Can You Beat Persona 3 With Only Orpheus?
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After a very long delay, I'm finally done with my next challenge run. This time, I find out if it is possible to beat Persona 3 Portable without using any Personas besides Orpheus. In doing this challenge, I am forced to make use of social links, skillcards, and stat bonuses in order to make Orpheus into my ultimate Persona!
If you have any other ideas for MegaTen or Persona challenges, let me know!
36:13 Akihiko: "I've been waiting for this!"
*beats a defenseless girl to death*
That's some Chad energy right there lol (or whatever the Japanese equivalent is)
@@jarnegi chado enarugy
@@jarnegi *Akihiko no powa*
kinky.
He savage
"I don't want to see Tartarus ever again after this"
-Me after the first block
me when the difficulty increased by a lot on the third block (i was playing on hard)
Basically Me After First Floor Because My SP was Low and Everything was falling apart
That's me after the first floor
Okay, I just got past that part and I really don't wanna see tartarus. The shit is starting to drag on. If P3 does get a remake, the floors of Tartarus needs to be trimmed down and not have the bosses be so damn hard
"Oh Oh god no please Yukari heal us,Junpei,give me some Defense buffs please"
Orpheus at the start: “Am baby, please don’t hurt me... :(“
Orpheus at the end: **Screaming in God**
ALL PRAY GOD ORPHEUS!
All pray god Orpheus!
All pray god Orpheus
@@meta_7145 yes
the best part is that i had a god-skill like orpheus in p3p lol
@@megamindropesnake nice
Can we just all collectively take a moment to acknowledge how funny it is that the Hermit arcana is literally just you playing an online game by yourself in your room?
With a... computer monitor to your face?
Jesus Christ where are the purple vines?
WestOfLee HERMIT PURPLE
I thought you were playing it with your teacher
yep thats the joke, thanks for pointing it out because we're all so stupid, except you, the only person who ever made that connection ever
anime profile picture talking to me?
"Can You Beat Persona 3 With Only Orpheus?"
...you mean that's not how I was supposed to play the game?
@Cringy Persona Fan on my original playthrough I did what most would call "a big dumb" and just refused to use anything other than Orpheus because it felt less true to the character.
I have learned.
we've gone through the same path. I wouldnt combine my persona unless the result was Orpheus.
oops hahaha I did the same...
@Cringy Persona Fan i did this too, and a "only arsene run" in P5
The only way to play it is to be a insufferable neet and not social linking anyone else besides main story. Yeah, sounds right.
“I’m not going to count this cutscene as breaking my Orpheous-only run”
Buddy, who’s holding a gun to your head where you have to explain that
All the die hard try hard challenge runners who do a run religiously
He's holding the gun to himself
Whoever was like number 69, screw you
The UA-cam Commentsection
Me
>playing the opening of P3
“So I’m skipping through the text fast as possible”
>partway through P3
“I hope I never see Tartarus again”
>Finishing P3
“I’m tearing up a bit, every time I play this game I enjoy it more”
Why you skipping the text as fast as possible? Whats the point of even playing if you dont pay attention to the plot?
@@Raydnt69 No, the Nyarly was skipping the text. He's also played it 4 times by now, I think he can skip after playing it that much.
@@Raydnt69 Repeat playthrough.
@@Raydnt69 you sound like a fool
Wasnt aware talking about Nyarly, sorry
Ah, so persona 3 but the protagonist isn't a wild card, cool
That would seriously be a lame protag
What would be cool would be a navi protag
James Pilgrim
Not a Navi protagonist, but what about a Navi you can choose the actions of, like in Persona Q2.
@@Light-vl6sr oh yeah, good idea
If it wasn't for the fact that Nyarly had to do all the stuff with skill cards (and therefore fusing personas to make them), one could reasonably imagine that the protag had never even met Igor and learned that wildcards are a thing.
Navi protag sounds like a Robin from the Fire Emblem series
Makoto: So I can use multiple personas? Cool!
Nyarly: no
Haha, looks like he can summon some denons
Hello brother
@@AquilaPainWhy hello brother nice profile pic
@@teeno2680 hello brother
makoto would say he doesn’t care
"because I think sword fighting is way cooler than running around in circles." Ryuji will remember this.
You could take swimming in FES. So you'd be swimming in circles too XD
Besides, it would be better practice for battles. Like Yukari with Archery (even if it doesn’t seem to do much)
@@bw6188 Hey she said she goes to archery club. She never said shes any good at it
@@mouthwide0pen "Pls Hit!"
"Ugh lame
"i wont miss!"
"Gee that was fast"
Fighting is kind of running in circles though
Ah yes, we must never forget the infamous main villain in this game.
