Honestly, I had a massive interest in playing SMT games again after a while of not playing them but I completely lost any interest in playing persona games past 3. It’s specifically the shift away from focus occultism and jungian psychology that makes these games just meh, persona 4 at least has a good focus on Shinto religion but a lot of that is by the wayside and it’s too upbeat. Like if I want a fix for slice of life stuff I could go to literally anywhere else


After a while, the most appealing thing that sticks about the Megaten games are the spiritual themes

>>715618531 (OP)
Agreed. Persona was darker before and now it's like a comic book with super heroes. 3 was my first entry into the series and it's my favorite. The aesthetic from 1 through 3 was noir. 4 was on the fence. 5 is just too bright and loud.

SMTrannies crying again

>>715618531 (OP)
Just play strange journey, it sounds like it has what you're looking for

>>715618531 (OP)
Actual SMTfag. What the actual fuck are you talking about, Persona 3-5 has exactly the same story as P1-2, almost beat for beat, the singular difference is how the games are structured.

it's whoopass time!

>>715620004
Lmao

>>715618531 (OP)
>Innocent Sin goes to crazy town about halfway through
>Eternal Punishment is just depressing
Three entries later and 2 duology is still the best Persona stories we'll ever get

>>715619210
Honestly, if there was a game with the calendar system and the more esoteric focus of the earlier games then I would play the hell out of that

>>715618531 (OP)
persona peaked with 2 everyone already knows this

>>715618531 (OP)
>persona 4 at least has a good focus on Shinto religion
Retard

I feel deep hostility to Persona 2
I have played a million boring JRPGs and yet those two games are the boringmost

>>715622405
>Three (3) dungeon long arc dedicated to Lisa's Idol career

>>715620004
That's what I was about to say. These retards have not played these games and are just parroting shit they know nothing about.

>>715621194
This exact scene is on Persona 5.

>>715622794
That’s the thing about modern persona games, they don’t capture the whole being a demon slayer while doing high school thing very well because there is only one dungeon per arc. Like surely if you want to capture that Buffy the Vampire Slayer vibe they would do a lot more than one dungeon in a while? But as it turns out your Persona using career is limited to just doing a dungeon in a day or two every once in a while, like some coursework you end up doing last minute

>>715618531 (OP)
>playing purse owner games
There's your problem

>>715625029
>posts worst bitch from worst SMT game
The trannies are ITT

>>715625029
Now that I think of it she does have that early persona look to her

>>715625221
Yoko is the best bitch.

>>715625221
>he fell for the tranny psyop
It caters to loli fags
It caters to mommy fags
It caters to prime high school pusy fags
It caters to monster girl fags
It caters to kemonini fags
It caters to fairy fags
It caters to Jewish prostitute fags
It caters to dummy mommy angel fags
It caters to shy submissive girl fags

It has literally every waifu type under the sun
You think a game with Cleopatra's and Naamah's unique attacks is a "tranny" game?
Woke revisionism brain rot got to you bro
I bet you think Kanji is gay and Naoto is trans too

I liked Persona 1 and 2

>>715627413
What's the best way to play them?

>>715625535
Ok troon
>>715626774
>Tranny melty
Poor thing

Its 'youth culture' urban theme sucks a lot now actually.

>>715618531 (OP)
>smt
>posts about shitsona
Huh?

Persona probably has one of the worst cases of flanderization I've ever seen in a video game series

"tranny" game

>>715618531 (OP)
Funny enough ...If is more in line with how Persona has developed now it could probably be retitled as Persona 0 now.

>>715627930
OP was making a comparison that his experience with SMT was recalled well enough to want to re-experience it, while Persona had a roadbump.

>>715627663
There's a PSX version and a PSP version of P1, P2:IS, and P2:EP. The PSP versions are mostly the better way to play (some people debate it with P2:IS). Also you need to play a fan patch of P2:EP to play the PSP version in English because Atlus USA is retarded

>>715627413
>P1
Emulate the PSP version (or play it on an actual PSP if you have one)
It's way faster, the translation isn't a meme, and it has a lot of QOL features not in the original.
there's a patch to restore the original soundtrack here: https://gamebanana.com/wips/68611
>P2:IS
The PSP version is okay, but they lowered the difficulty and made the battle system really slow. I've never played the PSX version with the fan translation but it's probably fine too.
>P2:EP
PSP version with the English translation patch.
Generally better feature-wise than the PSX version, and it has some extra optional content.

