Ranking EVERY Persona Game WORST TO BEST (Top 16 Games Including P3R!)

Howdy everyone! Today we are finally looking at EVERY Persona game! From the original all the way to Persona 3 Reload! Including all the Spinoffs! And a big shoutout to Atlus/Sega for the review code! Very appreciated.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
1:55 14.
3:52 13.
8:41 12.
11:22 11.
13:29 10.
16:57 9.
20:46 8.
25:52 7.
29:29 6.
32:49 5.
35:25 4.
40:44 3.
45:34 2.
50:28 Best Persona

[@vagelismihalis7426]

4 always will be my favourite,the music ,the goosebumps when you go save Nanako tear me apart with tears a huge moment of my life.

[@somerguy3527]

This Fr how I got spoiled

[@LilMedicine]

How do you not have more subs? Your videos are great man I love it! Keep it up!!

[@banana_358]

Great list. Keep up the good videos man 👍

[@user-dh1ox3cw5h]

Clean video as always.

[@PiscesPrincess327]

Persona 5 Royal is my favorite game of all time and therefore my favorite in the series

[@unitedempire5674]

Solid list. Keep up the great videos 😁. SMT and spinoff ranking next.

[@ramo25ify]

These are perfect for work do not stop with the long videos pls

[@denisgonzales4940]

One problem I have with Persona 5 is I think it has a huge drop off for me from Persona 3s cast. In Persona 5, it feels like the Casts lives dont exist if it isnt with the MC while Persona 3, it feels like they have lives separate from the MC. The Persona 3 Casts feels like real people and the friendships you make with them seem more organic but I guess its more a pro for Persona 3 than a con for Persona 5. I also feel like half the characters in Persona 5 just dont do anything after they awaken to their persona and beat their palace. Its like they are just there for gameplay and to add an extra dialogue box (Only 10 hours deep into Persona 4 so dont have an opinion).

[@florentdbz9873]

I have to disagree to be honest because as a player that's what makes you more attached to the characters I'm playing p3r rn and it takes so long to even start their social links i get it's to make it more organic but by that point its just too long , you have to be high mid game in order to do so while with p5 characters you get so attached to them throughout the whole story and when you have to say goodbye to everyone is such a bittersweet feeling that no game has ever had on me , p3r is being held at a very high standard I haven't finished it yet but it's defenetly slower than p5 in the begining.

[@denisgonzales4940]

@@florentdbz9873 Persona 3s ending will surprise you, thats all im gonna say 😈

[@africanzungu7350]

You're awesome brother. You're definitely going to blow up

[@jojothecold9456]

This is a pretty solid list I would say 10/10 ^^

[@fantarat464]

Now after I finished 4, like a month after I started p5. And good god it was a great ride. At first I thought it was just a cool fun thing, chasing peoples hearts. But around sae’s palace is where it REALLY started to get good for me. It was connecting more and more and I just love it so much. Characters, story, gameplay, everything. I can’t put it above or below 4 either, so personally they are fairly equal, doing some certain things better then the other but still I hold both games near and dear to my heart. Masterpiece

[@andrewstencel]

Play the Trails series, dude. That's God-tier jrpg content.

[@kcidd12]

facts I only beat two of them but I’ll definitely finished

[@charliehuggins7169]

Let's go you did my comment idea your awesome man

[@HoChiMinhSD77]

I’ve only played Persona 5 and the Dancing games because I love the music! Loved it but trying to find the time to jump into another 100 hour JRPG with all the games out lately. Homeboy is really hurting me tho because dancing games are fire cmon 😂

[@morgul9832]

I'm with you on #1, Reload and P4G are great, but 5 is still the best

[@till7407]

But game has its peak on the first palace then it dragges,worse dialogue,the cast is just stereotypes and extremley dumb and the social links are okay compared to the others

[@morgul9832]

@@till7407 If that's what you think, fine. Obviously, I disagree

[@toonlatornthanasomboon]

​@@till7407Then it peak again on the final palace imo

[@kostasspirou1010]

@@till7407 p3 and 4 also have characters doing dumb things and stereotypes, and the dialogue can be bad too, all the games have literally the same issues

[@jadenvanhess2341]

@@till7407I disagree. Sae’s palace and that whole arc was easily the game at its peak for me. The Kaneshiro, Okumura and to some lesser extent the Shido palace do drag the story down a bit. But the Madarame and Futaba palace were also great parts of the game. Though I will say, I agree that P5 and P5:R isn’t the best. That honor goes to P4G. But it’s definitely a close second for me.

