This is now pretty outdated so be sure to check out my new series for more detail on the Persona games. Recently I started a Persona 1 analysis and plan to go through them all: ua-cam.com/video/d-4LM5ULncs/v-deo.html
Honestly 5 isn't even graphically stunning. The art direction and style the game brings go a long way in making it look as nice as is does. Also the character portraits are incredibly subtle in 5
rugg1999 i don’t think it was meant to be, but the art style and overall aesthetic of the game is just amazing, which i’d say is better than having stunning graphics.
Wait, I thought Mark Hamill played the Trickster. Eh, i guess they're all the same now, Joker is called "Trickster" in P5. Also, Joaquin Phoenix was excellent
Fun fact- In Persona 1&2 the town of Inaba is mentioned a few times, and if i remember correctly a P1 character is from Inaba. And in P3 (atleast in the PSP version) you get to meet Yukiko as a kid, and in P4 the golden you meet a few characters from P3 as well as Mitsuru is mentioned.
Rise from Persona 4 is also referenced by Shinjiro in Persona 3 Portable. In Persona 4, Rise mentions that she was supposed to have a show in Club Escapade at the Paulownia Mall, but it was cancelled due to a "power outage". The power outage, of course, is actually just the Arcana Hermit Shadow causing a ruckus as we all know.
I know I'm late, but there's also a scene in persona 2 where there's a kid that looks like Jun that says his mom and dad are missing, so Jun makes a promise to find them and make sure they're okay. He gives him flowers as a promise, however, that never actually happens. He as well as a group of other children played the persona game, which if you're not familiar with the persona game, if you play it, there is a chance that you'll be granted the power to summon your persona. It makes me wonder if this was foreshadowing to the persona 3 protagonist. I could be wrong though
Jinhunter Slay remember in the DLC The Answer, Persona 3, they said “so if we change people’s hearts we can save him?”. What do we do in Persona 5; change people’s hearts.
@@GeminiSucker in persona 4 margaret mention that his sister going to save someone fate from sealing something, pretty sure elizabeth try to save door kun without allowing erebus reach nyx. And in P5 their change people heart, so erebus MAYBE wont be created anymore, and the seal isnt need anymore Its interesting if in P6 all of wild card user try to defeat nyx once and for all
Barış Soysaraç Wasn't the P1 and 2 universe wiped out in one of the games?? I heard it was, and if that's true...well kinda impossible to reintroduce them. Especially since most people haven't even heard of any of the P1 and 2 character(I only know very few myself).
I just want to say for all people who just tried persona 5 as a first persona game, please try P4 and P3 after that P2. I know the mechanism, gameplay, and art is not on the level of P5 but the story and characters is not gonna disappoint you
It's so strange to find out that Joker, a protagonist of Persona 5 is an antagonist of Persona 2. So strange that they share a name. It's also strange to find out Igor was part of the franchise the whole time...
Idk about you, but fans that was in here at the start were already suspicious of Igor when he said "Welcome to my Velvet room" instead of "Welcome to the Velvet room"
Damn I was intersted in the game. Now I feel like I fell in love with it thanks to this video and the music the game have. This video really deserves more love due to the effort and the simpleness of your explaintion. Great work and subscribed .
@@MementoMoriGrizzly i think p4 (specially golden) is still ok even after playing p5 because it is a more light game. but p3 only if you're really determined. but forget p1 and 2 except if you're full into it because they're really really outdated.
The next Persona dancing game should feature Masao Inaba from Persona 1 and Aleph from Shin Megami Tensei II because they're the best dancers in the entire MegaTen Multiverse.
Sunglass Kirby Think about the persona 4 characters when Mark joins the game. I think they'd be like 'What! You're last name's Inaba! Does that mean that you created Inaba?'
I wonder if there's ever been a series as consistent as Persona. Every game has been solid at the least (though I have not played the dancing game). Revelations Persona was one of my favorite games on my PS1
Such awesomeness. This video is so well made, and you even included games people would rather ignore, like Persona Arena and Persona DAN. Thank you so much for making this video man.
I always feel like a badass when my guy says "lend me your strength! ARSENE!" Although it's actually been a pretty long while since I finished the game, idk if he really says that or if it's my imagination
hello i come from the future to tell u guys that persona 5 turned out awesome and that you dont have to worry ps we got two extra danceing games based on p3 and p5 so look forward to that
And I’m here from the further future to say that persona 5 got a deluxe rerelease called the royal. So many quality of life improvements for the base game and a third semester of the school year with fantastic additional characters
10:50 when you said that it finally clicked in my head, and all the jokes I've heard or references to protein over the past few years and never understood, compounded at that single moment and could not contain my laughter. Holy shit xD
I know this one is outdated a bit but it's complete for what it is and I love how you made an actual timeline. I cannot stress how much that made me understand the difference between the two Persona 2's. thanks!!!
