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[SF Kosmo]

It's certainly way up there anyway.

 

[Thabass]

It's in my top 10, but not even in my top 5.

 

[drganon]

Its definitely in my top 10 list.

 

[brian0057]

That's an odd way of spelling Daggerfall.
But if we limit ourselves to Japan? Also Daggerfall.

 

[Fuz]

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

That's an odd way of spelling Daggerfall.
But if we limit ourselves to Japan? Also Daggerfall.

Well JRPG is in the thread title

As for WRPGs, my favorites being The Witcher Trilogy, Mass Effect Trilogy and Fable Trilogy

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Nah. Many other jrpgs that are better.

 

[xellos2099alpha]

A few off the top of my head that are way better than Persona 5

Persona 5 isn't a bad game but I played better Persona games and better JRPGs in general

You got me until Xenosaga 2. That was.... an odd oen out

 

[Nico_D]

I'm still to play it. Can I 100 percent it without using a guide first time?..it always puts me off to hear you have to make certain friendships by certain chapters or your fubared.

I don't if you are completely screwed if not deepening certain friendships but some of them do give good perks. I used a guide so... there's that. I don't like it either.

 

[L*][*N*K]

To me it is

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

You got me until Xenosaga 2. That was.... an odd oen out

That one is great

I can understand why it's divisive though

 

[BennyBlanco]

It’s the 3rd best Persona game. Slogging through Royal after the base version made me hate the way it is paced.

 

[xellos2099alpha]

That one is great

I can understand why it's divisive though

The story was great, evil space pope, ES asher, etc. The funny thing was every male characvter remaind EXACTLY same and all the female get major overhaul. I remember the old the trailer that show Jr, chaos, Ziggy look the same then Shion look completely different. Kosmos got dub toothpaste kosmos. Also the combat... oh boy was pretty bad.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

The story was great, evil space pope, ES asher, etc. The funny thing was every male characvter remaind EXACTLY same and all the female get major overhaul. I remember the old the trailer that show Jr, chaos, Ziggy look the same then Shion look completely different. Kosmos got dub toothpaste kosmos. Also the combat... oh boy was pretty bad.

Well I love the combat system

As for the female characters I agree there but they went back to the sexy female character designs of the 1st one with 3

The story is still fantastic and the character development is fantastic overall across all 3 games

 

[Bakkus]

I think it's close, but I still hold PM:TTYD above it. I certainly like it better than some other games listed here.

 

[Hydroxy]

Can't think of anything wrong?
There's a lot wrong.
Story is stretched too thin and too much padding. Game could easily have been 30 hrs shorter. The story is much less interesting than Persona 4 and characters are much less interesting too. A few of the dungeons are boring and not fun. I would say its a 7/10 game, 8/10 if you don't mind the length. P4 was a better game overall

 

[Fabieter]

Crtl F looking for shadow hearts/shadow hearts 2. None srsly none. Iam leaving here .

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Crtl F looking for shadow hearts/shadow hearts 2. None srsly none. Iam leaving here .

That's on my to play list I have all those games on emulator including Kolkela on PS1

 

[mcjmetroid]

The original had an insane amount of padding. Is Royal the same?

If so then no.

 

[poodaddy]

Fuck no.

Even putting P5 in the same league as Chrono Trigger and FFVI can get you 10 to 20 years in a max security facility OP. If you need to hide out, let me know; I'm here to help even the most lost and confused of us, which you clearly qualify as. Don't be afraid to reach out for help and guidance.

 

[adamsapple]

Up in the top tier along with FFXII.

 

[bender]

P4 is better.

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

I love it but it's too damn long. I know that's great for some people, though.

 

[Boneless]

No, because FFVII exists. I did like persona 5 but thought the combat system with exploiting weakness was quite shallow. Personally also not a fan of the massive social life sim aspect.

 

[German Hops]

It is if you haven't played other jrpgs.

 

[squarealex]

My first Baby J-RPG maybe.

Spoiler

Joke outside, I prefer settings of Persona 4, but sure is a very good f... JRPG Persona 5. Sure, we need more like this with different settings..

 

[cireza]

I am 30 hours in and feel that barely anything has happened. I am fast forwarding most of the text.

In 30 hours I can complete Phantasy Star IV, which is my pick as best JRPG ever.