[@YourEverydaySheep]

I have too many issues with P5 for it to be my number 1. The plot itself isn’t super engaging imo and the characters aren’t the best outside of a couple standouts. The game is also ridiculously easy. That being said it’s an extremely well crafted game with a fantastic soundtrack and art direction. I can see why it’s a lot of people’s favourite.

[@kcidd12]

PLEASE cry louder…

[@YourEverydaySheep]

@@kcidd12 Cry louder? I simply stated my issues with the game while also praising the things I think it did very well. Sorry you can’t see criticism without getting triggered lol

[@kcidd12]

@@YourEverydaySheep I have your tears in a bucket so by all means cry louder it's absolutely delicious

[@stevenclubb7718]

I'm sure someone mentioned it, but the first Arena game is included in all versions of the sequel... something I learned after buying both for the PS3 years ago.

[@hzh0847]

As someone who started at P5 and royal im excited to dig my teeth into 3n4

[@collinhalverson4681]

I speak Japanese fluently. Why is this relevant? As someone who had already played and adored P4 beforehand, I went and bought a Japanese copy of P5 before any western news outlets and critics could start labeling it a masterpiece, and I went into it pretty blind to any outstanding praise and criticism. When I say I was just as hooked as you were on this game from start to finish, I mean it. P5 instantly became my favorite JRPG of all time and I told everyone I knew that it was going to be heralded as a masterpiece before the 10/10s started coming out. Sure enough, I was right. I understand if some people just overall prefer P4. That game is also incredible. But the people who roll their eyes at this being a #1 pick need to understand that sometimes it's really not bias when a game is held THIS high in regard, even if they didn't personally enjoy it as much.

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

Totally agree persona 5 is just Outstanding I have to say it’s beats persona 4 and I love that game 5 is now the blueprint for all their future titles

[@yeetskeet3]

I love agree your top 3, maybe I’d switch Reload and Golden, but great list overall

[@kcidd12]

facts in my opinion I feel that p4 had the better story and characters however p3 edges it out with gameplay… Until we get p4r maybe I’ll change my mind

[@rhinohorn789]

You need to do a room tour

[@evils222]

Persona 5 is the first persona game in my life :) and OMFG it's soooooo good!!! Like holy shit, I was hooked immidiately for a week !!! Playing P3R right now and it's as good as P5R :)

[@titaniumcranium3755]

I have too many probelms with persona 5 but i will say that it definitely does everything that it does good it does DAMN good. Been a real punch in the gut to replay, though, after getting a call that my brother is on some kamoshida shit and the aggravating fans, but that isn't the fault of the game.

[@Gael-xp4fk]

lol waaa? Ur bro is Edp

[@titaniumcranium3755]

@@Gael-xp4fk yea, got tired of everyone actin like I'm crazy, even tho Ive been 18 for a few months, i left home. Can't live with that anymore, takin a toll on my mental health.

[@RealCGH]

Its kinda insane how much QoL changes was made in between 3 and 4. I started with P5 and had no issues in going into P4 but as soon as i went from P3 FES i really started to feel how primitive it was in comparison

[@buttpaste]

have you ever played sengoku basara? since you like musou edit: no mention of the answer in fes?

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

I have not tried the game, and honestly I didnt mention the Answer because I dont like it

[@tinibell1800]

I have played almost every Persona game and completely agree with you that Persona 5 is the best! .

[@Nemesiis-jc7wm]

Royal was my favorite till Reload finally dropped. Even then I thought 3 had the best story but the gameplay held it back. But now that it’s as polished and satisfying as Royal’s gameplay it got shot up in the ranks real quick.

[@soiiiceyjay8681]

Please rank the smt games if you’ve played them

[@natef1212]

can you rank every lego game (not just star wars but everything played like lotr and harry potter too)

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

oh I hope to one day, I havent played a lot of them though

[@XBC3-4GOTY]

Since I didn’t Beat Reload yet, ATM: Persona 5 Royal is my Favorite Then Persona 4 Golden and Both Games are in my Top 5 VideoGames of All Time

[@24hr-Gaming]

PQ's story I would not say is light hearted. It does take itself less seriously compared to mainline games, but it is ultimately a story about a girl who was abandoned, lived a short and miserable life, and then was trying to cope with it in limbo. It was a nice mix of her facing what happened and grieving her own death. It's definitely a lot more heavy than PQ2.

[@Hyp3rSonic]

P3p also had a direct control tactic.

