SMT/Persona RANKED from WORST to BEST 

Erick, I love you, but your megaten takes will never not make me rage.

"Lord Lucifer, where can I meet him?" My mother would have blew a gasket if she saw me playing that as a kid 😂

I really love Persona 4, even more than Persona 5, but the best for me is Persona 3

Good list !! I didn't expect this when i woke up !!

“Persona 3 Portable” is probably my favorite of the “Persona” sub-series of “SMT”. I just love the characters and story the best. BUT!!! Only if it is the “P3 Portable” edition with the revised combat. I also think “Devil Survivor” was AMAZING!!! But “Tokyo Mirage Sessions”, while not what we expected or maybe wanted, is a great JRPG that’s fun to play.

nice video. Your accent makes your content unique to listen too and you can tell you really love the Shin Mega Series. 10 / 10

Thanks for the video! I played just a few hours of some of the PS2 SMT games you listed, but I had 700+ hours on Persona 3 FES (oh, my teen years hahaha) and a few hundred on PS4 and 5. I feel yours ranking is Fair. I turned In the Notifications for your channel! Hope to see some more tips on Jrpg and RPGs here!

This dude is always a contrarian with his lists i never take them seriously lol.

I recently played Persona Q/Persona Q2 and they are my introduction to both series. I gotta say, I fucking loved them. Never thought I'd like a dungeon crawler, but they are amazing. Not even once I thought about finishing a labyrinth without having completed the map. The sidequests were simple and engaging, it also never felt like a chore. I loved these games. Now unfortunately, I don't have any system with other Persona games, but I do have the 3ds obviously, so I got 6 SMT games to choose from next.

If Erick had played P5 Royal I reckon he actually would rank it higher than the original as so much got added. New characters, new storyline, great new music, quality of life improvements, also made Akechi a much better character than original P5.

Persona 2 and Soul Hackers are my favorites.

Wow, that’s crazy. This video popped up on my feed, while I just finished downloading Shin megami tensei 5. I’m new to the title and looking forward to it, thx for your insight brotha. New sub added.

Tokyo Mirage Sessions was my first SMT game. For that, I’ll be eternally grateful. I loved the gameplay, and every game after that just got better and better

I actually loved the first Persona, my fav of the series was very dark and creepy

Heck yea bro, can't wait to see this list

This video is insane! So many takes I would never imagine anyone would have. Last Bible higher than Persona 1? Strange Journey and Persona 2 Duology lower than Persona Q1 AND Q2. These are takes that are so wild to me that I just have to respect it. You know what you like and that is what makes your videos great.

Royal have the real canon GF Kasumi/Sumire

Nocturne I think is my favorite SMT/atlus game for a reason I don't understand, there is something so appealing about the game's atmosphere and the characters that always compels me to replay it(also it has the best ost, the one that plays in the world map before you enter THAT tower). I agree though that Devil survivor is the best.

I´ve actually started the SMT series with playing Revelations Persona on PSP, and are enjoying it despite its flaws with first person dungeon crawls and tedious battles... The story is just that good. Hearing that you think it´s the worst of the bunch actually makes me happy; it will only get better from here is what you´re saying! ;-)

Number one is the Puzzle boy minigame from Nocturne

I'm still playing Strange Journey redux and you can get a tweak to reduce encounter number on the third dungeon, I think that helps with the absurd lenght

I never beat Persona 3 FES. I played pretty deep though. I should pick it up again...

I didn´t expect that final, about TMS, Is it really that bad? and I would like to know your opinion about Baroque

I’ve always been curious as to what animes are you into? And currently watching ? I take as many recommendations as I can get lol. Thanks for the vids bro.

This video needs another part.

I just can’t handle seeing SMT IV that low 😭

I remember trying Smt games when they where released but I never got Into them, it wasn't until Person 5 Royal that I got hooked. I didn't play strikers, didn't care for the departure of the combat system, Playing through Persona 4 golden now and want to try Smt 5

I loved SMT V, but afraid the older games are not for me. High encounter rates sound very frustrating and after beating V on Hard, I don't think I would get satisfaction out of anything lower.