" revolver jesus "
good times
Fun fact: If you search "Emo Messiah vs Revolver Jesus" you will get Unavoidable Battle, Strega's fight music (That or the actual fight, it's changed since last I tried)
@@jennytulls6369 I searched those words up and got his actual boss fight as the first three videos.
"I want you to untie my ribbon"
"I apologize if I make any unusual noises"
Yeah,there's no way canonically that they didn't smash.
Burning your genetics into her…
Ok
@@zecke58 might be the best way to make sure Minato's bloodline is passes on even after he turns into a door.
@@Iron8127 question, if your EXISTENCE gets wiped from reality, does every shred of atom that you've ever had disappear well? Like what would happen if Minato got any of the girls he smashed pregnant?
@@disk3001 I have no idea at all.
38:57 Yukari's words were so poetic and sincere, just the way I remembered them
69 oh yeah
NOÒOO MY 69
She HATES EVERY MALE, DUDE!!!
@@joshuadelministro4954 No fucking shit
Nocturne without buffs still sounds like such an incredibly miserable experience. Lmao
Nocturne in a nutshell
yeah i'd find that far more interesting than this.
@@Jack_80 you'd definitely need a very good variety of demons to ensure you can beat bosses with weaknesses when they can buff and steamroll you. But it's very doable as long as Dekaja and Dekunda arent banned.
That sounds like he would have had to grind a lot to overpower some of the early bosses and hope for good RNG on the late game ones, or heavily rely on debuffs if those were allowed.
@@chaosmark101 matador is a different story
36:08 Takaya was right... You're a nuisance!
Akihiko: I've been waiting for this!
Akihiko knows his priorities.
🤣
Bros before hoes
Bro, I literally had the image of here just getting jumped by a boxer, a dog, a robot, and makoto after her legs got broken by a blue man with a harp and just dies there instead of the gun shot
“A no buff run of SMT Nocturne”
That phrase is the embodiment of _”Ya gotta death wish buddy?”_
*Laughs in Matador*
Spells like endless grind
*Pixie opens door only to see Matador*
Demifiend: *slams door with the force of a million Masakado* PIXIE GET THE BUFFS
Lucid Lullaby Mind telling me why having no buffs are bad in SMT Nocturne?
@@prankstermona1485 because in SMT games, buffs are actually really strong, it can be the difference between 200 damage and 1000, in addition, look at the Matador, also some bosses cheat, like Mot
"Why do you hate March 3rd so much?"
*"You wouldn't get it"*
Not gonna lie you had me in the first half
The switch launched March 3rd, not like there's anything wrong with it.
My best friend's bday is March 3rd I don't see why it would be such a horrible day.
*Yes I get the joke*
I’m gonna share that hate now
Why do u get so sad on October 4th?
October 4th March 3 any difference
"Guns are useless in game, but deadly in story." *Laughs in P5R*
@@theinfamousguil he meant how guns in P5R were buffed so now they became one of the best way to deal with most random encounters
oh ok
Spoilers:
Unless you are Joker, Akechi or Dr Maruki. Okumura? Yeah. He deserves to die.
@@theinfamousguil Sae? Shooting Joker? Buddy I don't know what game you're playing but that never happens.
@@piteous2 ??????
Alternative Title:
Can you beat Persona 3 Portable as a normal persona user
@@Zerhapy that's a pretty interesting concept, that would give more value to maxing out s.link to get ultimate persona of that arcana
@@Zerhapy persona 1 and 2 did that
@@Zerhapy you can play P1 and P2 with a PsP emulator
@@Zerhapy Typical, didn't play the original personas.
Disgusting tbh.
@@Zerhapy I think he's addressing his disappointment that you've never played P1 or P2.
Nyx: you think you can beat me?
Makoto: no but he can
*Orpheus start running up to nyx with a harp in his hand and starts beating nyx with it*
Nyx:you'll never beat me!
Orpheus:omia mo shindoiu
Nyx:nani?
*precedes to die*
@@kitetenjogalladeknighttosh8863 Nyx is death so how does it die *You have all been fooled* .Also Kai why are you here go back on taking care of Ren Suzugomori oh and let him borrow some pajamas or else he will be dripping wet on your apartment room
@@veo1053 because frick Nyx frick it's death if you can beat it till it hurts you beat it till it hurts
Kite tenjo [gallade knight/toshiki kai] isnt it omai wa mou shinderu?
@@Yanaden581 yes it is
All the protraits in this game that include a character holding a gun are hilarious to me. They look like those memes where a hand with a gun is badly photoshopped onto them, except it's actual artwork.
Yeah lol
please tell me all the ones that have this, I forget all of them save for gun jesus and ikutsuki
@@Aigis31 You got 2/3. Takeharu Kirijo also has one
LMAO I thought this exact same thing when I played it. especially the ikutsuki one where he's smiling. I literally thought to myself "this looks like a photoshopped persona 3 shitpost"
Especially Takeharu’s. The rest of his portrait doesn’t change at all so it looks even weirder.
