@@aloevera3317 Actually I'm talking about downloading 3 FES and 4 for about $10 apiece, and Persona 5 is indeed on PS3, and will probably not cost you more than $20. So $90 all told.
I'm sure this will get buried, but I just wanted to say thank you. I watched this a few months ago and it convinced me to grab Persona 5 Royal on sale out of curiosity. I'm not normally a big fan of jrpgs, so I wasn't sure what to expect. What I found was not only one of my favorite video games ever, but one that helped me make it through 2020 (a group of genuinely good people trying to make a sucky world a little less sucky made for the perfect antidote to this year). I've since played through Persona 3 FES (currently going through the "epilogue" exclusive to that version) and intend to play P4G and some of the spin-offs after that (including this one). This short video made my life just a little bit brighter. Thank you for that.
This is such a wonderful comment, thank you! I'm really glad to hear that you had such a great time with the game, my experience was very similar. I'm really looking forward to heading back into this world next year for P5 Strikers, looking at the trailer it looks like heading back to hang out with my friends.
Persona 4 is on pc now. Also i played like 10 hours of persona 3 on a psp emulator and then played all of persona 5 and then played Q2. I agree that playing every game would make the game even better i didn't feel lost, if you can't play them all the I'd recommend playing 1 and then Q2 cause that's like the minimum to not be completely confused. The characters do a good job of introducing themselves and you get a good feel for them as you play but the more you know about them the better the game is. If you don't know which 1 to play I'd definitely suggest 5 since you start with the persona 5 characters only in the beginning but if you don't have a ps4 or PS Vita then just play persona 4 on pc and be prepared to be confused for like the 5 hour tutorial... If you can't play any of the games definitely look up UA-cam videos, also since persona 5 Royal came out not too long ago and peraona 4 just came out on pc, this means you'll probably have very little trouble catching streams or UA-cam videos on thise two specifically
I played P3, saw the anime for P4 and only know the basics for P5 and I'm still enjoying PQ2 a lot. The game doesn't actually require you to know the full story for each previous entry and you can honestly enjoy the characters without spending 100 hours with them beforehand
@Ren Amamiya nothing's stopping you from playing it, but getting to know and form your own opinions on the characters through their games definitely feels better than dropping into a cast of 25ish party members and a ton of side characters, funny references, and all around discussion about the games they come from. If you don't know anything about persona you probably wouldn't enjoy they game, as you'll be out of the loop most of the time
*Video starts “Statistically saying, you probably haven’t played Persona Q2 yet?” *I look back at my 3DS that has 200 hours into the game* ‘He’s got a point there.’
GgAboveAverageGamer Nah he’s very clearly supposed to be Bisexual, they were going to do the same with Yosuke but got cold feet because the Japanese market isn’t exactly the kindest one out there. Funnily enough there’s actually a gay romance in the second persona and then never again.
Still dont know why Atlus is so allergic to bringing the persona series to the switch. Its like unless you are a true Idort its impossible to enjoy the SMT series to the fullest.
@@aloevera3317 Well obviously they are making a Persona dynasty warriors clone. Obviously evrione wants that instead of actual persona. Who wants to play a award wining JRPG when they can just mash buttons vs mindless drones for several hours.
I actually loved him in the Anime Adaptation (the first one, never saw the Golden Version). Maybe because it was my first experience with the Persona Serie, but he's really entertaining with its overall weirdness.
@@tato1700 and the anime is technically canon, at least that is what I've been told sooooooooooooooo......................... CHAD YU FOR THE WIN!!!!!!
I bought an original 3DS when they first came out and used it ever since 3D land. It's now horribly damaged from over the years. The cover on the circle pad has fallen off, and the paint on the D-pad seems to be experiencing something similar. The shoulder buttons no longer work - the left registers at random, while the right "locks" until you push it back up. It's bittersweet.
...I don't get it. I've had my 3DS for almost seven years -- I was 9, and now that I've got a new 2DS XL it's gone to my sister -- and it still works absolutely fine. And it's not from lack of use, because I've certainly spent hundreds of hours using it, and I used to carry it around in hopes of some Streetpasses, too. The card reader has issues sometimes, but that's all...
I think it was a joke about how the game requires so much prior experience, but for me it was the second best (next to SMT IV) 3DS experience I've ever had and the last.
i just got to the dino movie, so far its amazing what amazing things the team has done with the phantom theives and door-chan alone! cant wait to see what shenanigans they get up to when: "list of characters below, beware spoilers" the two ace detectives meet teddie has more chicks morgana struggles to keep loyal to ann (please happen) dog whos name i forgot meets morgana and confirms everyones suspisions of him being a cat mcs battle to the death to find out whos the best leader the hungry bois™ fight over food and more unthinkables! (i really hope im not overthinking the crazyness atlus is willing to do)
Q2 was my 1st persona game. Even though i haven't played the other games, i was still familiar with all the references and such because i watched persona play throughs since i couldn't play the other games. Hopefully atlus finally decides to port the persona games to the switch so i could really get the whole experience
With Atlus remastering the EO games for Switch, it is a slight possibility. Slight because idk if they'll give the same treatment to the Q series like they did with P3P, P4G, and P5R
Great video, but that's some expensive homework. Even though I really want to get into the Persona series for the social RPG and the storylines, enjoying Q2 would require me to purchase 3 systems I don't own, not to mention all of the games. Maybe I'll get to play them all someday.
Sprocket Sunflower if you just want to play the games or experience them, the cheapest option would be a PS3 or watching the anime. The PS3 let’s you play Persona 3 FES, Persona 4, and Persona 5. The only thing is, if you wanted the best experience possible you wouldn’t be getting it off the PS3 or Anime. The PS VITA let’s you play Persona 4 Golden which is the definitive edition to Persona 4, having more storyline, interactions, personas, it’s portable, and it’s just a better version. The anime isn’t the best alternative in my opinion, since I feel like the persona series was meant to be played. The gameplay and storyline just feels a lot more real, as walking around the schools and streets in the game make me feel like I’m really in their world.
Joader R. I’ve purchased P4 on PS3, it should be there for sure. I have a PS3 Slim but I doubt they’d take it off depending on your version of your console.
