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The revolver motif isn't completely gone, upon a playable character's turn start the buttons and icons spins around in position like a revolver chamber.

The triangles are getting axed because this is Persona 3, where three dots connect to rectangles.

@DavidFlores-ql6zi

10 ай бұрын

Ngl it took me a while to get the joke

@Chillgamesh

10 ай бұрын

​@@DavidFlores-ql6ziexplain it pls

@HayatoByakurai

10 ай бұрын

@@Chillgamesh Look up the lyrics to Wiping All Out (FeMC's battle theme).

@AquaTwist_

8 ай бұрын

LOL that joke is perfect!

I’m so excited for Persona 3 Reload. Probably my most anticipated game since Smash Ultimate.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Woah that’s crazy! It’s up there for me for my most anticipated games ever, alongside Tears of the Kingdom and Mario Wonder. Also just curious, did you play any Persona games before? What did you think?

@matchingbird

10 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ I’ve played through 3 and 5 and most of 4. Persona 3 is my favorite game of all time.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

@@matchingbird Nice! Glad to hear 3 is your favorite. I’m really excited to see how P3 Reload is going to be after playing through Golden and Royal.

It's not made with the same engine as Persona 5 was. P5 used Atlus's in house engine, while Persona 3 Reload uses Unreal Engine. They switched to UE with SMT 5.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

This isn’t the first time Atlus is using Unreal? Good to know. I never played SMT 5 so I wasn’t aware of that. I wonder if this will also be used for future titles like Persona 6.

@YourGodHasAFace

10 ай бұрын

​@@AquaTwist_The original team/developers behind P3/4/5 and Catherine split from P-Studio and are now developing Metaphor ReFantazio under the name Studio Zero (named such after the fool arcana), and that game in fact uses the P5 engine. It's pretty evident in the trailer for it from character designs, UI, calendar based gameplay and so on, and a lot of people have felt like in some ways it feels more persona than even P3RE. P3RE and (based on leaks) P6 are made by newer/less experienced team inside P-Studio who first started with the Persona 4 spin off titles, which is likely the reason why P3RE uses Unreal Engine and the original composer (Shoji Meguro) and character designer/illustrator (Shigenori Soejima) did not return for P3RE and maybe won't for P6 either.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

@@YourGodHasAFace I’m surprised that Shigenori isn’t returning, the portraits in P3RE look nearly identical to the P5 style so whoever made them did an incredible job recreating his style. I’ll have to take a look at Metaphor too and see how it compares to the Persona games. Thank you for the cool info!

@Pduarte79

10 ай бұрын

​@@AquaTwist_ Is most likely what happened with the Catherine games, those walked, so then P5 and P5Royal could run. The same can be said with SMTV and P3Reload using Unreal engine, most likely is being used for P6. And the rumor is, P6 is will be a bigger difference than P5. Than P5 was to P3/4. And makes sense, P6 needs to standout from previous titles.

@Dexter037S4

10 ай бұрын

​@@YourGodHasAFaceMetaphor is likely being developed as an SMT Mainline gateway game combining the Persona calendar system with Press Turn and brutal difficulty it seems

i honestly never comment on videos but this one is super nice a lot of information condensed and easily digestible + some stuff thats hard to find (e.g. junpei mass destruction screen)

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

I’m glad to hear the video was digestible, despite there being so much content in it. The idea of UI Spy is for the videos to be (mostly) bite size length and focus on the major UI Details, but there’s so much out there about P3Reload that I wanted to include as much as I can.

Really great video dude. Love the branding and idea behind your UI Spy series. You should definitely go back to older games and explore the evolution of UI design in some of the biggest franchises in gaming. You got a good series here.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Salmon! I’m happy to hear a lot of people are enjoying this series, especially since UI Design is one of my favorite things about games. Going back and seeing the evolution of UI Design in a series is a great idea, I’ll keep that in mind. 🥳

What a great video dude. Please make more of these, had a blast watching

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m actually working on another one right now for Tekken 8 so stay tuned. 😊

Great Video Aquatwist‼️👊🏻 Keep them coming 👍

The new ui's mix of p3's frutiger aero like ui and p5's urban style is genuinely genius and it makes me extremely optimistic on a potential p4 remake in the coming years with that games frutiger metro inspired ui and this makes me even more excited for p6

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

I don’t know if we’re gonna get a P4 Remake, but I can definitely seeing P3Reload being a glimpse of what the UI design will be like in Persona 6.