When I did an Orhpeus run, I was lucky enough for his Megido to mutate to drain elec.
Nice
Nice
Lucky bastard
My megido mutated into megidola. after hearing this i am no longer proud of that
Well I mutated my recarm into agidyne before the third boss fight and I got my blade of fury mutate into repel dark
Can you beat Jack Bros without having sexual thoughts about Jack Frost?
It made me laugh. thank you
No
HairyOreo After trying I can confirm, No you can’t
HairyOreo lost
Imposs-hee-ble
I read the title as: "Can you beat Persona 3 only using Orphans?"
So playing persona 3 with only the MC
@@kamoshidadaking4661 ken
@@kamoshidadaking4661 MC, Ken, Akihiko and Shinjiro (Maybe Mitsuru after Hanged Man)
I see you're also dyslexic my friend
@@kamoshidadaking4661 aki
Orpheus: *puts Death in an infinite loop of him beating the crap out of it then to seal it again and again*
so basically GER
Orpheus Requiem
You'll never reach the truth.
Orpheus: Kore ga... Requiem da.
Orpheus Telos
-I mean, Persona and JoJo are both franchises that involve punch ghosts-
Man that Chidori boss fight was basically the "here comes the giant fist" meme.
Man they really fisted chidori
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Persona 3 in a nutshell:
"I'm going to defeat you with the power of friendship, and this gun i found!"
“Um acktually it’s an Evoker. 🤓”
@@bct2308"no one asked"
Just kidding just so you know
You just reminded me of the massive existential horror that was trying to get Orpheus Telos
I remember weeping with joy when I finally got him
@@Palewightdeath Just to find out that Messiah was way stronger and way easier to get
@@niclasneziru1854 very true. Telos is mostly a status thing. I like having a 100% compendium. That and using telos on liz is just plain fun.
@@Palewightdeath I always ended up rotating between Messiah, Thanatos and Kohryu. My favorite Personas
@@niclasneziru1854 nice.
I usually have messiah for magic, thanatos for physical and Satan for almighty and auto buffs.
"The last month of the game is the most depressing part of any game I've played."
Oh yeah, I feel that. The game is so hard around that time, because everyone has basically just given up and accepted their fate. There's no exultation at the end of the game, either. It's the most bitter-sweet ending of any game that I've played since Lufia 2. God, the feels were strong.
35:20 "imitates ghost"
is this what we call foreshadowing
"Hello Chidori !"
**Critical hit**
"Goodbye Chidori !"
I prefer rasengan.
I was dying of laughter
"I dont want to live"
"Bet, ORPHEUS!"
Was laughing at that bit as well mostly cos he didn't use Junpei (can't remember if u can or not tbh) and then Akihiko ends it with:
'I've been waiting for this...' as he punches the life out of her. Pmsl
@@serge2coolYou can't use Junpei for the Chidori boss because he went after her before the party prep. But yeah, Sanada-San was waiting to ruin Junpei's relationship for the Yakushima hunting mission.
"Io has given rise to Isis!"
*That didn't age well.*
The sad part is that Isis is a real deity, now the name is tainted
"I'll fight for what I believe in..."
*Jihad time!*
@@tommyber8836 You literally made me cry of so much laughter. XD
Isis is also the name of a “class” in the 2019 game Code Vein. I’m surprised they didn’t just choose a different deity for the NA release at least.
Treshaun Rogers Because of how prevalent the terrorist organization by the same name is today. Not that I’m too bothered by it personally, but it’s definitely one of those things that’s generally considered taboo to reference. Not that they’re referencing it here or in Code Vein, but I could see the mere mention/reminder of it upsetting some people.
The roulette boss actually have a trick on it. Just press "x" on the opposite side of what you want to get. That's it.
Yea I found that out as well
An fellow intellectual
thank you Sun Tzu
I just pressed X immediately and kept getting the good stuff. Until the parts where it was 95% bad, but besides getting really lucky you can’t really force the good result
@@reaperofthingsthe comment literally just told you how to always get the good result lmao
The timing of this video is perfect. I literally just beat Persona 3 for the first time about a week ago.
@sebaswildboy enjoy but don't try to oneround it's just too dreadful
...I hope you played FES
I finished my first playthrough on on Monday.
@@lemonov3031 im playing p3p now, beat fes for my first time a few years ago. I still cri eri tiem
@@ln8496 p3p is good for replays, but bad for the first experience
and also kimi wo I will never leave you....
I like how Great Seal costs all of your HP. That's a cool touch.
hurts every time
When I saw that for the first time, I automatically knew the something was gonna happen to the protag.