@@rentchrysalis Could it differ on the region, maybe? (I'm on PAL region) Edit: Ok, after a bit of research, it seems that Persona 4 on the PAL version of the store just doesn't exist. Good thing emulation exists.
Just tossing this out there, the Persona 4 protagonist's personality is actually a lot of fun in the spin-offs and the anime adaptation! Shame that they didn't give him all that fun stuff in the base game though.
Wait so i shouldnt have played persona q and q2 without playing any of the moden persona games? Why? Besides ken and maybe raven you dont need to play the games. Also you forgot to say you need to play another 100 hours in the answer and the fighting games to get agis backstory. Which is very important to why she wants to hug death.
The friends are a real thing. I always tear up at the ends, even though they’re mostly happy, because it really feels like saying good bye to real friends.
Or you could just watch playthroughs of the games or anime to still enjoy the story and characters. You don't really need to know all of the games either. I'm playing through PQ on P4 side, and I knew NOTHING about P3 before I met them in PQ. They're interesting, and meeting them for the first time is what made me curious about P3 to the point of wanting to buy it.
I think the best alternative today (if money is not an objection, of course), is $700 laptop gaming with at least Intel 9300h and gtx 1050, I think you can even get ryzen 4600h with that price. Voila, persona 1 & 2 via ps1/psp emulator, P3P via psp emulator, P3 FES via ps2 emulator, native P4G PC port (the best version), PQ and PQ2 with 3ds emulator, and P5 with ps3 emulator. Yes, you still can't play P5R on PC, but with P4G success, maybe Atlus will port it later. I am sure about persona dancing series though, I don't think switch emulator is dependable enough today, especially on entry level gaming laptops.
Persona 2 Innocent Sin is incredible for minority representation Bisexual main character Canon choice gay love interest Characters that have struggled with bullying due to weight A racial minority (white in Japan) dealing with prejudice, stereotypes, expectations and subtly implied fetishisation
I wish there was a Crash Bandicoot video on this channel :c It's a really big part of my childhood and for pretty much everyone in latin america (at least Brazil), Crash on the PS1 era used to be more popular than Mario himself in here
@@Gegcoin I can definitely see what you mean for Persona 1, since the battle system is VERY mediocre, but P2IS PSP is honestly pretty good as a game. Overall though, when talking about P1 and 2 I mean the stories and characters. They're some of the best in MegaTen, not to mention Persona.
honestly I think you should just play P3P first rather than jumping to PQ or PQ2, their graphics is comparable, since 3ds is so under powered. P3P story is still incredible even after P4 and P5, and the gameplay is quiet enjoyable even today, P3P actually used the same gameplay element as P4. Plus, you can play it in almost all todays android phones or laptops with ppssspp emulator.
You mentioned at the beginning buying all those consoles, but in reality, all you need to get into persona is a ps3. Including the ps3 store library, you can get Persona 2 (Eternal Punishment), 3 FES, 4 (vanilla), and 5. You can then use a psp emulator (ppsspp) to play Persona 1, Persona 2: Innocent Sin, or Persona 3 portable if you wanna play through the whole game again as a girl. Also, the ps3 store has a wide range of other megami tensei games.
Personally speaking would be a good idea to play P3P then P4G then P5, as then you can get the little easter eggs and references to the game before it and truthfully there is plenty of interconnectivity between the games, and even instances where its not just a gap from one game from like P1 to P2 or P3 to P4(and vice versa) but even P1 to P3 and P2 to P5 So if your gonna play half the series why not play the other Half? Persona 1, Persona 2 IS and Persona 2 EP,I will say thou these 3 games have nothing to do with PQ2, but the part of little hints and references in the later titles as well the explanations of the psychology behind Persona and the different aveneues each game takes creates a clearer picture of the Persona Universe(well some games can be better at others or faster than others to explain everything) Besides if you decide now of all times to get a Vita, you can play from P1 to P3P from PSP PSN library, then P4G from PSvita library then P5 with some Remote Play, with 6 games to play from a single series you will easily have 400+ hours to play from this amazing series
3:14 And Persona 3's MC's canon name is Makoto Yuki, and Persona 5 has Makoto Niijima. P3 also has Ryoji, while P5 has Ryuji. P4 has a detective named Adachi and P5 has a detective named Akechi. P3 has Kenji, and P4 has Kanji. And these are all just from Persona 3 -5. But the strangest coincidence is that they all somehow have a character named Igor, who is a strange and mysterious old man with a very large nose. So weird.
I mean... Igor shows up to everyone who starts the Fool's journey. So it is not really a coincidence. It is just consistency. It would be weirder for the Velvet Room to have a different owner in every game. Like imagine if Mario had a different Princess in every game instead of Peach.
Atlus. Please give us the first 4 Persona games in some sort of collection on PS5. And please gives us the SMT games on Switch. Thank you and goodbye. P.S. Can we also get SMT V? Please?
Dunno if the creator would see this comment but this video resonates closely to me because I also have a similar situation, I'm also a big fan of a underrated videogame about crossovers, except it's more of a series at this point with like more than 30 games, it's called super robot wars and the deal is many anime about robots crossover with each other featuring a mixing of all their plots and characters for then a adventure against a original team of villains with a gameplay similar to fire emblem except the animations are 10x times wackier And you can imagine how much effort it is to get into these series, each title has its own assortment of different animes and if you don't want get spoiled of any but you still want play that title because it has the most you know you'll need watch all the series, and mecha animes tend to have 50 or even more episodes if they are older, but I still watch anyways, I really like the characters interacting with each other or just being together in the same jrpg table, some of these animes haven't appeared in years it's like a full homage to mecha in general and even though it's like just me caring and takes a super long effort to get into I think it's still fun, and truth to be told most people that play these games are like professional mecha fans while I just started cause I liked one game that had gurren lagann and code geass together and now I'm watching like so many new cool anime like gundam
I really want you to know that I prefer this presentation style to waiting 30 secs for the next drawing to slide in. Really appreciate the custom-drawn flourishes on the background surface! Edit: i watched the most recent video and it turns out the pace is faster than I last checked. My b. This live-action approach still interests me, though
So, a door, a pice of paper, and the guy who dosn't whant to sleep enters in a cinema? Its like the start of a bad joke. Maybe we will need some PROTEIN. (Also, way the video say's "never play"?)
