Looks like there are some sane english dub voice actors after all
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Goddamnit. Do I have to try Persona, now? Cause honestly it has never appealed to me.
Persona 4 Golden's a good place to start, now that it's on Steam. Don't ask me how Persona fusion works though; all I do is randomly fuse shit together.
I bought it but haven't really started playing yet because jesus christ my backlog is nuts and holy hell am i enjoying yakuza 7 right now.
But i distinctly remember emulating OG Persona 4 and getting smeared on normal and save scumming all the way up to the end.
And then i hit a fucking brick wall upon reaching Mr. Did nothing wrong. I rarely fused and bought expensive as fuck weapons, it was real bad.
So thats good to know at least. I think my problem was i approached it like a regular JRPG and didn't bother with status ailments/buffs
3, 4, and 5 are all great in their own ways. I loathe 4 but its beloved by many.
I will always recommend 3 first, because the QoL changes after make it impossible and frustrating to go back to. But many of the frustrating elements are part of the experience (no control over party members gives them more personality, fatigue makes dungeon crawling much more time sensitive rather than endless grinding, etc.) and are well worth experiencing because of the amazing style and story.
Its also the last one to be more Old School RPG, compared to the newer two's Social Life Sim RPG. It still has all the same elements, but it feels like like escapist wish fulfillment (people don't worship you, you can easily ruin friendships forever, you need to actually know these people to progress). And has some of that brutal difficult Atlus is famous for, that was toned down considerably for the more mainstream 4 and 5.
Basically, play 3 its great. 4 is the most "weeb slice of life" and if that didn't appeal to you already it'll turn you off massively. And I'd say play Persona 3 FES as the primary version, as it was the re-release that didn't cut most of the game and nerf the difficulty like Persona 3 Portable did. Vanilla Persona 3 has no advantages over FES.