@Thi_Usi Damn, are you telepathic?
Via codes I tried using Great Seal outside of the Nyx battle, but nothing happened, it just skipped to the next character in line to attack. I suspect it has some sort of condition, that if you're fighting Nyx it triggers their 'death' sequence, which is Minato raising his hand. In another video I saw someone used a 9999 damage skill on Nyx and it went straight to the Great Seal, so presumably that's what happens if you can bring down their HP
@@VaatiOfDarkness yeah that would make the most sense honestly
The part when you finished Aigis' social link was *weirdly sexual*
All are. All are
"After Minato had sex with toaster-chan,we went back to the dorm."
Yeah you literally undress her and put your DNA in her 🤣🤣
@@thatitalianlameguy2235 ((technically, she is bi and the only canon bi character, yes I know Yosuke had a cut romance option and thus is bi as well
@@Wildcard_Ninja does sexual orientation even matter if you're literally inhuman 🤔
How about this with other Persona games?
P4 with only Izanagi
P5 with only Arsene
P1 with only Seimen Kongou
P2 with only Vulcanus
4 and 5 have really op parties so I can them being doable (although 4 golden would be way easier than 4
@Official VictiniPlays798 yeah probably, but Arsene is not very viable either.
When I first played Persona 2, I only used the original personas. Then I restarted the game when I realised that Ultimate and Prime personas where a thing. I played the PSP version so it wasn't that bad.
Good fucking luck doing p1 with just Seimen Kongou. P2 is kinda do able with just Volcanus
I'd watch those.
There's no way you just called OPERATION BABE HUNT pointless; such sacrilege.
SilentWatcher it’s meh
@@maedotvod Hold on you mean that the persona games aren't all about finding out you can't date your bros because that was cut content (Yosuke)...
GOD DAMMIT ATLUS!
The babe hunts are the main selling points of the past 3 persona games
@@maedotvod That one character doesn't ruin the whole event.
@@maedotvod That's what makes those games great.
"I'm gonna play as the Male main character"
Makoto - "who cares"
not a fan
Well, ppl won't buy p3re just because there's no feMC
AND HERE COMES A GIANT FIST
ORPHEUS NO
Dolphinboi Shoulda set it to Wumbo
_too late_
48:56 When you realize the final move costs 509 hp and all you have is 509 :'(
10/4
actually you can use half your hp and still die in p3p (not in fes tho) using shiva's item cuz it makes the move cost 50% hp and you'd have more than half of your hp left
P3MC : i have a weird teammate that love to use-
Mitsuru : *MARIN KARIN!*
P3MC : there she goes again
Mitsuru is the reason P3P is the better game LMAO
donald from kingdom hearts would like to agree
Morgana is the same way with his Pulinpa skill in P5/P5R, maybe he took lessons from Mitsuru?
I love how in both versions they cut off junpei's all out attack speech
"GET BACK HERE U SON OF A"
It's not cut off, it's how it is
@@ayoubp7689 that's what they mean, that they intentionally set it up to have him stop before saying bitch... cut off meaning the sentence is stopped, not that the line is fucked up
Imagine that this was the intended script. Junpei is about to call them sons of bitches but then thinks a bit too hard about the origins of Shadows and the rest of the All out Attack resolves before he can finish thinking.
When he said “I know this is going to disappoint some people” I instantly assumed that he was gonna pick the FemC LOL
I legitimately don't understand why people dislike the female protagonist so much. What's so bad about her?
PATFORMER I’m perfectly fine with her existence, I just don’t like the option to romance Ken and the fact that if you finish shinji’s social link he survives
@@calebbowsman822 you know the male mc can date Maiko right? She's probably around the same age as Ken, maybe younger
Kynan Bunce no he can’t, she just says that she wants to marry him when she grows up
@@calebbowsman822 Yes but still, its creepy
Love the video... but every time you pronounce Cadenza "Cad-NEE-za" I die inside.
Mega-dolan. Media=Madea.
Not as bad as calling Caesar 'Kiezar'
@@mikey5656 that one actually does make sense, since it's the Roman way of pronouncing it. Still, you'd think after Akihiko said SEE-sir it would click lol
@@mastemathedank4043 the proper pronunciation would be kye-zar, similar to the German Kaiser.
@@Jokah_baybee the actual proper latin pronunciation is Kai-ser, as the roman S was soft. Soft as in the S in See,Sick,Snail,etc and not hard such as in visit,wise,lies,lays,etc (that is where the S sounds like a Z).
Persona 3 is absolutely amazing, Orpheus only or not. Everytime I playthrough and beat it, and every time I hear Kimi no Kyouku, I still tear up a bit. It was probably the first game that I truly felt sad about beating due to how connected I felt to everything regarding it.