Atlas actually updated a decent amount of the audio and video when they re-released innocent sin and eternal punishment to the psvita in 2011/2013. The graphics obviously aren't up to atlas' current capabilities but it's a big step up from the PS1 version.
THANK YOU for finding video examples of your points. Example: @2:50 when you state the difference in soundtrack, then you SHOW us. I hate when you tubers just say stuff. Professional quality work.
Bro I just watched through the whole video and only realized it was made prior to persona 5 because he mentioned it! Great video btw, now I'm interested on trying all of them out
Persona 5 is my first Persona game and it's my first JRPG game too, and I don't think my introduction to the JRPG genre could have been any better tbh 😂 I'm not a fan of anime e.t.c, but Persona 5 is one of the best games I've ever played! Edit: Royal is the best game I've ever played! Edit 2: I'm halfway through Persona 4 Golden and it's been really great so far!
Well, I've been looking for an entry point for the franchise to see what all the buzz is about, and thanks to this video (outdated though you say it is) I now have my answer. Thanks for the upload.
Aren't Belladona and Nameless technically recurring characters since they sing the Velvet Room theme? It's just that we don't see them in the room or something.
No, theyre velvet room attendants like Elizabeth, Margaret and the rest, they just weren't chosen to be in the velvet room of the later protagonists, since the velvet attendants are chosen by igor to go along with the characters cognition and personality
Started with P3 then P4 now P5, believe it or not i actually bought the PS4 just because of P5. Thats how good the game is. Atlus has come a long long way. Minato, Yu and now Akira has been perfect protagonists! You actually bond with these characters so much!
A great overview of all the games, i've only played Persona 4G so far and trying PersonaQ via emulator while trying get a PS5 so i can enjoy P5 Royal in all its glory ;) Its amazing how different the first few games are from 3,4 and 5 gameplay and lorewise, i hope we see remakes of them somewhere in the future, since it be a shame if they got lost in time.
Really happy that I never seen a single trailer for Persona 5 before playing it. The number of spoilers are incredible! But damn, I thought this was gonna be spoiler filled cause I wanted to know about Persona 1-2.
8:01 "you can now control your party members" In persona 3 portable(sorry it's the only game I played so far)you can command them by switching there commands
Recently Persona 5 and 3 Dancing games have been released. In itself its kinda stupid to release 2x full Prices games at the same time + both have no story mode. You literally pay 60€(or 100€ for the pack) for Persona 4 Dancing All Night except you have no Story. Luckily Persona fans didnt just eat it up and gave it justified critizism. I hope Atlus doesnt go down the EA etc route. Monetizing their flagship is alright as long as it has some kind of Quality related to it.
2021, I'm 33 and have never played a Persona game. Iv never gotten much into Japanese games but P5 Royal looks like a masterpiece! Probably gonna pick it up soon
Hey man I got a question, what is the first shinmegami tensei game ever made? Can u make one of this with the entire shinmegami tensei so I can decide if i want to even try to play them all. I am currently playing all the resident evils so why not persona.
Good idea for a video. Sadly it's not possible as a good chunk of them have never been brought over in English, or even fan translated. Only the games from Nocturne (Which is the fourth game, not including the earlier Namco games) and after have seen English release. Persona is a bit more simple as all the games, sans a PSP port of Eternal Punishment, is freely available in English in multiple forms.
Some things I'd like to clarify: - do all the entries take place in the same universe? - is this a world - where anyone can just "summon" personas? - are personas like summons or are they just sort of magic spell casts? - why do the heroes need personas if they are capable fighters? - where do all these monsters and villains come from? it seems like in every game, the source of evil come from different sources.
