>>3837221
>How would you rank
I wouldn't. Ranking video game series is for autists and doing so invalidates any opinion you have because it displays your brain damage.

>>3837223
It's just more of I like this game more than that game but both games are still good. It's in good fun anon.

>>3837224
It's not, it's provoking a slapfight over braindead opinions, devolving into generational meme arguments most often. There's no actual design comparison in *>*>*>*. Just garbage. Do better.

>>3837227
>_>

>>3837223
>>3837227
fuck you i hope your parents get divorced

>>3837221
Which mainline?
>megami tensei
>majin tensei
>megami ibunroku
There are lot of them in first place but most aren't aware but most are similar, or you wanted to go through numbers only.
If is numbers start with shin megami tensei mega CD which is the best version (nicknamed definitive) then go for if and two, 3 well kinda hard to choose but switch version since is the latest one.

4A
3
SJ
1
5/5V
2
4

>>3837221
>Top Tier
KMT 1+2
Strange Journey (DS or Redux is fine)
Soul Hackers 1
>High Tier
SMT 3
SMT 2
SMT 4
>Good Tier
SMT 5 (there's no reason to not play Vengeance)
SMT 4A
SMT 1

Playing IF as we speak so I can't rate it yet, but it's not bad so far. Admittedly I'm very biased since I dont think SMT has had any truly bad games.

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Need to replay 5 to put it on the list. 3 and SJ are pretty neck and neck and same with IV and I. IV obviously plays better and is more interesting but drops the ball when you get to Tokyo. 4A is still fucking great to me. There's definitely some weird writing moments but I can fuck with the whole POWER OF FRIENDSHIP(actually fuck that betray your friends). Shit had me at the edge of my seat multiple times though compared to the other SMT games.

damn schizos

>>3837223
>>3837227
hey you tsill alive

>>3838244
dumb biotch

>>3837227
Correct

>>3837390
Sell me on Soul Hackers, what makes it better than SNES SMT

>>3838702
eat yourself

>>3838707
if you're going to be a faggot and participate in rankshit I assume you have some basis for it

>>3838799
whut up bitch

>>3838702
The idiot replying to you isnt me. But I'd be happy to shill Soul Hackers.

Like I said, I don't think theres a truly bad game in the series, but it mostly comes down to aesthetics and a couple extra mechanics. Both SH and the SNES titles have Magnetite, which I think is a fantastic system, but SH has the Demon Personality thing going on. Basically its like this:
>demon has X personality and a loyalty stat
>you have to maintain loyalty of your demons by having them do certain actions, or feeding them specific booze
It gives flavor yeah, but like with MAG, its a mechanical price on this forbidden occult power you're using.

Also, demons have favored moon cycle positions and will be buffed or debuffed passively based on it. Its not just New or Full Moons either, there's a few that are in between.

As for aesthetics, honestly its subjective, but I just really dig the Web 1.0/early internet style of everything. Really adds to the urban occult atmosphere. Plus the music and sound design for hits and damage just hits so good. They use 3D FMV models baked down into sprites for a lot of skills and it adds to that 90s/Y2K thing.

Soul Hackers is a shorter, easier game than any of the SNES SMTs (overall) but a game being easy isn't inherently bad.

But yeah thanks for reading my autism.

>>3839112
HAH I KNEW YOU HAD AUTISM YOU FUCKER