The party members are my favorite, as their character developments never just end when their dungeon is finished. They constantly change through the whole game, and their growth isn't just determined by their own Social Links.
Love this game and I hope Atlus will care enough to do a full remake with P5-Level Assets and Polish.
Same here, except instead of Persona 3 it's Persona 5. I honestly kinda "grew up" with the Phantom Thieves and knowing we might get a new Persona game in the future, meaning there's gonna be a new cast, it's hard to let them go. It's kinda a hard-to-swallow pill
Great News
Persona 3 Remake is coming soon
Kinda off topic but what did you think of TsukiRE ? Also P3 reload is official 🎉
Finally, someone who recognizes Pralaya at one of the best skills in the game.
It is, however for Margareth Vorpal Blade is better for the Great status damage bonus.
True, it is strong, but is outclassed by Vorpal Blade with Great condition
36:00 Nyarly:" AND HERE COME THE GIANT FIST"
Junpei:"NYARLY NO!!!"
Junpei sometimes is the Voice of reason
Fuuka: nice shot
Akihiko: i've been waiting for this
Nyarly: "NYARLY YES!!!"
@@guilhermegaspar752Foreshadowing to The Answer where he actually gets to be a voice of reason.
God persona 3 is so good. The ending will never cease to make me feel almost. . . empty.
This ending with Kimi no Kioku in the background is still hitting me right in the feels.
Igor: you are the wild card
Makoto: the what card-
Fun fact: at the beginning of the game, Orpheus does not turn into Thanatos, but instead Death, a persona physically identical to Thanatos.
But Thanatos basically is death isn't he?
@@brotbrotsen1100 yes and no, a representation of death is
@@brotbrotsen1100 yes, he is the god of death
Well there isn't anything that exists that even gives a hint that it wasn't Thanatos but Death instead.
Thanatos literally means death.
I was fighting Nyx (FES) and got to the death arcana. It took me about 13 minutes to get her to her final phase and her almighty attack gave Aigis charm. Aigis used diarahan and I had to do the final phase again. Thank you Aigis.
Orpheus really went and smashed his harp over Chidori's head, lmfao
@20:15
Actually in the Japanese version of the game, the Hermit MMO isn't a reference to Persona 2. It's Devil Busters online, a reference to Megami Tensei 2. The Innocent Sin Online stuff was a product of localization.
Yeah Atlus never gave a shit about P1 and P2 after EP's release excluding smaller cameos, it bothers me when people bring the Hermit up to say that P3 bothered to mention directly P2 when it kinda didn't
@@nullasenzanome9553 Because people are too lazy and stupid to research stuff on their own most of the time.
@Lemonov And because of that stupid "Persona 1 and 2 don't exist lol" meme.
Nulla Senzanome mayas theme in p3fes tho
@@tri1937 Yeah but that's it and they didn't even bother to give the track its name
Not gonna lie...I was expecting him to play the FES version lol.
Reverof Enola I was too but in fes skill cards aren’t a thing and the only way to get him better moves is creating him via fusion with fool personas while portable has skill cards it’s much more simple basically it’s way more difficult to do it on fes while portable is the best way to go for a Orpheus only run
I can confirm, skill cards are not a thing in FES. I was so confused reading game guides and fusion lists because a lot of people didn't label the guides for the different versions.
Also, you can't really control party members in FES. You can give a bit more specific guidelines, but you can't control what skills they keep or any battle action between skills/physical attacks/running away. Instead of them being "playable" characters, they are party NPC's.
Im playing P3FES in my PS2 whit this challenge:
-No New game+
-Only Fusion & Play Personas whit "The fool" arcana.
-Max dificulty.
-I must complete all Elizabeth time-limit quest.
So... The First block is prety much the same.
PD: Sorry if i have a bad inglish
Almost impposible because there no skill card in fes or Regular persona 3
@@chara3906 How did that challenge go?
36:23 I had no idea this boss was easy across all difficulties. I am CACKLING at this
Even you just talking about ending immidietly make me cry.
i didn't cry but the moment i heard the credit song i got hit with a wave of emotion
I'm pretty sure that weird box is because the blinking sprite is just a temporary overlay over the character image which the emulator fails to align properly.
I think it appears when you set the emulated resolution on 3x or higher on PPSSPP if my memory serves
I thought they were meant to be lol
Megidolaon was probably nerfed because in FES, I remember enemies using it, such as the Reaper literally one shotting my entire party of 85+ characters. Probably a enemies balance thing rather than the players
Megidolaon is the same in FES and Portable - 650 base power
P3P just added level scaling
Minato: "Make me not love you."
Yukari: 38:58
Minato: "That only made me love you more."
