Should I play this or Persona 5 Royal first?

[RyuuInch]

I own both games but not sure which to play first. Saw Persona 3 Reload is getting a story DLC, so I'm not sure if should I wait for that before playing? On the other hand Persona 5 Royal is a complete product. Let me know what you guys think?

[Haruspex]

Persona 3 reload primitive mechanics. Original was made in 2006. So go jump on reload first, Playing P5 first would sour your experience since that has more consistency in almost everything.

[Evangelion]

P5's story and characters aren't that good compared to 3, it def doesn't even come close to having the consistency that dude claims, especially not in the writing. It is however the more content rich game atm, also the most modern in terms of it's life sim, with p3 def showing it's datedness in that aspect. Gameplay wise p3re just further refines and balances from p5r, also again nowhere near whatever the dude above is claiming. Considering you already put 30h into P5R however, it's def best to finish that game first, it's also still the best entry point for the series imo. Play P3RE after and by the time you finish it, the expansion will likely be out.

[Haruspex]

Most sane Persona player.
Went on to say what I was saying. More refined social links, Content, Style,Actual dungeons instead of 256 tartarus floors,etc. That's why I said almost everything because I very much prefer 3 in the writing department.
Thanks for proving you're willing to lie out of pettiness in another thread. The fact that P5 has more consistency isn't even debatable, You're comparing a 2006 game that started it all and was experimenting to a 2016 game. That's a decade worth of trial and error but keep doing you.

[Arisato]

The story of episode Aigis is not too long. We don't know how much Atlus gonna add to the story but after finishing P3R I don't think they gonna add too much. So you shouldn't wait for the dlc (Sept) but since you already put more time on P5R just finish that first.

[Silva]

I still haven't played Reload, but I found Royal terrible for the simple fact it wasn't a game but a pure visual novel. In other words, there's no challenge to it's gaming element, it's pointlessly easy. So, if you value some degree of challenge and strategizing in games go with base/original Persona 5 and skip Royal.

I also agree with someone above who said the pace of Persona 5 is overall, bad. There's this initial "tutorial phase" that takes way too long to end, with an irritating cat (Morgana?) prohibiting you from doing what you want. That makes the game feel "on-rails" for a significant part of it's lenght. Also, writing is too verbose, with excessive exposition and repetition as if the player was stupid. Overall I'm glad I finished P5 but I would never dare playing it again.

I'm getting P3 Reload soon hoping it has fixed at least some of those problems.

[Evangelion]

Originally posted by Jester:

Most sane Persona player.
Went on to say what I was saying. More refined social links, Content, Style,Actual dungeons instead of 256 tartarus floors,etc. That's why I said almost everything because I very much prefer 3 in the writing department.
Thanks for proving you're willing to lie out of pettiness in another thread. The fact that P5 has more consistency isn't even debatable, You're comparing a 2006 game that started it all and was experimenting to a 2016 game. That's a decade worth of trial and error but keep doing you.

Bro you didn't say anything, there was little to no context on what you were talking about. If you're gonna say more consistency in almost everything, at least clarify you know what you're talking about, I did. As you seem to agree, p3 is in fact better in terms of its writing, characters and story, so much for being consistent in almost everything, considering I just summed up the vocal point and main drive of the entire game. Dungeon is also only an aspect of it's gameplay, you were clearly talking about mechanics, which primitive makes no sense whatsoever considering it's literally p5r's mechanics but further refined and balanced.

[Evangelion]

Originally posted by Silva:

I'm getting P3 Reload soon hoping it has fixed at least some of those problems.

The game lets you off the hook way faster, but the pacing in it's narrative is a hill to climb. It's a common believe the game starts to really get going after the summer break, and you can still feel it here. The finale and overall journey is def worth it tho, just be prepared for having a slower start narratively, but more freedom in it's dungeon and gameplay aspect. As for challenge, merciless still isn't overly difficult, if you want a challenge FES is still the best for it

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Evangelion:

Originally posted by Jester:

Most sane Persona player.
Went on to say what I was saying. More refined social links, Content, Style,Actual dungeons instead of 256 tartarus floors,etc. That's why I said almost everything because I very much prefer 3 in the writing department.
Thanks for proving you're willing to lie out of pettiness in another thread. The fact that P5 has more consistency isn't even debatable, You're comparing a 2006 game that started it all and was experimenting to a 2016 game. That's a decade worth of trial and error but keep doing you.

Bro you didn't say anything, there was little to no context on what you were talking about. If you're gonna say more consistency in almost everything, at least clarify you know what you're talking about, I did. As you seem to agree, p3 is in fact better in terms of its writing, characters and story, so much for being consistent in almost everything, considering I just summed up the vocal point and main drive of the entire game. Dungeon is also only an aspect of it's gameplay, you were clearly talking about mechanics, which primitive makes no sense whatsoever considering it's literally p5r's mechanics but further refined and balanced.

