sc94597 said:
They are quite different games to compare. Persona 1 & 2 are traditional RPG's. Persona 2 has the best story out of any SMT game in my opinion. The gameplay is similar to the first two SMT game's gameplay. Turn-based with position mattering (within a random encounter.) The dungeons are relatively bland. However, they have better stories than Persona 3 and Person 4 in my opinon. Persona 3/Persona 4 have the life sim elements. Their combat is much better, and while the dungeons are also still pretty boring, they are not really a major part of the gameplay. Basically, Persona 1&2 -> Traditional JRPG's, relatively linear, good story, interesting characters, archaic and boring battle system, poor level/dungeon design, high random encounter rates, and ugly visuals. Music is great, and has a more classical feel. Enemies have a lot of personality and are interesting. Make sure you play the PSP version of Persona 1 if you can. The original PS1 version had a poor translation. Of course Persona 2 is split into two games and only one of them was localized in U.S/E.U for PS1 and the other remastered much later for PSP, so you only have one platform choice for them. Persona 3 & 4 -> Less serious, still good story but not as interesting, characters are more interesting for their daily personalities moreso than how they interact with the main story, combat is quicker and more fluid, no random encounters (moving enemies on screen), much better visuals and art style. Music is more modern. If I were to say which style did I have more fun with? Persona 3 and 4's. Still Persona 1 and 2 are decent games, especially 2. |
Perhaps I'll play 2 then. I liked Persona 3's story better than 4's, but 4 trumped 3 in almost every other way. 3 had better dungeon crawling sections, but that was in comparison.
