When this song kicked in the first time at the shrine, I was baffled. I put down my controller to listen to this for a good 10 minutes. This had never happened to me whilst playing a game before. The mood, timing and finally the song itself, everything was perfect.
Exactly the same for me. Controller at my legs, ears open and a delicious shiver to run through my body and my heart. If this song appears at the beginning of the game it would have more less impact.
I think my friend had linked this song to me WAAAY before i reached January (just did the other day), but... when the song started, I just stopped what I was doing and listened. and the piano/guitar mix kicked in at around 0:40, and I knew: This was it.
Definitely the feels.. never thought this game would resonate to what is happening in the world these days .. friends staying strong and all love ones during these hard times.
This track to me is the peak of Shoji Meguro's entire musical career. The melancholic nostalgia as you remember all the good expierences you had with your friends, all the places you've been to in the city, the hell of losing Shinji, and the fear it's all going to be over and you'll never see them again. But that sweet determination to live life to the fullest comes in. Playing as an apathetic teenager who lost his parents but slowly learned to care about people was brilliant. Watching him learn the value of life made me value it more too.
The entire world is at it's last month of existence. Everyone is consumed by the rumors spread by Strega that Nyx's arrival represents salvation. Only the protagonist can save the world from this catastrophe.
After I explained some of the context to my mom she said it felt like "working through a tough time, but with hope for a better future" which S.E.E.S kinda are. They where filled with dispair at first, then slowly starting to warm up to the idea of facing death itself. It's pretty beautiful how music can convey such a specific message, and to people with no real context of the creation, isn't it!? She wants to play P3R, which makes me happy! Another thing we can bond over :D She is interested in P5R, but I've kinda spoiled it rotten, having talked about it for 3 years straight, lol.
I listened to this after my senior year graduation ceremony, 6 years ago. I almost cried at school. People say Persona 2 is the best, for me, it'll always be Persona 3.
Titanium Llama I like how you worded your comment. Some people (but they are very vocal that it is sometimes hard to hear the other people) jump to the conclusion that when someone says Game A is better than Game B, they think that person is saying Game B is bad. Now if someone does gets on your case with a comment like that, then they have only themselves to blame.
the feels... THE FEELS... this is by far the most beautiful song in Persona 3 hands down. But my favorite song in the game is "The Battle for everyone's soul"
Persona 3 taught me how to value life and not fear death. Persona 3 taught me to always seek out the truth no matter what and persevere Persona 5 taught me to believe in one's own power and freedom.
One of the most depressive moments in video games ever. This shit was amazing man, everyone says they're gonna die, the end is approaching and this songs fits so nicely. You feel the pressure.
I really like the references to the credits theme in this song. Like at 0:37 the piano repeating those 2 notes back and forth, referencing the vocals of part of the credits theme.
as soon as this started to play we all realized we werent going to beat persona 3 soon but persona 3 has beaten us. this is literally the only game ever that made me genuinely cry and for 20 damn minutes seriously i dont think there can be a game with THIS good of a soundtrack
The moment it dropped was absolute cinema as well, another game would have used a generic festival song but not P3. It really makes you realize this might as well be their last holiday.
I finished his link on the last Sunday of 2009, and watching him vanish had me at the verge of tears. 12/31 and this song on New Year's pushed me over the edge. Persona 3 truly is an incredible game.
Few games have made me feel true dread like Persona 3 did... I really felt like my time was coming to an end, and I had to prepare... I love this game so much.
Looking back through the persona series, i dont think any song sets the mood better than this one for its final moments. Persona 4 was quiet instead of happy and cheery. Persona 5 was intense and serious, instead of bustling and focused. Persona 3 slowly introduces these changes. Like gekkokhan high getting a new track every semester. The song you used to hear during the entire game for the outside flips its entire tone from energetic to a sense of calm and purpose, and does it fantastically. Also i really like this song because it gives me some series Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Yggdrasil vibes.
This is one of the many reasons why P3 is the best in the series (alongside P2 duology). P4 and P5 are amazing games but they will never be on the same level as those.
This is the theme that made me realize how good of a soundtrack can drastically change the whole experience of playing the game. When this theme played for the first time at the shrine after New Year’s Eve, I just couldn’t help myself but put my controller down and listened to this for about half an hour..❤️
I'm, clearly, in the minority about this, but I didn't find January to be that depressing. The empty streets, the melancholy, the music; all of it gave me a sense of calm and fulfillment. January was beautiful in it's desolation and resignation. And it is for that reason I found it amazing, and I wanted to savor every day of it.
Bonus points too if you're aware ever since from the start of the game that Minato was doomed to die when it said "he'd be given a year". It just comes full circle.