@cammywhite

10 ай бұрын

@AquaTwist_ 1,2 and 4 remakes seem very likely atlus has like 5 persona games all currently in development and from what we know atlus is divided into like 4 teams and the newst team are the ones working on p3re and atlus are in the post p5 honey phase where they're trying to make alot persona games to keep cash flowing for persona 6's eventually blow up at release (and I just adore 4 and hope it gets a remake with the new p5 style cause p5 is so damn good)

@Jonkeeb

10 ай бұрын

fruriger aero??? is not persona 3 neither is frutiger metro, you are just saying words man.

Bro, thanks for the content. +1 subscriber. Very good.

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m happy you enjoyed it, more is on the way. 😊

I'm wondering if they did the exclamation points and shields as almost a call back to the way SMT games show weakness and strength, since Persona 3 was called "Shin Megami Tensei Persona 3". Just a thought. 😅 I'm still newer to Persona and SMT games. I didn't start playing until like 2017 so I'm not super well versed in everything! It just reminded me of that since I've been playing a lot of SMTV lately 😅

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

My first and only SMT game so far was Tokyo Mirage Sessions on Switch. That is a cool callback though, crazy to think Persona as a spin-off is more popular than the main series!

I mean, the menu is still very similar to a revolver. The way the options pop out of the moon in motion looks very similar to how a revolver barrel pops out of the gun.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Good point, I honestly never noticed that. Definitely more stylish than just the circle appearing on screen.

Tbh, i kinda like the simpler treasure icon in this version. Because that's what the most of this game UI direction is, simple. But, i wish they actually keep the old design of date and days UI, it's really iconic for me But, i guess it's not bad, it's good for me i guess

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

That’s fair, the old P3/P4 UI style still holds up even to this day for me. And yeah I can see where you’re coming from, the simpler treasure icon marches better than the rest of the UI, I just think it’s a bit too simple for me.

I dont know who you are, but I love what you are doing! Few ppl analyze UI design in video games, feel free to prove me wrong.

@AquaTwist_

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! And I agree, I haven't found many other channels talking about UI Design in games so I'm glad you appreciate that. I'm working on analyzing the UI Design of the Wii Menu, which should hopefully come out within the next few weeks. :)

@WinserEspinal

8 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ You are welcome! I am looking forward to watching that Wii UI video.

Ayyy Zach long time man

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

YOOO What’s up? Long time no see! Glad to see you still here watching my videos. ☺️

@furiousrantz5599

10 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ been doing great! wbu?

I don’t think they took away the revolver because of censorship, the guns are everywhere. I think it’s ease of access for new players since the revolver might be annoying to move around so much

@skyrkazm1015

10 ай бұрын

As a dude who's first game was P3P. Yeah, I'm sure it was. I got confused by the revolver a lot and couldn't tell if left would move it up or down initially. Outside of that and some fiddling I figured it out lol.

I imagine the chat system from P5 will be utilized via the mail system.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

I can see that, maybe it’ll be like emails instead of texts?

@dgc1570

10 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ possibly

I like it more, feels cleaner for some reason (the “messy” look made sense for P5R tho). Blue is also my favorite color tho so I’m biased

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

Blue is one of my favorite colors too, so it’s really nice to look at in the menus and such. The style of P5 fits the punk tone of that game while 3’s seems to fit a more mature tone.

@morcatna4767

9 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ Yee persona 5 breaks some rules in ui design/graphic design but I think it amplifies the games theme of being rebellious so it makes it all the more awesome 😎 Love that Atlus puts in care in UI for games

13:20 I'm surprised you didn't mention the wallet I thought it looked awfully weird and just ruins the menu, why does it say 'current wallet' like obviously Edit: I think it might be a placeholder, I hope

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

It probably is, the font for displaying how much money you currently have seems placeholder too, it looks like the one from Persona 5 Strikers. Very thin and rounded.

Great video essay on Persona 3 Reload UI Aquatwist! I enjoyed listening to your thoughts as you analyzed the details of the UI system that we will see in the game! I also like Atlus’s approach of them integrating a hybrid of Persona 5 Royal and Persona 4 Golden UI systems. From what we’ve seen so far, they’ve really implemented elements from both games to fit the style and theme of Persona 3. It’s so great to see it! Altus always makes some of the best UI systems that I have seen in video games. Especially, for modern JRPGs comparable to that of Square Enix. Their menu, map, and battle UI looks very clean and stylized! Also, great OST choices from Persona 3, 4, and 5. Ideal and the Real is one of my favorite tracks from Persona 5 Royal so it’s cool to see you included it in the video! Very excited for the full release of the game. Looking forward to more of your videos! Keep up the great work :)

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Persona music is some of my favorite and I wanted to use more than just P3 tracks, there’s so many good songs to choose from. 😊

We need PQ3, and it’ll have persona 1 and 2 characters with everybody this time

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

YES! That would be incredible! With Etrian Odyssey coming to Switch that’s definitely a possibility.

