>What was your first game? >What's your favorite and why? >What are some things you like about the series? >Was it your first ATLUS series?I got into it because of Persona. I know, I'm a larper, but I am young and I thought it was weird there wasn't a thread here. To me it's basically if Persona had engaging combat and darker tone. Playing IV right now. After about 5 tries, I beat the Minotaur with my whole party wiped except for me and one demon. It was our last turn too, so I was very lucky to have survived I suppose.
>>4067039>persona 2>persona 3 because of nostalgia, ps2 and finishing the game at 2 am probably helped me favorite it>turn based combat, designs of lucifer, teenagers>atlus golf for the NES, of course
>FirstRevelations: Persona>Favorite and whyDevil Survivor and I don't know why it just sticks with me>Some things you like about the seriesArt direction is usually top tier, always enjoy the combat, think it generally does characters well>Was it your first ATLUS seriesSeries? Yes. Game? No. The Karate Kid was my first. That game fucking sucked.
>FirstPersona 4>Favorite and whyPersona 4 because I was a lonely nerd and it was basically a friend simulator for me.>What are some things you like about the series?I love the blend of modern and sci-fi elements with magic and monsters.>Was it your first ATLUS series?Yes.
>>4067039>got into it because of Persona. I know, I'm a larperIn my experience the people who call SMT mainline and Persona a spinoff are both the least invested in the series and the least interesting fans. Anyway, my favourite is by far Persona Q.And iirc my intro to Megaten was something like,>P3 > Nocturne > P1 > Persona Q > P4 Arena > P4 > Strange Journey DS > P4DAN > DDSAnd so on.
>>4067039>first P2 Punishment on PS1>favoriteSMT mainline : 1 and 2 for the plot, 3 for the aesthetics, 5 for the gameplay.>things you likeI love systems-centric games and the occult themes.
>>4067187OP here. This is exactly how it was for me. Game changed my life.
>>4067364>the people who call SMT mainline and Persona a spinoff are both the least invested in the series and the least interesting fans. Fair
>>40670393 was my firstSJ is my favoriteI dont care for personaI wish devil survivor 3 got made
>>4067039>FirstPersona 3 Portable, then Nocturne was the first SMT I played, and then Strange Journey is the first one I beat. I dont think badly about Persona on principal but I do think the distinction between it and SMT is needed because of the vastly different concepts they follow>FavoriteRight now I think I'd say Devil Survivor, catch me on a full moon and I might say Strange Journey instead that one's incredibly solid, but I like how DeSu fuses turn based combat with a trpg system to have the best of both worlds, I like the story actually focusing on a normal world shifting into a apocalypse rather than just going "BAM nukes dropped, it's post-apocalypse already lets get this moving", and I actually liked how they handled the routes without going strictly law-neutral-chaos (Even though you can assign an alignment to all of them if you wanted), its funny that even in the end you can still choose to tell everyone to fend for themselves and run away because of course some people would prefer that option.Unofficially my favorite is actually eraMegaten, I think it does a great job of using most every big mechanic in the series in a single TEXT BASED game, the sexy stuff is just a nice bonus>Things you likeFor some reason just the general concept of summoning and controlling demons has yet to lose its flavor to me, I'm always down for shit like that and SMT captures it really well. Fusion autism is really fun too, im the kind of guy who actually likes the preparation parts of an rpg as much as the actual combat, being able to tinker with my party members and perfect them.>First ATLUS series?That would be Persona, unless theres some rpg I buried in my memory that happened to be atlus seeing as they have their hands in a few cookie jars when it comes to that
>firstDemiKids Light Version (had no idea what SMT was at the time)>favoritePersona 1 (which is a real SMT game, unlike the other Personas. I hate P2 and despise P2 fans. P3/4/5 are decent but not for me.)>things you likeDungeon crawlers with good atmosphere and theming but as little story as possible
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>>4068486ATLUS never misseshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbB8mcM_xS8
>>4067039Emulated SMT1, just because I played most things Aeon Genesis felt like doing a TL hack for in the '00s. Although I may have rented Persona 1 PSX at some point and then never got more than 15 minutes in. The atmosphere of SMT1, particularly the start, was very interesting but I know I almost completely ignored the fusion system and just nuked the game by grinding and directly recruiting and obviously didn't like it much. I hadn't even played pokemon at that point and had no context for monster party games.
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>>4067039Is there any SMT that isn't just a satanist proaganda and actually gives Law chads a fair ending?
>>4086009The only one that people say has a good law ending that I don't disagree with is Devil Survivor, probably because I haven't played Devil Survivor
>>4086009Nah Gnosticism and moral relativism is just unfortunately a part of the series. It'd be cool if there were some fan games without it. I'm sure there are, I'm just too lazy to look, and I still have more mainline to play.
>>4086026I still dont really care for it I would argee DeSu's is the only good one, because there Law still also wants to challenge God, but without dethroning him in the end. They say God doesnt actually want to step in and take the typical Total Law Control he always wants otherwise and would rather Humanity prove they can overcome his ordeal without too divine intervention or by succumbing to demon temptation. It's not perfect, look at Naoya and the mask starts to slip for their intentions, but they at least try to portray the idea that God is somewhat chill for once and willing to let a humans-first world live in the end if they can prove themselvesKeep in mind I havent actually done the route because I like Naoya better, but that's what the game is constantly saying and I dont believe it really reaches a point where the mask is ripped off completely and they're back to typical Law bullshit, outside some specific assholes in the faction. Hell, if nothing else the Law Hero is cool because she still joins on other routes, of her own volition, including the one where you try becoming Demon King, so that sense you can "fix her" if you still dont like the alignment
>>4068387>I hate P2 and despise P2 fans.
>>4067039>What was your first game?Nocturne>What's your favorite and why?Nocturne. It's got an ambiance and moodiness to it that is hard to reproduce. Also Dante doesn't hurt either.>What are some things you like about the series?I was introduced to Pokemon first, and Nocturne blew my mind on what a creature collector experience could be, and the fact that your avatar actually physically takes point and is engaged in battle was cool as hell, and the fact that if at any point your avatar dies it's immediately a game over was, albeit harsh, cool as hell.>Was it your first ATLUS series?Thousand Arms. Never beat it, but one of these days I'm going to just because it's charming.
SMT1. It's dogshit, but somehow the sequels are even worse. Those games basically made me hate JRPGs in general.
>>4086009The only game that doesn't (rightfully) treat Law and Chaos as the retarded positions that they are is VV, where instead they're both treated as the idealized hopes of two well meaning young people.
>>4067039>Shin Megami Tensei IV>Shin Megami Tensei IV. Battles compared to 1 and 2 are fun with how you can select and level up spells (Although IV could never replicate the feeling I once had fighting YHWH with a party of demons under the necroma spell). Replayability and difficulty choice. Also demon designs and fusion are fun.>General level design, fusing demons and reading of them in compendiums, different worlds, and gameplay mechanics unique in different titles.>Yes
>smt thread>Looks inside.>Personababies seething over smt Classic
>>4067364>>4067491Personacucks projecting as usual
>>4107062>>4107060did you really need to express the same feeling of contempt twice?
>>4067039>>What was your first game? Strange Journey>>What's your favorite and why? Strange Journey, mostly because overall is a pretty good dungeon crawler, also being the first one always have extra points.>>What are some things you like about the series? Collect demons and bosses are usually tough and needs a bit of strategy rather than hit a wall until he die.>>Was it your first ATLUS series?Nope, I played Etrian Oddyssey among others.