Little to no context? It's pretty obvious when I mentioned the fact that it's a 2006 game. You're just biased af as usual and salty.
P3 being better in writing doesn't mean P5 is an absolute ♥♥♥♥ show what are you on about? It still has better consistency in general.
Mechanics also includes the social sim aspect, You get more skills doing said SL that you could QOL a lot of the gameplay. Negotiation,etc. Oh hell yeah so refined and balanced that P3R A.I can't even use shift. Dungeons are fully fleshed out instead of the 256 floors of copy paste and listening to the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dungeon music.

Love how hard you're trying just to not admit you're wrong. 2006 game vs a 2016 game. It's not even a debate. Take an L.

[Silva]

Originally posted by Evangelion:

Originally posted by Silva:

I'm getting P3 Reload soon hoping it has fixed at least some of those problems.

The game lets you off the hook way faster, but the pacing in it's narrative is a hill to climb. It's a common believe the game starts to really get going after the summer break, and you can still feel it here. The finale and overall journey is def worth it tho, just be prepared for having a slower start narratively, but more freedom in it's dungeon and gameplay aspect. As for challenge, merciless still isn't overly difficult, if you want a challenge FES is still the best for it

I'll have that in mind. Thanks!

[Dank Sidious]

Reload first. P5 Will feel like an upgrade mechanically and has a lot of improvements in game design too. You can only do so much with a remake so there are still asepcts of Persona 3 Reload that make it feel older.

[Evangelion]

Originally posted by Jester:

Little to no context? It's pretty obvious when I mentioned the fact that it's a 2006 game. You're just biased af as usual and salty.
P3 being better in writing doesn't mean P5 is an absolute ♥♥♥♥ show what are you on about? It still has better consistency in general.
Mechanics also includes the social sim aspect, You get more skills doing said SL that you could QOL a lot of the gameplay. Negotiation,etc. Oh hell yeah so refined and balanced that P3R A.I can't even use shift. Dungeons are fully fleshed out instead of the 256 floors of copy paste and listening to the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dungeon music.

Love how hard you're trying just to not admit you're wrong. 2006 game vs a 2016 game. It's not even a debate. Take an L.

Bias how? I have quite literally admitted p3's flaws several times in this discussion alone, quit yapping. I also never said p5 was a sh*t show, what are you talking about? I also quite literally said it's better in it's social sim aspect, you are just incredibly slow to catch on and only seem to grasp your own values as to what is important. P5's palaces being a better gameplay format for the average player doesn't inherently make it a better game, the game still has it's own version of Tartarus too anyway, which is mandatory to progress the story. I already said P5R is the overall better starting point with it's strenghts being the modern social sim and the more approachable gameplay format. I aint been wrong about anything, no L's taken I'm afraid. P5 is still an inconsistent game in terms of writing, story and characters, which again, is a big fkn part of the game isn't it? That's also why I said it's nowhere near as consistent as you're claiming it out to be, obv the more modern game has more modern features, you don't say

[Haruspex]

Originally posted by Evangelion:

Originally posted by Jester:

Little to no context? It's pretty obvious when I mentioned the fact that it's a 2006 game. You're just biased af as usual and salty.
P3 being better in writing doesn't mean P5 is an absolute ♥♥♥♥ show what are you on about? It still has better consistency in general.
Mechanics also includes the social sim aspect, You get more skills doing said SL that you could QOL a lot of the gameplay. Negotiation,etc. Oh hell yeah so refined and balanced that P3R A.I can't even use shift. Dungeons are fully fleshed out instead of the 256 floors of copy paste and listening to the same ♥♥♥♥♥♥ dungeon music.

Love how hard you're trying just to not admit you're wrong. 2006 game vs a 2016 game. It's not even a debate. Take an L.

Bias how? I have quite literally admitted p3's flaws several times in this discussion alone, quit yapping. I also never said p5 was a sh*t show, what are you talking about? I also quite literally said it's better in it's social sim aspect, you are just incredibly slow to catch on and only seem to grasp your own values as to what is important. P5's palaces being a better gameplay format for the average player doesn't inherently make it a better game, the game still has it's own version of Tartarus too anyway, which is mandatory to progress the story. I already said P5R is the overall better starting point with it's strenghts being the modern social sim and the more approachable gameplay format. I aint been wrong about anything, no L's taken I'm afraid. P5 is still an inconsistent game in terms of writing, story and characters, which again, is a big fkn part of the game isn't it? That's also why I said it's nowhere near as consistent as you're claiming it out to be, obv the more modern game has more modern features, you don't say

Blah blah take an L.

[Evangelion]

Originally posted by Jester:

Blah blah take an L.

Nahh this more so you copping out. This is your L bro, for the second time too