[@user-pe6os5yz7x]

I'm new to gaming and the only part I played is persona 3 portable and it was amazing,I didn't know that part 2 is good maybe I will put it in the list with part 5 and 4 and the osts in 3 was sooooooo addictive

[@luncius_]

3 will probably always be my favorite, the party has some of my favorites like Junpei, Yukari, Akihiko, and Aigis. I think the themes in persona 3 are the best as well, the way the s-links tie in to the themes is the best out of the whole series in my opinion and they hit the hardest. I think P3R is a perfect remake as well. Love 4 and 5 as well, but 3 is the one that stuck with me the most. Also I will never understand how people beat any of the modern persona games in less than 100 hours, 60 hours for the og P5 is wild to me. Then again I am the type to grind all party members to lvl 99 lol.

[@INKf3KT]

Totally agree with P5 :D

[@YAMATO386]

i never touched a persona game b4 which should i play for a one off

[@skelpsthegenius9622]

My fav (and the 1 i started with) is persona 5 royal, but do know that game takes over a 100 hours to complete your first time. But now with persona 3 reload you can get a game of the same quality with a shorter duration

[@Shaq1q]

persona 3 reload and persona 5 royal are the most beginner friendly so either works.

[@mythos6308]

I love P4 out of all the games the most easily but when he said there were no bad characters i laughed

[@krowemoh7341]

No timestamps? :(

[@VV-ho8dg]

1:55 - 14. Dancing games 3:52 - 13. P4 Arena 8:41 - 12. Persona Q Shadow of The Labyrinth 11:22 - 11. Persona Q2 New Cinema Labyrinth 13:29 - 10. Persona 1 16:57 - 9. P4 Arena Ultimax 20:46 - 8. P5 Tactica 25:52 - 7. P5 Strikers 29:29 - 6. P2 Etarnal Punishment 32:49 - 5. P2 Innocent Sin 35:25 - 4. P3 FES 40:44 - 3. P3 Reload 45:34 - 2. P4 Golden 50:28 - 1. Persona 5

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

@@VV-ho8dg Lol you all are on it, I was going to add them once I was off work. Guess I will add these!

[@jackiewawa5150]

25:50 bookmark

[@filioperibeiro6285]

One day you could rank every Piranha Bytes games or just every Gothic game. I recomend specially the first 2 Gothic games

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

I have always known of their games but sadly have not played a single one

[@filioperibeiro6285]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan Their RPGs are quite hard at the beginning, but you become REALLY strong by the end of the games. Gothic 1 and 2 are the peak of their games, two of the best RPGs, some studios should take some ideas from the first 2 gothics. The other games are not as good sadly but there's some that are still fun.

[@kirbstomp1338]

17:47 he said the thing he said the syndrome thing

[@Nerex27]

My personal rankings of the games I’ve played excluding FES since reload took its place for me: 1. Persona 3 Reload 2. Persona 2: Eternal Punishment 3. Persona 2: Innocent Sin 4. Persona 5 5. Persona 1 6. Persona 3: The Answer Playing through 4 rn and I really like it so far

[@Jeanssj98]

i respect your opinion but bro cmoon p5 is by far way better than p2 and p3

[@Nerex27]

@@Jeanssj98 graphics, dungeons, and environments wise I’d agree, but combat wise and story, not for me. P5 is just way too easy for me, and p3 reload is also pretty easy, but I love the story way more. I really love all these games nonetheless tho.

[@Jeanssj98]

@@Nerex27 p5 gameplay is still miles better than p3 though, inside and outside of battles, p3 doesnt have any minigame too so more points to p5. about the story i feel like p5 has a better one solely because of the horrible pacing of p3 and the very mid social links of p3 too

[@YourEverydaySheep]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Jeanssj98tbh I agree with the other person in that the only things P5 has over P3 Reload is art direction, environments and certain QOL gameplay elements. P5’s story is incredibly lacking unless we’re counting Royal with its 3rd semester and the characters are probably some of the weakest. The game is also ridiculously easy even on the harder difficulties. At least in Reload on Merciless I actually got a game over a handful of times and actually had to think carefully for a few bosses. At the end of the day though it’s all just our subjective opinions. Not everyone is going to like the same things or appreciate the same things in games.

