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What is the best Persona game in the series?
| That's a hard question. 5 has the best gameplay but the story, certain characters, and social links could've been written a lot better. Ultimately when the credits started rolling I think I enjoyed 2 (Innocent Sin) and 3 more.
| Undertale
| For things that can be judged objectively, 5. Best mechanics, best graphic, best portrayal of a Japanese city.
For me personally? Persona 2 Innocent Sin. It has the strangest, but ultimately most interesting, characters. It's a perfect blend of classic SMT apocalyptic mentality and Persona-style fun moments. There's a whole other stack of reasons why it's my fav.
| Persona 2.
| I've only played 3-5 myself, but I'm planning to go back and play the others here soon. As of now, I'd say 5 for newcomers as it's the best presentation-wise. Personally, Persona 3 FES is my favorite. Something about the characters and setting really resonated with me. I feel like the music used was some of the best from the series so far, and Thanatos' design is one of my favorite summons (if not my favorite).
| Persona 4 gold edition
| Persona 4 Golden
| 3 for the story, 5 for gameplay
badically
| Persona 5 since it's the only one I've played.
| I'd say Persona 5. 3 is pretty good too.
| Definitely Persona 3
| I don't have the attention span to play 2: The Thread
| 5 is pretty good too though
| >>179771 Most people that fall in love to persona after P3, like it for the unique social link/simulation elements mixed to the traditional RPG formula.
P1 and P2 don't have that, you can't expect people that play P3,4,5 to go back and play a completely different game and expect them to love it as much.
I actually did, I loved P3 so much that I go back to P2 and it didn't capture me. Dropped it more than halfway through the game.
| >>179775 As an avid fan of Persona 2 after having started in Persona 4, I totally agree. P1/P2 aren't for everyone. Don't feel bad if you bounce off it.
That said, I still feel kind of sad there's not a lot of people I can talk about it with.
| Gameplay = 5
Atmosphere = 2/3
Story = Uhhhh 2
I mean overall I guess we could say 3. I just pretend like The Answer doesn't exist.
| I can't weigh an opinion because the only Persona game I've beaten was 5. It was a ton of fun, and really easy to get in to. It even got me looking at the other Persona games. From what little I've played from 3 and 4, I think I enjoy 3 more.
| I'd like 4 a lot more if it wasn't just the script for Scooby-Doo and the Terrible Television.
| >>179771
To be fair, you can auto like 95% of the game, so it's pretty boring to play unless you gimp yourself.
| To me, 3 has the best themes, feel and main character, 4 has the best visual aesthetic, and 5 wins out on everything else: music, gameplay, story, sexy UI, likable characters, map design and more
| Persona 4 Arena.
| How am I even supposed to play persona 1 and 2? Isn't the translation for those games fucked/unfinished?
| Persona 3. It has a toaster and a doggo.
| >>181526 On PSX, yes. IIRC, the PSP versions got correct translations. I never heard of any translation grief with P2 though.
| >>181724
Aren't there two games that make up P2? Innocent sin and Eternal punishment? I remember hearing one of them was never properly translated.
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| >>181727
This info is only correct approx a decade ago. Eternal Punishment's PSX release and Innocent Sin's PSP release are both properly translated.
| >>182037 Really grinds my gears we never got the EP PSP rerelease here in the west.
>>181727 I usually just refer to P2's two games as a whole. P1 is the only one I've heard of having an issue with a bad translation. The original English release was essentially the WBKids dub of the game.
| P4G, the characters are amazing. The story is pretty nice too.
| I think the gameplay is better in P5, but P4G for sure due to its characters and story
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| And why?