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Part 3 is a good point to enter into the series. 1 and 2 can be kind of archaic and old school currently, so 3 Reload,4 Golden and 5 Royal are all great options. Those 3 aren't interconnected either.
So, the Release Order Compilation, huh? That’s fine I guess, just wish they used the English Version in the Beginning. Also, yes, Reload would be a good entry point, Persona 3 was one for a lot of people and Reload is pretty much an improvement of the Original. By the way, I would like to see you react to my Playlist of all the Openings for BlazBlue at some point, those are pretty great too.
I'd say both Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Royal would be great. Either or can be good starting points, just depends which has caught your attention first. Some would also say 4 Golden, but I say hold off as its most likely gonna get a modern remake like 3 did.
@@KonEl17 Well that is true. If they're interested to try out how it was back then, they can. I just think its easier and quicker for the more modern ones for now and then try out the older ones. I've had some friend who lost all interest into persona because someone convinced them to try out Portable first all because they said 'it was the best' and it pressured them into playing it but cause of the big difficulty curve even on easy mode, they dropped off and refuse to play persona again. sometimes going with the modern will help ease them into trying the older games.
@@striberx it just depends on the kind of gamer they are. Some people don't enjoy Persona 5 or Reload as much because they took away the difficulty the series was known for up to that point. I've even seen some new players complain that the games get too easy. It's part of the reason people praise Metaphor.
@@denickart Fair, but I also think that if people enjoy 3 and 5, people should respect that too. I find the games fun af and give no shits about the "difficulty". But I will fight tooth and nail when people shit on all of the games when other says one sucks over the other or their favorite. It just annoys me to see such arrogance is all.
Persona 3 Reload is a fantastic start to the series. its probably the simplest of the 3 jrpg games. it gives you the bones of future installments to play around with and it greatly cuts down on any feelings of being overwhelmed by mechanics.i love 5 but it does feel like a game that assumes you know the basics from playing previous games. and 4 golden while also super great about teaching the player, has the tiniest bit of old scuff on it from being a game from 2012. so ya, overall id say 3 reload has been a very beginner friendly experience from start to finish.
Breakdown of Persona franchise 1) Persona os a spin off of Shin Megami Tensei, which was doing Pokemon before Pokemon existed. You collect and summon demons. Persona doesn't make them demons, but its the same monster designs used in a more anime vibe and dealing with more psychological stuff. 2) Persona 1 and 2 are separate from 3-5. Large time gap between 2 and 3. Persona 3 added a bunch of new gameplay concepts that were used in 4 + 5 and the recent Metaphor Refantazio (which isn't a persona game, but made by same crew) 3) Persona 3-5 have one interesting concept other games dont: life/time management. Games take place over a year and theres a calendar that keeps moving. You have to be selective about how you apend your time. You are a high school student who is fighting various evil forces in each game, and you have school, your afternoon, and your night. You can build friendships, date people, shop, get a job, etc... Building friendships unlocks stronger creatures and passives. Jobs build cash. You have to level up your personality to do some stuff, so you have to read to vuild your intelligence, lift to build strength, etc... And just like real life, you dont have enough time to do it all. 3).Persona 3 got really popular and helped save Atlus (part of sega) from bankruptcy. Each mainline numbered Persona title did better than the last and Persona 3's remake sold a mil games in a week. A distantly related game by this team, metaphor refantazio, sold a mil in a day last week. 4) Every numbered persona game has like 5+ years of a gap in between. That's why so many spinoffs come out. Arena is street fighter-esq fighting, Q is a tactical rpg on 3DS, dancing is what it says, and strikers is made in a partnership with the dynasty warrior team, so its an action slasher. In the arena and Q games, the casts of Persona 3, 4, and later, 5 all intermingle. 5) Every persona game gets a rerelease a few yrs later with 10-20hrs of new postgame content and other tweaks all throigh the game. Persona 3 got "FES" and later a full-blown remake for ps5. Persona 4 got "Golden," and Persona 5 got "Royal" 6) Since it's almost 2025 and nothing has been announced, Persona 6 will debut at least a decade after Persona 5. 7) There are animes, but the quality isn't good. These are 100+ hr games. Hard to make that into 12 or 25 20min episodes and cover everything. Mangas are similar, but do add extra stories. 8) A lot of anime cut scenes and casting. In the American games, got guys like Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo, Vash, Lelouch, etc...), Matt Mercer, and Yuri Lowenthal (sasuke) voicing characters. Joker's (p5) Japanese VA is Jun Fukuyama, the guy who voiced Zero in Code Geass. SIDE NOTE -there are parties and raves specifically for game or anime music. They travel around to big cities. NYC is getting an anime focused one in Nov