I agree. I was hit by a lot of emotions but it wasn't depression as much as stunned by the beauty of how everything was portrayed and how much I needed to savor the remainder of the game
I guess it's the resignation of knowing that you've made your choice and now there's nothing else to do but wait for the promised day and see how it will end. Might as well enjoy life until then, rather than fearing how little time is left and how the odds are stacked against you. If you were that type you wouldn't have let Ryoji leave the dorm alive anyway.
I don’t think that depression is really felt until after the fact. Even if you saw MCs death coming a mile away from all of the minute details in story and parallels to each characters’ personae and their real life mythological counterparts. Facing the reality of knowing you or someone you know is going to die is absolutely nothing compared to the impact that loss has on the human heart. One of the only reasons I can justify playing through The Answer. I felt like the original ending was just fine as it was, but I wanted to spend a little more time with the rest of the team and see how everyone was coping with the loss of their friend. More-so than I cared about the actual “answer” it was already pretty heavily implied that MC sacrifices himself in some form for the whole of humanity all “door-kun” memes aside. TLDR; I felt the same as you my first play through. Now hearing any version of memories of you makes me cry like a little baby
As a new fan of the series I used to think Persona 5 had the best music, but now that I nearing the end of Persona 3 I find myself loving Persona 3 music much more. This song and Living With Determination have made me look back on my journey through Persona 3 and it for some reason makes me want to kill Nyx so much more. (Also as of writing this I have not killed Nyx)
@@marrowyoutube you must be smoking something so good I might wanna try it myself. P5 never gets down to the level of P3 depression and this fits much better with the game it's made for than P5.
If you mean that the 3rd semester feels more impactful with the song being played then yeah, I agree. If you mean that this song is more impactful during P5 3rd semester than January in P3 then I heavily disagree.
I meant that it fits really good with the menlancholic tone. Obviously the third semester is (in my opinion) the best thing to come out of the Persona series.
Growing up I remember always stressing about death and the future constantly. It got do bad that eventually I started having anxiety attacks out of no where. Playing this game one year before graduating highschool was probably one of the best experiences. It's always weird saying something like this changed your life, but P3 did that for me. Can't say I'm not at all scared of death, bit at least now I can really live without it being a constant stress in my mind and affecting my health. It really put into perspective a lot of aspects in my personal life, and for that I'll always be grateful for all the artists that made this masterpiece of a game.
The music choice for the last month is nothing short of brilliant, moving and unnerving. Tbh I never heard the electric guitar in this piece because where ever I needed to be I was there already doing whatever I needed to do. Just the first half of this track is enough to give you the sense of dread that is all around the cast and mc.
I like this better than the reload track, because less instruments makes the song sound hollow and lonely, as it should. Both iterations are incredible, though.
I love torturing myself by listening to sad osts right after watching an amazing anime where I don't even know if the main character died in the end or not... feels
The synth: set the ambience The piano: remember you when you are currently in game The drum: set the rhythm The both electric and acoustic guitar: set the melancholy
It's the last few months of school for me, and I'll be shipping out for Navy boot camp in June. I've been listening to this song before and after school everyday. It really sets the tone for me
My disc of this game recently stopped working. Granted, ever since the start, my Ps2 had some bit of trouble reading it, and i managed it to get it running enough for me to play over 40 hours but right around when things started to get big, it decided it was good time to simply stop doing that halfway through. I only got as far as a few days after the fight against the Chariot and Justice Arcana, now it will take a while until i can get another copy and find out more about -Shadow Jesus- Takaya and the rest of Strega. Quite frustrating, i can't refrain myself from looking at related stuff and incidentally spoiling myself the story.
TaijutsuJoshua I was planning to get PS3 to play all the things that haven't been available on PC.I built myself a new gaming PC so I will wait for PS4 when PS5 comes out
this is why it was so surprising to me. i had thought all persona games lasted a year on my first playthrough, so I was genuinely surprised when the main character sacrificed himself to save the world and the game ended 3 months short. Still hits me in the feels just typing it out
@@necksuss5806 agreed. IMO there should be a spinoff game in which the characters' main goal would be to free Arisato Minato/Yuuki Makoto's soul from the seal, so he can finally rest in peace
@@HB-bc9hx elizabeth quit being a helper in the velvet room to look for a way to get him out. Everyone else had to move one ( i only played p3p and never p3 fes, but iirc in fes they had to just accept it. Among other things that happened)
Just finished Persona 3 FES The Journey. This track absolutely caught my attention and wouldn't let go. The game has a huge tonal shift in January and the moment I heard this track, I was immediately hit with a sense of melancholy
I feel like this theme is what it's like to live in 2020 during the pandemic, especially in America, especially as we head into a grim Winter... I never thought I'd understand the feeling of this song on the level I do now.