About the icons being an Exclamation mark instead of a WK, I think I know why they did it. P3R is the first Persona game that will have multiple languages besides English and Japanese. In Portuguese, which is one of the languages, Weak would be translated to Fraco, and FR wouldn't work at all. I don't know if the exclamation mark is a good sign of course, maybe they could do something else do describe the weakness, but it's not bad either.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I heard that Soul Hackers 2 did this too so it’s probably the new standard for the series. Also now that I think about it, the ! makes more sense when this game is going to have more than 1 language.

@Sholver

10 ай бұрын

What about Persona 5 Royal?? It is in other languages than Jp and En

@Sholver

10 ай бұрын

And Persona 5 Strikers too I. Played both in French and Weak is translated to "Faible" so instead of Wk in French it's just written Fb which is comprehensible

I played the original p3 and p3fes. These games are what pulled me into this world along with nocturne. And digital devil saga. I think i still have all those games too. I also have other atlus games that have early versions of some of the mechanincs in them. Kartia: The Word of Fate one I'm sure many haven't heard of. Using cards to forge and summon demons to fight along side you. Still have this game too along with Thousand Arms. Which used in an rpg format forging your relationships with others to grow your power. To make better equiptment and to not only build trust but also increaded your over all combat capabilities across the board. Manynof these ideas we see in persona are not new. Atlus has been working on these in many of their games since I was a kid. Maybe even before I was born. And when they find something that works they refine the shit out of it. I would say that persona series is currently atlus's most complete project. I know that many push on smt being better. And up until smt5 maybe. I'm not saying the game it's self is bad. But they could have done better on better hardware then the switch. Plus I don't see thing feom persona being transplanted into smt. But we do see alot of things from smt brought over and combined with other things from other games to really build out the persona games. Now last point is there is a huge controversy about reloaded cause the answer won't be involved. I'm still digging into this myself trying to find some things. But it is quite possiable the reason for this is red tape and legal issues dealing with sony playstation. All versions of persona 3 have been ported or rereleased on other platforms. That is except FES. The only time it was rereleased was for the ps3 as. A digital down load. Or then ps4. Either way we never saw it released anywhere else. So the truth of the matter maybe that we aren't getting fes right now cause they simply can't. Their hands are tied. But there is no way atlus can come out and say this or admit it without causing strain and relationship issues in the future with sony. So even if this is true. Saying anything would make sony look bad and I'm not sure how well atlus would survive sony's backlash.

please make an analysis of re fantasio's and smtv's ui too!

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

I’d definitely be interested in analyzing Re Fantazio’s UI once it gets closer to release, thank you for the suggestion! 😊

designer persona fans unite

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

YES! As I said in the video, Persona UI helped show me how awesome UI can be in games, glad we’re on the same page ☺️

0:37 It's actually on the Unreal Engine, not the Proprietary Engine that Persona 5 is using :)

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

True, though the character models at least look very similar to how they did in P5. Also I forgot to mention that, I remember the rumors saying it was in the P5 engine so I got that mixed up.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Also it looks incredible either way.

@AbiRose539

10 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ Yeah no worries! I wasn't saying that in any kind of harsh way, but yeah the models do look a lot better I'd say! Either way, I'm very excited to see how everything is handled :)

Ngl but I feel it is going to come to the switch but the new rumored version where it supposedly played a matrix demo so Im pretty sure its going to be a switch 2 exclusive game or smt

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have a feeling it's going to come to Switch 2 eventually. Persona 5 Royal sold really well on Switch (from what I've seen) so it'd be a huge money maker for Atlus.

UI in video games is incredibly important to me, you wouldn’t put a painting like the mona lisa in a bargain bin frame, and I’m glad I found a channel with someone who agrees with me. Great video!