Persona 3 reload 4 golden and 5 royal are all master pieces so I can't recommend them enough. If you loved these 3 games then there are a lot of spin-offs that I can recommend. Persona 5 Strikers is a Dynasty Warriors game, but don't let the Dynasty Warriors gameplay fool you, this game is so good that you can hardly call it a spin-off. Persona 5 Tactica is a tactical RPG a bit like Fire Emblem and Mario + Rabbids, it takes place between the second and third semester of 5 Royal, it's not as good as 5 Strikers but it's still good. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is indeed a fighting game, it is a sequel to the original 4 Arena but has all the story content of the original 4 Arena so I would only play 4 Arena Ultimax, it is a Crossover between the Persona 4 and 3 characters and the story mode is great especially if you are a fan of the Characters Aigis and Elizabeth, Aigis is the second most popular character in all of Atlus's games so I think you will love the story. Persona Q 1 and 2 are Persona spin-offs with the gameplay of the Etrian Odyssey games, a series also made by Atlus where you explore labyrinth dungeon while creating your own maps, Q1 is a Crossover with the P3 and 4 characters but in the ending they get a mind wipe so it's more fan service Q2 is the same but with the 5 cast added and a New story. The dancing games are rhythm games, every Persona game has an amazing soundtrack so Persona is perfect for rhythm games, 4 Dancing is the best one because that game is the only one with a story mode, the story delves deeper into the character Rise. And the latest spin-off is Persona 5 Phantom X or P5X for short, it's a gacha game that takes place in another universe with a brand new cast of characters, it's a persona game first a gacha game second so you can play it without spending money, the best part of persona are the optional side characters and their stories, so a gacha game is perfect for the Persona formula
Persona 3 is where Persona found its footing. Persona was a side game of the main series Shin Megami Tensei which is really old even older than Final Fantasy. Persona 1 and 2 are closer to its sister games with the dark tone/themes while 3,4,5 are abit more lighthearted. Shin Megami Tensei is very dark, like Berserk lvls of dark.
Start with Persona 5 Royal, then Persona 3 Reload, then Persona 4 Golden. This according to playablity based on game mechanics and difficulty. Then you can play Persona 5 Strikers, P5 Tactica, P4 Arena and Ultimax, Persona Q and Q2. Now you can play Persona 1 and 2.
So with Persona, the monsters/demons they summon are representations of their soul, usually represented by figures in mythology or history. How they summon them is different in each game. 3 has evokers (the guns), 4 has tarot cards and 5 has masks. Persona 3 onwards is considered modern persona. Persona 3 has its original version, FES (an updated rerelease with an epilogue chapter), Portable (adds Female MC and doesn't have the epilogue), and Reload (remake, with the FES epilogue chapter being DLC, no Female MC), as well as the dancing spinoff. Persona 4 has it's original version, Golden (the rerelease with added content), Arena (fighting game spin-off), Arena Ultimax (definitive version of Arena), and it's Dancing spin-off. Persona 5 has its original version, Royal (its rerelease with added content), Strikers (if you're familiar with the warriors genre of games, it's a hack and slash action game against hundreds of enemies) which is a direct sequel to original P5, though nothing in it technically contradicts Royal's added content, then there's Tactica, the most recent spin-off, being a strategy game similar to X-com. And of course it's dancing spin-off. The Persona Q games are more dungeon crawler heavy, with the first one having 3 and 4's cast and PQ2 having 5's join in. IIRC there was (maybe still is) a P5 fighting game in development by Arc Systems (of Guilty Gear and Blazblue renown), but it's been years for that. As of right now we're at a point where people are a bit tired of spin-offs (P5 Tactica didn't sell that well) and hoping for the next new entry. Though remakes of 1 and 2, are wanted. A remake of 4 as well bringing it onto the same level as Royal and Reload is somewhat wanted though not needed given Golden's accessibility.
There's actually anime for some of them. And though the anime tend to pale in comparison to the actual games, they do have some banger custom openings to them.
P4 dancing is the only one with a classic story mode since it was released at a time when Atlus obsessed into making all games even spin offs have a canon excuse for existing. P3 and P5 dancing have a lighter “story mode”.
Persona 5 royal is probably the best overall game in the series and an excellent entry. The gameplay in others can feel a little dated but none are bad
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lol when i saw it i knew. the last ones music was way too loud but it sounds so much better now
It's unfortunate that video didn't have the Persona 5 Phantom X opening. Hope y'all react to that in the future.
Part 3 is a good point to enter into the series. 1 and 2 can be kind of archaic and old school currently, so 3 Reload,4 Golden and 5 Royal are all great options. Those 3 aren't interconnected either.