I think the Song also played in your last days of the game. I played p3 and fes. Then i picked up p3p. In p3p, which i played maybe 2 years after p3 and this song played while i hear a mom tell me about her dead son whos written a story... I cried. I cried so much cause of this game and i love it. Such a beautiful game, and a masterpiece on its own. Well.. Not a game, but rather an journey.
I'm there now. One month till Nyx. I'm a bit scared tbh. I don't know if I'll be able to beat her, or rather, the Nyx Avatar. I knew the whole story of p3 before playing, and I've listened to this song lots before I came to 1/1, but it still hits different actually being there. This has been a great journey, even surpassing Persona 5 at many points (although I still cherish P5 more, and overall love it more because of what it did to me as a person). I looked forward to the atmosphere of this month, but now that I'm here... I genuinely dread the Fall. I'm in Tartarus rn, trying to get to the top in a day, but I still can't stop thinking of this song. I know the end is nigh, and that realization is making me really think about the people I decide to spend my final days with in-game. I can't finish everything, so I really have to ration the time. I really hope Reload will live up to the peak fiction that is this game.
Well, in terms of story they hit all the right notes and I still cried just as much as I did playing FES 6 years ago, but to me Reload really missed the mark with the animated cutscene art direction, the whole OST, the edge and grime of the PS2 graphics, and some of the VAs in English just don't hit the same way (its pretty half-and-half for me tbh) I still couldn't confidently say that Reload is the definitive version of the game either after everything and despite all of the improvements to the gameplay and extra story... Which is a shame.
I like this song so much because the pressure it gives you. Also because you never saw it coming for the endgame. Its so peaceful but at the same time very depressing
I absolutely love p3 and on yt there are not many vids of people loving p3, but on almost every p3 video the comment section is just filled to the brim with people explaining how much they love this game and I no longer feel alone
P3 is my favorite game of all time, despite being 10 years since I first played it I still find myself thinking about it often. I'll always love it deeply.
I didn't really care much for this final month of the game; not at first. Hell, I already knew what happened at the end of it all anyway, so what did it matter? But as I saw the number cult members steadily increase as the fateful day drew closer, I grew more and more unnerved with all the stuff they continuously raved on and on about. This final month is probably one of the more powerful moments in gaming I've faced. You see it all: the locales you've grown to enjoy wandering throughout the course of the game with your friends, vandalized by this group claiming that Nyx will soon bring "salvation." You know you're the only ones who can fix this. And that you will. The good memories you've had of the city will live on. Why shouldn't you as well?
The electric guitar evokes the same somber feeling of helplessness with only a sliver of hope that it does in P4's "The Almighty." That track is basically a climactic version of this song, and that's okay with me, as it's an incredibly evocative track. Think about that. P3's soundtrack is so good that even its anticipation tracks can double as climactic ones with slight tweeking. And that's to say nothing of its own climactic tracks, which are mind-bogglingly good, in the form of "The Battle for Everyone's Souls" and "Burn My Dread - Last Battle." P3's soundtrack is outstanding, even by JRPG stardards, which already set a high bar.
The main ideas I get from this song are the end is coming near, you have already chosen your path, and trying to enjoy all the time you still have. This hits so hard.
This song, to me, perfectly sums up P3. The world is on the threat of ending, people are falling to despair and apathy, and the pressure to save it is immense, but you fight through. You and your team made a promise to each other. Now it's time to fulfill it with your hope, love, and determination.
Well yeah. I'm an highschool student, but thanks to pandemic the rest of my life as a student is ruined. When everything will be over, I'll probably have to graduate, and because of online classes and poor organization from my school, I'm sure that going to university will be ten times harder (even because I wanted to study abroad). My life is kinda fucked up, and I was playing P3 before the pandemic, so I started hearing this song everytime I go out of the house. People are sad, but at the same time it seems like nobody cares. It's like people just want to live in blissfull ignorance until the day the pandemic will fuck us up again. It is kinda sad...
It's surreal we are 2 weeks from this remake coming out, like I never thought this day would actually come like ever if I'm being honest, we've been asking for a remake since what as far back as I can remember when I started playing these games
that last month was so depressing for me personally, some of the NPC's were gone like the old couple and i completed most of the social links i was interested in so i spent time with the dying dude lol
SuperVegeta25Returns It's after December 31, if I remember, about a month left before Nyx. But I might be wrong, it's been quite some time since I played P3 in general. And trust me. When this comes, it'll be a whole lot more sad than awesome ;-;
Well, P4 does have a rather bouncy and jazzy soundtrack, which cannot be compared to P3's dark and emotional ones. So, yeah. They have their own charms.
obligatory heartfelt reminiscent comment I played this game back in January this year, and funny enough beat in on January 31st. listening to this now makes it feel like a lifetime ago
I've never played P3 and I was going to ditch playing P3 Reload, but after hearing this OST, I've just added it back to my Wishlist. Even though its gameplay may not be as polished as P5R, I'm hoping that the storyline, environment and character interactions will more than make up for it.
