Which one of these two do you prefer?
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Which one of these two do you prefer?
Devil survivor 2
I love both for different reasons.
Though being able to start Nocturne right away and not having to play like 4 hours of bullcrap makes it less grating I guess
Nemissa's game.
bump
>waifufag wet dream or the school shooter edgefest
Neither
I love both but because I like the more laid back and relaxing feel of Persona (minus all the tv world shit)
Persona ? never heard of it
I don't enjoy playing Persona games at all.
Nocturne is a decent SMT but I prefer others.
Persona 4 is my favorite Megaten but Nocturne is great too.
These are my two favorite Atlus games
But I'd rather replay Nocturne to be hondesu
Nocturne. Nocturne's atmosphere and music is more unique than P4 animu highschool slice of life hijinks, it also is less of drag to replay.
I haven't played it yet, but I'll assume SMT Nocturne is better than P4.
Haha I don't really know XD
I enjoy both mainline SMT and Persona, but Nocturne is the pinnacle SMT and Persona 4 is one of the weaker persona games.
Depends on what you're looking for.
What a jrpg dungeon crawler? Pick Nocturne.
Want a friend simulator with dungeon crawling sprinkled in? Pick P4.
persona is trash, social links are a fucking chore and the dungeons fucking suck
I think Persona 4 is probably the better game overall, but Nocturne had a much bigger impact on me when I first played it, and if I had to replay either of them, it'd be Nocturne, no contest.
t.never played revelations persona and persona 2
1 & 2 arent persona games
Then what are they?
persona 4 is a casualised dating sim that panders to lonely waifufags
Outliers, Persona 1/2 are made by Atlus founders when they had full control over the company they had Okada and Kaneko all over them by the time P3 came the creator of Persona and SMT wasn't even working for Atlus anymore.
For me it was Persona 4
Good!
Dungeons still suck and holy shit the gameplay is bad
>Critically acclaimed mainstream franchise which is popular among normalfags and unironic weebs alike.
vs
>Underrated niche gem from the main Shin Megami Tensei series buried by Persona which has been forgotten by Atlus and never acknowledged by the masses.
Why even make the poll? You already know which fucking one Yea Forums is going to pick.
P4G
good games
>Underrated niche gem
You haven't seen Nocturnebabies
Lol
>best smt vs the worst persona
Gee I wonder which is going to win?
I already played P4. I was just assuming Nocturne was better by proxy of P4 almost making me drop the Persona series.
Is the dungeon crawling of Nocturne similar to something like Tartarus in P3? I'd probably enjoy it, I got really addicted to the dungeon crawling in P3 and The Answer.
>Is the dungeon crawling of Nocturne similar to something like Tartarus in P3? I'd probably enjoy it, I got really addicted to the dungeon crawling in P3 and The Answer.
No, it's kinda of different
I prefer Nocturne, but if you take P4G into consideration it becomes a more difficult choice. I think those two are both some of the more well rounded MegaTen games, they still both some issues, but they're some of the better MegaTen games still.
To this day I still don’t understand why people think P4 or P5 is better then most mainline SMT game, even spinoffs like DDS in terms of gameplay or even music/Art, and Atmosphere. Like I don’t understand the only exceptions were P3, and P2 but that’s it. The only Mainline I’ll admit that they’re better then is 1 and possibly 2 but that’s only due to how they were designed back then, and that’s only talking from a gameplay perspective
>Is the dungeon crawling of Nocturne similar to something like Tartarus in P3?
Nah, the dungeon crawling in Nocturne is relatively enjoyable.
Is P5 better than P4?
Yes, much much better.
I don't understand how people think P3 is one of the better MegaTen games. I appreciate a lot of things about P3, but I don't think it's a well made game, at least not as compared to other MegaTen games and other Persona games. In a lot of instances they're too different to compare anyway though, you could make some fair comparisons like SMT IV has better QoL in fusion than other MegaTen games, but to say DDS or Nocturne just have better gameplay than P3-5 is dumb, because P3-5 play so differently as a result of how differently they're structured. It's hard to give a fair comparison when everything about how Persona plays is made with the VN segments in mind and there's no analogue to those segments in the likes of mainline SMT games.
It's objectively superior in gameplay mechanics, level design, and perhaps aesthetic. Everything else is subjective.
Why yes, I voted for Nocturne, how could you tell?
I played Persona 4 at a crucial point in my life which enhanced the experience for me and I enjoyed it immensely, despite some of the anime-isms permeating it that had begun to irk me since the turning of the century and making me wish for a simpler, less pandering times.
With that said, Nocturne is simply a purer, more striking piece of art. I'd buy an upscaled re-release in a heartbeat, physical and without any extra features.
Persona 3 came out during an era where a lot of regulars here were at the prime age for it, or at least discovered it later at that age, making its story and themes resonate harder than it would to a more hardened adult. Then they play Persona 4 afterwards which is a more laid back, slice of life sort of deal which, however better thought out and written can come as a slap in the face to a teenager/young adult that expected something edgier.