[@Jeanssj98]

@@YourEverydaySheep p5 story is way better told than p3, p3 takes 20+ hours to even start to get interesting while 5 is on fire from the start, p5 also has way more minigames around town and the social links are in general way better

[@Fluffychoupikkos]

Well i hope you were expecting a comment from me as always, no superthank this time but i am getting my credit card renewd these days. So turn based games were not on my radar for a long long time, i just couldnt exactly grasp the fun of the idea behind it, i also sucked at them really. Never liked the smartphone turnbased games aswell, not even pokemon i played younger a lot. Then i figure how wrong i was when i decided ro play xcom 2 after reading and hearing about it and man that game changed my whole perspective on how tactical turn based games can be. Persona 5 was the only game where i heard or read from so many people saying that it is the greatest video game ever made, even youtube channels making lists and putring it on number one. Some people said to me that it will change my life forever and yet to this day i still havent played a persona game, i only convinced my self to downlad persona 5 tactica because it looked more like xcom rather than pokemon with anime characters and i wasnt able to play it because i didnt had a keyboard to write my name and the digital one was not recognizable. I do believe that turned based can he good though i am planning on playing baldurs gate 3 at some point and also wasteland 3 on game pass looks like a good time. So honestly i just wanted to ask for your personal opinion if either xcom, wasteland or persona can delivered the ultimate turn based experience. Or is it maybe DQ11? Thanks

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

Well thanks as always for the watch and comment! You know just for you, I am gonna make a best turn based rpgs list lol

[@Fluffychoupikkos]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan Wow that would be lovely man, I hope you can find as much enjoyment on doing that video. Regardless I am going to support anything you put out, I really think KZbin needs a channel as obligated to video games as yours and even more so ranking videos are relatively rare on youtube. I feel like we are living in the golden era of video games and we should let the world know.

[@MrPowow]

5 is definitely the best hands down. I replayed 3 after playing 5. Playing reload now. I'm in October. Pacing is as bad as I remember. Old school 3 was why I skipped 4. Oh and 4's redixulous looking mascot. It gets good eventually. Eventually. Late even, too late. Game lacks structure. The big exciting monthly moments are not big or exciting like in 5. Only in September does that change and they're not equivalent to 5 in quality or substance with few exceptions. The soundtrack in 3 is exceptional. I love it. I have the amazing ability to seperate bias and nostalgia and practice objectivity and not fall victim to hating on things because theyre popular. I still haven't tried 4 however but there is no circumstance I would ever choose 3 over 5. Reload included. Writing is too weak in 3 and it has atrocious pacing and the social links are so bad minus a few. The game has poor structure. The development you get per level up in social links is almost non existent. The fat kid is just as bad as I remember it being too. 3 has the best mascot though and best looking characters as far as teammates go. I'm in October. Pacing prior to September my god. You could chop that entire section of the game out, replace it with a few minutes of cutscenes and not miss aything. There's definitely a reason no one cared about persona until 5. That game is special. It will always be remembered in a way none of the others will excluding a possible 4 remake. Probably not then either. Game isn't dark either. Which is ok. It just cracks me up when i hear people say that. Very kid friendly. When people say that they say it in relation to persona 4 and 5 and not what an average person considers dark or mature. I'd give remake a 8 personally.

[@gerardoantoniozerpachacin6580]

I would put P3 Reload in first place, it upgrade all the bad things of the original becoming an incredible refined experience, it has my favorite cast because is the most memorable and human cast in the franchise, I like the P3 social links are better than P4, and it has my favorite story because it has a beautiful message to find the answer to live and my favorite soundtrack. For the P4 cast, they are great, with the exception of Teddie, because he is a pain in the ass of how irritating is.

[@thundergod3328]

5 better game

[@scoffeex1740]

22:28 ye no, P5T is still more polish and effort put into it than most modern Sonic games

[@JacksonIsDeath]

Tbh I really liked this list only thing I'd change is 3 p5 2 p4g 1 p3r But thats just me

[@JacksonIsDeath]

I've always wanted to have fes higher on my list ever since I played it in 2015 but like not controlling your party members always killed it. It's always been my favorite video game story ever since I played it

[@akitomanish7742]

I started with p3p (never finished it) In 2019 I finally got to play persona 5 and completed it Persona 4 in 2020 (played along with a let's play persona 4 golden) 2 months after p4g was released on pc Started 2 persona 3 fes new games reached Jan but never finished Finally got to play p3r and finished a few days ago Imo p5r>p3r>p4g

[@Sindrella.]

I just want a Persona 2 remake. For the whole duology.