 

[BacklashWave534]

1. Chrono Trigger
2. Dragon Quest V
3. Suikoden 2
4. Dragon Quest XI
5. Dragon Quest VIII
6. Final Fantasy IX
7. SMT Nocturne
8. Final Fantasy VI
9. Xenogears
10. Grandia 2
11. Final Fantasy VII
12. Trails in the Sky 2nd
13. Persona 3
14. Persona 4
15. Wild Arms 2
16. Shin Megami Tensei IV
18. Ys VIII
19. Nier Automata
20. Lost Odyssey
21. Trails from Zero
22. Persona 5

Nope. Not even top 20. Sad!

I believe you meant to put Final Fantasy VI at a tie with Chrono Trigger for number 1 and Xenogears right under it. We will forgive your mistake this time

 

[The Shepard]

Persona 4 is best persona and is one of the best jrpg's ever. Couldn't even complete 5 as it drags on to much. Played a bit of 3 on game pass but will wait till the remakes out, hopefully it's more like 4.

 

[Beer Baelly]

 

[Mozzarella]

Not top 5 for me, maybe top 10.

 

[hyperbertha]

Got about halfway through so far. Story has a lot of episodic elements. The Villains for each palace are very one dimensional and boring so far. The social sim gameplay is super boring too. Just pressing buttons to level up stats. Gets old fast. The dungeons are very linear, with boring pointless 'puzzles'. So far it's a 6/10 salvaged by some occasionally challenging turn based battles.
But I did like the Egypt palace's character. So maybe the story will pick up in the latter half

 

[Patrick S.]

I don't know why people feel the need to belittle OP for his oppinion

I've started playing Persona 5 Royal a few days ago. I'm only a couple of hours in, but I already love the style of the game. The presentation, the graphic style, the cutscenes, the voice acting... everything is top notch and feels like pure quality.

I'm only shortly after the first time you have a conversation with Ann and something happens at the school, so I haven't seen much of the plot other than "teacher is bad and likes to hurt students", but I like having a plot that isn't about girlish boys with weird clothes who are THE ONE and MUST SAVE THE UNIVERSE! (please don't spoil if the game becomes exactly that in a couple hours haha).

I don't know yet if I'll feel it's the best RPG ever until I've played through it, but at the very least I can say it's already one of very very few JRPG games I've played I can't get out of my head and want to keep playing and playing.

 

[Fbh]

Haven't played Royal but the OG version isn't even top 10 for me.
Maybe if it was like 60 hours shorter.

 

[Synless]

Persona 5 OG and I would imagine Royal would not be in my top 50. It’s bloated and the dungeons are devoid of life. It’s more of a visual book than a game really.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

It's not even the best Persona

 

[AmuroChan]

I don't have a clear #1, but P5R is up there on my list along with Xenogears, Chrono Trigger, FFVI, and Trails of Cold Steel IV.

 

[Gambit2483]

Hmm...It's definitely in my top 3 or 5. Somewhere up there with FF7 and Chrono Trigger

 

[cash_longfellow]

No…top ten, maybe.

 

[kunonabi]

It's not even the best persona game since eternal punishment exists.

 

[Varteras]

Just to add the game opened up with it's strongest writing and villain from the jump, it's wild how much no one else was half as intimidating as he was. There was also a serious sense of danger of him being teacher at school presented to the students, it felt really personal.

Thank you! I argued with a friend about this for what felt like a damn week. The fact that the first villain wasn't, at the very least, the penultimate antagonist was a huge miss to me.

That being said, no. I don't believe Persona 5 was the best JRPG ever. An overall awesome one, for sure. Not even close to my top 5. Probably not even top 10.

 

[Surrag]

Between modern JRPGs, yes, probably the best.

Persona 3 FES is the best on the series

 

[Trunx81]

It has your teacher in a maids outfit on speed dial. Of course it’s the greatetetest

 

[Gambit2483]

It has your teacher in a maids outfit on speed dial. Of course it’s the greatetetest

Wasn't there a whole controversy "thing" about this....

 

[Moneal]

Only game I've played all the way through 3 different times, and working on my 4th. Still not the best. Suikoden 2 or Shrink Trigger would have that for me.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Wasn't there a whole controversy "thing" about this....

Best part of the game

 

[BlueLyria]

It's really fucking good, but no

 

[Metnut]

I preferred Elden Ring and Zelda TOTK.

 

[Trunx81]

Wasn't there a whole controversy "thing" about this....

There was a controversy about a mishearing of the title-song as well, but who am I to judge

 

[The Wheel of Fortune]

It’s not even the best out of the modern Persona titles. 3 and 4 are miles better than it, and people will see it when Persona 3’s well-deserved remake comes out soon.

P3 is one of my favourite games of all time; it’s characters and writing are some of the best I’ve seen in all of my years as a gamer.