I might have a lot of grammatic mistakes here, because English is not my native langauge, but i tried to explain anyway... After the end of P2IS, alternative reality is created. There P2EP and P3P4P5 happen. (P1 and P2IS in normal world, which is later destroyed -> P2EPP3P4P5 in alternative reality) Shadows and Personas are the same thing. The one who can control their shadow becomes Persona-User. So not everyone can summon personas. I don't really understand the 3rd question...Personas are like another self, and THEY can DO magic spells (they aren't one) There are some enemies, that in gameplay reflect physical attacks...So you just need magic attacks from personas :/ I don't remember why monsters came from in P1 (i played this one reaaaaally long ago)...In both P2 this happens because rumors are becoming reality, in P3 because of the Dark Hour (25 hour), in P4 they exist in TV-World and in P5 they exist in Metaverse.
you forgot about Persona 3 FES a version which adds an additional after game story called The answer I'm not going to go into the story of that game cause that contains major spoilers for those who haven't been the original story of Persona 3 The Journey And Persona 3 FES fixes a majority of problems from the original Game
"Persona 2 was released in 1999 but english speaking players wouldn't be able to play it until the PSP release* Me: *Looks at Authentic 1999 official PS1 release copies of P2: Innocent sin and P2: Eternal Punishment on shelf* Well, Those don't exist apparently.
*Persona 3 end:* You sacrifice your life for humanities sins. *Persona 4 Golden end:* You get to hang out with your friends again after punching god in the face. *Persona 5 Royal end:* You ruin world peace and shoot your councillor in the face. I feel like Persona characters get less and less heroic sounding with every game.
It’s a shame that the more time is past the more outdated this video becomes though it does still give the viewer a good rundown on the early games which it seems most people would like to forget about....for some reason
I've watched persona 4 and 3 and for my first playthrough it was persona 5 and I'm so glad I played it first because I loved the visuals, plot, music, characters... i loved absolutely everything!!! I don't think I would love the persona series as much if I played P3 or P4... nevertheless they're all great games but my favorite has to be P5
@@kaidene573 I don't think you read my comment correctly... i said I only played P5 and watched P4 and P3... I've now played P4 but to me it wasn't as good as P5
Forgot to mention the side story addition for persona 3. Call the answer that makes a decent attempt at tying up all the loose plot threads the original game left unresolved.
The best one is in the eye of the beholder. What is good to you might not be the same for others, and that is ok, since a world where everyone agrees is a boring one.
What I would most like is that they launch all the major spinoffs and games in the saga worldwide on the same day and even though many of those who speak English do not know how privileged they are because for example in the Spanish-speaking regions the game only It comes in English and despite knowing it is not the same as enjoying a game in your native language, for what I mean is that they bring the game in many languages and if they want to double their voices, it is not mandatory but at least make subtitles in Spanish and others. Languages. Those who speak native English can not imagine how lucky they are in this of video games: /
You know what I really like? Everyone ignores anything before persona 3. I love Persona 3 quite a lot more then Persona 4 but I really like persona 5 with its lovable cast (sad I can’t date the guys) but I’ve replayed it 4 times trying to 100% it and I’m still going....haha
Wow, this is a great video! Very simple, yet still gets all the main points across! I've only personally played P5, but I've seen in-depth LP's of P3:FES and P4G (recommend SuperJeenius' LP's of them for those who wish to experience them but can't play them), and I think you may have made me more interested in the original 2 (or would I say 3?). Hope you do eventually make a follow-up, although I might wait until we find out if there will be other P5 spin-offs akin to the P4 ones.
This is now pretty outdated so be sure to check out my new series for more detail on the Persona games. Recently I started a Persona 1 analysis and plan to go through them all:
ua-cam.com/video/d-4LM5ULncs/v-deo.html
Please continue this compendium for all of the games. I support you.
Why didn’t you mention p3 fes? It gave us something really important: The Answer!
will persona5r and persona5s count?
All things considered it aged well
The jump from persona 4 to persona 5 in visuals and everything is mesmerizing.
What CrackedLlama said
the jump from persona 2: EP to Persona 3 is pretty fucking weird
Honestly 5 isn't even graphically stunning. The art direction and style the game brings go a long way in making it look as nice as is does. Also the character portraits are incredibly subtle in 5
rugg1999 i don’t think it was meant to be, but the art style and overall aesthetic of the game is just amazing, which i’d say is better than having stunning graphics.
@@marciamakesmusic well no shit
Did you think that would like blow our minds or something?
