Is story good?

[fgpack90]

Hello, i know this is a weird question but let me put some context. When i was a young boy i only cared about gameplay, i wanted it to be fun and who cares if story sucks. Now I'm a grown man and i prefer to have a good story, even if gameplay is mid level. Does this game have a good story or quest system? Right now all i want in games is a good story to entertain me, I'm not amymore in the phase of "i want to master hard gameplay". And i mean all franchise (thinking of buying all games from 3 to 5). Thanks and have a nice day

[TyresTyco]

Well uhm yeah... thats solely depends on if you like slice of life/shounen mix anime or not.

I love all the Persona stories ( you can also watch the Persona animes which are all top notch, preferably after playing the games since they obviously spoil the hell out of the game experience). This one is the second best of them all (the best story is in 3 imho). It has everything anime fans normally like. A good cast ( except one dude ) .. nice plot twists.. some action. High stakes story, most polished Persona gameplay. It's a hefty long game. A LOT of reading and a lot of small side stories which are all pretty nicely written imho.

I double dipped on this game because of the good story, relaxing gameplay .. perfect for the steamdeck.

You can't go wrong with the Persona franchise. Except that the new port of P3P seems to be pretty bad.. where everyone recommends using ps2 emulator for FES.

P4G has the weakest story (low stakes, mainly a small town detective story) but still super good. Mainly because of the awesome cast. It carries the weak dungeon gameplay.

[Arifufu]

thinking buying all 3 then u need play from 3 first, 4, then 5. Play backward is a wrong choice except u wanna enjoy 5 only, it's for gameplay wise, because 5 is too modern also 5 is the easiest mechanics compared other title, since 3 is only 2D novel (however yes the battle is 3D), if u like to story-driven with visual novel 3 is your best bet, what i want to say play 5 first then u will feel play 4 then 3 there are so many upgrades in term of battle gameplay, but if u don't bother about gameplay, battle style, then yes u can play backward 5, 4, 3

But for story wise, i recommend play 4, 3 then 5. 5 story is not that great compare others.

I play this game for grind stats and NG+, this game is not hard, this game has its own story, i play both 4 and 5 but skip 3 because i have already spoiled by 3D model and i don't really like 2D visual novel, i come from P4 original PS2 then P4G then P5R, so yeah P4G and P5R is my own choice, wished i started from 3, but here i am loving both 4 and 5

[Ivas]

Well... You will find VERY different answers to your question... Somebody thinks that the story is excellent (me), somebody thinks - it's OK, and somebody even will call it bad. For example, in the fandom there is a consensus, that P3 has the best story. But I don't agree. It has great lategame story. But midgame is lacking. And earlygame is... Not good. I can't place P3 higher than P5 just because the last 30 or 40 hours was near perfect. Other 60 hours was worse than P5.

But that's my opinion. Nothing objective about it. Play the games yourself and form your own opinion.

[RezetteBombe]

As soon as I finished the game I cried.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Originally posted by Ivas:

But that's my opinion. Nothing objective about it. Play the games yourself and form your own opinion.

This isn´t an alternative here. The 2 hour limit for refund is completely broken for RPGs, should be at least 5.

Story for me is a 8.5/10.

[Ivas]

Originally posted by Exarch_Alpha:

Originally posted by Ivas:

But that's my opinion. Nothing objective about it. Play the games yourself and form your own opinion.

This isn´t an alternative here. The 2 hour limit for refund is completely broken for RPGs, should be at least 5.

Story for me is a 8.5/10.

My last comment is advising to form opinion for yourself and not just believe anything that anyone says (even me).

And for such a long game even 5 hours is too short. You will barely finish the tutorial. If OP doubts that he will like the story, I would suggest to watch some playthroughs without comments.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Oh yeah 5 hours isn´t enough but is VASTLY better than 2. If it depended on me I would set it to 10 hours.

[slvrr]

I'm less than halfway finished with the game, the story is incredible and possibly one of the best stories ive ever seen in a game. So, yeah. The story is great, def recommend it!

[Wolfherz]

I cry multiple times every time I play this game. The story is very good.

[Turbo Alice]

well imo it's the weakest in the series story wise, but it's still a good story.

[mrrp]

no

[Mango]

If you like those movies where kids are smarter than Einstein and can outwit an entire country with the power of friendship you will like this game

[SevenNights]

Story? If you want deep and beautiful one, then play P3FES
If you want mystery, comedy, drama, a complete satisfy feeling then play P4 Golden
If you want a meh story, boring characters but beautiful graphic and best gameplay then play P5

If you want to play all but don't know the orders. Play 3 first then 4 then 5.
But I would not recommend P3P remastered because there is no movie cut-scenes, no 3D map, no after story. The game itself is great but P3P version is an incomplete experience of P3.

[Kishidan]

For an anime game, it's as good as it gets.

[Skram]

It's okay, not great, not bad.
It's very surface level in its message about rebellion and fighting corruption while staying true to your beliefs. It's like a teenage punk who dresses up and gets mad about something but doesn't understand why nor actually tries to get to the root of the issue, just whatever is in front of them.
That being said it's usually the characters who drive in the interest around the story, not the other way around.
P3 has a better story and P4 has better characters but that doesn't mean it's bad, just not the peak.
Though I would argue the additional story/final boss is well written.