43:37 dang this video was made in 2000, why am I only seeing it now
Because you don't know what a joke means
Starlight 🗿
@@user-hn5mo6xz1p 🗿
@@YurificationTrademark 🗿
Danté Lawrence 🗿
Curious fact: when he's fighting Takaya for the first time, before the final OUA, Aki says his line. Pretty poetic
"Intimidate a ghost"
You learned the skill Counter Spook: reflect Fear status!
Challenge Run Idea: Beat Strange Journey will only the Jack Frost line.
Other Idea: What if Pokemon Gen 1 had the framework of SMT types, elements, and affinities for all 151 Pokemon?
That'd just be family friendly smt
@@hazmatech4117 Not the point. You would go through all the trouble to come up with elements and affinities that resist, drain or null for 151 Pokemon.
@@EnvyMizuhashi basically that demi kids gameboy game (its been a long time since I played that game in an emulator, and this is a joke, dont @ me)
On a serious note, sounds like an interesting subject to tackle. I was thinking of making a gen 1 game but smt style idea the other day.
here is an example, Pikachu would resist Zio attacks but weak to Zan. But later demon, like Raichu, would absorb electric attacks.
But you can't get any of the jack frost line until you finish the first sector which includes a main boss
@@n-extrafries-surprise When it comes to attacks, we could actually retain the moves in Pokemon, just re-appropriate them for the smt framework. Instead of Pokemon types for affinities, we can go along the lines of Fire, Water (including Ice), Lightning, Wind (i.e. Flying/wind related moves), Nature (i.e. Grass/Poison/Ground), Magic (Fairy/Dragon), Mind (i.e. Psychic) and Dark. Physical types like Steel, Fighting and Normal can easily be refit into Slash, Strike, and Pierce.
And if you're wondering "where's bug, ghost and rock?" This is where we have more "sophisticated" Types, rather than Races. Mons like Arcanine are Beast; Ekans is Reptile, while bugs are still Bug and Dragon-like Mons are still Dragon.
Honestly one of my favorite rewatch videos. I watched this on a slow night when it came up in my recommended after beating persona 5. It was also what got me to emulate and play persona 3 which subsequently became one of my favorite games
I gotta say this is a great way to start the decade. Persona 3 honestly doesn’t get as much love as Persona 4 and Persona 5 even though it has a great cast, a overall good storyline that make sense in the future games, and great Persona’s. I started the Persona series with the 3rd installment and I have to say. That persona 3 means more to me than the other sequels sure I love P4 and P5 all the same but those events would’ve never happened without P3. Persona 3 is the best persona game and I’m proud.
The original Persona 4 is for PS2. Why would you need a Vita, unless playing Golden?
I have a ps2, ps3, and ps4. Sure, I don't need the ps2, since the ps4 can play ps2 games. But why would you buy a vita for just one game?
Get a ps3. It can play games for ps 1, 2, and 3. Ps4 can only play ps4 games.
That way, you can get Persona 1 and 2: IS/EP as well.
Is it worth buying a PS Vita just to play Persona 4?
Sierra Fry ps vita/tv versus getting a ps3, I'd say a vita/tv is better because p1,2 and 4 have there definitive editions while PS3 has the og games and few. And p3p is just as good as FES if not better.
28:56 Pronouncing Caesar the Classical Latin way? I hear you're a man of culture as well!
Ave
He pronounced Cadenza as CadNeeza
He will not be nailed to a cross like the NCR degenerates
Dude, did you not hear "Dy-oh-knee-sus"?
@@swordmaster2305 Ave, true to Caesar
the Yukari edit is basically girls if Junpei was brave enough to be a class clown and a playboy at the same time
I love these kinda videos. I can't watch your smt4 one cos I'm currently part way through so I'm happy to hear you're making this a series.
35:00 The manga shows that execution means being frozen in ice.
That's a bit of a lame explanation when she can just do that inside Tartarus whenever she wants.
That's like accidentally doing something perverted and you get stabbed with a knife
@@thidderreal that sums it up really well.
@@UltimaKeyMaster but she does it during normal time, outside the Dark Hour
@@romiarkan450 Wait, post Persona 2 Persona users can use their personas outside the Dark Hour/TV World/Mementos or some equivalent?
Smash Bros. just became a little more canon
It's almost as if Atlus got a ton of flak for not making Nocturne accessable, so their response was to double down and force you to learn the systems.
Very epic and very cool Nyarly but you forgot that Orpheus turns into Thanatos during the tutorial. So you lose, you are nitpicking and biased, I win, bye bye!
It has something for everyone 8/10
Simply Dad But technically He was forced to used Thanatos and technically Thanatos is still Orpheus.....so YOU WRONG
Actually Ryojin(pharos) inside him is the one who summoned thanatos not the mc..
seo joo hyun that still means the MC was forced to use Thanatos but you are right so basically the Orpheus challenge was a success
Awesome joke comment.
