Best persona game?

[Ruby.exe]

So I am genuinely curious what all of you think the best persona game is, I personally have played about 10-15 hours of both 4 and 5 and yet maybe it's recency bias but even with only a few hours into 3 I have been enjoying it more than my time in 4/5

[Budoshi]

5 hands down the best for me , got it on ps 4 .

[LaSaia]

Persona 2 and it's not even close.

[Overeagerdragon]

Persona 3... maybe tied with Persona3:FES... but that's bias on my part to as I started with Persona 3 and was REALLY intrigued by it's complexity and difficulty even though I realise that can be a case of nostalgia and me understanding the game a lot less than I do now

[kgfzrt]

I'm constanstly alternating between 3, 4 and 5, but I think this one may be warming up to be my favorite

P5 had great everything, but the confidants were so lacking. I didn't enjoy most of them

P4 is a middle point. Not particularly great at anything (in comparison to the others, of course. It's an excellent game)

P3 always had rusty gameplay, odd art direction and meh voice acting (for the most part), but this has been fixed now and I'm enjoying this remake so much it's probably gonna be my favorite persona game

[King Kilo]

subjectively - P3
objectively - P4

[Tabe]

For me it used to be
1. P4 Golden
2. Persona 5
3. P3P (didn't play og P3 or FES)

After playing reloaded for 30+ hours so far I'd say it is now
1. P3 Reloaded
2. P4 Golden
3. P5

Story is easily the best in P3, social links are better in both P3 and P4 than P5.
P5 is still an awesome game though, it is just P3R and P4 Golden is even better (i might have some bias towards P4 Golden as it was my first persona, played it on Vita around when it came out)

[Awt]

P3 best in story
P4 best in characters
P5 best in gameplay

[Tabe]

Originally posted by Awt:

P3 best in story
P4 best in characters
P5 best in gameplay

And with this remake I feel that the gameplay is about just as good as P5, which made it an overall better game for me now

[Splinter of Chaos]

Best: Persona 5.

In fairness, I'm not sure I even got half way into Persona 4 and have been meaning to go back to it at some point.

I really want to say Persona 2 is pretty high on my list but it's been so long since I played it. Though it's hard to call it a "Persona" game in the modern sense of the series.

[Emmy]

Persona 2, 100%
Any other opinion means you need to upgrade your grey matter.

On a side note, 5 is a terrible game in both JRPG design and it's story. ♥♥♥♥ feels like an 11 year old's fanfic.

[yb1e]

Persona 3
Best story and now gameplay on par with Persona 5

[Taint Snorkeler]

Originally posted by Emmy:

Persona 2, 100%
Any other opinion means you need to upgrade your grey matter.

On a side note, 5 is a terrible game in both JRPG design and it's story. ♥♥♥♥ feels like an 11 year old's fanfic.

insulting everyone with their own opinion is both dumb and toxic. check yourself before you wreck yourself.

[LaSaia]

Originally posted by Taint Snorkeler:

Originally posted by Emmy:

Persona 2, 100%
Any other opinion means you need to upgrade your grey matter.

On a side note, 5 is a terrible game in both JRPG design and it's story. ♥♥♥♥ feels like an 11 year old's fanfic.

insulting everyone with their own opinion is both dumb and toxic. check yourself before you wreck yourself.

They're right, though.

[AceFromSpace]

I've only played 3 through 5. Favorite is P3. I REALLY loved P3P, and invested at least a couple hundred hours over several playthroughs. Really enjoyed the female protagonist!

Least favorite is P5. I loved the music, but the whole game (at least early on) just being 'adults suck' after having 2 more compelling (for me) plotlines for 3 and 4 just made it difficult for me to get into the storyline. I only ever got just barely past recruiting Yusuke and I just. Couldn't keep going.

[notMarco]

Persona 5 Royal