[@Pat43489]

Currently in July in P5, so far i like it slightly more than Like a Dragon, but I don't think it will dethrone Nier Automata for me🙂

[@sandwich1313]

P3 has always been my favorite Persona game, I love P5 too, but P3P was my favorite game of all time until P3RE came out. P3 has the best story of any video game imo

[@emmanuelinfantegonzalez4316]

Persona 3 Reload is so good, one of the best RPGs ever made for real. The only game that could top it off is a remake of 4

[@MalikATL]

Persona is one of those series I know it's good but it just the game play I could never get into

[@LordLOC]

I hate turn based games, so I can never get into these games though the ones that don't have turn based combat (aka the spin offs) are decent enough.

[@exle7024]

I was someone who hated turn based combat in games but trust when I say persona 5 changed my whole view on it. The combat is so good and fluid only taking one or two button presses to do an action makes it really fast paced and fun. I definitely recommend it even if you’re not a fan or turn based

[@LordLOC]

@@exle7024 I've played it, still don't like the turn based nature of it, no matter how streamlined it is. Same with the new Yakuza games switching to turn based combat.

[@vibechecks1987]

1. p3 reload 2. p5 3. p4 og (cause fuck golden) 4. eternal punishment 5. innocent sin

[@yorhano.9types68]

you should play more games if you think persona 5 has the best story of all video games

[@jotarokujo3182]

Reload is my favorite 5 overstayed its welcome

[@Megidolaon999]

I disagree heavily, but respect your opinion non the less.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

Im sorry Jack Frost, I sacrificed you to get king Frost

[@blakeburton7336]

It bothers me so much when people say persona 5 is the best when the story is garbage after half way through it I’m sorry I said it, people act like all the confidants are the best in the series I literally got so bored of them I was speeding up through them, mementos is the most boring and dull looking dungeon like levels through the series, sure the castles were fun until they focus too much on dumb puzzles in the last 3 castles

[@KonEl17]

Such a bad take on Reload, the game is far to easy even on it hardest lvl, shuffle time where the cards don't shuffle is just stupid, the stamina mechanic I enjoyed it was just another lvl of difficulty to overcome. Most of the qol were good but removing somethings just made the game too easy like Royal. And it sucks they removed the choice of what sport you could play.

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

well regardless of how we feel about it, at least we can still play the original!

[@KonEl17]

@@TotallyTubularJonathan I am disappointed about the the femc being omitted. At least The Answer can be dlc at some point but Reload isn't the definitive version and that I feel is a huge miss. It make some worried about P4 cuz that's my fav game.

[@skat26onPSN]

51 minute mark lol.

[@mangekyos82]

i've been playing persona 3 reload as i loved persona 5 royal but i dont like it at all. Tartarus completely sucks and is very boring and there's just about no story and Im already at September. It has nice characters I guess but aside from having the P5 battle system almost no redeeming qualities. Don't get the hype

[@Megidolaon999]

Get literally ONE MONTH further in and it’s the best for the entire rest of its run time, no question.

[@radicalcentrist4990]

5 is also my favorite overall but I think the main characters of P4 are still better overall, they just have better interactions.

[@cyanryann64]

Ngl i straight hate p5t it's worst then p4au and the p4d since those two actually add to the story p5t straight doesn't add shit and isn't fun

[@Gael-xp4fk]

Really good list it’s nice to hear someone praise P4 and call it better than P3 for a change most in the fandom say otherwise but I agree with u p4 is the better stupid anime game 👍

[@lyinginertia]

Stupid anime games! :)

[@trunks2505]

3 is best. 4 close contender. 5 is way too easy especially Royal.

[@till7407]

Persona 5??? Nah it dragged after kamoshidas palace,bad dialogue,cast is just Stereotypes and exremley dumb and the social links are just okay

[@thundergod3328]

You a hater want 3 because is reloaded???

[@kostasspirou1010]

3 and 4 literally have the exact same issues yet u choose to ignore it cuz ure biased lol

[@gundamw3490]

P4. Best

[@shawnnbits]

P5 Vanilla is actually a shit jrpg. The characters have no development and the storyline has to hide the characters ability to problem solve up until the very end. Mid list.

[@NazoFriends]

4 goldn is best I played up to the first place and I do not 5 4 golden is best persna game I played persona 3 fes and kingdom hearts and trails of could steel

[@hammieli1875]

Bro spent 57 minutes yappin about *stupid anime games*

[@JacksonIsDeath]

Real

[@kanetprasad5006]

Bro clicked on a video just to yap in comment section

[@Eclipse_NT]

what games do you like then?

[@TotallyTubularJonathan]

lol you a real one who actually watched all the way to the end. appreciate it

[@Ronin-kk4bt]

You watched a 1hour video just to write this🤣