Ugh, The Battle For Everyone's Souls is such a good song
I tried to defeat Nyx Avatar with my original, level 99 Orpheus. I didn't teach him any skills other than the ones he learns from leveling up. I eventually did succeed, but it took absolutely friggin' forever. Keep in mind I only did that for the Nyx Avatar battle. For some reason I thought it would be a fitting, and poetic final battle by finishing it with the original Orpheus. Instead all I got was lots of pain, and tears. That didn't stop me though since I did that as well with Erebus in FES.
Messiah is kinda supposed to be Orpheus' evolved form, so, less pain that way.
"Cadneza," huh?
Somethin ain't right here...
Welp, in Portable fusion skills becomes items, and Mitsuru gives us 3 Cadenza after coming to Tartarus second time, and also Cadenza uses Orpheus, sooo... yeah, seems pretty legit.
UA-cam Is a shit r/whoosh
@@sonikamidnight7952 dawg nyarly said "cadneza" instead of "cadenza" that was the thing.
@@0SC2 haha, i didnt wanna point it out cuz i SWEAR hes doing it on purpose. When he pronounced "Caesar" as "Kaiser" around 28:55 i felt like that had to be it.
@@randyramirez6095 welp.
I just realized that more or less Aegid's social link implies that the tarot deck being referenced is Aleister Crowley's Thoth tarot deck... Crazy.
Makes sense considering Aegis' and Messiah are marked under Tarots from the Thoth Tarot deck
Uhhh.. aigis
@@ln8496
It's Aegis in the Japanese, Aigis in the English. I personally prefer Aigis as well for the AI pun, but they're not incorrect.
@@CyanMedic I always call her Aegis in my head, just because I was exposed to the "aegis shield" term beforw, and was convinced the japanese were referencing that.
@@denkerbosu3551
No, you're right, that's absolutely the intended reference. The English added on an additional AI pun. So a defender robot, an artificial intelligence guardian, an AI-gis.
I love how in later Persona games, that the personas and stuff are unknown to anyone as for this one it’s legitimately normal.
What?
@@celestine-valentine6993 My thoughts exactly, the Hell are they on about?
@@finalhunter6177 I believe they are talking about how Personas are known by basically no one in 4 and 5, while in 3 they are a known factor to a decent amount of people.
Can you beat Persona 1 without the battle music driving you insane?
Leave this body, manly!
You monster....
Ps1 version. Or music restoration patch if you really want to play the PSP version.
@Retendo you're seriously the first person I've ever met who doesn't like the PS1 soundtrack, literally everyone I've ever talked to, both online and IRL, about the game either loves it or is indifferent to it, but they all agree it's superior to the trash repetitive Jpop from the PSP remake.
Karl Schweinfurth JPOP ost isn’t even bad, original sounds corny and old, and I love the PS1 smt OSTs
Persona 3 except you're basically like all of your teamates.
Persona 3 but you're a normal Persona-user
ngl, the first time I played Persona 3, it was as the FeMC. I got super invested in Shinjiro's social link. I actually managed to complete it, too. When I reached that cutscene, I actually cried. I kept that his stuff and exclusively used Sandalphon for the rest of the game. It got pretty good, too.
"Nik looks nothing like ryoji" huh it the hair
Also the voice
The face, the hair, the voice
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
For anyone wondering to fix the white box issue, set texture filtering to nearest instead of linear
Kimi no Kioku as the screen whites out always makes my eyes red af. I just can't help it.
Glad you lightly addressed the story at the end. Cause this whole time I was like, "Who the hell plays through a Persona game for just the gameplay?" Then you say this is your fourth time. Now it all makes sense haha. Great video.
Anyone reading this who hasn't played this game, still do it. He wasn't kidding at the end when he sang its praises, and he skipped over a ton of stuff. Even summarizing entire social links by saying, "I did the social link for this arcana," doesn't cover the entire story of that link. He mentioned how this is a loooooong game, and he couldn't touch on practically any of the story or else this video would be like 5 hours long even summarizing it.
Even knowing the broad strokes of what happens, that isn't the same as playing it, yourself. The story gets tailor-made to you, in a way, as how you choose to spend your in-game time informs the character and what he ultimately decides to do at the end. He was tearing up at the end with good reason, and he ain't the only one. This is a difficult game (especially if you're playing P3FES where there's no direct command over your party), but it's absolutely doable if you play it smart and heed the game's warnings about how to succeed.
Haha, I know the portrait blinking problem he's talking about. In the visual novel cutscenes, the game seamlessly flashes a matching layer of the characters' closed eyes over the open eyes. Emulators do a bad job hiding layered images and textures tho.
