesn't always make the best changes from the book. Another thing to note about a few more Portable changes which are actually pretty good. For one, there was an Inari shrine in FES where when you pray to it, anything can happen and it takes up the whole day. In Portable, the Inari shrine no longer does that, it's now used to make copies of skill cards and it doesn't take up time at all, but will take 5 in-game days, which is much more useful and convenient. Portable is the first game in the series to introduce this type of mechanic that you can do with skill cards and that since Portable, it's been carried over to all future Persona games. Persona 4 Golden would have it with with Marie and Persona 5 would have it with Yusuke. And the second nice addition is after the full moon operation with the Empress and Emperor, you unlock this whole new series of side quests where a person will end up lost in Tartarus and you have to go in to save them before the next full moon because if you don't, they will die, and on a few rare occasions, this will happen to your Social Links too and if you don't save them, not only will they die, but your Social Link with them will stop at its' current rank. This is personally one of my favorite additions in Portable because all it does is it gives us new things to do in Tartarus, it helps people plan their Tartarus trips better and we get extra rewards from it too. And speaking of which, one other difference between FES and Portable has to do with the 'tired/sick' mechanic. In FES, this is purely based on how much fighting you do in the Dark Hour, and because of this, you aren't able to do everything in one Tartarus trip like you can do in Persona 4 and 5, you have to take multiple trips in Tartarus in order to be able to do everything before the next full moon. In Portable, this was altered so that it's no longer based on stamina, but it's more based on strength and level where basically, you don't just get more and more tired just from defeating enemies regardless of what level they are, you only get really tired if you try to fight an enemy who's stronger than you and you're too low leveled. And one thing connected to this mechanic which I'm a little bit sad it's gone in Portable is the late night time period where you choose to either sleep early or study then sleep. Though, I can understand why they changed this because yeah, what's the point of having this risk choice if the tired mechanic has been changed up to be more based on strength and level than stamina and thus, you don't get tired as much? Also, If I want to talk about perhaps my biggest problem with Royal, which is the new story content basically feels like Persona 3 FES if The Answer were to be included in The Journey playthrough disguised as the new story content from Persona 4 Golden and that Metis were to actually appear in The Journey storyline, she has a Social Link and given as much screentime as possible, but barely given a part in the main story in terms of being a party member, even if there is one part in the story where you want her to be there as a party member, the game will basically force the characters to not let her join because the people at Atlus are worried about the hardcore Persona fans who expects everything about the main story to be the same and if they see one slight change or addition, they'll get mad over it, and it's only until The Answer where Metis actually becomes relevant to the story and become a full on party member. That is pretty much what Persona 5 Royal feels like in terms of new story content as a whole.

When P3 Portable came to PS4 and Switch, I was so disappointed that you couldn’t walk around the world or watch cutscenes that I went and bought a PS2 and a copy of FES, so far, I definitely prefer FES

18:11 It sucks that a lot of people won't see the original P5 ending. I personally loved that one way more than the P5R ending

what's the song on 19:40?

PE3 Reloaded has enters the chat.

If you're gonna play P3P, you should probably do it through emulation. With the HD texture packs available for PPSSPP the game looks so good, especially the character sprites (as seen in this video).

Yous should always have in mind mods that restore or add missing content in mind for this kinda setuations

I've been emulating persona 5 on my shitty PC barely getting those 30 fps yes it was difficult yes it had sound glitches sometimes but DAMM that game is impressive in the way that it really shows a change it's the same surprise I had when going from persona 3 fes to persona 4. On my old PS2 The only sad part is that these releases got announced as I was getting to the last dungeon. I decided to stop playing so that I will be motivated to start again but DAMM I wish they announced it earlier.

The best thing that happened to me was that in mercado libre at one point I found the physical persona 5 for ps4, I bought it and it came in the metal box

No matter how many videos do I watch, I'm still doubting on persona 3 versions, I never played the game, I'm playing on a series x, should I buy the p3p version or just emulate p3fes? Because I guess that they will never release P3 fes on the Xbox shop

How do you emulator FES

and now we r waiting for P3 Reload

i honestly love the system of not being able to control your party members in p3fes. it made it more difficult and i loved it

You should play this version of the game with these mods!

14:49 damn background music hits different plz gimme sauce

song pls @ 12:37 i need datt

P2 innocent sin battle system on psp isn't the worst, but it's definitely the slowest and forces you to use the automode even more than the psx version. I don't agree with you on the mods thing, last time I put a cheat that reduces random encounters, it was the best decision tbh.