Persona 4, but I have only played that and P3 (which I also love) to completion. I have dabbled in Devil Survivor, which I can not complete until I get my own 3DS, and I intend on playing Nocturne, which I am somewhat frightened of.
Shin Megami Tensei
A long running series of JRPGs published by Atlus, almost all featuring unrelated stories and characters, but sharing common themes, chief among them being interaction with demons through fighting, diplomacy, control, and cooperation.
Favorite Shin Megami Game?
" @LordAndrew said:You must be thinking of"Megami Ibunroku"(i don't care how its spelled) it translates roughly to "goddess sidestory" and Persona 1 and the first non-raidou Devil Summoner carried that title. They were dropped by the time they reached Persona 3 and Raidou 1, though." Oh! I just noticed the thread title says "Shin Megami", which means "true goddess"... or to look at it another way, it means nothing. There has never been such a thing as Shin Megami! "Not even that, really. Since the original Megami Tensei, as far as I know, and there was at least one other game in between MT and SMT. I'm not even sure what the hell that title means anymore. As for the thread, though, Persona 4, hands down. "
Persona 3 easily. I liked P4 a lot but not as much as P3. I liked the characters and story of the earlier one more.
@corruptedevil: but it was still on the first page of this section?
@thanous: Most franchise pages have less than one page of threads. That doesn't mean they're current.
Also, the thread still has all the same flaws I pointed out three years ago.
Nocturne, of course. Fantastic game all around.
Persona 4 Golden follows it pretty closely. I like Persona 3 a whole lot and I used to consider it better than Persona 4 at least in part because they don't repeat dialog anywhere near as much (let me remind you, in painfully long fashion, of this thing that we just told you two minutes ago!) I still think it has a better story but overall, I'll take P4 over P3.
I didn't actually like SMTIV all that much at first but I've been warming up to it more and more. Not on the same level as the above mentioned game, but mechanically it's pretty great. Usually.
If we're just talking true SMT games then probably SMT4. I didn't fall in love with it as much as I originally thought I might, but overall I think it's a more solid game than Nocturne. At the very least SMT4's flaws are preferably to Nocturne's. I'd love to see a proper remake of SMT1 and 2 some day. Those games have some great ideas, but the SNES versions are way to dated to hold up to modern MegaTen games.
If we're talking the entirety of the MegaTen franchise then P4 still beats that out pretty handily.
Digital Devil Saga might also be up there, but I've never quite settled on how I feel about that series. I remember loving DDS1 and then being extremely disappointed with the conclusion of DDS2. (The way other people feel about Mass Effect 3's ending is almost how I felt about DDS2's.) I really should replay that game and see if I feel any differently.
Not sure if I'd say the best but Devil Survivor 2 has a special place in my heart for being the first one I've ever beaten, and felt like a good blend of SMT's apocalyptic story and persona/fire emblem's support feature that not only unlocks new demons, but also can affect their fate.
My favorite is Persona 3. But the great pity of that game is that while the PSP version made a lot of neat adjustments (like allowing you to directly control all party members, more robust options for persona customization through "cards," not to mention the option to play a female protagonist, etc.), it also ditched all the non-dungeon 3d environments... which to me at least was a really important element that helped the game feel more real. As a result, I feel torn between the PSP and PS2 "FES" versions, neither of which has everything I want. That's why I really hope that someday Atlus might release a remastered version of Persona 3 (perhaps bundled together with a remastered Persona 4?) on modern hardware that keeps most of the changes from Persona 3 Portable but restores the full 3D world from the original. Not sure how likely that is, but man, I would be all over that.
SMTIV – I love the blend of 3D and sprite graphics, the world building, and it has one of the best overall soundtracks I've heard in a video game. I think it used the 3DS hardware amazingly well.
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