I watched a 2 hour + comprehensive video on the entire franchise recently, and I gotta say that the MegaTen series is extremely underrated. It needs to be in the same breath as final fantasy when it comes JRPG’s

From best to worst: BEST GAME IN SERIES: Majin Tensei 3 Ronde Mainline SMT: SMT Strange Journey (including Redux) > SMT 4 > SMT 4 Apo > SMT 3 > SMT 5 > SMT 2 > SMT 1 > SMT If > SMT Nine Persona: P2 (IS+EP) > P4 > P5 > P3 > P1 > P5S > PQ > PQ2 Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers > Raidou 2 > Raidou 1 > Devil Summoner (1995) Rest SMT spin-offs: Digital Devil Saga 1+2 > Devil Survivor > Devil Survivor 2 > Tokio Mirrage Sessions > Majin Tensei 2 > Majin Tensei > Demikids > Revelations Demon Slayer (Last Bible)

Right now I have played 5 royal, strikers, nocturne and a third of p3 and they are all fantastic. This would be my ranking. S: Nocturne, 5Royal A: Persona 3 B+: Strikers

I started playing my first ATLUS game at SMT5, really hope that goes on PC. Now I'm playing Persona 5 Royal and holy shit ATLUS makes amazing games.

I never heard of Raidou Kuzunoha vs Souless Army before, seem like a hidden gems for me

i like tokyo mirage sessions, it's what GOT me into smt and persona.

Nice. If you were able to rank the Persona 4 Arena games, where would you rank them?

Awesome list! One of the greatest RPG series of all time. My order: 1) SMT V, 2) Digital Devil Saga 1&2, 3) Persona 3 FES + The Answer, 4) Persona 4, 5) SMT III Nocturne, 6) Persona 5 Royal & original release (tie), 7) Persona 3 original release. Haven't played any others. I'm always amazed by your prolific library dude!

Great video , i have a Lot to play

Buddy can you update your video after you played soul hackers2 ?😁

i never played the raidou kuzunoh games but they look prety cool in terms of gameplay and specially the seting. wish they brougth back that series as well as other smt series i never played. i actually didnt play a lot of those games and i think it would be cool if they released more than just persona and smt. im happy they gonna release soul hackers 2

Thanks!

Love seeing more appreciation for the stellar SMT IV: Apocalypse!

devil survivor overclocked, and record breaker are the first smt games i ever finished and i enjoyed them so much. never played persona 4 but i have played 3 on the psp but i didn't beat it. and i have royal but i didn't get that far i think, i got stuck on that boss fight in the ufo and just rage quit it. 😅 oh well, with my ps4 dead and no chance of me getting a ps5 soon. i'll just have to forget about p5, maybe i'll give p4 golden a try since it's on steam

completely agree with the exception of persona one, the PS1 i admit is nostalgia but the PSP remake is still something i like to play every few years. great video though my friend!

I'm surprised SMT5 is so high. The story is so blah. I'd rank 3 and 4 over it just on story alone. Sure, it still has the fun combat of the others but if I were in charge of SMT6, I'd incorporate more elements from 4 and Apocalypse, or at the very least have more story in the game. You spend so much time in the same apocalyptic area that they kind of all just blended together. Where's the environmental variety, the lore and characters that make SMT awesome? The game feels half-done, like it was just a partial draft of the final script.

I just got into the series with Persona 3 Reload and it is easily one of the best games I have ever played, put 100 hours into reload and am playing Persona 5 Royal now, definitely wish I found these games sooner it very well may turn out to be my favorite game series of all time.

I really like the persona games and the artwork of persona 5 is what drew me to it. All thanks to the invitation to smash bros. I bought P5 for PS3 and have like 100 hours in it, but im not a guy that really can play games that long.. that said i still have to beat the final boss.. I also played a big chunk of Persona 2 and Persona 4 on Vita. I bought Persona 3 and only played it for an hour cause I was playing all these games at the same time. Persona 1 on Vita isnt that bad I just dont like to grind a lot for a boss. I only recently am trying to buy all SMT games too (well not all but most of them where possible) im playing smt 3 on switch and had to grind a bit for the matador and spammed evasion buff on my team. Only recently found out all these smt games are on the 3ds too and am waiting for discounts. I found smt digital devil second hand for like 80 euros, but then saw that on ps3 store you can get both for like 9 euros a piece. What im saying is this series is really good and made me love turn based rpgs.