I'm confused by the video title. It seems like a thorough recommendation, but the title says I shouldn't play it? Well, it's already a bit late for that for me, but I'm getting mixed messages here. On the video content: I feel like you can adequately get the experience of Persona 4 from the anime. Well, the base game, mind, not Golden. Personally recommended if you've played P5 before playing P4 or P3, because P5 honed the feel of the combat to a razor's edge. It's also where Yu gets a canon personality, one that carries over into the Arena games, Cross Tag, and Q and Q2. That is, someone who cares for others and is willing to listen, but marches to the beat of his own drum a tad. Like, does things without a concern that most normal people would call insane. Takes almost everything he does with a certain level of seriousness, ranging from fighting for his life to a drinking game with non-alcoholic drinks.
@@titanicfudge._.7038 i played 1 for 10 mins, got anmoyed by the controls and the city overview and stopped again. probably need to be ready for some huge changes before i will touch 1 again. Might play it before i get hands on p5scramble. waiting for prime days and get a pc for both Qs
you did the first step wrong, forgot another step, and didnt acknowledge the PS3 was acceptable. of course Persona 5 Royal is out, and I do reccomend playing Persona 5 Royal, but if you cannot afford it buy a PS3, just cheaper and easier, nor did you mention the 4 movies for Persona 3, the Persona 4 Anime adaptation and Persona 4 Golden anime adaptation, and the Persona 5 anime adaptation, I've played Persona 3, 4 and 5, and watched these adaptations
The only problem i have with this review is how you put the main games as a vehicle to enjoyement with pq2 and not as a joy itself, all of the games are incredible, with great everything and really positive reviews with a strong fanbase. A better interpretation should have been "you need to play x game, it's an amazing game on its own and it would be a great experience on its own
I got persona 5 back in December and loved it. When Q2 got announced I decided to play P3F, P3P, P4, P4G, and both arena games. So far I finished P3F, P4, and the 1st arena game and watched the dancing games on UA-cam ( I suck at rhythm games) I’m loving each game and this was a great video that I hope get others to play other persona games. (ps Aigis, Naoto, Makoto best girls, Junpei, Kanji, Yusuke best boys)
Fortuantely I had played Person 3 and 3 FES, 4 and 4 Golden, and 5 before this came out so I was ready to go when I picked up my pre-order. As someone who grew up playing, and still occisionally plays old school PC dungeon crawlers, or new PC dungeon crawlers, and a fan of the Etarian Odessy series I knew I wanted this. Besides Persona 5's cast and story are my favorite in the series so far.
... well I I’m over qualified. 250 hours into P5 150 hours into P3FES 200 hours into P3P 200 hours into P4 Golden 187 hours into Persona 5 Royal. And I still haven’t touched the Persona Q games. I feel like I’ve committed a crime...
him: you need to buy a ps4 and a psv me: reprogrammed a copy of persona 5 royal to be pc compatible emulator for persona 3 fes and well persona 4 golden is on steam now EDIT: I did pay for p5r
I can understand why people would find more appealing the social aspect, but it feels kinda bitter leaving aside the wonderful Etrian Odyssey-based JRPG system, mixed with the SMT status-based combat, 25 unique builds, which can be further customized with a more smoother SP and HP management system
Alternatively, you can watch the anime for Persona 4 and 5 and all of the movies for Persona 3 (though I highly recommend playing P5 over watching the anime, because it’s high key super rushed and kinda sucks because of it). Of course, it’s always best to play the games, but if you don’t have the time or money, anime is the (only other) way to go. I’m just waiting for the day a remake or definitive version of P3 comes out because I would pay the big bucks for that.
I played Persona Q2. I only played Persona 5. I was familiar with a fair amount of the rest of the cast, and I honestly think that was enough for me. Maybe it horrifically spoiled me in some way I don't know, but you know what? I'm actually cool with it this time. My brother, who played 3 and 4 said that the Party members in those games weren't really a surprise like Crow. So I think I'll be fine. Feel free to horrifically prove me wrong and make me cry on the inside. :D
I remember watching this video when it came out thinking "man this seems like a lot of homework to play one game I could never." Now I have almost beaten p3 reload and will play this game right after!
I only played p3 and p4 b4 I played pq2, I still haven't played 5 (waiting for either a port or for ps3 emulation to develop further) as I dont have a ps3/4 but I will say all of the animation do a good job. (3 and 4 are great- the anime for 5 is extremely mediocre, but acts as a stand in for it if u need)
All I need to do is buy 5 and get the 3 on my vita. I have the Physical of 3, both SES and Portable but sadly in this pandemic my systems gave up on me, also my vita is having drift issues. Thankfully I bought a PS TV for modding reasons so I’m just gonna use that till I get my other consoles repaired.
Persona Q2 was infinitely underwhelming compared to Persona Q, though. Rei and Zen were much more to the plot than Hikari and the other unremarkable new characters were. Only good thing about PQ2 was the music, which sucks because I was so stoked and hyped about this game.
I saw Persona Q2 in a game shop and I couldn't pass on it, I own it now but I haven't finished 4 or 3, I'm about halfway through persona 3 FES however I've not yet beat it, 4 golden was my first persona game yet I've not even got a quarter of the way through
Alternatively be an etrian odyssey fan, and complain about why pq2 has no memory conch. And be mad that risky forces you to keep the main character in the party and be extra mad that you game over if they get ko'd. No one else. Just him... then go back to etrian odyssey and be happy you can actually play on the hardest difficulty without worrying about one character getting ko'd.
If you're exceptionally lonely, then so am I. I don't even really like JRPGs. I found it tolerable in Persona 3 and 4 and quite good in Persona 5 but overall I think I'd rather play a game in a different genre, but Persona 3, 4 and 5 all easily fit into my nonexistent top 25 and at least one of those, definitely 4, would fit into my nonexistent top 5.
Forcing consumers to buy 2 other consoles just to play some 3DS game is honestly really crummy, why couldn’t this come to Switch or mobile devices again?