I still think you should do strange journey without fusing guys
Bruh no
@@telosnyx5193 why not
The only thing thats a problem is getting hathor but you can find her
@@genericname2593 i was kd
@@genericname2593 true pure true
[10:45] "Cadneeza."
It's Cadenza, my dude.
Cadense.
"Caizar" tho
Caesar with a hard C is accurate Latin pronunciation at least.
Oh, I can name several things he "mispronounced" based on regional dialect.
Cadenza and Caesar being two of them.
Caesar might be excusable with the dialect, but "Cadneeza" is phonetically incorrect (it literally contradicts the spelling).
Can this type of run be done with P4 or 5? I know you have to fuse away Arsene in 5, but I'm not sure if you can get him back before your next fight.
I wish they'd remake this game so so so so so so very much...
It would be awesome if they remade it with both the male and female protagonist, adding the animated anime cutscenes to the female protagonist. Heck, they could just keep P3 FES graphics, and I would be a happy man.
Why? All of the game's versions are perfectly fine as they are. I know some other titles that *desperately* need remakes though...
@@ginger-ham4800 such as ?
@@a-man1433 p1, 2IS and 2EP
naapurinerkki OH GOD FUCK HANd OVER THE P1 REMAKE NOW
I gotta say... I didn't expect the heartfelt sendoff at the end. I was really just expecting this video to be an entertaining, concise gameplay rundown. But I was happy to hear your thoughts on the story going along, as well.
I feel like Persona 4 gets so much more praise than it deserves, and most fans just kind of view Persona 3 as some inferior sidenote. It makes me feel good to see others appreciate this game for what it manages to accomplish... 'cause despite its faults, it goes above and beyond with what it does do right.
eh?? its really the opposite from what i’ve seen. p3 is always praised minus i suppose some mechanics but- story wise and character wise it’s always praised.
I dont know if you'll even see this since this video came out 4 years ago, but every persona game i only use the main protagonist's fool arcana persona, Orpheus, Izanagi, Arsène, as thats what the characters use in their anime adaptations. I just came across this video and it made me just now realize that by doing exactly that, i was basically doing my own challenge run. Its definitely fun to do, leveling up one single person, increasing their stats, using skill cards to make their moveset better throughout the game. You get a subscribe from me my guy.
Edited to add, that I am doing exactly this for Persona 3 Reload
Persona 3 is literally my favorite game ever, I was getting goosebumps and almost tearing up in the ending (fun fact: it took me quite some months after beating the game to be able to listen to the credits song again). This seems to be a really fun run! It seems after you got Orpheus' stats pretty high you could just snowball through everything. I'm now motivated to replay P3 after beating P4G that was recently released on Steam.
Also, I really do prefer the P3P presentation, first because I really like the Visual Novel presentation, which I believe really improves the immersion, and second because moving around is so easy using the pointer instead of walking around.
"Mainly because Persona 3 Portable is on the PSP, which is one of the easiest consoles to emulate."
Yeah, I'm sure it has nothing to do with Skill Cards not existing in previous versions, and allies being AI controlled in previous versions... I see what you're doing. lol
No, PSP is one of the easiest thing to emulate. PS2 is one of the hardest thing to emulate.
@@valllllleeeeeeerrrrriiiee I think my point still stands. Emulation issues aside, this challenge would have been insanely more difficult, if not impossible, in FES or vanilla.
@@ultlifeform it would definitely make it harder. But I think the skill cards made the video a little more interesting imo
@@rokia360 Oh, for sure. Was not making a comment on the entertainment quality by any means. Just a bit of a joke about the reasons for the version choice. I'd much rather see improving skills and strategies, than nothing but Bash, Agi, and praying for good party member A.I. the entire game.
@@ultlifeform I mean.... seeing him struggle would've been kind of entertaining too heh heh
the narration and pace of it is great, thanks for this work
Lockturne challenge when?
-only recruit the first demon you find per area
-if a demon dies, it permanently dies
-No catedral of shadows
-no healing springs and no buying items
-no evolving demon
-cant purchase mitama or elementals
I only used Orpheus for fun in the Normal Dificulty with my beloved Makoto, i love Orpheus, he is just SO cool. And i hope to finish this run to do New Game+ and get my Shinjiro Ending with Kotone, and do the Orpheus Route again!.
28:58 'akihiko's persona becomes Ceaser...
Me:SSSSSSHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAA
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Now laugh
"SHINJIIIIIII!"
Cryptic Bëast ua-cam.com/video/feoyqrjRhs8/v-deo.html
No Wonder he uses elect magic
It's Hamon
Jojo refrencing
Just started the video and I'm sure you already know this, but changing texture filtering to nearest fixes the eyes, for anyone curious.