{"id":446641,"date":"2024-01-05T15:37:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/?p=446641"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T21:37:34","slug":"persona-3-reloads-full-opening-is-here-to-burn-your-dread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/persona-3-reloads-full-opening-is-here-to-burn-your-dread\/","title":{"rendered":"Persona 3 Reload&#8217;s full opening is here to burn your dread"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Persona 3 Reload<\/em>, a remake of 2006&#8217;s <em>Persona 3<\/em>, just released its animated opening ahead of its February release. Not only does it look fantastic, but it pays homage to the game&#8217;s original theme &#8220;Burn My Dread&#8221; in a pretty inventive way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Persona 3 Reload \u2014 Opening Movie | Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/746zeHM5EA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mixing in the blue\/white palette of the original, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/persona-3-reload-is-coming-to-burn-your-dread-early-2024\/\"><em>Persona 3 Reload<\/em><\/a>\u2019s opening movie gives us a taste of what to expect come February 2nd. The two-minute animation introduces us fully to the new song \u201cFull Moon Full Life\u201d sung by Azumi Takahashi and Lotus Juice.&nbsp;There are some subtle nods to the original 2006 phenomenon that long-time fans will adore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-a-way-of-life\">A Way of Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re like me and watched the opening more times than Akihiko says \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eij079q7hDY?si=JkormZULtTAqddsm\">I\u2019ve been waiting for this<\/a>!\u201d (spoiler alert: it\u2019s a ton), you\u2019ll pick up on an audio Easter egg. Sure, there&#8217;s the not-so-subtle usage of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BcIGVLFa7FM\">Burn My Dread<\/a>\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q-UMZHtjVcg\">Want to be Close<\/a>\u201d when the protagonist is flipping through his songs. However, the reference is in \u201cFull Moon Full Life\u201d itself. The beat of the song has a striking resemblance to the beginning notes of \u201cBurn My Dread\u201d. It\u2019s a cool homage to the original <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7Ytc_glr8cc?si=JCDm6lbcuax2pwAI\">banger of an opening<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Persona 3 Reload<\/em>\u2019s opening visuals look phenomenal. I was a bit scared of how it would translate given the abstract tone of the original openings. However, it worked great and crafted some beautiful shots. It might just be me, but seeing Mitsuru riding her motorcycle like a badass got me 10x more hyped. Plus, the Akihiko\/Shinjiro\/Ken transitions were super smooth.&nbsp;A favorite shot of mine was with Thanatos and the moon, as it felt pretty iconic given the symbolism behind the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our very own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/timothymonbleau\/\">Timothy Monbleau<\/a> got to play <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/hands-on-persona-3-reload-baby-baby-baby-yeah\/\"><em>Persona 3 Reload<\/em> in August<\/a> and said the game felt \u201cpolished to an absolute shine.\u201d As one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/rpgs-to-look-out-for-in-2024\/\">my personal RPGs to look out for<\/a>, <em>Persona 3 Reload <\/em>looks to be a force to be reckoned with. <em>P3 Reload<\/em> launches on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Game Pass, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X\/S on February 2, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been waiting for this!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":888,"featured_media":446817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","ub_ctt_via":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"[]","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1057,22692,107,136],"internal-label":[24255],"invoiceable_action":[23725],"article_type":[23116],"coauthors":[{"id":888,"display_name":"Michael Murphy","user_nicename":"michael-murphy"}],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/P3Opening_010524.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","author_info":{"display_name":"Michael Murphy","author_link":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/author\/michael-murphy\/"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/P3Opening_010524.jpg?fit=1200%2C675","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446641"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/888"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446641"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":446814,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446641\/revisions\/446814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446641"},{"taxonomy":"internal-label","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-label?post=446641"},{"taxonomy":"invoiceable_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/invoiceable_action?post=446641"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=446641"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=446641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}