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! It’s cool to hear that you feel that way too. Hopefully I can keep making these in the future, I enjoy making them! 😊

I'm gonna miss P5's stylus text advance icon, but I'll probably forget it's replaced with a simple triangle within an hour of playing

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Me too, a lot of the UI seems streamlined but stylish enough that it’ll still look cool.

i got a decent ways through portable and almost dropped it to wait for reload but im glad i kept playing because its been great, im almost done with it now. i think its still worth playing

@AquaTwist_

7 ай бұрын

Oh nice! I’m probably gonna get Portable at somepoint and compare it, hopefully the Switch port got fixed since its launch!

@vivilover9409

7 ай бұрын

@AquaTwist_ yeah I think that continuing Portable just made me more excited for Reload. can't wait

@AquaTwist_

7 ай бұрын

@@vivilover9409 What platform are you playing Portable on, if you don't mind me asking?

@vivilover9409

7 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ switch, gonna play reload on steam deck

The orange for HP gauge and purple for MP/SP gauge in the original P3 was kinda a leftover from Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Good to know! It would’ve been cool if we had those colors honestly, especially the purple SP gauge. I wonder if P6 is gonna have reused assets from P3R?

I love UI videos. I wanna see them constantly

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! You’re in luck, the next UI Spy will be out sometime this weekend! 😊

The chest thing I think is ok, because chest in Persona 3 where just loss items in schools that end up in Tartarus like in a suitcase

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

Interesting, never knew about that. 🤔

Evokers are pistols, not revolvers so it didnt make much sense

My hope is that in the full version, they make some things like the minimap look a bit better, I know that P5 was more spikey and chaotic, when P3 was more round and orderly with the ui, but I feel some areas are a little scuffed.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

That’s fair, it seems a bit cramped at the moment.

@GD_Crane

10 ай бұрын

​@@AquaTwist_This may be because they just show xbox gameplay, but since I pre-ordered on ps4, I'm hoping to see buttons in battle gameplay more colorful like p5.

Looks cooler than Joker lol P3Reload is Unreal engine. While P5Royal, P5 and even Catherine games are the same engine, don't know the name. 😅 So they aren't engine. Lol And even in style, artstyle and graphics seems a bit better than P5Royal. And it seems and is the most likely this will prelude, what we may expect from P6. P6 most likely is Unreal engine aswell.

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Yeah I think this game is Atlus’ testing ground for whatever P6 is going to be. Maybe the UI will be crazier in that game too, who knows?

@Pduarte79

10 ай бұрын

@@AquaTwist_ Most likely!

Persona 5 is 2016 game. Do you expect them not improve since then ?!!

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Persona 5’s UI set a very high bar for Atlus fans, at least for me and a lot of other people. The stylish flair of Persona 5 was very hard to top but I think they nailed it with this game.

Maybe this is just me but ion need to see the Smt demons see when I’m fighting them ngl while I play them games I get mixed up I like the original shadows. I think it’s unique when they turn into personas( smt demons) when u gain them.🤷🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️ y’all can call me crazy or stupid idgaffffffff

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

SMT seems interesting to me with its differences but I don’t know if I would like it. I did play Tokyo Mirage Sessions though, and really enjoyed it!

People texted in 2009 and the phone in persona 5 was hella basic. there were iphones in 2009 texting was very common idk why youre saying they werent lol everyone wanted a blackberry then and the texting is so bsdic in p5r

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

That is true, I probably should’ve mentioned that the texting around that time was basic compared to what we have now, so I’m curious if they’re going to implement the texting similar to P5 or improve it for P3RE.

please atlus put the revolver barrel back please please

@AquaTwist_

10 ай бұрын

Hopefully they add the revolver barrel back somewhere in the UI, maybe in the rank up screen?

@NotTomorrow1

9 ай бұрын

No.

Sorry to burst your bubbles but they don't have a plan to release on switch this is exclusive for the consoles only from atlus ofc there ui are better than p5r this is unreal engine 5 hellow

@AquaTwist_

9 ай бұрын

Sadly yes, we’re most likely not getting this on Switch. Maybe Switch 2 if we’re lucky. And yeah it’s crazy to see how much difference 7/8 years can make for game ui and engine advances.

Moon phases don't exist at all in Persona 2, and in Persona 1, they're only useful for RNG manipulation and determining when your Estoma is going to run out. Moon phases are only story relevant in P3 for the Persona series

@AquaTwist_

4 ай бұрын

Good to know, thank you for telling me that. I just saw the Moon Phases as part of the UI in Persona 1 and assumed they were as important as they were in Persona 3.

P5 UI is disgusting, i totally hate it.

@ferdinando40493

10 ай бұрын

@robertlenn4776

9 ай бұрын

😂😂