"As the attempts to stop the mysterious figure, Joker"
Joker from Persona 5: *_So I aM cOnFuSiOn_*
My friend was talking about P2 joker and I was confused whether she was talking about Akira
haha i was thinking that
Wait, I thought Mark Hamill played the Trickster. Eh, i guess they're all the same now, Joker is called "Trickster" in P5. Also, Joaquin Phoenix was excellent
Aight, if you say so
Flypside Studio He plays the Joker on animated Dc shows and movies, but he plays the Trickster on Cw’s The Flash
Persona 2 was so good that they made a persona 2 2
And they liked Persona 3 so much that they released it 3 times (Original,Portable and FES)
@@Heli-draws and they liked 4 so much that they released it 4 times (PS2, PS3, Golden on Vita, Golden on Steam)
@@MatthewDadoun and they liked 5 so much, they decided to release it on 5 different consoles (ps3,ps4, ps5, switch scramble, pc scramble)
They liked Persona 1 so much they never mention it!.... :(
These four comments are perfect
Yukiko defeats Shadows with the power of *S M O O T H J A Z Z*
r/Wooosh
Yukiko vs Abbacchio
Smooth jazz vs Moody blues
@@Weebabuu a man of culture
@@Weebabuu dont you mean *S M O O T H J A Z Z* vs *M O O D Y J A Z Z*
@@silentsmelancholy */S M O O T H B L U E S vs M O O D Y J A Z Z/*
Fun fact- In Persona 1&2 the town of Inaba is mentioned a few times, and if i remember correctly a P1 character is from Inaba. And in P3 (atleast in the PSP version) you get to meet Yukiko as a kid, and in P4 the golden you meet a few characters from P3 as well as Mitsuru is mentioned.
Rise from Persona 4 is also referenced by Shinjiro in Persona 3 Portable. In Persona 4, Rise mentions that she was supposed to have a show in Club Escapade at the Paulownia Mall, but it was cancelled due to a "power outage". The power outage, of course, is actually just the Arcana Hermit Shadow causing a ruckus as we all know.
This makes me wonder if some vague character that was mentioned in Persona 5 will be a major one in Persona 6
I know I'm late, but there's also a scene in persona 2 where there's a kid that looks like Jun that says his mom and dad are missing, so Jun makes a promise to find them and make sure they're okay. He gives him flowers as a promise, however, that never actually happens. He as well as a group of other children played the persona game, which if you're not familiar with the persona game, if you play it, there is a chance that you'll be granted the power to summon your persona. It makes me wonder if this was foreshadowing to the persona 3 protagonist. I could be wrong though
Jinhunter Slay remember in the DLC The Answer, Persona 3, they said “so if we change people’s hearts we can save him?”. What do we do in Persona 5; change people’s hearts.
@@GeminiSucker in persona 4 margaret mention that his sister going to save someone fate from sealing something, pretty sure elizabeth try to save door kun without allowing erebus reach nyx. And in P5 their change people heart, so erebus MAYBE wont be created anymore, and the seal isnt need anymore
Its interesting if in P6 all of wild card user try to defeat nyx once and for all
Who wants an official crossover, where all 45 characters co-exist in a sensible plot?
Barış Soysaraç PERSONA R CONFIRMED
Barış Soysaraç filled with transgender diversity made by biowear overseen by Anita sarkeesina.
That'd be a nightmare to write.
Barış Soysaraç Not me.
Barış Soysaraç Wasn't the P1 and 2 universe wiped out in one of the games?? I heard it was, and if that's true...well kinda impossible to reintroduce them. Especially since most people haven't even heard of any of the P1 and 2 character(I only know very few myself).
I just want to say for all people who just tried persona 5 as a first persona game, please try P4 and P3 after that P2. I know the mechanism, gameplay, and art is not on the level of P5 but the story and characters is not gonna disappoint you
@Lhhhhehhshhbbbd nothing wrong, i don' try it yet. Maybe next time but it's hard for me to start for now
@@PotatoeSnow hope you enjoy and finish it before Persona 5 Royal release. Atlus really knows how to make us to stick out with their franchise
Still playing as female protagonist on psp
Just finished p4 my favorite cast I also played p3
@Lhhhhehhshhbbbd god awful dungeons and back tracking
See when I heard Joker from Persona was joining Smash, I thought it was the one with a bag on his head 😂
I didn’t know persona existed until joker joined smash, now i’m a big smt nerd
Honestly crazy bag head joker would have been hilarious
@@lob674 I am now disappointed he didn't make it as an alternative skin, kinda like Alph with Olimar, but I guess he was just too different.
@@melvinjones6862 He's just not sexy enough
John from unOrdinary
It's so strange to find out that Joker, a protagonist of Persona 5 is an antagonist of Persona 2. So strange that they share a name.
It's also strange to find out Igor was part of the franchise the whole time...
Ikr...?
Idk about you, but fans that was in here at the start were already suspicious of Igor when he said "Welcome to my Velvet room" instead of "Welcome to the Velvet room"
To make things all that much more odd, Yusuke bears a strong resemblance to a certain character in Persona 2 Innocent Sin.