I feel this fits the fitting of dread better than memories of you, and I think that's on purpose. I mean, this is during the experience of that dread, and memories of you, feels like what it is, the feeling after the dread, but still sad, the world is saved, but at what cause, vs. the feeling of dread and death looming over your head for around 2 months.
I always love when a video game reminds you in one way or another of time running out, but nothing hits harder than this song
Same, for me this is why I really love persona 3.
I really love the first desolate area of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It even has a subtle clock ticking sound to set the mood for the entire game.
while taking 100 hours of your life at the same time 😭
Nothing hit me more in the feels than the first time I heard this. "Oh damn, the world really IS going to end..."
I know right !! Best Persona game ever ...
MightyPsoum
I dunno, I'd say 2...
MightyPsoum Not even close.
@@JTHMRulez1 not even close? I get it not being your favorite but really out of the 5 persona games you feel 3 is not even close?
January was the best month out of all the persona games.
When this song kicked in the first time at the shrine, I was baffled. I put down my controller to listen to this for a good 10 minutes. This had never happened to me whilst playing a game before. The mood, timing and finally the song itself, everything was perfect.
It really was.
Same here, brother.
Exactly the same for me. Controller at my legs, ears open and a delicious shiver to run through my body and my heart. If this song appears at the beginning of the game it would have more less impact.
Same here, this theme caught me by surprise
I think my friend had linked this song to me WAAAY before i reached January (just did the other day), but... when the song started, I just stopped what I was doing and listened. and the piano/guitar mix kicked in at around 0:40, and I knew:
This was it.
When you see that Nyx graffitis all over the city and see more Apathy Syndrome's victims than usual
Really,I want to cry at that moment
The feels...
Same bro. Almost finished with the game
going back to this song anytime i go for a walk these days... hella empty out here cuz of this pandemic
stay safe yall
Take care bro
I find myself often coming back here when I feel unmotivated, or depressed one way or another, it's actually why I'm here now.
Definitely the feels.. never thought this game would resonate to what is happening in the world these days .. friends staying strong and all love ones during these hard times.
you too man, we'll get through this
Stay safe bro, you’re cared about
This track to me is the peak of Shoji Meguro's entire musical career. The melancholic nostalgia as you remember all the good expierences you had with your friends, all the places you've been to in the city, the hell of losing Shinji, and the fear it's all going to be over and you'll never see them again. But that sweet determination to live life to the fullest comes in. Playing as an apathetic teenager who lost his parents but slowly learned to care about people was brilliant. Watching him learn the value of life made me value it more too.
The entire world is at it's last month of existence. Everyone is consumed by the rumors spread by Strega that Nyx's arrival represents salvation. Only the protagonist can save the world from this catastrophe.
Hands in pockets, leaning back, you think he wouldn't care. But he does. Immensely.
unless you have very strong personas and have Helel and Satan by your side you can!
I was saying Helel and Satan for Armageddon
+TheLonelyGrovyle Unless you left it in my hands. I would conquer the world.
By far one of the saddest songs ive ever heard, not just in a game, but anywhere. The feels are just too much.
After I explained some of the context to my mom she said it felt like "working through a tough time, but with hope for a better future" which S.E.E.S kinda are. They where filled with dispair at first, then slowly starting to warm up to the idea of facing death itself. It's pretty beautiful how music can convey such a specific message, and to people with no real context of the creation, isn't it!? She wants to play P3R, which makes me happy! Another thing we can bond over :D
She is interested in P5R, but I've kinda spoiled it rotten, having talked about it for 3 years straight, lol.
I listened to this after my senior year graduation ceremony, 6 years ago.
I almost cried at school. People say Persona 2 is the best, for me, it'll always be Persona 3.
Andrian Vidano it is for me too trust me
P3 is best
I prefer P5 but boy, P3 was really amazing too
Titanium Llama I like how you worded your comment. Some people (but they are very vocal that it is sometimes hard to hear the other people) jump to the conclusion that when someone says Game A is better than Game B, they think that person is saying Game B is bad. Now if someone does gets on your case with a comment like that, then they have only themselves to blame.
@@titaniumdioxide2650 P5 had better gameplay overall but P3 had a more impactful story
the feels... THE FEELS... this is by far the most beautiful song in Persona 3 hands down. But my favorite song in the game is "The Battle for everyone's soul"
D0ntTaseM3Br0 Memories of the School was also REALLY good! Sorry that this is 6 months later... Just thought I'd throw that out there...
Its all good at least someone replied!
Allan Caesar hey i replied 5 years later hru doing
6 years later is it still ok to reply
6yrs 6 months? This song is amazing still
Persona 3 taught me how to value life and not fear death.
Persona 3 taught me to always seek out the truth no matter what and persevere
Persona 5 taught me to believe in one's own power and freedom.
