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The Best Version of Every Persona Game

bubbletea

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:33 - Megami Ibunroku Persona / Revelations: Persona / Persona 1
5:48 - Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Persona 2: Tsumi
7:28 - Persona 2: Eternal Punishment / Persona 2: Batsu
9:35 - Persona 3 / Persona 3 FES / Persona 3 Portable
15:41 - Persona 4 / Persona 4 Golden
18:11 - Persona 5 / Persona 5 Royal
19:39 - Conclusion

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With the announcement of Persona 3, 4, and 5 getting ported to all platforms, people are going mad for Persona in recent days. But what about Persona 1, Persona 2: Innocent Sin, and Persona 2: Eternal Punishment? What’s the best way to play those games? PSX or PSP? There’s also disagreement over whether the versions Atlus chose to port are the best of their respective games. Some people like Persona 4 more than Persona 4 Golden, Persona 3 FES more than Persona 3 Portable, etc. I don't see many people shilling for Persona 5 over Persona 5 Royal though. In this video, I will briefly break down each of the main numbered Persona games, each of the versions, and my thoughts on which version I think is the best version of every Persona game. This’ll be a bit of a drier video, but I figure I might as well put something out while I’m working my way through another project I have planned.

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20 Comments

@bubbletea_ Creator 2 years ago Pinned

post-reload update:
i personally really prefer the atmosphere and character defining dungeon/combat design choices of fes. reload is more of a power trip. i will say, i do prefer reload's voice acting and the linked episodes outside of akihiko (not bad just expected more). the social life aspect is an overall improvement with the expansion of night activities; no complaints there. i go into more detail on this in my reload video so please go watch it if you haven't already! https://youtu.be/xzn1K5J_ODo

@SpunkyCheese 4 years ago

Kinda was thinking they would just combine P3FES and P3P together for the rerelease. Really I'd be fine with P3FES with the option to control party.

@Tony4You 4 years ago

Any video getting people to play the classic personas is a good video

@Painted_Owl 2 years ago

Unbeknownst to anyone, P3 Reloaded would come out a year after this video debuted. Good grief, that game is so pretty.

@denzelkrocker1673 2 years ago

What a chad, this guy blurs out syory spoilers for new players in this video.

@thequincy_ 4 years ago

Basically everything that was said is essentially what I would recommend. The enhanced versions are almost- of not always better than the originals, unless we're disputing slight atmospheric changes.

Example of this would be: Persona 4's muddy, melancholy atmosphere, to Persona 4 Golden's still melancholic, with a more higher energy atmosphere.

Persona 5's gritty, dark color choice and general on screen particle effects of metaverse and overworld, to Persona 5 Royal's more cleaned up, lighter color choice with different particle effects both on screen, in the Metaverse, and general lighting.

Etc.

@nesoukkefka1741 3 years ago

IMO I wish they do a rerealease of Persona 3 mixing both FES and Portable, add the graphics, animated cutscenes and The Answer from FES, and add Portable quality of life improvments and Female Route.

@valumtimes 4 years ago

Ah yes, a video debating the merits of every Persona game's version. Surely this will contain nothing controversial to the passionate player base.

All joking aside: this is a phenomenal overview. I really appreciate that you included the pros of all versions. It's impressive you presented it all with such efficiency and limited spoilers. I hope this helps more folks get into the series (including the often neglected older titles!).

@thegamerfe8751 4 years ago

The biggest issue with P3P that you said was a small issue is the visual novel style and it's not cause of the reading, it just ruins all emotional story moments and sometimes you don't even know what's going on. I liked P3's story much more when replaying it in FES since I played portable first. I liked P3's story in portable but I loved it in FES.

@Papapaya101 4 years ago

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@JoeyLamontagne 3 years ago

At this point, Persona 2 could be released as a full game with the option to play Innocent Sin or Eternal Punishment or play them both as a full story.

@arciks11 4 years ago (edited)

6:20 You can switch it to be per turn in PS1 too. In combat go to Strategy > Battle Mode > Simple. In simple it will have everyone go through turns and then bring up input menu once everyone in combat moved. It still allows you to cancel it at any point if you feel things are getting hairy. You also don't need to reinsert commands. Just tweak order if you're aiming for a fusion spell.

6:50 Once again in combat menu Config > Battle Setup > Simple

@Comrade_Hee-Ho 4 years ago

P1 PSX is such a interesting experience, I think more people should try to give it a try even with the script, but PSP is fine I guess if you want only the story

@insertnamehere658 4 years ago (edited)

19:22 I'm in the minority on this, but I actually found golden far more exploitable. You get to exploit it far faster than royal, and golden hands are far more common than treasure demons + exp cards make it far easier to overlevel in golden. It's also the only persona game where sticking to your initial persona is preferable.

@makotoyuki345 4 years ago

Pretty awesome we finally have the English patch for EP

@anthonyrowan3987 3 years ago

Gotta say that i appreciate the censoring of the spoilers in the gameplay footage. Way too many people just toss out spoilers for no good reason.

@gatekeeper684 3 years ago

When P3 Portable came to PS4 and Switch, I was so disappointed that you couldn’t walk around the world or watch cutscenes that I went and bought a PS2 and a copy of FES, so far, I definitely prefer FES

@foxstarsvt 2 years ago

As a worm I do use only two modified versions but one is just the PS1 music and the other is the direct control for FES but that does not change my experience on how I enjoyed them the very first time I played them as a kid. As a long time fan even though Persona 1 released on the year I was born. Has been some of my favorite games. Other than Resident Evil and Zombies Ate My Neighbors and of course Wild Arms. I was blown away finding out there was a second story in 1 when I saw the PSP version in 2009. Just brings a smile to my face seeing a video of someone encouraging people to play the originals.

@MinhLe19303 3 years ago

I think that for P3, played the Portable version for main story since they did add more dialogues compare to the original, some even add new context like Junpei's Ultimate Persona is a fusion with Chidori's Persona. Then play FES for The Answer only, maybe with Party Command mod to consistent with Portable gameplay.

@gh0rochi363 1 year ago (edited)

The biggest issue i have with persona rereleases is that they tend to make them easier. The games aren't really hard so i don't like that the games become even easier than they already are, so i tend to prefer the original releases.