@username P3 Ryoji - P5 Ryuji
Black Jesus also I’m pretty sure the P3 protagonist is named Makoto
I wish persona 1 and 2 would have gotten more attention..especially 2. Persona 2 had the best story.
blkmattymatt 2 had Maya "Think Positive" Amano
I hope we'll get a remake someday because as muhc as I love Persona the game is too"retro" for me to enjoy
Firel ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ They did...for the psp. They remade both IS and EP...but in the west we only got the IS remake and not the EP remake funnily enough.
Which persona 2?
SAME
Damn I was intersted in the game. Now I feel like I fell in love with it thanks to this video and the music the game have. This video really deserves more love due to the effort and the simpleness of your explaintion. Great work and subscribed .
Thanks!
Persona 5 was the first Persona game I have played but damn it's good
It will be very hard for you to play the others now because they feel dated compared to p5. Persona 5 is so stylish.
@@MementoMoriGrizzly i think p4 (specially golden) is still ok even after playing p5 because it is a more light game. but p3 only if you're really determined. but forget p1 and 2 except if you're full into it because they're really really outdated.
@@plshelp I'm playing p3 I the story might be better but 5 wins in every other aspects
Been replaying 5 and I keep wanting to call the Persona Stands
I definitely want to play P4 & the DS game after playing through P5. It was just so GOOD.
The next Persona dancing game should feature Masao Inaba from Persona 1 and Aleph from Shin Megami Tensei II because they're the best dancers in the entire MegaTen Multiverse.
Sunglass Kirby Think about the persona 4 characters when Mark joins the game.
I think they'd be like 'What! You're last name's Inaba! Does that mean that you created Inaba?'
Congrats. We just got Persona 3 and 5 dancing games.
Brūsti Sprinkler mark danced crazily
There is this one CGI video....
Also, Jesus. Aleph is Jesus. Don't forget.
I wonder if there's ever been a series as consistent as Persona. Every game has been solid at the least (though I have not played the dancing game). Revelations Persona was one of my favorite games on my PS1
The Metal Gear series has consistently been great, despite some vocal fans' opinions about anything other than MGS1 and MGS3
Have you ever played Metro?
Funnily,sega does the exact opposite with it's more popular series.
@@ahmadkazan7994 yeah the yakuza games except dead souls are goat
how about danganronpa? The story was pretty consistent
Job interviewer: what comes after 2
Me: 2
Job interviewer: you’re hired
*persona headquarters*
more like: 2? I don't know what that is 3, 4 and 5 are all that matters, everyone knows that
4:54 wow so this joker in the past?
This me now, I wrote this comment as a joke
Nah they're just both named after the playing card and embody the "trickster" archetype.
The dark hour concept is very interesting
Yep. Another hour worth of sleeping.
And now there's thee new games: Persona 3: Dancing Moon Night, Persona 5: Dancing Star Night, and Persona Q2.
Yep, will be updating this pretty soon I think.
i played all the persona games i love this series so much
4:34 Edgeworth what are you doing here?
OMG LOL
Didn't notice that
goddamnit why can i never escape from ace attourney
OBJECTION!
Such awesomeness. This video is so well made, and you even included games people would rather ignore, like Persona Arena and Persona DAN. Thank you so much for making this video man.
aww thank you. I plan to do detailed reviews of all the games individually at some point.
I always feel like a badass when my guy says "lend me your strength! ARSENE!" Although it's actually been a pretty long while since I finished the game, idk if he really says that or if it's my imagination
I particularly enjoyed "Ravage them!"
Wonderful job making this timeline, keep up the great work!
Thanks :D
hello
i come from the future to tell u guys that persona 5 turned out awesome and that you dont have to worry
ps we got two extra danceing games based on p3 and p5 so look forward to that
And I’m here from the further future to say that persona 5 got a deluxe rerelease called the royal. So many quality of life improvements for the base game and a third semester of the school year with fantastic additional characters
Persona 3 all the way. My favorite from the Persona series. But Shin Megami Tensei as a whole are my favorite games of all time. 🐉🌸😀
Mint Tsuki it would be amazing if it got a remake to fix some things like Tartarus, because it's definitely my favourite persona game.
