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Patty_Fleur
06/25/22 4:19:42 PM
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P5 > P4 > P3

Persona series. Each entry is an improvement on the previous one in my opinion. 4 and 5 however are significantly better than 3.

Lots of people are nostalgic towards 3 but in my opinion the story is poor. It doesn't flow as naturally like the others because of the tarturus stuff.
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Kaiganeer
06/25/22 4:21:24 PM
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gameplay, absolutely

story/music/characters? p4 hands down
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Patty_Fleur
06/25/22 4:22:58 PM
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Kaiganeer posted...
gameplay, absolutely

story/music/characters? p4 hands down

I'm ok with that. P4 and P5 are debatable.
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Super Slash
06/25/22 4:24:25 PM
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Kaiganeer posted...
gameplay, absolutely

story/music/characters? p4 hands down
I'll give you music and characters but P4's story is honestly kind of poorly written. 3 easily had the best story to me.
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YellowSUV
06/25/22 4:25:18 PM
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Persona 4 music is good (the whole series has good music) but 3 and 5's music blows it out of the water.

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Patty_Fleur
06/25/22 4:26:56 PM
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Super Slash posted...
I'll give you music and characters but P4's story is honestly kind of poorly written. 3 easily had the best story to me.

Are you fucking serious? P4 is awesome murder mystery.

P3's story is a mess. You explore tarturus every month just because and the big bads attack the city on a certain day every month. They really don't need to go to the school but in the other games they have reasons to go to the dungeons.
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Super Slash
06/25/22 4:28:37 PM
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Patty_Fleur posted...
Are you fucking serious? P4 is awesome murder mystery.

P3's story is a mess. You explore tarturus every month just because and the big bads attack the city on a certain day every month. They really don't need to go to the school but in the other games they have reasons to go to the dungeons.
P4 has a number of plot holes and a good amount of plot-induced stupidity.

That doesn't make P3's story a mess. It's slow but consistent.
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BignutzisBack
06/25/22 4:29:28 PM
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4 is by far the worst in the series

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g0ldie
06/25/22 4:31:36 PM
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even though the gameplay isn't as good, I think I preferred what I played of P2: EP to any of the modern Personas.

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Alucard188
06/25/22 4:34:35 PM
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4 > 5 > 3

3's story is the best, the characters are better in 4, and 5 had the best gameplay.

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Beveren_Rabbit
06/26/22 7:18:59 PM
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most reviewer types like Chie because she's an unconventionally attractive girl with low self-esteem, and these people grew up on movies where the good guy is supposed to go for those girls instead of the stacies. most people mature and realize that's not true and a lot of low self-esteem girls are actually walking timebombs, these nerds didn't get the memo and continue to fantasize about rescuing a girl who doesn't realize she's insanely attractive for some reason. Persona fucks up this sort of person by having stacies that are genuinely sweet, caring people and make excellent girlfriends, which confuses the nerds who were told that all hot popular girls are evil.

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DespondentDeity
06/26/22 7:20:45 PM
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Backside of the TV is the best track in the series.

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Tappor
06/26/22 7:21:59 PM
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Gameplay wise definitely

Story wise, all I know is that base p5 sucks lol

I'm biased heavily in favor of P4's story but P3's is really good too, even if its really really slow

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Kain Highwind
06/26/22 7:23:03 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
4 > 5 > 3

3's story is the best, the characters are better in 4, and 5 had the best gameplay.
3's story is almost nonexistent until like the last two months

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Super Slash
06/27/22 6:55:51 PM
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Beveren_Rabbit posted...
most reviewer types like Chie because she's an unconventionally attractive girl with low self-esteem, and these people grew up on movies where the good guy is supposed to go for those girls instead of the stacies. most people mature and realize that's not true and a lot of low self-esteem girls are actually walking timebombs, these nerds didn't get the memo and continue to fantasize about rescuing a girl who doesn't realize she's insanely attractive for some reason. Persona fucks up this sort of person by having stacies that are genuinely sweet, caring people and make excellent girlfriends, which confuses the nerds who were told that all hot popular girls are evil.
Chie's character is not "low self-esteem", that's pretty much never shown anywhere in the actual storyline. MAYBE in her Social Link, I don't remember, but everyone has moments of low self-esteem. It does not mean it's a defining characteristic of her. Your entire post barely makes any sense.
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hitokoriX
06/27/22 6:59:02 PM
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Unpopular opinion here, but the series hasn't been the same since 3. I like 5 more than 4, but IMO 3 is just dope. IMO 4 is bad. Like really bad.