Persona 3 Fes was my first SMT game. I'm so glad I ran across it in back of the gamestop.

Catherine full body is my favorite SMT game and I’m not even kidding

I haven’t played many Megaten games but here’s my ranking 7 and 6: P3 Fes and P1 5.Smt V 4.Smt 3 remaster 3.Persona 4 2.DDS 1 1.P5R

Persona Q and Q2, normal battles usually take 1/2 second, Naoto spamkill, lol.

Agreed! I did enjoy 2, but in no world is it the best, like a lot of people say. The gameplay/difficulty was just too chaotic. Never chored through battles and mazes more than there, and with only a few moments of S-tier development to go with it. I will say, the transition from 2 into its sequel was worth it, though. But only to do once in my life, lol

Devil Survivor is fighting for the spot of my best strategy rpg against Yggdra Union. After I am done with the latter(I finally played the psp version), I'll play Devil Survivor without free battle to make a proper difficulty review.

Devil Survivor series and SMTIV Apocalypse. Yes.. enjoyed the hell out of them. Too stellar of a game.

I just finished SMT 3 and IDK, the dungeons pissed me off. Constantly warp, fall through map, it's so annoying i had to switch to easy mode lol. Glad I beat it and can finally go to SMT 5

Never got encounter rate and dungeon length problem in Strange Journey (on DS at least). You have encounter lowering sub apps, most battles last 1-4 turns and the game almost never requires grinding. Teleporters sections are small. Probably the only smt game where i wasn't fatigued with combat or dungeons. The only bad thing in the game in my opinion is final boss. You get to it in mid 50s levels, maybe at level 60 max, and it just nukes your party even with vitality build in 1 turn. And it does so until you get to like level 80 or something. They just stuffed all 10 hours of the grind in the last boss. My advice - don't bother - just download reflect all jack frost from the code and cave into the corner with defense command while waiting for the boss to kill itself in fight with lvl5 reflect jack frost. And combat not having a press turn system is a bit of a letdown i guess, but at least it flows fast. But yeah, fk final boss. If not for it, it would've been my favourite game.

Holy crap, I thought Persona 5 Strikers was a freakin’ fighting game, so I ignored it!! With a name like Strikers, can you blame me?? I had no idea it was an action RPG! Damn, I gotta play it now.

I am downloading Persona4Golden right now on my switch, this is exciting! I have heard that Persona has a great story, I hope the battle-system is good, too. I have also today obtained Chrono Cross. I have played Persona 1 on the PSone mini, it was a bit boring, I agree with you! Have a great day, Erick

Nice video but seeing Strange Journey so low almost made me choke on my food lol

8:03 intresting cathrine refrence 😄

Devil survivor as my first smt game and favourite of all time

Damn no love for Tokyo Mirage huh we need a video on this and why you hate it lol!

So far the only SMT i've played was Persona 1 (PSP) and ended up with mixed feelings. Glad to know it only gets better from there.

You can tell from the start he's not including the fan translated iones cos Last Bible Special isn't at the bottom. ;p

Persona & SMT may not be my favorite series.. But there’s something about it that makes it addictive to play portably for me since P4G on Vita.. I really look forward to the upcoming Switch version of P5R

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

Those digital devil saga are pure grind fest, I played both story is 8/10 if you take it in. But that grind kills you slowly .

id put smt iv over persona 3 but good ranking i mostly agree

I still hope for a Persona 1 and 2 remaster or remake!🙏💜

You are such a smart man! Love the videos.

Is Persona 3 Portable for PSP different than the PlayStation 2 version 🤔

Yes! Apocalypse squad!

You really should have played P5 Royal: although it seems logically impossible, P5 Royal makes perfection even more perfect. By the by, I am really looking forward for the PS5 releases of P3 Portable and P4 Golden next year, since I have never played any and, in my opinion, P5 Royal is the best videogame that has ever existed.

Love the series. Even my least favorite ones are still good.