Mint Tsuki I'm currently playing 3 and then gonna play 5 I wanna play 4 but don't have a psp and I only wanna play golden for 4
@@GxGWolf if you have pc, it's okay to play the ps2 p4 version using emulator
@@fashyakupercent20 if you have a pc, you can now play golden if you buy it on steam :)
The game is alright
persona 2 eternal punishment was my first persona game
Persona 5 is a masterpiece couldn't stop playing until the end lol
10:50 when you said that it finally clicked in my head, and all the jokes I've heard or references to protein over the past few years and never understood, compounded at that single moment and could not contain my laughter. Holy shit xD
I’ve loved every persona game 1-5 it’s my fav rpg series the amount of stiff you can do in the games is amazing
Persona 2 IS stil has the strongest plot in the whole spin off series
Bohemian Discharge agreed
I always saw P4 as a life simulator with RPG aspects, even though it should be the other way round but I prefer it being a Life Sim/RPG
I know this one is outdated a bit but it's complete for what it is and I love how you made an actual timeline. I cannot stress how much that made me understand the difference between the two Persona 2's. thanks!!!
a persona 2 remake would be lit not gonna lie
Atlas actually updated a decent amount of the audio and video when they re-released innocent sin and eternal punishment to the psvita in 2011/2013. The graphics obviously aren't up to atlas' current capabilities but it's a big step up from the PS1 version.
P3 and P4 remake would be alot better
@@shisaso2115 theres already a p4 remake, plus 3 has a port to the ps3
@@shisaso2115 didn’t they already get remakes?
@@shisaso2115 They don't need a remake holy shit dude, they're still new and have many games already
Great video, I enjoyed it so much I somehow wish it was longer
Thanks! I do plan on doing full videos on all the Persona games individually at some point :D
SnicketySlice That's good news!
THANK YOU for finding video examples of your points. Example: @2:50 when you state the difference in soundtrack, then you SHOW us. I hate when you tubers just say stuff. Professional quality work.
The timelime is neat. I never really knew where the Golden Epilogue fit in.
Bro I just watched through the whole video and only realized it was made prior to persona 5 because he mentioned it! Great video btw, now I'm interested on trying all of them out
1:21
Him: "A Persona is the phisical manifastation of the phyche"
Me: STANDO POWER!!!
Physical*
Also jojo is a dumb thing , please don't be a dumb dumb
Im bouta dive into this series, i really loved Persona 5 and it was my first Persona game
Sardine Juice how is it going now? Tried p4 or p3 now?
did you try persona 2?!
Did you try any smt game?
You
@@BitchChill ?
Dancing all night always got me pumped up
Persona 4 golden is my personal favorite, but p5 is a very close second
Persona 5 is my first Persona game and it's my first JRPG game too, and I don't think my introduction to the JRPG genre could have been any better tbh 😂
I'm not a fan of anime e.t.c, but Persona 5 is one of the best games I've ever played!
Edit: Royal is the best game I've ever played!
Edit 2: I'm halfway through Persona 4 Golden and it's been really great so far!
BUUUUUUUUUUURN MY DREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAD
bread*
yes
3:00
yeah but school days is literally one of the best persona songs ever
Well, I've been looking for an entry point for the franchise to see what all the buzz is about, and thanks to this video (outdated though you say it is) I now have my answer. Thanks for the upload.
The joker from P2 kinda sounds like Goro Akechi the psychopath/black masked version
this man actually managed to explain Persona 3's combat system without mentioning Marin Karin.
impressive.
Aren't Belladona and Nameless technically recurring characters since they sing the Velvet Room theme? It's just that we don't see them in the room or something.
No, theyre velvet room attendants like Elizabeth, Margaret and the rest, they just weren't chosen to be in the velvet room of the later protagonists, since the velvet attendants are chosen by igor to go along with the characters cognition and personality
My favourite part of persona 4 has to be when Dojima catches Yu glomping Teddie 😂
Female Teddie could possibly be Chie’s only contender in looking cute. My first ski trip with Naoto was also funny.
P2EP was my first persona game. Am I a badass now?
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Started with P3 then P4 now P5, believe it or not i actually bought the PS4 just because of P5. Thats how good the game is. Atlus has come a long long way. Minato, Yu and now Akira has been perfect protagonists! You actually bond with these characters so much!
Persona 5 is my first in the series! And I have to admit this is the best game ever!
Have you played the rest
@@britknee3019 I have played persona 4 golden, the majority of persona 3 and shin megami tensei 3 by now
@@titooo-xn1oe lmao 7 months later have you played any more? 💀💀
@@kaidene573 when I wrote the og reply, no but now I have! I still think p5 is better though
@@titooo-xn1oe played persona 1 and 2 yet?
A great overview of all the games, i've only played Persona 4G so far and trying PersonaQ via emulator while trying get a PS5 so i can enjoy P5 Royal in all its glory ;)
Its amazing how different the first few games are from 3,4 and 5 gameplay and lorewise, i hope we see remakes of them somewhere in the future, since it be a shame if they got lost in time.
