Forget Persona

There are so many better options, please stop blindly praising persona as the GOAT when it’s….like that….. and there are many better options.

13 Games

Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy XV
Small moments of mundanity and character interaction amid an epic journey
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Slice of life school and larger military conflict narrative intertwining

Unrated

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
High school students involved in a world threatening conflict that no one can comprehend

Unrated

Blue Reflection: Second Light
Blue Reflection: Second Light
School/fantasy rpg plus better queer rep

Unrated

Crystar
Crystar
Navigating metaphysical worlds of real world traumas

Unrated

Soul Hackers 2
Soul Hackers 2

Unrated

The Caligula Effect 2
The Caligula Effect 2
Hard to point to a single aspect, really feels like its aiming for a similar stylization as persona but it just handles its themes and battle system with more care. Also better queer rep

Unrated

Yume Nikki
Yume Nikki
Dream spaces

Unrated

A Year of Springs
A Year of Springs

Unrated

NEO: The World Ends with You
NEO: The World Ends with You
Stylish urban teen jrpg

Unrated

Scarlet Nexus
Scarlet Nexus
Party member relationship developments

Unrated

Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Tokyo Xanadu eX+
Modern day slice of life sim against fantasy plot backdrop

Unrated

Xenoblade Chronicles
Xenoblade Chronicles
Character bonding system

3 Comments

ZapRowsdower

10 months ago

Yakuza 7 does a better job being an urban set RPG that speaks up for the underclasses in the face of reactionary government movements than P5 does.

Weatherby

10 months ago

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poyfuh

10 months ago

persona was hugely important to me as a teenager and it is UNBELIEVABLE to me that Kids These Days are about it the way they are, it's so fucked up, they deserve better
belleshade

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