They're not really forcing people to buy new consoles or play the old games. Pq acts more as a love letter to persona fans than an invitation to the series.
Bought pq2 on release say, played less than 1 hour, quit for a year. Couldn't get into it. Bought ps4 3 weeks ago and spend 200 hours on p5r. Now I can finally play pq2
My view on persona q and persona q 2 are a bit different. I was familiar with persona 3, somewhat, and i saw the persona 4 anime, and know hardly anything about persona 5. I don’t own sony consoles. However, before the first persona q game was released, i played Etrian odyssey was 4. While i am not as emotionally attached to the persona characters having never played any of the main line games, from a game mechanics perspective, playing Etrian odyssey 4 made the gameplay transition to persona q for me not difficult, and than made persona q 2 an even easier transition, in terms of gameplay. Again, i don’t know the full details of the persona characters, but, having playing persona q, i’m fine with this and know the lack of connection of impact these games have on the main storylines. Gameplay wise, it’s a lot of fun if you are familiar with the Etrian odyssey series. Otherwise, may be a little of a learning curve transitioning from a mainline persona game
I honestly never use the Remote Play function on my VITA because it barely runs a PS1 game with a stable connection to my PS3. It might be better with a PS4, but I don't know, since I don't have one.
Whatever at least I have the first Persona Q I was going to buy Persona Q2 Cinema Labyrinth but I guess I can’t now thanks to Atlus and their stupid marketing!!!!!
Or u could just emulate the previous games lul, I did that for p3p, but I bought p4G on steam, and played p5R on PS4 cuz I’ve had a PS4 for a long time lol
Honestly........ it would be nice to see Personas 1+2 in PQ. Heh if only fans could fall in love with those heh then maybe Atlus would like to bring it back. Oh well, at least i loved 1-3 mostly.
Alternatively, you could just buy a PS3 for $50 and play Persona 3, 4, and 5 on it.
Ah, good point! I keep forgetting that the PS3 exists for some reason...
Ooh, now that's way more affordable! That would be 200 USD, assuming that 3, 4, and 5 cost $40, $50, and $60. And Persona 5 is on PS3?
@@aloevera3317 Actually I'm talking about downloading 3 FES and 4 for about $10 apiece, and Persona 5 is indeed on PS3, and will probably not cost you more than $20. So $90 all told.
Good point. I bought a PS3 so I could play Persona 5, as well as some other games.
Hold on. You can play P3 and P4 on both a PS Vita and PS3?
I'm sure this will get buried, but I just wanted to say thank you.
I watched this a few months ago and it convinced me to grab Persona 5 Royal on sale out of curiosity. I'm not normally a big fan of jrpgs, so I wasn't sure what to expect. What I found was not only one of my favorite video games ever, but one that helped me make it through 2020 (a group of genuinely good people trying to make a sucky world a little less sucky made for the perfect antidote to this year). I've since played through Persona 3 FES (currently going through the "epilogue" exclusive to that version) and intend to play P4G and some of the spin-offs after that (including this one).
This short video made my life just a little bit brighter. Thank you for that.
This is such a wonderful comment, thank you! I'm really glad to hear that you had such a great time with the game, my experience was very similar. I'm really looking forward to heading back into this world next year for P5 Strikers, looking at the trailer it looks like heading back to hang out with my friends.
Persona 4 is on pc now. Also i played like 10 hours of persona 3 on a psp emulator and then played all of persona 5 and then played Q2. I agree that playing every game would make the game even better i didn't feel lost, if you can't play them all the I'd recommend playing 1 and then Q2 cause that's like the minimum to not be completely confused. The characters do a good job of introducing themselves and you get a good feel for them as you play but the more you know about them the better the game is. If you don't know which 1 to play I'd definitely suggest 5 since you start with the persona 5 characters only in the beginning but if you don't have a ps4 or PS Vita then just play persona 4 on pc and be prepared to be confused for like the 5 hour tutorial...
If you can't play any of the games definitely look up UA-cam videos, also since persona 5 Royal came out not too long ago and peraona 4 just came out on pc, this means you'll probably have very little trouble catching streams or UA-cam videos on thise two specifically
I’m a simple man I see Kanji I click
"Buy a Vita to play P4G"
I'm happy to say that this statement aged badly
Me too.
This should be pinned.
I buy a vita 1 week before p4 being released in pc 🤡
To be fair I got mine to play persona 1 and p3 portable
@@alexrobles9708 There's so many good Vita games though.
I played P3, saw the anime for P4 and only know the basics for P5 and I'm still enjoying PQ2 a lot. The game doesn't actually require you to know the full story for each previous entry and you can honestly enjoy the characters without spending 100 hours with them beforehand
Didn't even think of the anime! That's a much quicker way of getting all the relevant backstory!
Just read the wiki my dude
@Ren Amamiya i see you're cosplaying as Minato, RenRen
I do not kn ow what to put don't call him that, the manga shall not be acknowledged
@Ren Amamiya nothing's stopping you from playing it, but getting to know and form your own opinions on the characters through their games definitely feels better than dropping into a cast of 25ish party members and a ton of side characters, funny references, and all around discussion about the games they come from. If you don't know anything about persona you probably wouldn't enjoy they game, as you'll be out of the loop most of the time
*Video starts
“Statistically saying, you probably haven’t played Persona Q2 yet?”
*I look back at my 3DS that has 200 hours into the game*
‘He’s got a point there.’
I was a switch convert
Fun fact: it was the last game released on the 3ds
@@3sedem yup and I must admit it was a good way to go for the 3DS
1:52 you don't wanna know how much you need to spend to enjoy the entire kingdom hearts story
Underrated comment right here.
You could almost by a second ps4 with all that money combined (or switch lite idk)
less than $100?
@@makotoyuki345 €44 is nowhere near a new PS4.
The "story so far" is incredibly cheap for what you get and it has everything you need
Everyday's great at your Junes!
no
@@kyleocto485 yes
@@isakts8576 no
@@kyleocto485 I've been beaten
Everyday
Thug Life
Junes
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Thank you for saying Kanji is one of your favorite characters; he was one that helped me become more comfortable with my sexuality.
