History VideoGame / Persona3Reload

*** An optional dialogue in Tartarus has Fuuka muse on the possibility of Shadows gathering in other places similar to Tartarus; if Junpei responds, he suggests an underground location - alluding to Mementos (and possibly the Abyss of Time as well).

** Record stores and UsefulNotes/{{Compact Disc}}s are still prominent.

** The 3D in-engine cutscenes usually recreate moments, animations or camera angles from the [[Anime/Persona3TheMovie movie adaptations]]. A few examples include the Protagonist grabbing Junpei's arm before the Priestess Shadow boss fight, and the camera briefly focusing on the moon as Shinjiro dies.

* MusicalNod: "Full Moon Full Life" - the new opening theme for ''Reload'' - incorporates part of the melody of "Burn My Dread" - the opening theme of the original ''Persona 3''.

** During the 3D in-engine cutscene of the protagonist lying on Aigis' lap, there are moments interspersed during her narration from the final battle that take inspiration from the film adaptation; a scene where the protagonist turns back to his group of friends with his hair parted and one where Aigis holds onto the protagonist's evoker after the Great Seal was cast. The former is adapted from the moment where Makoto Yuuki tells Aigis and his friends to "live," mirroring the last words of his mother in the film, with Makoto dropping his Evoker and it landing at Aigis' feet before he ascends to fight Nyx's Core. This leads to the latter scene, where Aigis laments her failure at protecting Makoto, gripping at his Evoker with tears in her eyes (though the moment of the protagonist dropping his Evoker isn't depicted in ''Reload''). Similarly, Aigis begging for the protagonist to return to them during the Nyx Core battle is brought over from the movie as well, replacing her original cry of "I won't allow this world to be destroyed!" in the English dub.
** During the 7/07 full moon event, examining the TV in the hotel room causes Junpei to say "[[VideoGame/Persona4 What if there was a shadow in the TV? Yeah, right, like that would ever happen...]]"

* ThemeMusicWithholding: Unlike the original, "Burn My Dread" doesn't play in the game's opening, and its riffs are only referred to in the game's new opening theme, and it wouldn't be until more than a month after the game's release that a new version was released with the game's official soundtrack. But for in-game context, it isn't until the very end of the game, where "Burn My Dread -Last Battle Reload-", a re-arrangement of the original final battle theme, finally plays. This rendition is much more melancholy, signaling both the end of the protagonist's journey, with the lyrics also giving some FiveSecondForeshadowing about the protagonist's fate.

* ThemeMusicWithholding: Unlike the original, "Burn My Dread" doesn't play in the game's opening, and its riffs are only referred to in the game's new opening theme. It isn't until the very end of the game, where "Burn My Dread -Last Battle Reload-", a re-arrangement of the original final battle theme, finally plays. This rendition is much more melancholy, signaling both the end of the protagonist's journey, with the lyrics also giving some FiveSecondForeshadowing about the protagonist's fate.

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: As usual, you can only have [[CantDropTheHero the hero]] and three other party members at a time. The others stay behind with the handwave that they're staying to protect the navigator in case a shadow shows up.

** You can now visit the Iwatodai Strip Mall on evenings, which wasn't possible in the previous iterations.

** During the 7/07 full moon event, examining the TV in the hotel room causes Junpei to say "[[VideoGame/Persona4 What if there was a shadow in the TV? Yeah, right, like that would ever happen...]]

** In NewGamePlus runs of ''Portable'', the good ending was revised to allow the Protagonist to spend their final moments with a loved one, instead of passing away on Aigis' lap. ''Reload'' removes that option, and instead provides an expanded version of the original ending.

** Shinjiro's death is based on the film adaptation's portrayal of the event, where he bleeds out in Akihiko's arms, as opposed to the original game which had him do a DyingWalk.

** [[spoiler:Shinjiro's death is based on the film adaptation's portrayal of the event, where he bleeds out in Akihiko's arms, as opposed to the original game which had him do a DyingWalk.]]

** While Noriko Kashiwagi made an AdaptationalEarlyAppearance in the Operation Babe Hunt scenes in both ''Portable'' and the film adaptation, she is cut out entirely for ''Reload''. On a similar note, Vincent Brooks, who made an EarlyBirdCameo in Club Escapade in the ''Portable'' version[[note]]Vincent's appearance in ''Portable'' originally served as a bit of ProductionForeshadowing for ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}''[[/note]], is also absent in ''Reload''.

** You can still find Shinjiro's swimsuit outfit in Tartarus after he dies, with added narration remarking that the protagonist wonders what he would have looked like in it.

** Shinjiro's final Linked Episode requires you to [[spoiler:visit his room in the dorm after his death]], but no indicator icon nor a text message pre-emptively informs this to the player. It also requires you to hold off on giving Mitsuru the form he needs to extend his leave of absence.

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Film posters outside the cinema may be in English. Unlike some samples of this trope, they're mostly fragments of correct sentences instead of complete gibberish.

** Your navigator will always point out the object of interest if you've entered a floor that contains a rare treasure, a [[MetalSlime golden Hand Shadow]], a Monad Door, or a missing person. The camera may also randomly focus on it beforehand.