The order I played in is kinda goofy. But I started with Persona 5 on Ps4 and got past the first dungeon before my ps4 died.
I gave up on Persona 5 but when smt iii came to the switch I thought I’d give it a try and I fell in love with it. Became a huge smt fan with my favorite probably being IV or then first Devil survivor. Currently playing P4G on my Vita.
Persona 4 Golden. Absolutely fell in love with this franchise because of it. Loved the entire game. I can still remember the feeling I had when you first go into town and “Heartbeat, Heartbreak” is playing. It’s just such a great atmosphere. Absolutely amazing game.
I’m currently playing PS5 Royal and will move to P3 after.
SMT III Nocturne. Still the best JRPG of all time, just love that game’s atmosphere and music, sans the random battles.
Then tried P3 took a while to get through. Pretty good but not really that into it.
Then the DDS duology games. Great JRPGs and some of my favorite megaten titles.
Then P4 which was incredible. 2nd fav Megaten title.
By the time P5 came out I kinda outgrew and got burned out on the teen highschool drama social link stuff. Played around 45 hours and stopped. Might come back to it later.
SMT IV and IV:A was decent. Currently playing SMT V and really enjoying it. I really wish they gave the main series the same care as the Persona games, as I prefer the quieter more straightforward approach of those games than following teen gossip and rizzing up virtual waifus.
I actually started with the original Shin Megami Tensei on the SNES. For a time I was into Famicom and Super Famicom games that never got localized. After I played that I went on to play some of the more popular games in the series.
Technically, my first was P3. But I don’t really count that as I think I only made it through the May. I count Devil Survivor Overclocked, which was just so much fun. I want to finish it but I’m stuck on a boss and now can’t really justify pulling out the 3DS to play it. Since P5, I’ve been in love with the entire Megaten space and I’ve been slowly working my way through some of the games.
Persona 4 Golden. Well, technically Persona 4 OG - friends of mine told me to play it and I had it emulated on PCSX2 (this was before the Steam release of Golden) years ago. I got to Yukiko’s boss then dipped. I have a nasty habit of just dropping emulated games.
I picked up P4G again when it got released on Steam, dropped it after getting to Kanji, then continued after getting a Steam Deck (one of the comfiest games to play on a Steam Deck btw), and now I own P4 and P4G’s OSTs on CD.