Then what did persona 4 teach you, to murder and bang as much people as you want?
Persona 4*
@@otroweonllamadoseba Hermoso nombre qlo jsjds
One of the most depressive moments in video games ever. This shit was amazing man, everyone says they're gonna die, the end is approaching and this songs fits so nicely. You feel the pressure.
Such an ominous change of atmosphere with this theme, perfect for warning you that the end is near.
Best song to end the game with...
Okay sure buddy...
@@Bessuxthey're right lmao
I really like the references to the credits theme in this song. Like at 0:37 the piano repeating those 2 notes back and forth, referencing the vocals of part of the credits theme.
Dude, if you listen carefully, the credits is an amalgamation of every major song in the game. It's really quite genius.
Can't stop feeling sad when listening to this :( bittersweet ending
Poulette True
and they said video games were a waste of time.... proof of their ignorance
The pressure you feel at the last month of the game is immeasurable...
as soon as this started to play we all realized we werent going to beat persona 3 soon but persona 3 has beaten us. this is literally the only game ever that made me genuinely cry and for 20 damn minutes seriously i dont think there can be a game with THIS good of a soundtrack
The moment it dropped was absolute cinema as well, another game would have used a generic festival song but not P3.
It really makes you realize this might as well be their last holiday.
RIP Akinari
RIP SHINJI & MINATO
@@RyuseiLJ shinji, man. whenever I hear about him it just hits me in the feels 😖
I finished his link on the last Sunday of 2009, and watching him vanish had me at the verge of tears. 12/31 and this song on New Year's pushed me over the edge. Persona 3 truly is an incredible game.
Few games have made me feel true dread like Persona 3 did... I really felt like my time was coming to an end, and I had to prepare... I love this game so much.
I think the existence of this song and how it was used is a testament as to why Persona 3 is just so damn good
Looking back through the persona series, i dont think any song sets the mood better than this one for its final moments.
Persona 4 was quiet instead of happy and cheery.
Persona 5 was intense and serious, instead of bustling and focused.
Persona 3 slowly introduces these changes. Like gekkokhan high getting a new track every semester. The song you used to hear during the entire game for the outside flips its entire tone from energetic to a sense of calm and purpose, and does it fantastically.
Also i really like this song because it gives me some series Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Yggdrasil vibes.
This is one of the many reasons why P3 is the best in the series (alongside P2 duology). P4 and P5 are amazing games but they will never be on the same level as those.
I don't think "quiet" for Persona 4 is quite accurate. "Ominous" is the better description imo.
This is the theme that made me realize how good of a soundtrack can drastically change the whole experience of playing the game. When this theme played for the first time at the shrine after New Year’s Eve, I just couldn’t help myself but put my controller down and listened to this for about half an hour..❤️
January 2021 already started, and this is exactly the vibe i've been looking for.
I played this song immediately when I stepped out of my house today. Happy New Year guys
Playing this song right now, Happy new years.
Sad enough, i finished the sun social link on 1/31. Damn. Made me more motivated to kill nyx
you wanted to kill death?
@@marrowyoutube Yes. The avatar of death created by human will.
If it can be created by human will, it can be destroyed by it.
@@nobleradical2158 I see
What a fitting time to finish the most depressing link in the game.
@@lilithramirez7719 it's a happy link tho, he died satisfied.
I'm, clearly, in the minority about this, but I didn't find January to be that depressing. The empty streets, the melancholy, the music; all of it gave me a sense of calm and fulfillment. January was beautiful in it's desolation and resignation. And it is for that reason I found it amazing, and I wanted to savor every day of it.
Bonus points too if you're aware ever since from the start of the game that Minato was doomed to die when it said "he'd be given a year". It just comes full circle.
Tfw Toriumi unfriends me on Persona Online and Hermit is my only maxed social link
I agree. I was hit by a lot of emotions but it wasn't depression as much as stunned by the beauty of how everything was portrayed and how much I needed to savor the remainder of the game
I guess it's the resignation of knowing that you've made your choice and now there's nothing else to do but wait for the promised day and see how it will end. Might as well enjoy life until then, rather than fearing how little time is left and how the odds are stacked against you. If you were that type you wouldn't have let Ryoji leave the dorm alive anyway.
I don’t think that depression is really felt until after the fact. Even if you saw MCs death coming a mile away from all of the minute details in story and parallels to each characters’ personae and their real life mythological counterparts. Facing the reality of knowing you or someone you know is going to die is absolutely nothing compared to the impact that loss has on the human heart. One of the only reasons I can justify playing through The Answer. I felt like the original ending was just fine as it was, but I wanted to spend a little more time with the rest of the team and see how everyone was coping with the loss of their friend. More-so than I cared about the actual “answer” it was already pretty heavily implied that MC sacrifices himself in some form for the whole of humanity all “door-kun” memes aside.
