How Persona 3 Thematically Perfected The Calendar System | Vacated's Ultimate Persona 3 Analysis
Note: This is merely Part 1 of 10 out of a larger Persona 3 analysis video project that I've recently uploaded to my channel. If this smaller, standalone chapter has piqued your interest, then by all means, please check out the full video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyARv_f5-hU
One of my all-time favorite series of video games is the Persona series. There are countless things I love about each of the individual games, but something about the third numbered entry, Persona 3, and its particular story and themes has just always stood out to me as being so uniquely brilliant.
P3's main thesis is very heavy, but strangely simple: Death is something that each and every one of us will eventually have to face, and is an aspect of our existence that we mustn't ever let become lost on us. This theme is established as soon as the very first opening cutscene, and is then carefully explored through just about every single aspect of the experience, from the characters, to the lore, to even the game mechanics.
In this chapter, I discuss the game's signature day-to-day calendar system, and how everything from its strict, uncompromising deadlines, to the sheer surplus of activities to partake in serves to ludo-narratively compliment Persona 3's themes of death and time in a way that's quite unlike anything else seen in this series. Thank you so much for watching, and Memento Mori!!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:23 - Analysis
4:37 - Outro
Footage Used:
JohneAwesome's Persona 3 FES Walkthrough
Songs Used:
(intro) Burn My Dread - Persona 3 Original Soundtrack
Tranquility - Persona 3 Original Soundtrack
Daily Life - Persona 3 The Movie Original Soundtrack
Tartarus Blocks 1-6 Mix - Persona 3 Original Soundtrack
(1-6 mix by SHUTDOWN Official: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JidZAC4zIaA)
A more detailed, comprehensive list of all credits and works referenced can be found at the end of the main video. Thank you for watching!!
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