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Enix Belmont
06/27/22 7:05:10 PM
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Kaiganeer posted...
gameplay, absolutely

story/music/characters? p4 hands down

Probably my opinion, but 5's music is great too. It's close.

Persona 5 also wins best graphics. It's obvious but the style in Persona 5 is so cool and well defined it does deserve it's own mention as a point over the others IMO. Those menus are even incredible.

3's plot developers their characters in it, not social links. You get more character development out of the Persona 3 cast in the main plot and that's definitely a plus in Persona 3's favor. I love Persona 3 but the gameplay is definitely the worst. Very nostalgic, though.

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PMarth2002
06/27/22 7:19:33 PM
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Wish they'd port P5R over to steam already so I can finally play it.
Loved P4. Its one of my favorite PS2 games. I'd probably put it in my top 20 games.
Liked P3 the first time through, but feel it didn't hold up well on a replay.

Tried playing through P1 recently, and... its rough.

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YellowSUV
06/27/22 7:22:03 PM
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PMarth2002 posted...
Wish they'd port P5 over to steam already so I can finally play it.

It is coming to the Windows Store and Game Pass late October. Chances are the Steam version will be released then also.

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doomcrusader
06/27/22 7:25:30 PM
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I've never played any game is the series before, but I'm thinking about it when it comes to game pass.

Would it be best just to start with 3 or are the other games a better entry point into the series?

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YellowSUV
06/27/22 7:31:59 PM
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doomcrusader posted...
I've never played any game is the series before, but I'm thinking about it when it comes to game pass.

Would it be best just to start with 3 or are the other games a better entry point into the series?

5 is easiest game to jump into by far. The games got less janky as time went on. The only real big issue with 5 is that it can sometimes waste too much time with unseeded or repeated plot points. For example, you will have to go through forced text messages that repeat info that just happened a few cut scenes ago. There is also an infamous scene where there is a flashback to something that happened a minute ago.

That said, the stories are mostly entirely separate besides a few sparse cameos, so you can play them in any order.

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PMarth2002
06/27/22 7:41:29 PM
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YellowSUV posted...
It is coming to the Windows Store and Game Pass late October. Chances are the Steam version will be released then also.

I hope so. Don't have game pass. Not sure what windows store is.

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YookaLaylee
06/27/22 7:45:22 PM
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Alucard188 posted...
4 > 5 > 3

3's story is the best, the characters are better in 4, and 5 had the best gameplay.

I agree with this ranking but the only thing that I think 3 is the best at is music

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ChrisTaka
06/27/22 7:46:52 PM
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Enix Belmont posted...
3's plot developers their characters in it, not social links. You get more character development out of the Persona 3 cast in the main plot and that's definitely a plus in Persona 3's favor.

Hard agree. In 4 and 5 after you finish characters respective dungeons you almost never hear about their issues outside of their confidants and small references here and there.

Characters having their awakenings be tied to story events should be the norm.

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Punished_Blinx
06/27/22 7:53:45 PM
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3 has the opposite problem where the main cast barely seems to say anything or do much with you until the last quarter of the game.

It's definitely a balance that Persona hasn't quite figured out. The issue of not needing to hang out with someone when their social link is maxed out is a funny game thing in general. Hey we're in love and/or are now best friends. Now we will never hang out again.

Maybe putting some social link roadblocks for the main crew as the story progresses may be a solution. Or maybe have social links that involve a combination of two characters. Royal seems to be experimenting with that a little although I didn't play the original.

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Cokewave
06/27/22 7:55:32 PM
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Havent played P4 but I liked the characters and theme of P3 more than P5, but the gameplay and art style is better in P5

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Beveren_Rabbit
06/27/22 9:00:36 PM
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I don't like Joker's hair

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Ving_Rhames
06/27/22 9:02:00 PM
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BignutzisBack posted...
4 is by far the worst in the series


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