Really glad you had a positive experience with Kanji 😁
Kanji is sadly one of few good homosexual characters that Atlus does
Quinn Marchese he likes naoto and she is a girl
Quinn Marchese WHAT?
GgAboveAverageGamer Nah he’s very clearly supposed to be Bisexual, they were going to do the same with Yosuke but got cold feet because the Japanese market isn’t exactly the kindest one out there. Funnily enough there’s actually a gay romance in the second persona and then never again.
Greetings from the future where a good chunk of people now indeed have a “spare month or 2,” bet you can’t guess why! 🙃
Oh no! It's all my fault! What have I done?!
I got P5 completed, P4G true ending, I'm on the last month of P3:P, once that's done I'm jumping on PQ and PQ2 while I wait for P5 The Royal!
Roberto sounds like a blast dude. Have fun!
Rekty Rektingson fairly sure he’s already done it but I love the positivity brother.
Couldn't bring myself to beat P3 it feels emptier compared to the rest.
@@Synnabelle That's why you start with 3
@@Synnabelle in what way? id like to know, because some things are kindoff intentionally different than the later persona
Still dont know why Atlus is so allergic to bringing the persona series to the switch.
Its like unless you are a true Idort its impossible to enjoy the SMT series to the fullest.
Joker's in Smash, so that's a hopeful sign.
@@aloevera3317 Well obviously they are making a Persona dynasty warriors clone. Obviously evrione wants that instead of actual persona. Who wants to play a award wining JRPG when they can just mash buttons vs mindless drones for several hours.
Yes hello I'm a true idort I'll get to playing these games right away sir
yeah i have to chose between ps4 for persona 5 royal or switch for smt 5
they want you to buy a ps4
I'm looking forward to finding my Switch in the cupboard with the potatoes when my youngest daughter hits 4 ywars old.
Title of the video: "Never play"
First sentence: "Haven't played"
Me: I played it, liked it and recommend it.
Maybe try Etrian Odyssey then if you haven’t yet. It’s the series where the exploration and combat came from.
@@arcether269 I've tried the demo for Etrian Odyssey. I'm too broke to afford it it the moment.
Playing Q2 rn and gotta say I love it. Started it right after Q1
"If you have a spare month or two..."
Me rn: Oh yeah, I've got time.
Yeah, with P4 on PC and the ongoing lockdown...this video aged poorly...
*DID YOU JUST SAY CHAD YU HAS NO PERSONALITY?*
I guess I agree
His name is literally "You" (misspelled) :D He's the ultimate blank slate player avatar.
I actually loved him in the Anime Adaptation (the first one, never saw the Golden Version). Maybe because it was my first experience with the Persona Serie, but he's really entertaining with its overall weirdness.
shytende aka Tamanoir In the anime he’s a chad and he’s great.
@@tato1700 and the anime is technically canon, at least that is what I've been told sooooooooooooooo.........................
CHAD YU FOR THE WIN!!!!!!
@@VideoGameStoryTime my dude he does have a personality
I bought an original 3DS when they first came out and used it ever since 3D land. It's now horribly damaged from over the years. The cover on the circle pad has fallen off, and the paint on the D-pad seems to be experiencing something similar. The shoulder buttons no longer work - the left registers at random, while the right "locks" until you push it back up. It's bittersweet.
...I don't get it. I've had my 3DS for almost seven years -- I was 9, and now that I've got a new 2DS XL it's gone to my sister -- and it still works absolutely fine. And it's not from lack of use, because I've certainly spent hundreds of hours using it, and I used to carry it around in hopes of some Streetpasses, too. The card reader has issues sometimes, but that's all...
Also play _Etrian Odyssey_ since its gameplay is based on that series and oh God please I want more people to know about these games please
I don't see the "You should never play" part of this. o-o
I think it was a joke about how the game requires so much prior experience, but for me it was the second best (next to SMT IV) 3DS experience I've ever had and the last.
i just got to the dino movie, so far its amazing what amazing things the team has done with the phantom theives and door-chan alone! cant wait to see what shenanigans they get up to when:
"list of characters below, beware spoilers"
the two ace detectives meet
teddie has more chicks
morgana struggles to keep loyal to ann (please happen)
dog whos name i forgot meets morgana and confirms everyones suspisions of him being a cat
mcs battle to the death to find out whos the best leader
the hungry bois™ fight over food
and more unthinkables!
(i really hope im not overthinking the crazyness atlus is willing to do)
No you are not overthinking it.
My face lit up watching when I met every check list for what's needed to enjoy the game. I'm sold I'm gonna bust the 3ds back out and get it!
Virgin play P5 to enjoy PQ2
VS the
Chad play P1-5 + SMT IF and the Arena games to enjoy PQ2
Yo what about the dancing games my man?
PQ2 also features FEMC from P3P, very happy to see her in spin off stuff
I lol'd at "It lets me introduce my girlfriend Makoto from Persona 5, to my boyfriend Kanji from persona 4."
Cool video, definitely made me want to play Q2! But um, why is this titled "The Best 3DS Game You Should Never Play?"
Q2 was my 1st persona game. Even though i haven't played the other games, i was still familiar with all the references and such because i watched persona play throughs since i couldn't play the other games. Hopefully atlus finally decides to port the persona games to the switch so i could really get the whole experience
Lucky you
With Atlus remastering the EO games for Switch, it is a slight possibility. Slight because idk if they'll give the same treatment to the Q series like they did with P3P, P4G, and P5R
Yu: no personality
someone hasn't watched the anime
Especially The Golden. I swear, they have Yu choose the goofball options for all of those social links.
Yu is literally god
Great video, but that's some expensive homework.
Even though I really want to get into the Persona series for the social RPG and the storylines, enjoying Q2 would require me to purchase 3 systems I don't own, not to mention all of the games. Maybe I'll get to play them all someday.
Sprocket Sunflower if you just want to play the games or experience them, the cheapest option would be a PS3 or watching the anime. The PS3 let’s you play Persona 3 FES, Persona 4, and Persona 5. The only thing is, if you wanted the best experience possible you wouldn’t be getting it off the PS3 or Anime. The PS VITA let’s you play Persona 4 Golden which is the definitive edition to Persona 4, having more storyline, interactions, personas, it’s portable, and it’s just a better version. The anime isn’t the best alternative in my opinion, since I feel like the persona series was meant to be played. The gameplay and storyline just feels a lot more real, as walking around the schools and streets in the game make me feel like I’m really in their world.