TLDR; I felt the same as you my first play through. Now hearing any version of memories of you makes me cry like a little baby
As a new fan of the series I used to think Persona 5 had the best music, but now that I nearing the end of Persona 3 I find myself loving Persona 3 music much more. This song and Living With Determination have made me look back on my journey through Persona 3 and it for some reason makes me want to kill Nyx so much more. (Also as of writing this I have not killed Nyx)
Beat the game yet?
@@minatoarisato8798 I just beat it and that was a ending to say the least. It was worth the heart break.
Phoenix 1010 I might be capping but it’s the best game I ever played. It was worth 60+ hours total played to beat it on my first playthrough
@@minatoarisato8798 I agree this is one of my favorite games of all time and I just started the female campaign.
I played this during the 3rd semester’s nighttime, it feels so much more impactful.
wait this does have a p5 vibe to it, doesn't it? it really doesn't feel like a p3 song, especially with that guitar at around 3:24
@@marrowyoutube nah, this is too dark for any moment in p5, plus p5 has a lot more jazz and orchestral than it does rock and rap.
@@marrowyoutube you must be smoking something so good I might wanna try it myself. P5 never gets down to the level of P3 depression and this fits much better with the game it's made for than P5.
If you mean that the 3rd semester feels more impactful with the song being played then yeah, I agree.
If you mean that this song is more impactful during P5 3rd semester than January in P3 then I heavily disagree.
I meant that it fits really good with the menlancholic tone. Obviously the third semester is (in my opinion) the best thing to come out of the Persona series.
Growing up I remember always stressing about death and the future constantly. It got do bad that eventually I started having anxiety attacks out of no where.
Playing this game one year before graduating highschool was probably one of the best experiences.
It's always weird saying something like this changed your life, but P3 did that for me. Can't say I'm not at all scared of death, bit at least now I can really live without it being a constant stress in my mind and affecting my health. It really put into perspective a lot of aspects in my personal life, and for that I'll always be grateful for all the artists that made this masterpiece of a game.
This song makes me feel like i had a worthwhile adventure thats drawing to a close
No game will ever replicate the emotion I felt hearing this at Naganaki Shrine all of those years ago.
To many feels everytime i see the game I want to be player but then the bad memories come back of finishing this sad game.
I hope you played fes.
i did thats the only version of P3 i have.
good. Then you didnt get screwd about the ending.
yup
Kori Hardy
What do you mean by screwed? (For context, I have FES as well but haven't played The Answer)
man what a beautiful song. this makes me want a persona 3 remake someday.
Well it here the remake
so ironic
The music choice for the last month is nothing short of brilliant, moving and unnerving. Tbh I never heard the electric guitar in this piece because where ever I needed to be I was there already doing whatever I needed to do. Just the first half of this track is enough to give you the sense of dread that is all around the cast and mc.
I like this better than the reload track, because less instruments makes the song sound hollow and lonely, as it should. Both iterations are incredible, though.
Also thank you for the absolute perfect loop of this song. Love how it blends into each other.
Times may be rough, they may be sad, they may be difficult. But that blue haired kid cared about the city and he always would.
I love torturing myself by listening to sad osts right after watching an amazing anime where I don't even know if the main character died in the end or not... feels
he died, play the awnser
The synth: set the ambience
The piano: remember you when you are currently in game
The drum: set the rhythm
The both electric and acoustic guitar: set the melancholy
Honestly one of the most immersive moments in video games. And one of the most depressing too
It's the last few months of school for me, and I'll be shipping out for Navy boot camp in June. I've been listening to this song before and after school everyday. It really sets the tone for me
Going back to this theme reminds me from where "The Days When My Mother was There" and "Swear to My Bones" took inspiration.
My fav JRPG for many reasons, one of the strongest is the OST!
My disc of this game recently stopped working. Granted, ever since the start, my Ps2 had some bit of trouble reading it, and i managed it to get it running enough for me to play over 40 hours but right around when things started to get big, it decided it was good time to simply stop doing that halfway through. I only got as far as a few days after the fight against the Chariot and Justice Arcana, now it will take a while until i can get another copy and find out more about -Shadow Jesus- Takaya and the rest of Strega. Quite frustrating, i can't refrain myself from looking at related stuff and incidentally spoiling myself the story.
modchip your ps2 and download it from torrent, or buy it on PSN for PS3, it's worth it, I will buy PS3 solely for Persona 5
microsoft637 I hope you didn't buy your PS3 yet...
I hope to buy it by the end of December, then spend time playing exclusives and P5
microsoft637 I asked that because P5 was recently confirmed on PS4, if you were only getting a PS3 for it.
