Is this an ok game to start the Persona series with? I've never played them before

Is this an ok game to start the Persona series with? I've never played them before.

Start with the first one, you dipshit

is playing the psp version acceptable?

Yeah, make sure to apply the music patch though

no

This is more a Etrian Odyssey game

That alone makes it the best Persona game.

No no and no

You won't get anything out of it if you hadnt played any other persona games. It's nothing but fan service. It would be like playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon without playing any other pokemon games

>play on risky
>design entire party around spamming hama and mudo
>it works

What the hell user? Play 3 and 4 first. then you can play this. Who the fuck recommends playing Persona 1 for starters?

This game is great, but it doesn't play like any of the other games in the series and all it's characters come from 3 and 4. If you're willing to play the entire series you should start from the very beginning, if not you should try 3 or 4 first.

I should also mention that the series gameplay changed drastically between 2 and 3.

It's really practically the worst place to start.
The whole game has the premise of "lets these and those interact" and spoils half of P3 and P4.

Whichever numbered series you start with won't be a bad startpoint though.
1 is the oldest and the devs were trying to make something on its own from SMT overall and SMT if... in particular
2 is similar to 1 but with god tier story. Has two parts but only one has the rerelease in english.
-retcon line here-
3 is the golden standard, it's the persona game when people talk about persona. Has tower of procedural floors and juggling friendships like nobody's business. Grab FES edition. Probably the best point to start.
4 is pretty much 3 with less grim sauce and lemon colors instead of blue paintjob.
-separation goes here-
5 again tries to break into its own thing. Newest and considered very good.

It's a fun Etrian Odyssey dungeoncrawler if you don't know the characters beforehand.
If you're a fan you also will get the added fanservice.

People still need to know how janky the first ones are before they proceed to the newer ones.

Also, you're probably baiting with a newb-to-series post and meme bait image

No this is an Etrian Odyssey game on top of the fact that this is made with characters you're already supposed to be familiar with
Start with 3 FES

This guy is right except that he forgot to mention that P4 is both the easiest game and thus the easiest to get in if you're not familiar with SMT but also the worst in the series.

>is this an ok game
Yes
>to start with
No

Persona 4 (preferably golden) is the best entry point, complete with an anime.

If you need to stay on 3DS, Devil Survivor Overclocked or Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker would be the best options. The latter has sometimes been called SMT Evangelion.


SMTIV and SMTIV: Apocalypse is also a fun game but has a more serious tone.

>3 is the golden standard

I agree, I started with p1 for the psp then moved to 3 and 4, that being said, p2 IS and EP are good starters as well (if you play them in order)

For newcomers I'd recommend Persona 4 Golden. Then once you've played that move onto P3 FES or P3P.