@@rentchrysalis
Persona 4 is on PS3? I can only find P3 FES and P5 on the PS Store, but no P4...
Joader R. I’ve purchased P4 on PS3, it should be there for sure. I have a PS3 Slim but I doubt they’d take it off depending on your version of your console.
@@rentchrysalis
Could it differ on the region, maybe? (I'm on PAL region)
Edit: Ok, after a bit of research, it seems that Persona 4 on the PAL version of the store just doesn't exist. Good thing emulation exists.
Joader R. How strange it’d be exclusive. I live in North America, and it works just fine on mine. It runs and I think it’s still on the PS STORE.
Just tossing this out there, the Persona 4 protagonist's personality is actually a lot of fun in the spin-offs and the anime adaptation! Shame that they didn't give him all that fun stuff in the base game though.
I would feel bad for him if my boy p3 tag didn't get even more screwed over
Wait so i shouldnt have played persona q and q2 without playing any of the moden persona games?
Why? Besides ken and maybe raven you dont need to play the games. Also you forgot to say you need to play another 100 hours in the answer and the fighting games to get agis backstory. Which is very important to why she wants to hug death.
Persona Q2 was my introduction to the Persona series. I do not regret a single thing, I was a bit confused at moments, but this game was great.
*gets memories of Haru being tied up*
..Yu has no personality?..
...he has the most personality of the 3 🤦♂️
Right! He likely hasn't watched the anime. Probably. Yu is hillarious!
@@WailingGita Exactly! That personality even carries over to all the future games he's in, it's great! 😆
3:10 don’t forget p5 makoto and p3 makoto or the female protagonist that canonically dosent exist
Rip FEMC
Dude, you forgot to mention the second playthrough you need of p3p for feMC!
The friends are a real thing. I always tear up at the ends, even though they’re mostly happy, because it really feels like saying good bye to real friends.
>Tragic Emo
Take it back it's too real.
Or you could just watch playthroughs of the games or anime to still enjoy the story and characters.
You don't really need to know all of the games either. I'm playing through PQ on P4 side, and I knew NOTHING about P3 before I met them in PQ. They're interesting, and meeting them for the first time is what made me curious about P3 to the point of wanting to buy it.
I think the best alternative today (if money is not an objection, of course), is $700 laptop gaming with at least Intel 9300h and gtx 1050, I think you can even get ryzen 4600h with that price. Voila, persona 1 & 2 via ps1/psp emulator, P3P via psp emulator, P3 FES via ps2 emulator, native P4G PC port (the best version), PQ and PQ2 with 3ds emulator, and P5 with ps3 emulator. Yes, you still can't play P5R on PC, but with P4G success, maybe Atlus will port it later. I am sure about persona dancing series though, I don't think switch emulator is dependable enough today, especially on entry level gaming laptops.
You guys deserve millions of subs and views. Thank you for another amazing video.
Thank you for watching :D
Persona 2 Innocent Sin is incredible for minority representation
Bisexual main character
Canon choice gay love interest
Characters that have struggled with bullying due to weight
A racial minority (white in Japan) dealing with prejudice, stereotypes, expectations and subtly implied fetishisation
i’ve looked at the thumbnail, and all i can say is that kanji looks adorable in your style, almost like the real deal
It is important because it's Joker's ticket for smash for being on a nintendo console, right?
(guys, stop asking for Master Chief...)
I wish there was a Crash Bandicoot video on this channel :c
It's a really big part of my childhood and for pretty much everyone in latin america (at least Brazil), Crash on the PS1 era used to be more popular than Mario himself in here
The vita also has the 2 duology, and 1
its the only portable way to play the full Persona Game trilogy in the US
Also play Persona 1 and both Persona 2 games, they're even better.
Honestly just play MegaTen as a whole-
Persona 1 and 2 don't exist, what are you talking about
@@wolfcat8632 rehashing the same joke a hundred times sure is funny
@@Gegcoin I can definitely see what you mean for Persona 1, since the battle system is VERY mediocre, but P2IS PSP is honestly pretty good as a game.
Overall though, when talking about P1 and 2 I mean the stories and characters. They're some of the best in MegaTen, not to mention Persona.
By the way you can play p4g on Steam now
1st step: Buy a playstation 4 and play an absurd number of hours of another game. Wow. I'm already sold XDDDD
Or Playstation 3. You can play P3-5 on it.
alternatively you can buy a ps3 play persona 5, have a pc, play p4golden, and play p3p via emulation
I played P4G, Persona 5, watched all the Persona 3 movies, played through P5R, and bought PQ2. Is this good enough?
No. Play the first 3 persona games.
i've only played persona 4 and 5, so i'm unfamiliar with the persona 3 cast. will i still enjoy q2 without knowing a third of the cast?
honestly I think you should just play P3P first rather than jumping to PQ or PQ2, their graphics is comparable, since 3ds is so under powered. P3P story is still incredible even after P4 and P5, and the gameplay is quiet enjoyable even today, P3P actually used the same gameplay element as P4. Plus, you can play it in almost all todays android phones or laptops with ppssspp emulator.
You mentioned at the beginning buying all those consoles, but in reality, all you need to get into persona is a ps3. Including the ps3 store library, you can get Persona 2 (Eternal Punishment), 3 FES, 4 (vanilla), and 5. You can then use a psp emulator (ppsspp) to play Persona 1, Persona 2: Innocent Sin, or Persona 3 portable if you wanna play through the whole game again as a girl. Also, the ps3 store has a wide range of other megami tensei games.
stop talking trash about this game
"spare month or 2" bro we have like 6 now
Not going to lie but your drawings have a charm to them
Personally speaking would be a good idea to play P3P then P4G then P5, as then you can get the little easter eggs and references to the game before it and truthfully there is plenty of interconnectivity between the games, and even instances where its not just a gap from one game from like P1 to P2 or P3 to P4(and vice versa) but even P1 to P3 and P2 to P5
So if your gonna play half the series why not play the other Half? Persona 1, Persona 2 IS and Persona 2 EP,I will say thou these 3 games have nothing to do with PQ2, but the part of little hints and references in the later titles as well the explanations of the psychology behind Persona and the different aveneues each game takes creates a clearer picture of the Persona Universe(well some games can be better at others or faster than others to explain everything)
Besides if you decide now of all times to get a Vita, you can play from P1 to P3P from PSP PSN library, then P4G from PSvita library then P5 with some Remote Play, with 6 games to play from a single series you will easily have 400+ hours to play from this amazing series
And now you don't need to buy the vita because p4g is on steam, so that's nice
I can't imagine anyone playing this without having played the previous games.