I couldn't even play Tokyo Mirage, my eyes couldn't handle everything happening on the screen.

Still waiting for Persona 5 Royal on PC, and a Remaster/Remake of FES with P3P extras.

Lol the last one tho

Agreed with you 1st pick

I didn't play any of the PS2 games because I didn't own to many PS2 games. Personally I don't like p5 strikers only because the bosses have way to much HP and it felt like what will run out first my HP and sp items or the boss health. The devil survivor series is possibly my favorite smt series.

And smt 1,2 and if ? And Mt old testament?

The strange Journey hot take (kinda feel him tho the maps were so confusing

.. Or the Dancing games. Really, dancing games... Atlus is crazy.

I.....can't even take you seriously

Strange Journey represent!

YOU PUT DEVIL CHIKDREN ABOVE PERSONA 1?!?!

Man I wish devil survivor gets a new game I absolutely loved the hell out of overclocked. Also smt 4 apocalypse was extremely fun gameplay wise but the story definitely could use a remaster

I'm surprised you put the 2 Devil Children games as the second worst in the franchise, given that on your previous list of the top 10 SMT games you put them at #10. I didn't count, but under your conditions of "No Persona games or spin-offs, only games that had North American releases" (and with the list preceding the release of SMT V) were there actually only 10 total SMT games that counted for that list at all so they got 10th best by default? Your list also seems to have changed a bit, you said Strange Journey Redux was better than SMT IV and the Digital Devil Saga games last time. Also, the 3DS shop is about the close down, so at the last second I'm contemplating which games I should get before I miss out, most of which are MegaTen games. Devil Survivor 2 is a no-brainer since they have it at _90% off_ ($6), but I'm rather miffed to find that the original isn't even on the eshop in my region- even though we're technically the same region as the UK, Atlus didn't make the game available in Australia because fuck Australian gamers. Don't worry, we're used to it by now- this is how it's been for decades. We always get shitted on by game companies. I was planning on skipping Soul Hackers because apparently it just has too many old frustrating mechanics carried over from the really old games, but you recommend it so strongly (and it's also on sale) that I'll probably get it. Not sure about Strange Journey Redux though, it's NOT cheap and frankly sounds like it'd annoy me too much. Apocalypse is expensive too (almost twice as much as IV), but again, your recommendation may just sway me.

Tokyo mirage is the best crossover between smt and FE😉 About Strange journey I goin to say a thing: sector Eridanus! This maze have mazes into the maze. And yes SMT IV have the best soundtrack.

My top 5 would be 1. P5 Royal 2. P4 Golden 3. Devil Survivor Overclocked 4. SMT DDS2 5. Strange Journey

Persona 3 fes will always be my favorite. I thought the DS smt games 4 and apocalypse were overrated and digital devil saga was underrated

persona 4 had better gameplay but the story and characters are much better, the atmosphere was perfect and the main theme ufh, it was my second persona but my favorite in that level ( but persona 5 is better in general )

No love for Mirage Sessions, eh?

>Fuck Fe Tokyo mirage …I love you.

Why devil survivor didn't continue??? Those are the bests SMT so far!

I guess we all agree that Soul Hacker 2 deserve a 4th place from last here, being imo worse than Strange Journey in every possible way. Also you did skip Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online, but I guess if you weren't a fan of MMORPGs you would problably have never heard of it anyway

Persona 1 the US version is easier than the Japanese, just play the PSP remaster.

I like p3 over 4 and 5. The one thing I didn't like is where the story goes near the end game. It just didn't make sense. But I like the battles and how you set your teams AI strategy. I also like the musical style though I enjoyed P5's city theme. SPOLER: I didn't like how the people fell into an online cult. Sure, for young people in that world, it would make sense, but older people? I know some will say "well look at what social media does" but the plot was designed around a world that didn't have social media like it would be a few years later.

How the heck is SMT V higher than Persona 4?

Ir Erick had played the first DDS : Megami Tensei, Persona 1 wouldn't be the worst game on this list

It's honestly a bit sad seeing P2 ranked so low even lower than even the Q games cause it's so good. But hey each person has their own opinion.

Can't agree