>>715619028
lol

"tranny" game

Hearts on his boobies

"tranny" game

>>715628813
Just because it’s campy doesn’t mean it’s not dark, all Megaten games are campy as hell.

>>715630879
okay? lmao.

>>715630927
But you could very obviously feel the difference in tone, the latter persona games have dark part points sure but the presentation is completely different. Persona 5 isn’t a game that lets you feel the darkness of the situation, everything feels very surface level

>>715628521
meant to reply to >>715627663
I don't know how I managed to reply to myself instead

>>715631145
Damn, that's crazy. Anyway, lol.

>>715631767

>>715632063
oops, meant for
>>715625428

>>715618531 (OP)
Well persona is so far removed from it's SMT roots that the SMT subtitle basically got dropped.
There also was a shift in tone after 3 from darker too much more lighthearted, and even bombastic with 5.

>>715618531 (OP)
>focus occultism and jungian psychology
oh no! not the occultism and jungian psychology!

>>715633087
To be fair the titles and subtitles in Megaten never made any sense. At best they're massively inconsistent. Persona was "Megami Ibunroku", and then that got dropped in P2. Devil Survivor 1 was also a "Megami Ibunroku" game but for some reason Devil Survivor 2 isn't. For some reason If... and Strange Journey and Nine and even Devil Chldren are full-blown "Shin Megamis" instead of Megami Ibunroku for reasons that aren't clear. Then obviously there's a whole bunch of games that are "megaten" but have neither subtitle like Digital Devil Saga and the Devil Summoners (which also have a weird thing going on where the Devil Summoner subtitle started getting dropped too)

And this is without going into the fact that the English names may or may not include the Shin Megami Tensei subtitle even when the Japanese name didn't.

>>715633842
dude, relax

>>715633982
?

>>715633842
>Devil Survivor 1 was also a "Megami Ibunroku" game but for some reason Devil Survivor 2 isn't.
Didn't know that, interesting.
Thought it had something to do with this made up timeline, but it doesn't seem like DeSu spins off from anything.
Though I guess having the SMT foundations sort of still counts maybe.

>>715634091
Probably got hit with dismissal by someone else and wants to project the frustration onto others.

>>715618531 (OP)
>Persona 2
nice fan fic faggot, but everyone knows Persona started at 3, you are not fooling anyone

who are bigger faggots on /v/?
Persona 1-2 faggots or Persona 3-5 faggots

>>715636160
Well, let's be clear, the biggest faggot(s) in the thread are
>>715624779
>>715627413
>>715633842
>>715635850
>>715619028

>>715636468
thank you for your contribution to this discussion

>>715636949
Keep coping, faggot.

>>715630163
>LOOK LOOK A FLAT-CHESTED DOI DESIGN
>THIS IS LITERALLY ME...BUT IM NOT A TRANNY!!
lol

>>715628236
>>715629198
>tranny had a melty for multiple posts
missed that part, poor thing

>>715637120
I think the only one coping here is the nusonafag realizing that not everyone wants to play a half-assed date sim because not everyone is a virginal autistic retard

>>715637376
>guy asks for faggots
>point out a faggot
>faggot starts crying
lmao

>>715637621
>reply to self
>pretend like the samefag isn't obvious
Cope+seethe

>>715628521
Or you can learn Japanese and play the JP version of Megami Ibunroku, the PSP remake has less tracks compared to PSX. Even of you use the patch, it won't add the missing tracks for example: Battle -Awakening

Persona started at 3

>>715637147
>>715637239
How often do you think about trannies?
Seems like a lot. Bet you can't resist calling me one.