Aight bet
Hi, yes, i am currently doing that.
Granted ive seen snippets of lets plays, but havent played any others before.
This game is kicking my ass.
i can, its called not willing to buy a ps4 for one or two games.
3:14 And Persona 3's MC's canon name is Makoto Yuki, and Persona 5 has Makoto Niijima. P3 also has Ryoji, while P5 has Ryuji. P4 has a detective named Adachi and P5 has a detective named Akechi. P3 has Kenji, and P4 has Kanji. And these are all just from Persona 3 -5.
But the strangest coincidence is that they all somehow have a character named Igor, who is a strange and mysterious old man with a very large nose. So weird.
I mean... Igor shows up to everyone who starts the Fool's journey. So it is not really a coincidence. It is just consistency.
It would be weirder for the Velvet Room to have a different owner in every game. Like imagine if Mario had a different Princess in every game instead of Peach.
Me: reads title. Hmm what about smt iv
What smt 4 game? The one with the incredibly hard 1st boss?
I started with smt strange journey, then p4, p5 and finally q2
Atlus. Please give us the first 4 Persona games in some sort of collection on PS5. And please gives us the SMT games on Switch. Thank you and goodbye.
P.S. Can we also get SMT V? Please?
Gameplay wise, pq2 is very similar to revelations persona. I know because im currently playing the psp remastered version.
Your channel is fantastic, please have a blessed day.🧡😊🧡
Thank you, you too!
@@VideoGameStoryTime I followed you and your wife on twitter, regardless if we agree on everything or not u guys seem like such nice people.
P4G on steam now lol
Dunno if the creator would see this comment but this video resonates closely to me because I also have a similar situation, I'm also a big fan of a underrated videogame about crossovers, except it's more of a series at this point with like more than 30 games, it's called super robot wars and the deal is many anime about robots crossover with each other featuring a mixing of all their plots and characters for then a adventure against a original team of villains with a gameplay similar to fire emblem except the animations are 10x times wackier
And you can imagine how much effort it is to get into these series, each title has its own assortment of different animes and if you don't want get spoiled of any but you still want play that title because it has the most you know you'll need watch all the series, and mecha animes tend to have 50 or even more episodes if they are older, but I still watch anyways, I really like the characters interacting with each other or just being together in the same jrpg table, some of these animes haven't appeared in years it's like a full homage to mecha in general and even though it's like just me caring and takes a super long effort to get into I think it's still fun, and truth to be told most people that play these games are like professional mecha fans while I just started cause I liked one game that had gurren lagann and code geass together and now I'm watching like so many new cool anime like gundam
i love trying to watch a youtube video about teenagers killing god and getting lectured about identity politics
I really want you to know that I prefer this presentation style to waiting 30 secs for the next drawing to slide in. Really appreciate the custom-drawn flourishes on the background surface!
Edit: i watched the most recent video and it turns out the pace is faster than I last checked. My b. This live-action approach still interests me, though
As much of a fan as I am of the series Q2 kind of disappointed me. The first was mega better. The dungeons were so long and boringggg in Q2
So, a door, a pice of paper, and the guy who dosn't whant to sleep enters in a cinema?
Its like the start of a bad joke.
Maybe we will need some PROTEIN.
(Also, way the video say's "never play"?)
I'm confused by the video title. It seems like a thorough recommendation, but the title says I shouldn't play it? Well, it's already a bit late for that for me, but I'm getting mixed messages here.
On the video content: I feel like you can adequately get the experience of Persona 4 from the anime. Well, the base game, mind, not Golden. Personally recommended if you've played P5 before playing P4 or P3, because P5 honed the feel of the combat to a razor's edge.
It's also where Yu gets a canon personality, one that carries over into the Arena games, Cross Tag, and Q and Q2. That is, someone who cares for others and is willing to listen, but marches to the beat of his own drum a tad. Like, does things without a concern that most normal people would call insane. Takes almost everything he does with a certain level of seriousness, ranging from fighting for his life to a drinking game with non-alcoholic drinks.
i agree. played them all. p3fes, p3p, p4g, p4au, p5r, bbxtag
still need a 3ds or a pc for q1 and q2
what's the name of that record at the beginning?
Nice! now play the first one and the P2 duology. No clue about the record though
@@titanicfudge._.7038 i played 1 for 10 mins, got anmoyed by the controls and the city overview and stopped again.
probably need to be ready for some huge changes before i will touch 1 again.
Might play it before i get hands on p5scramble.
waiting for prime days and get a pc for both Qs
you did the first step wrong, forgot another step, and didnt acknowledge the PS3 was acceptable. of course Persona 5 Royal is out, and I do reccomend playing Persona 5 Royal, but if you cannot afford it buy a PS3, just cheaper and easier, nor did you mention the 4 movies for Persona 3, the Persona 4 Anime adaptation and Persona 4 Golden anime adaptation, and the Persona 5 anime adaptation, I've played Persona 3, 4 and 5, and watched these adaptations
The only problem i have with this review is how you put the main games as a vehicle to enjoyement with pq2 and not as a joy itself, all of the games are incredible, with great everything and really positive reviews with a strong fanbase. A better interpretation should have been "you need to play x game, it's an amazing game on its own and it would be a great experience on its own
I got persona 5 back in December and loved it. When Q2 got announced I decided to play P3F, P3P, P4, P4G, and both arena games. So far I finished P3F, P4, and the 1st arena game and watched the dancing games on UA-cam ( I suck at rhythm games) I’m loving each game and this was a great video that I hope get others to play other persona games. (ps Aigis, Naoto, Makoto best girls, Junpei, Kanji, Yusuke best boys)
Fortuantely I had played Person 3 and 3 FES, 4 and 4 Golden, and 5 before this came out so I was ready to go when I picked up my pre-order. As someone who grew up playing, and still occisionally plays old school PC dungeon crawlers, or new PC dungeon crawlers, and a fan of the Etarian Odessy series I knew I wanted this. Besides Persona 5's cast and story are my favorite in the series so far.