Persona 3 was my first game and I cherish it so much. While P4 makes me tear up and P5 is so stylish it will never be better than P3 imo.
same
Amazing video, just what I was looking for, will definitely check out your other Persona uploads
Wish I could see Eriko or Maya in HD
Fun fact that in Persona 1 & 2 every characters get wild card & can acess Velvet Room
Hey there is something every one in persona u play as do probably they PUT THERE HANDS IN THE POCKET
One major thing you forgot was to include SMT IF in the time line. The female MC of IF Tamaki being in both Persona 1 and Persona 2
I have a special connection with the Persona 3 characters. They were my first persona game
same
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Most shocking thing about Revelations Persona:
*It was rated E for Everyone.*
The testers clearly didn't reach the final boss
So much philosophy in this series
Really happy that I never seen a single trailer for Persona 5 before playing it. The number of spoilers are incredible!
But damn, I thought this was gonna be spoiler filled cause I wanted to know about Persona 1-2.
I'll go into more detail about them when I do their respective full reviews.
SnicketySlice Alright. Looks like I got something to look forward to.
This vid is about to get a lot more views 😄
ayoo the dude in the back must be getting a show at 9:15 cause the scene b4 showed the air blowing their clothing
Persona 5 is quite possibly the best game I've ever played. I've never felt such emotion, or love for the designs and gameplay of any game before it.
Till you play Persona 2, I personally think Persona 2's story is the best.
Compared to the entire franchise, P5 pales in comparison to everything else that's story wise imo
@@SOMERANDOMPERSONNPC Man, you seem pretty attracted to me. You got somethin' you wanna say?
What you talking about?
8:01 "you can now control your party members"
In persona 3 portable(sorry it's the only game I played so far)you can command them by switching there commands
@Ties de Jong I didn't notice that it was made after P4
Are you going to update this since Persona 5 is out?
I have no plans to but I am doing reviews of all the games individually at some point.
Igor at the end be like :"you you're the only one who can change Persona, you just become part of a bigger universe"
Recently Persona 5 and 3 Dancing games have been released. In itself its kinda stupid to release 2x full Prices games at the same time + both have no story mode. You literally pay 60€(or 100€ for the pack) for Persona 4 Dancing All Night except you have no Story. Luckily Persona fans didnt just eat it up and gave it justified critizism. I hope Atlus doesnt go down the EA etc route. Monetizing their flagship is alright as long as it has some kind of Quality related to it.
yeup, I reviewed them on this channel last month and said something similar. They do have a story though, just not big visual novels like P4 DAN.
I got all 3 for 60$ so it wasn’t a problem for me.
2021, I'm 33 and have never played a Persona game. Iv never gotten much into Japanese games but P5 Royal looks like a masterpiece! Probably gonna pick it up soon
Hey man I got a question, what is the first shinmegami tensei game ever made? Can u make one of this with the entire shinmegami tensei so I can decide if i want to even try to play them all. I am currently playing all the resident evils so why not persona.
Good idea for a video. Sadly it's not possible as a good chunk of them have never been brought over in English, or even fan translated. Only the games from Nocturne (Which is the fourth game, not including the earlier Namco games) and after have seen English release. Persona is a bit more simple as all the games, sans a PSP port of Eternal Punishment, is freely available in English in multiple forms.
Great work, nice effort for the review 🥳
“PSP release in 2011”
Me: nani?
We are talking about a game where it’s sound track is so good it has a dance game and in depth enough it has a fighting game
You're going to love Persona 2 IS and EP in terms of story... like... the best story so far....
Some things I'd like to clarify:
- do all the entries take place in the same universe?
- is this a world - where anyone can just "summon" personas?
- are personas like summons or are they just sort of magic spell casts?
- why do the heroes need personas if they are capable fighters?
- where do all these monsters and villains come from? it seems like in every game, the source of evil come from different sources.
I might have a lot of grammatic mistakes here, because English is not my native langauge, but i tried to explain anyway...
After the end of P2IS, alternative reality is created. There P2EP and P3P4P5 happen. (P1 and P2IS in normal world, which is later destroyed -> P2EPP3P4P5 in alternative reality)
Shadows and Personas are the same thing. The one who can control their shadow becomes Persona-User. So not everyone can summon personas.
I don't really understand the 3rd question...Personas are like another self, and THEY can DO magic spells (they aren't one)
There are some enemies, that in gameplay reflect physical attacks...So you just need magic attacks from personas :/
I don't remember why monsters came from in P1 (i played this one reaaaaally long ago)...In both P2 this happens because rumors are becoming reality, in P3 because of the Dark Hour (25 hour), in P4 they exist in TV-World and in P5 they exist in Metaverse.
i must be the only guy on earth who prefers my shin megami 4 apocalypse over persona5
You're not alone.
