Worst Persona game?

[King of Games]

What do you think the worst Persona game is?
Alot of people dislike the Q 1/2 and the P3/P5 dancing games.
But for me its a tie between P3p and Revelations Persona

[HexGramarye]

Persona 4. I know others like it and I respect their opinion.

[King of Games]

Originally posted by Universal Gramarye:

Persona 4. I know others like it and I respect their opinion.

Some of the Dungeons definetly drug out wayyy too long and were more or less just randomly generated hallways with thematic wallpaper. I remember Tartarus levels being alot shorter.

[Stormy Dawn]

Honestly of the main series, I think this one is the worst.

Not bad by any stretch of the definition, but the weakest of them (especially of the modern, social activity based games). It felt like it crossed the line into more style than substance. The story was weak. Characters and gameplay were still really fun, and even though I consider it the worst, again, doesn't make it a bad game at all.

That's actually the primary reason why I prefer P3P over P3FES. The story itself wasn't really what keep me engaged, and The Answer took what was already a weak story and just made it convoluted. So between not having access to The Answer and losing cut scenes that were designed to help accentuate a story I didn't care for in the first place - it wasn't a loss to me. On the other hand, gaining access to improved gameplay features via party control and the ability to play a girl with altered Social Links was more appealing since those were aspects of Persona 3 I cared about.

[RavenHunter]

Spin off wise, Q1 is messy. Either that or P3D/p5D. Q2 is actually good for most parts.

Mainline wise: Revelations unfortunately because of the gameplay, great story though.

[Rialm]

I only played P4G, P5, P4U. there is not a worst, each has their own advantage and disadvantage.

[D's Journal]

5 is good for the dungeons imho.
4 > 3 > 5

[Aka must die]

Originally posted by D's Journal:

3 > 5 > 4

[King of Games]

Originally posted by Vermilion:

Originally posted by D's Journal:

3 > 5 > 4

2>3>5>4>1

[qazimod]

4>3:Journey>5>2:IS>1>2:EP>Standing on rakes Sideshow Bob-style>3:Answer.

5 is a bit more bloated than 3:Journey or 4, but 3:Journey can get kind of samey - for me, 4 has the best balance of variety and pacing. The pre-3 games can be fun when you make the grindiness work for you (using Estoma to minimise battle frequency, negotiating out of annoying battles) but you still lose a lot of what made 3:Journey/4/5 stand out from conventional JRPGs (pre-3 games have no real social links, no calendar activities, no "one more" attacks, no shuffle time, less satisfying Velvet Room proceedings, and so on.) I prefer 2:IS because it's less fussy about grid position tactical business than 1, and its story was more interesting than 2:EP.

3:Answer is kind of inoffensive but it got so boring so quickly, even compared to the pre-3 games.

[HexGramarye]

Originally posted by King of Games:

Originally posted by Vermilion:

3 > 5 > 4

2>3>5>4>1

2>3>1>5>4

But they're all really good, except 4 which I couldn't get into.

[Louis Cypher]

Actually for me it is 3. Gameplay even felt dated back then.
Better watch the movies.

[stevo]

Honestly, 4. I liked the characters and story enough, but it's probably the series' worst gameplay wise. forgettable dungeons, and just feels like you get to the mid to late game and find the optimal path of getting the strongest PHYS all attack going at that point in time.

[Darkening Demise]

Worst To Least
1. Persona 1
2. Persona 3 Portable
3. Persona 3
4. Persona 2
5. Persona 4
6. Persona 5

If the rumors are true I hope the remake of Persona 3 keeps the female MC and party control. That's the only good things about Portable. But not good enough of an excuse for this version over FES unless the remake is true. Then its fine since we can enjoy a superior version with the best of both worlds via the remake.

[The japanese bone incident]

Discounting spinoffs and the Answer:

3/EP>IS/4>1>>>5

Revelations and the PSP port are super solid games, I'd rather replay them over 5.

[King of Games]

Originally posted by friend:

Discounting spinoffs and the Answer:

3/EP>IS/4>1>>>5

Revelations and the PSP port are super solid games, I'd rather replay them over 5.

it's rare to see someone admiting to actually liking Revelations