I want a PSVita but its overpriced, i mean $100 for something that came out in 2012?! No thank you!
>PQ2
>Best 3DS game
Uhh SMT IV and Etrian would like to have a word with you.
... well I I’m over qualified.
250 hours into P5
150 hours into P3FES
200 hours into P3P
200 hours into P4 Golden
187 hours into Persona 5 Royal.
And I still haven’t touched the Persona Q games. I feel like I’ve committed a crime...
him: you need to buy a ps4 and a psv me: reprogrammed a copy of persona 5 royal to be pc compatible emulator for persona 3 fes and well persona 4 golden is on steam now
EDIT: I did pay for p5r
I can understand why people would find more appealing the social aspect, but it feels kinda bitter leaving aside the wonderful Etrian Odyssey-based JRPG system, mixed with the SMT status-based combat, 25 unique builds, which can be further customized with a more smoother SP and HP management system
Naww i'm not gonna spend money i don't have and never will have just for a ps4, better watch the gameplays then play q2
Alternatively, you can watch the anime for Persona 4 and 5 and all of the movies for Persona 3 (though I highly recommend playing P5 over watching the anime, because it’s high key super rushed and kinda sucks because of it). Of course, it’s always best to play the games, but if you don’t have the time or money, anime is the (only other) way to go. I’m just waiting for the day a remake or definitive version of P3 comes out because I would pay the big bucks for that.
I played Persona Q2.
I only played Persona 5.
I was familiar with a fair amount of the rest of the cast, and I honestly think that was enough for me.
Maybe it horrifically spoiled me in some way I don't know, but you know what? I'm actually cool with it this time. My brother, who played 3 and 4 said that the Party members in those games weren't really a surprise like Crow. So I think I'll be fine.
Feel free to horrifically prove me wrong and make me cry on the inside.
:D
I remember watching this video when it came out thinking "man this seems like a lot of homework to play one game I could never." Now I have almost beaten p3 reload and will play this game right after!
I only played p3 and p4 b4 I played pq2, I still haven't played 5 (waiting for either a port or for ps3 emulation to develop further) as I dont have a ps3/4 but I will say all of the animation do a good job. (3 and 4 are great- the anime for 5 is extremely mediocre, but acts as a stand in for it if u need)
All I need to do is buy 5 and get the 3 on my vita. I have the Physical of 3, both SES and Portable but sadly in this pandemic my systems gave up on me, also my vita is having drift issues. Thankfully I bought a PS TV for modding reasons so I’m just gonna use that till I get my other consoles repaired.
Persona Q2 was infinitely underwhelming compared to Persona Q, though.
Rei and Zen were much more to the plot than Hikari and the other unremarkable new characters were.
Only good thing about PQ2 was the music, which sucks because I was so stoked and hyped about this game.
I saw Persona Q2 in a game shop and I couldn't pass on it, I own it now but I haven't finished 4 or 3, I'm about halfway through persona 3 FES however I've not yet beat it, 4 golden was my first persona game yet I've not even got a quarter of the way through
Alternatively be an etrian odyssey fan, and complain about why pq2 has no memory conch. And be mad that risky forces you to keep the main character in the party and be extra mad that you game over if they get ko'd. No one else. Just him... then go back to etrian odyssey and be happy you can actually play on the hardest difficulty without worrying about one character getting ko'd.
If you're exceptionally lonely, then so am I. I don't even really like JRPGs. I found it tolerable in Persona 3 and 4 and quite good in Persona 5 but overall I think I'd rather play a game in a different genre, but Persona 3, 4 and 5 all easily fit into my nonexistent top 25 and at least one of those, definitely 4, would fit into my nonexistent top 5.
Forcing consumers to buy 2 other consoles just to play some 3DS game is honestly really crummy, why couldn’t this come to Switch or mobile devices again?
They're not really forcing people to buy new consoles or play the old games. Pq acts more as a love letter to persona fans than an invitation to the series.
Bought pq2 on release say, played less than 1 hour, quit for a year. Couldn't get into it. Bought ps4 3 weeks ago and spend 200 hours on p5r. Now I can finally play pq2
Alright - I've only played Persona 4 Golden but you've sold me. I'll play Q2 whenever Atlus do PC releases of 3 and 5 and I find time to play them! :P
My view on persona q and persona q 2 are a bit different. I was familiar with persona 3, somewhat, and i saw the persona 4 anime, and know hardly anything about persona 5. I don’t own sony consoles.
However, before the first persona q game was released, i played Etrian odyssey was 4. While i am not as emotionally attached to the persona characters having never played any of the main line games, from a game mechanics perspective, playing Etrian odyssey 4 made the gameplay transition to persona q for me not difficult, and than made persona q 2 an even easier transition, in terms of gameplay. Again, i don’t know the full details of the persona characters, but, having playing persona q, i’m fine with this and know the lack of connection of impact these games have on the main storylines.
Gameplay wise, it’s a lot of fun if you are familiar with the Etrian odyssey series. Otherwise, may be a little of a learning curve transitioning from a mainline persona game
I honestly never use the Remote Play function on my VITA because it barely runs a PS1 game with a stable connection to my PS3. It might be better with a PS4, but I don't know, since I don't have one.
Whatever at least I have the first Persona Q I was going to buy Persona Q2 Cinema Labyrinth but I guess I can’t now thanks to Atlus and their stupid marketing!!!!!
Or u could just emulate the previous games lul, I did that for p3p, but I bought p4G on steam, and played p5R on PS4 cuz I’ve had a PS4 for a long time lol
Honestly........ it would be nice to see Personas 1+2 in PQ. Heh if only fans could fall in love with those heh then maybe Atlus would like to bring it back. Oh well, at least i loved 1-3 mostly.