Just beat this masterpiece and I'm wondering where the fuck do I go from here...

Just beat this masterpiece and I'm wondering where the fuck do I go from here? There's a shit load of Megami Tensei related games and I'm having a hard time choosing where to start. Can any of you fags help me? Is there a story to the whole thing? Is there a chronological order I should play them in?

Play Persona 3, then Persona 4
Move onto SMT mainline, start with the SMT games from the PS2 era (Nocturne, Digital devil saga, Raidou) then work your way to the DS/3DS era so that you're not put off by the lack of refinements of earlier entries.

thanks I'm going to follow this, about to download a ps2 emulator for P3

Play digital devil saga

persona 3 is a real fucking wake-up call if you're playing it after 5 and nothing else

the gameplay is actually shit in p3

>There's a shit load of Megami Tensei related games and I'm having a hard time choosing where to start.
Just focus on the Persona series. SMT has always been shit tier. The early Persona games were legitimately horrible, but that was because SMT fans are masochists that can't enjoy a normal story.

I feel bad. You've played the best entry, first. It's actually all downhill from here. The closest thing in quality is P4.

No worries mate, just in case you don't know Persona 3 is available in three forms:

Persona 3: Original release for PS2
Persona 3 FES: Updated rerelease for PS2 with more refinements and an added epilogue
Persona 3 Portable: Made for the PSP, contains all refinements from FES + added ability to control your party members instead of AI. They removed the epilogue but added in a Female protagonist with a slightly different story.

Some people say start off with FES and then play P3P for the female route, others say skip FES altogether because the new epilogue is mediocre and P3P is portable anyway. Pick which ever one you want.

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Start with Digital Devil Story so you can understand the deep lore