>>715638137
>muh wish fulfillment started at 3
>ending seals protagonist to a door
lmao
Pissona started at 4

>>715638167
>DON'T CALL ME A TRANNY IF YOU CALL ME A TRANNY IN A REPLY TO THIS POST I WILL HAVE A MELTY DONT DO IT!!!
Tranny

>>715637923
>the PSP remake has less tracks compared to PSX. Even of you use the patch, it won't add the missing tracks for example: Battle -Awakening
that was a problem with the old music patch
the new one I linked to properly re-adds all of the PSX tracks, even the ones that don't have PSP equivalents

>>715638327
I accept your concession

>>715622405
>Million boring JRPGs
Implying it's not an Hyperbolic statement, can you name them? For me I still feel Quest 64 takes the #1 spot

>>715618531 (OP)
Persona started at Shin Megami Tensei Tokyo Revelations

Don't care for P1 or 2 but Eriko best girl in the franchise.

>>715638481
That's good to hear, I'll give it a try later.

>>715618531 (OP)
I feel like I liked the idea of P1 and the P2 duology more than I actually ended up liking them as games. Like I have never played games where the atmosphere and the aesthetics hit so perfectly while everything around them felt incredibly boring at best and complete ass at worst.

>>715638481
Is there a pre-patched version? I have issues with my computer

Lots of mentally ill people in this thread.

>>715639339
Nothing in this thread is a big enough deal

>>715638327

>>715638870
Jrpgs without press turn or even, Allah forgive me, one more, are barely worth playing

>>715638870
Yeah. I like P1/P2 also but I think the gameplay across the 3 games is pretty bad. P2's gameplay is actually even worse than P1's I think. P2 combat is just so braindead. But I love P2's rumor system and its inexplicable deep dive into Lovecraft lore and other things. It's tempting to say "play these maybe if you like oldschool RPGs" but really their gameplay is worse than other oldschool RPGs, even the other oldschool SMTs.

>>715639598
>made an entire meme
worse than a melty, poor tranny

I want another SMT 1/2 styled games, I miss gunning down demons

>>715638696
lol tranny said this AND THEN made a whole meme
poor tranny

>>715639953
Too many trannies bought the femboy simulator so you won't ever get a good SMT game ever again

>>715639937
>>715640024
>>715640130
>proving the meme right
>can't fathom being creative
100% brown

>>715628015
I wouldn't call it flanderization, just a twist of 180 degrees after P2,

>>715639953
I'm playing smt1 for the first time. The atmosphere is impeccable. I just want to know what happens next in the story

>>715627413
>I liked Persona 1
I didn't and now we are enemies, the psp soundtrack was kino so
https://youtu.be/Xb4PX3rPg6o?t=22

>>715639953
>I miss gunning down demons
It's a shame because it helped set the apocalyptic tone and how overwhelming an invasion of monsters and demons would be if everyone had to start packing and wearing armor once everywhere felt like a warzone.

>>715640367
>YOU'RE A NIGGER YOU'RE A NIGGER I WON'T SAY NIGGER BECAUSE I'M A FAGGOT BUT YOU'RE A NIGGERRRRRRR
lol tranny

>>715640809
>>715640809
Lone prayer is shit unless you have brain damage

>YOU'RE A NIGGER YOU'RE A NIGGER I WON'T SAY NIGGER BECAUSE I'M A FAGGOT BUT YOU'RE A NIGGERRRRRRR
>lol tranny

>>715641751
Is literally the only good thing of P1, even if the combat was better than P2 for the simple fact that it was faster

>>715621194
>BAFOU
Best hacker, Futaba could never
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFHJzDTi_M

>>715641878
I say nigger, you say tranny
>nigger

>>715639953
I miss equipment, I miss factions, magic bullets and good stories, oh and the protagonist not being a fag

>>715639859
2's gameplay is so goddamn awful I can't bring myself to even boot IS again.

>I say nigger, you say tranny
>nigger

>>715641878
>HAHAH LOOK I POSTED A MEME ABOUT GIVING OUT (You)s for pity
>UHHH NOW IM NOT GIVING (You)s!
>NOW YOU'RE THE WOJAK HAHAHA BETTER NOT CALL ME TRANNY AGAIN OR ELSE I'LL MELTY MORE
tranny

>>715642525
>tranny having a melty lashing out at bystanding anons
what a tranny

>>715642042
The vocal tracks are good to listen, but they do not fit P1 setting. Anyways
>looking through my eyes
>If perhaps you feel I woke with you, just smile
>don't you want it baby?
>keep it real lets keep it real

>>715627731
>>715630163
>>715639339
>>715639937
>>715641878
>>715642678
These posts?
You guessed it.
All me, baby.