Well, there are some things within each Game that connects them with one another.
bro said Part 3 like it's jojo
@@Raddkann LOL the funny thing is I was watching Jojo videos all day so it was stuck in my head
Persona Q is both P3 and P4 cast, Arena is also both P3 and 4 cast and its a fighting game.
So, the Release Order Compilation, huh? That’s fine I guess, just wish they used the English Version in the Beginning.
Also, yes, Reload would be a good entry point, Persona 3 was one for a lot of people and Reload is pretty much an improvement of the Original.
By the way, I would like to see you react to my Playlist of all the Openings for BlazBlue at some point, those are pretty great too.
I'd say both Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Royal would be great. Either or can be good starting points, just depends which has caught your attention first. Some would also say 4 Golden, but I say hold off as its most likely gonna get a modern remake like 3 did.
Just cuz it gets a remake doesn't mean they should okay the original
@@KonEl17 Well that is true. If they're interested to try out how it was back then, they can. I just think its easier and quicker for the more modern ones for now and then try out the older ones. I've had some friend who lost all interest into persona because someone convinced them to try out Portable first all because they said 'it was the best' and it pressured them into playing it but cause of the big difficulty curve even on easy mode, they dropped off and refuse to play persona again. sometimes going with the modern will help ease them into trying the older games.
@@striberx it just depends on the kind of gamer they are. Some people don't enjoy Persona 5 or Reload as much because they took away the difficulty the series was known for up to that point. I've even seen some new players complain that the games get too easy. It's part of the reason people praise Metaphor.
@@denickart Fair, but I also think that if people enjoy 3 and 5, people should respect that too. I find the games fun af and give no shits about the "difficulty". But I will fight tooth and nail when people shit on all of the games when other says one sucks over the other or their favorite. It just annoys me to see such arrogance is all.
I personally love Persona 2 Eternal Punishment. But it's considered the hardest persona game so it may take awhile to finish.
Persona 3 Reload is a fantastic start to the series. its probably the simplest of the 3 jrpg games. it gives you the bones of future installments to play around with and it greatly cuts down on any feelings of being overwhelmed by mechanics.i love 5 but it does feel like a game that assumes you know the basics from playing previous games. and 4 golden while also super great about teaching the player, has the tiniest bit of old scuff on it from being a game from 2012. so ya, overall id say 3 reload has been a very beginner friendly experience from start to finish.
Breakdown of Persona franchise
1) Persona os a spin off of Shin Megami Tensei, which was doing Pokemon before Pokemon existed. You collect and summon demons. Persona doesn't make them demons, but its the same monster designs used in a more anime vibe and dealing with more psychological stuff.
2) Persona 1 and 2 are separate from 3-5. Large time gap between 2 and 3. Persona 3 added a bunch of new gameplay concepts that were used in 4 + 5 and the recent Metaphor Refantazio (which isn't a persona game, but made by same crew)
3) Persona 3-5 have one interesting concept other games dont: life/time management. Games take place over a year and theres a calendar that keeps moving. You have to be selective about how you apend your time. You are a high school student who is fighting various evil forces in each game, and you have school, your afternoon, and your night. You can build friendships, date people, shop, get a job, etc... Building friendships unlocks stronger creatures and passives. Jobs build cash. You have to level up your personality to do some stuff, so you have to read to vuild your intelligence, lift to build strength, etc... And just like real life, you dont have enough time to do it all.
3).Persona 3 got really popular and helped save Atlus (part of sega) from bankruptcy. Each mainline numbered Persona title did better than the last and Persona 3's remake sold a mil games in a week. A distantly related game by this team, metaphor refantazio, sold a mil in a day last week.
4) Every numbered persona game has like 5+ years of a gap in between. That's why so many spinoffs come out. Arena is street fighter-esq fighting, Q is a tactical rpg on 3DS, dancing is what it says, and strikers is made in a partnership with the dynasty warrior team, so its an action slasher. In the arena and Q games, the casts of Persona 3, 4, and later, 5 all intermingle.
5) Every persona game gets a rerelease a few yrs later with 10-20hrs of new postgame content and other tweaks all throigh the game. Persona 3 got "FES" and later a full-blown remake for ps5. Persona 4 got "Golden," and Persona 5 got "Royal"
6) Since it's almost 2025 and nothing has been announced, Persona 6 will debut at least a decade after Persona 5.
7) There are animes, but the quality isn't good. These are 100+ hr games. Hard to make that into 12 or 25 20min episodes and cover everything. Mangas are similar, but do add extra stories.
8) A lot of anime cut scenes and casting. In the American games, got guys like Johnny Yong Bosch (Ichigo, Vash, Lelouch, etc...), Matt Mercer, and Yuri Lowenthal (sasuke) voicing characters. Joker's (p5) Japanese VA is Jun Fukuyama, the guy who voiced Zero in Code Geass.