Nah
So basically the story is about some kids with stands.
hm so the name of joker was relavent years before 5 neat
And Joker worked for Hitler...I am not kidding.
you forgot about Persona 3 FES
a version which adds an additional after game story called
The answer
I'm not going to go into the story of that game cause that contains major spoilers for those who haven't been the original story of Persona 3
The Journey
And Persona 3 FES fixes a majority of problems from the original Game
"Persona 2 was released in 1999 but english speaking players wouldn't be able to play it until the PSP release*
Me: *Looks at Authentic 1999 official PS1 release copies of P2: Innocent sin and P2: Eternal Punishment on shelf*
Well, Those don't exist apparently.
*Persona 3 end:* You sacrifice your life for humanities sins.
*Persona 4 Golden end:* You get to hang out with your friends again after punching god in the face.
*Persona 5 Royal end:* You ruin world peace and shoot your councillor in the face.
I feel like Persona characters get less and less heroic sounding with every game.
It’s a shame that the more time is past the more outdated this video becomes though it does still give the viewer a good rundown on the early games which it seems most people would like to forget about....for some reason
I've watched persona 4 and 3 and for my first playthrough it was persona 5 and I'm so glad I played it first because I loved the visuals, plot, music, characters... i loved absolutely everything!!! I don't think I would love the persona series as much if I played P3 or P4... nevertheless they're all great games but my favorite has to be P5
p5 is prob the weakest imo, the Characters felt very generic and the plot didnt have much to offer
@@cumekira70 👌
how did you have a play through if you literally just watched the game
@@kaidene573 I don't think you read my comment correctly... i said I only played P5 and watched P4 and P3... I've now played P4 but to me it wasn't as good as P5
P5 is my favourite too.
P4G is amazing as well tho, it's just the dungeon design that kinda sucks tbh, but everything else is great.
Honestly persona to me is better than final fantasy
Forgot to mention the side story addition for persona 3. Call the answer that makes a decent attempt at tying up all the loose plot threads the original game left unresolved.
love persona, but i love Lucifer's call even more.
*Nocturne
Do not utter its slave name.
Wow, time really goes by. Now we have Q2, Joker in smash and P5R/P5S is on it's way.
Look 1:15 Prof Oak with a mask, lol
Persona 2 antagonist is named Joker and the main character for Persona 5 is nickname is Joker. I think I know the plot of Persona Q2 might be.
Persona 2 is the best one.
Change my mind.
Motivated Potato it’s slow and boring. Maybe if it had a remake?
@Matt Wheaton the dungeons are laughable in persona 5
The best one is in the eye of the beholder. What is good to you might not be the same for others, and that is ok, since a world where everyone agrees is a boring one.
Persona 3 is my personal favorite, then comes P4G and then P5
Persona 3 is my personal favorite, then comes P4G and then P5
Persona 4 is my favorite. When the game ended I felt like I lost my real friends
He still came back to visit in p4 golden but in p3 the mc dies and becomes a seal
@@johnlawful2272 he didnt die yet, yes he became the seal. But maybe in future, someone will help him maybe? Persona 6? Hehe
Persona is my fuckin fetish
I know reeet?
What I would most like is that they launch all the major spinoffs and games in the saga worldwide on the same day and even though many of those who speak English do not know how privileged they are because for example in the Spanish-speaking regions the game only It comes in English and despite knowing it is not the same as enjoying a game in your native language, for what I mean is that they bring the game in many languages and if they want to double their voices, it is not mandatory but at least make subtitles in Spanish and others. Languages. Those who speak native English can not imagine how lucky they are in this of video games: /
Who else fused their Orpheus when they first played persona 3
Halfway through the video:
Oh persona 4, videos gonna end soon huh.
wait...
ALL THE SPINOFFS ARGH
You know what I really like? Everyone ignores anything before persona 3. I love Persona 3 quite a lot more then Persona 4 but I really like persona 5 with its lovable cast (sad I can’t date the guys) but I’ve replayed it 4 times trying to 100% it and I’m still going....haha
Everyone but me, of course.
Wow, this is a great video! Very simple, yet still gets all the main points across! I've only personally played P5, but I've seen in-depth LP's of P3:FES and P4G (recommend SuperJeenius' LP's of them for those who wish to experience them but can't play them), and I think you may have made me more interested in the original 2 (or would I say 3?). Hope you do eventually make a follow-up, although I might wait until we find out if there will be other P5 spin-offs akin to the P4 ones.