TaijutsuJoshua I was planning to get PS3 to play all the things that haven't been available on PC.I built myself a new gaming PC so I will wait for PS4 when PS5 comes out
Aaahh don't worry, we still got 3 more months. (Plays the song when roaming Tatsumi Port Island) I didn't knew it was that serious! :'(
this is why it was so surprising to me. i had thought all persona games lasted a year on my first playthrough, so I was genuinely surprised when the main character sacrificed himself to save the world and the game ended 3 months short. Still hits me in the feels just typing it out
@@necksuss5806 agreed. IMO there should be a spinoff game in which the characters' main goal would be to free Arisato Minato/Yuuki Makoto's soul from the seal, so he can finally rest in peace
@@HB-bc9hx elizabeth quit being a helper in the velvet room to look for a way to get him out. Everyone else had to move one ( i only played p3p and never p3 fes, but iirc in fes they had to just accept it. Among other things that happened)
La felicidad termina cuando llegas al Año nuevo o el tercer semestre 😢
True
Just finished Persona 3 FES The Journey. This track absolutely caught my attention and wouldn't let go. The game has a huge tonal shift in January and the moment I heard this track, I was immediately hit with a sense of melancholy
I feel like this theme is what it's like to live in 2020 during the pandemic, especially in America, especially as we head into a grim Winter... I never thought I'd understand the feeling of this song on the level I do now.
This particular song makes me sad.
SO.
MUCH.
FEELS.!!!!!
I think the Song also played in your last days of the game. I played p3 and fes. Then i picked up p3p. In p3p, which i played maybe 2 years after p3 and this song played while i hear a mom tell me about her dead son whos written a story... I cried. I cried so much cause of this game and i love it. Such a beautiful game, and a masterpiece on its own. Well..
Not a game, but rather an journey.
and now i'm crying :'(
Same
They really fucking nailed the tone at the end of the game. Great shit
New Year’s day at the shrine is one of the most memorable moments i’ve ever experienced in a video game
I'm just walking through the mall, stop walking, and AWWWWW IT'S SO GOOD.
Well it since a new year(2024), it tradition for a persona fan to play this. Seriously this music is fitting for January in general
damn, you can actually feel your own life when hearing this
I'm there now. One month till Nyx. I'm a bit scared tbh. I don't know if I'll be able to beat her, or rather, the Nyx Avatar. I knew the whole story of p3 before playing, and I've listened to this song lots before I came to 1/1, but it still hits different actually being there. This has been a great journey, even surpassing Persona 5 at many points (although I still cherish P5 more, and overall love it more because of what it did to me as a person).
I looked forward to the atmosphere of this month, but now that I'm here... I genuinely dread the Fall. I'm in Tartarus rn, trying to get to the top in a day, but I still can't stop thinking of this song.
I know the end is nigh, and that realization is making me really think about the people I decide to spend my final days with in-game. I can't finish everything, so I really have to ration the time. I really hope Reload will live up to the peak fiction that is this game.
Well, in terms of story they hit all the right notes and I still cried just as much as I did playing FES 6 years ago, but to me Reload really missed the mark with the animated cutscene art direction, the whole OST, the edge and grime of the PS2 graphics, and some of the VAs in English just don't hit the same way (its pretty half-and-half for me tbh)
I still couldn't confidently say that Reload is the definitive version of the game either after everything and despite all of the improvements to the gameplay and extra story... Which is a shame.
@@sneakretster I agree
Holy moly..
@toastynacp3 P3 Greater than Reload.
I like this song so much because the pressure it gives you. Also because you never saw it coming for the endgame. Its so peaceful but at the same time very depressing
Finally! Found it at last ^^
I absolutely love p3 and on yt there are not many vids of people loving p3, but on almost every p3 video the comment section is just filled to the brim with people explaining how much they love this game and I no longer feel alone
P3 is my favorite game of all time, despite being 10 years since I first played it I still find myself thinking about it often. I'll always love it deeply.
So sad yet so chill.
Happy New Years 2023
You too
The only way to commemorate the month of January
I didn't really care much for this final month of the game; not at first. Hell, I already knew what happened at the end of it all anyway, so what did it matter? But as I saw the number cult members steadily increase as the fateful day drew closer, I grew more and more unnerved with all the stuff they continuously raved on and on about.
This final month is probably one of the more powerful moments in gaming I've faced. You see it all: the locales you've grown to enjoy wandering throughout the course of the game with your friends, vandalized by this group claiming that Nyx will soon bring "salvation." You know you're the only ones who can fix this. And that you will. The good memories you've had of the city will live on.
Why shouldn't you as well?
The electric guitar evokes the same somber feeling of helplessness with only a sliver of hope that it does in P4's "The Almighty." That track is basically a climactic version of this song, and that's okay with me, as it's an incredibly evocative track.