SIDE NOTE -there are parties and raves specifically for game or anime music. They travel around to big cities. NYC is getting an anime focused one in Nov
Persona 3 reload 4 golden and 5 royal are all master pieces so I can't recommend them enough.
If you loved these 3 games then there are a lot of spin-offs that I can recommend.
Persona 5 Strikers is a Dynasty Warriors game, but don't let the Dynasty Warriors gameplay fool you, this game is so good that you can hardly call it a spin-off.
Persona 5 Tactica is a tactical RPG a bit like Fire Emblem and Mario + Rabbids, it takes place between the second and third semester of 5 Royal, it's not as good as 5 Strikers but it's still good.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is indeed a fighting game, it is a sequel to the original 4 Arena but has all the story content of the original 4 Arena so I would only play 4 Arena Ultimax, it is a Crossover between the Persona 4 and 3 characters and the story mode is great especially if you are a fan of the Characters Aigis and Elizabeth, Aigis is the second most popular character in all of Atlus's games so I think you will love the story.
Persona Q 1 and 2 are Persona spin-offs with the gameplay of the Etrian Odyssey games, a series also made by Atlus where you explore labyrinth dungeon while creating your own maps, Q1 is a Crossover with the P3 and 4 characters but in the ending they get a mind wipe so it's more fan service Q2 is the same but with the 5 cast added and a New story.
The dancing games are rhythm games, every Persona game has an amazing soundtrack so Persona is perfect for rhythm games, 4 Dancing is the best one because that game is the only one with a story mode, the story delves deeper into the character Rise.
And the latest spin-off is Persona 5 Phantom X or P5X for short, it's a gacha game that takes place in another universe with a brand new cast of characters, it's a persona game first a gacha game second so you can play it without spending money, the best part of persona are the optional side characters and their stories, so a gacha game is perfect for the Persona formula
Persona 3 is where Persona found its footing. Persona was a side game of the main series Shin Megami Tensei which is really old even older than Final Fantasy. Persona 1 and 2 are closer to its sister games with the dark tone/themes while 3,4,5 are abit more lighthearted. Shin Megami Tensei is very dark, like Berserk lvls of dark.
Start with Persona 5 Royal, then Persona 3 Reload, then Persona 4 Golden. This according to playablity based on game mechanics and difficulty.
Then you can play Persona 5 Strikers, P5 Tactica, P4 Arena and Ultimax, Persona Q and Q2.
Now you can play Persona 1 and 2.
So with Persona, the monsters/demons they summon are representations of their soul, usually represented by figures in mythology or history. How they summon them is different in each game. 3 has evokers (the guns), 4 has tarot cards and 5 has masks.
Persona 3 onwards is considered modern persona.
Persona 3 has its original version, FES (an updated rerelease with an epilogue chapter), Portable (adds Female MC and doesn't have the epilogue), and Reload (remake, with the FES epilogue chapter being DLC, no Female MC), as well as the dancing spinoff.
Persona 4 has it's original version, Golden (the rerelease with added content), Arena (fighting game spin-off), Arena Ultimax (definitive version of Arena), and it's Dancing spin-off.
Persona 5 has its original version, Royal (its rerelease with added content), Strikers (if you're familiar with the warriors genre of games, it's a hack and slash action game against hundreds of enemies) which is a direct sequel to original P5, though nothing in it technically contradicts Royal's added content, then there's Tactica, the most recent spin-off, being a strategy game similar to X-com. And of course it's dancing spin-off.
The Persona Q games are more dungeon crawler heavy, with the first one having 3 and 4's cast and PQ2 having 5's join in.
IIRC there was (maybe still is) a P5 fighting game in development by Arc Systems (of Guilty Gear and Blazblue renown), but it's been years for that. As of right now we're at a point where people are a bit tired of spin-offs (P5 Tactica didn't sell that well) and hoping for the next new entry. Though remakes of 1 and 2, are wanted. A remake of 4 as well bringing it onto the same level as Royal and Reload is somewhat wanted though not needed given Golden's accessibility.
There's actually anime for some of them. And though the anime tend to pale in comparison to the actual games, they do have some banger custom openings to them.
Persona 3 reload is what I started with it’s an amazing game great for getting into the persona series
Damn never know persona is that old
Persona 3 onward are PS2 to PS5 while P1+2 are Playstation 1.
P4 dancing is the only one with a classic story mode since it was released at a time when Atlus obsessed into making all games even spin offs have a canon excuse for existing. P3 and P5 dancing have a lighter “story mode”.
Persona 5 royal is probably the best overall game in the series and an excellent entry. The gameplay in others can feel a little dated but none are bad
Getting reload would be fine.
No episode aigis op😢
Reload a great game but i think it's not a good remake. I still prefer Fes or portable.