They are a good deal of fun if you like anime high school tropes. The battle system in smt games is fantastic. I would say start with p3 FES or P3R if you like rpg combat and want to get a feel for how the calandar system and social links work. P5R is a masterpiece. P4G is quite good but IMO it is weaker than 3 and 5 being sort of between them in regards to systems. 1 and 2 are a different beast all togeter, 2 is worth playing for sure but it barely resembles the games that come after. 1 was a nightmare to play if i’m honest.
They are a good deal of fun if you like anime high school tropes.
That’s fair but for the record I’m old and very much not an anime watcher of any kind, and playing Persona 5 for the first time absolutely hooked me despite it’s occasional anime-ness. I’ve played 3 & 4 now and I think they’re a bit more tropey maybe (I’m not expert, going on vibes)? I felt like the classic good-hearted teenage rebellion in an uptight country that dismisses it’s young people themes in 5 were enough for it to break out of what I expected it to be a bit more and get it’s hooks in me narratively.
you are absolutely correct, i didn’t mean to be dismissive in my tone, though I did think Metaphor re Fantazio was perfect for me in how it used the mechanics of persona but in a whole new setting, though i do wish some of the iconic demons were there.
I didn’t mean to imply you did so apologies if that’s how it came off. I just thought it was worth saying for other non-anime people that I was exactly not the target audience and yet I didn’t find it alienating at all.
They are a good deal of fun if you like anime high school tropes. The battle system in smt games is fantastic. I would say start with p3 FES or P3R if you like rpg combat and want to get a feel for how the calandar system and social links work. P5R is a masterpiece. P4G is quite good but IMO it is weaker than 3 and 5 being sort of between them in regards to systems. 1 and 2 are a different beast all togeter, 2 is worth playing for sure but it barely resembles the games that come after. 1 was a nightmare to play if i’m honest.
That’s fair but for the record I’m old and very much not an anime watcher of any kind, and playing Persona 5 for the first time absolutely hooked me despite it’s occasional anime-ness. I’ve played 3 & 4 now and I think they’re a bit more tropey maybe (I’m not expert, going on vibes)? I felt like the classic good-hearted teenage rebellion in an uptight country that dismisses it’s young people themes in 5 were enough for it to break out of what I expected it to be a bit more and get it’s hooks in me narratively.
you are absolutely correct, i didn’t mean to be dismissive in my tone, though I did think Metaphor re Fantazio was perfect for me in how it used the mechanics of persona but in a whole new setting, though i do wish some of the iconic demons were there.
I didn’t mean to imply you did so apologies if that’s how it came off. I just thought it was worth saying for other non-anime people that I was exactly not the target audience and yet I didn’t find it alienating at all.