>>715643089
>but they do not fit P1 setting.
Agree, they are Persona 3 onward songs but hey they are catchy

>>715642525
This is so low effort, why did I laugh

I enjoyed Persona 2, the characters and story are charming and interesting, while the JRPG gameplay is fine. I wonder if they could adapt it to have the P3 calendar system in a remake. After P4 and P5 get remade and P6 gets milked to death, maybe we'll see a P1 and P2 remake. I agree with OP, the occult themes are what sets SMT apart, and they should lean into it more, instead of just using it in superficial ways, but I doubt nu-Atlus will.

>>715644130
The only way I accept a calendar system in 1 and 2 is if it's done like 5X.

>>715644130
>P5 get remade
Unneeded. Doubt it will happen soon or before 6.

>>715638743
For the most part it's games I like most of the time, since if I'm genuinely bored for more than a short time I drop the game. A good example is Metal Max 3, which has a lot of bad filler content and stuff that's possibly bugged like an area where there's literally another random encounter every step and it takes 15 minutes to cross a zone that's the size of a typical RPG starting town. But I still really love the series and parts of 3.

But eternal punishment was just too much boredom after innocent sin was really pushing it already.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW8_57IgX9Q

>>715644858
the track that plays when you realize you have to download an OST patch

>>715618531 (OP)
the spiritual part(?) of these games is pretty superficial. glad it clicks for you, and the games look very cool, but they're not chock full of wisdom.

and they're pretty similar thematically, as >>715620004 points out. just a matter of whether you want your spiritual themes served with a high school dating sim or a punishing dungeon crawler.

>>715640427
It's sort of like Fire Emblem. They bolted a dating sim onto the game and suddenly it got big. The difference is that Fire Emblem still tries to keep everyone happy while oldschool Persona fans can just play SMT instead.

>playing 3 R
>”the Magatama is a spirit of misfortune”
>think about Persona 2EP scene of burning the patch
>think about how many times I have tempted fate with stuff like that and my faith in God

I love how realistic the themes were in the old ones. You cannot have a religious experience while just fucking high school girls.

>>715646286
>You cannot have a religious experience while just fucking high school girls
I'm willing to give it a shot.

>>715636160
Fake fans who refuse to play other games in this series.
SMTfags who whine about Persona are fake fans. (especially funny when they bitch about twink protags when this franchise was started with a twink)
Personafags who whine about 3-5 are fake fans.
Personafags who only play 3-5 are fake fans.
All are massive faggots.

>>715646554
Persona is good, and has a right to be more childish, but the SMT games need gore. They need Sakahagi skinning uncensored.

ITT: your favourite Persona uniforms

>the principal of the next Persona game

>>715648253
>omg which unis were the most kawaii! ugu :3
Oh wow you're a faggot

>>715648605
You never played a single persona game, have you?

>>715621194
>>715642043
Bafou was my go to party member my CHAOS FIEND

>>715618531 (OP)
>>715619028
>muh atmosphere
youtube playthroughs dont count.

>>715648714
Unlike you, who watched someone else play them on youtube, I've played them all.

Cute response though, faggot.

>>715649042
Do you know who that is?

>>715625029
I want to fuck her shoes

>>715648605
>>715649042
You clearly never played these games.

>>715648253
I definitely like the Gekkoukan uniforms the most desu. They have this very classy and timeless aesthetic to them thanks to black and white color motive. Makes them look like classic opera uniforms while also having this intresting semi biker feel to them with the side zippers. The logo of the school also makes them look like racing suits a little bit. Overall very simple yet also very unique and interesting fashion style

>>715648253
Seven Sisters or Gekkoukan

>>715648253
Probably St. Hermelin for me. I like how the grey looks.

>>715652331
I thought it was fugly when I played P1 but after seeing it in other games/fanart it's grown on me a lot