Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Persona 3 Reload is out and I'm gonna gush about that game and the original Persona 3 for half an hour and nobody can stop me.

Short animation of the creation of Persona by Frog King
youtube.com/user/Jaydude777


Timestamps:
00:00 - 17:50 - spoiler-free review
17:50 - 29:18 - Theme analysis, full game spoilers
29:18 - 33:10 - Final criticisms, outro

Music used from Persona 3, sans vocals:
- Aria of the Soul (Reload)
- Burn My Dread (FES)
- The Voice Someone Calls (Reload)
- Tartarus (Reload)
- Color Your Night (Reload)
- Iwatodai Dorm (FES)
- Memories Of The City (Reload)
- Tanaka's Amazing Commodities (FES)
- Mass Destruction (Reload opening, transitioning into FES for intrumental)
- When The Moon Is Reaching Out To The Stars (FES)
- Memories of You (FES)
- The Battle For Everyone's Souls (Reload)
- Full Moon Full Life (Reload)
- Master Of Tartarus (Reload)

Additional music used:
Lobotomy Corporation - Neutral 04

Channels I borrowed additional footage from:
- Noire Blue
youtube.com/@NoireBlue
- DismArchus
youtube.com/@DismalArkhus
- Shirrako
youtube.com/@Shirrako
- justonegamr
youtube.com/@justonegamr
- Anikiz
youtube.com/@anikiz6121
- Faz
youtube.com/@FazPersona
- Zrego
youtube.com/@Zrego
- BuffMaister
youtube.com/@BuffMaister
- Ryvenn
youtube.com/@xRyvenn
- Segiri
youtube.com/@segiriyt
- N7Grey
youtube.com/@n7grey
- reznoire
youtube.com/@reznoire

plus official trailers.

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