Think about that. P3's soundtrack is so good that even its anticipation tracks can double as climactic ones with slight tweeking. And that's to say nothing of its own climactic tracks, which are mind-bogglingly good, in the form of "The Battle for Everyone's Souls" and "Burn My Dread - Last Battle."
P3's soundtrack is outstanding, even by JRPG stardards, which already set a high bar.
The main ideas I get from this song are the end is coming near, you have already chosen your path, and trying to enjoy all the time you still have. This hits so hard.
One summerday I will visit my hometown again and this is the track I’ll be listening to
No dislikes... ?
it just goes to show how much of a masterpiece this song is
Bruno Alves Don't tease me...
***** shhh, take it easy, no.. don't... don't do that.. no.. nope ... :D
+Bruno Alves you just had to tempt fate, didn't you?
This song, to me, perfectly sums up P3. The world is on the threat of ending, people are falling to despair and apathy, and the pressure to save it is immense, but you fight through. You and your team made a promise to each other. Now it's time to fulfill it with your hope, love, and determination.
Chills.
Walking around the shrine while listening to this, where I helped Maiko, and essentially met the MCs guardian angel on that bench.. what a vibe.
God damn, I'm pretty sure if life had background music, this would be playing for sure. It seems like every day the world just gets worse...
Well yeah.
I'm an highschool student, but thanks to pandemic the rest of my life as a student is ruined. When everything will be over, I'll probably have to graduate, and because of online classes and poor organization from my school, I'm sure that going to university will be ten times harder (even because I wanted to study abroad). My life is kinda fucked up, and I was playing P3 before the pandemic, so I started hearing this song everytime I go out of the house. People are sad, but at the same time it seems like nobody cares. It's like people just want to live in blissfull ignorance until the day the pandemic will fuck us up again. It is kinda sad...
@@pit2992 hope you stay well
for me it would be a combination for So Happy World and Memories of the City. Both give me that strange feeling that resumes my pandemic
Good lord I can’t wait to hear this in the remake.
i honestly can't describe how beautiful this song is. i get feels every time.
I use it as a lullaby to put me in a tranquil state before I sleeper
I hope they use this masterpiece somewhere in the remake.
zero reason for them not to
god I'd bawl my eyes out
@@nanoshoe I'd bawl my eyes out if they didnt use it lol
끝이 다가온다는 기분이 너무나도 진하게 다가왔습니다.
the japanese always knows the truth
@@robloxsquadarchive3752 pretty sure it's korean
Crying in the club
It's surreal we are 2 weeks from this remake coming out, like I never thought this day would actually come like ever if I'm being honest, we've been asking for a remake since what as far back as I can remember when I started playing these games
Started in mid april, finished yesterday, love this track
that last month was so depressing for me personally, some of the NPC's were gone like the old couple and i completed most of the social links i was interested in so i spent time with the dying dude lol
Same😂
Persona 4 is good, but it's got nothin on persona 3's music.
I'm on the month of july in P3P. When does this sountrack appear? It's awesome.
SuperVegeta25Returns It's after December 31, if I remember, about a month left before Nyx. But I might be wrong, it's been quite some time since I played P3 in general.
And trust me.
When this comes, it'll be a whole lot more sad than awesome ;-;
Symph0ny Thanks :) I bet, it has a sad feeling to it. I love the game so far, and its soundtrack.
Well, P4 does have a rather bouncy and jazzy soundtrack, which cannot be compared to P3's dark and emotional ones. So, yeah. They have their own charms.
Who wants to talk about murders?
You'd think I'll forget to play this song today and boy you almost were correct.
You know when I gave is great when you come back to visit one of the soundtracks wow I miss this..
obligatory heartfelt reminiscent comment
I played this game back in January this year, and funny enough beat in on January 31st. listening to this now makes it feel like a lifetime ago
The theme of december 2020
The theme of the end of 2020
Nah this is the theme of 2020
What about the theme of 2021?
@@gachalibra9243 mass destruction :p
@@Kairyuasahi baby baby baby
I've never played P3 and I was going to ditch playing P3 Reload, but after hearing this OST, I've just added it back to my Wishlist. Even though its gameplay may not be as polished as P5R, I'm hoping that the storyline, environment and character interactions will more than make up for it.
Memories of 2007
my whole childhood in one song
If you dont mind me asking, why?
I dig this song
Man i love persona 3 this song made me cry after going through all the shit going on in my life
Hearing the four piano notes you also hear in Memories of You... God, everything about this game and soundtrack makes me just bawl like a baby...
I feel this fits the fitting of dread better than memories of you, and I think that's on purpose. I mean, this is during the experience of that dread, and memories of you, feels like what it is, the feeling after the dread, but still sad, the world is saved, but at what cause, vs. the feeling of dread and death looming over your head for around 2 months.
I wish I can play this on piano.
Quarantine mood
Finished persona 3 portable yesterday great game