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Mead posted...

Nope Persona 5 is the only game Ive played that seems similar at all

There are mechanical similarities, but beyond that they honestly have little in common unless we're talking about SMTIV, which... look, some people like it but it was such cringe to me that I couldn't bear it, and I gave it like a good six hours of time. It's also the closest the core SMT has come to Persona, so no wonder. Ugh.

Core SMT is great, and I'm not saying this as a long-term fan; I got into the series like... last year. Strange Journey was good, too. Sorta like SMT: Aliens. Nocturne a tonal masterpiece and the first two games were very unusual for their time and still hold up quite well, imo.

Edit: I just played Nocturne this year, ftr. And I liked it so much that I went for every ending (there are six). I'd avoided the series because I'd heard it was really difficult and that was a massive mistake on my part. I wish I'd tried them out sooner; it was stupid of me to let the reputation of their difficulty turn me off. Decided to give them a chance because I really liked Darkest Dungeon 1 and figured that they might hit a similar itch.

From the ones I'm familiar with so far, I'd definitely recommend:
SMT 1 (if you like retro games).
SMT 2 (if you like retro games).
SMT 3: Nocturne.
SMT: Strange Journey (either version is okay but the original is considered to be better written).
SMT: Digital Devil Saga 1-2 (Story is deliberately vague for a huge portion which is frustrating, strong Hindu themes, good games if particularly eccentric, the characters are fucking weird for a reason, I swear).

I still have a lot more to check out but yeah, those are all definitely worth looking into.

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