Best Persona Versions?

[TheDJMC]

Hey! I'm looking to playthrough the Persona series, particularly 1-3 given the recent planned rerelease of 3-5. Looking up 3, FES with mods seemed the way to go but I'm aware the earlier titles were rife with poor translations, cut content and badly ported music. I just wondered if there's a recommended version/mod combo to see as much of the games as possible?

 

[Deleted member 535703]

Persona 1: THE GAME AND THE MUSIC ARE SO MUCH BETTER ON PSP! A LONE PRAYER IS THE BEST BATTLE THEME (behind Last Surprise). Definitely go that route.
Persona 2: Play the PSP version of Innocent Sin. It just feels more polished. Eternal Punishment is kind of a letdown IMO but if you're gonna play it then your only way in NTSC/PAL is PS2.
Persona 3: Play FES if you want graphics, but if you're fine with a focus on dungeon-crawling gameplay, play portable.

Play Persona without mods. It's a much more pleasant experience and honestly I tend to cheat with mods and it ruins the game.

 

[TheDJMC]

Persona 1: THE GAME AND THE MUSIC ARE SO MUCH BETTER ON PSP! A LONE PRAYER IS THE BEST BATTLE THEME (behind Last Surprise). Definitely go that route.
Persona 2: Play the PSP version of Innocent Sin. It just feels more polished. Eternal Punishment is kind of a letdown IMO but if you're gonna play it then your only way in NTSC/PAL is PS2.
Persona 3: Play FES if you want graphics, but if you're fine with a focus on dungeon-crawling gameplay, play portable.

Play Persona without mods. It's a much more pleasant experience and honestly I tend to cheat with mods and it ruins the game.

You don't think a fan translation is worth it? I heard 2 was in two parts with one JP only.

 

[rwbonesy]

WG's information is out of date and somewhat wrong regarding Persona 2.

Your options are playing PS1 or PSP.

PS1 it's play the "old" fan translation of Innocent Sin ( https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1249/ ) then play the localized version of Eternal Punishment.

PSP it's play the localized version of Innocent Sin then play the fan port/translation of Eternal Punishment. https://github.com/sayucchin/P2-EP-PSP/

It's a matter of personal preference but the PSP version does have more QoL improvements over the PS1 version from what I remember.

 

[TheDJMC]

WG's information is out of date and somewhat wrong regarding Persona 2.

Your options are playing PS1 or PSP.

PS1 it's play the "old" fan translation of Innocent Sin ( https://www.romhacking.net/translations/1249/ ) then play the localized version of Eternal Punishment.

PSP it's play the localized version of Innocent Sin then play the fan port/translation of Eternal Punishment. https://github.com/sayucchin/P2-EP-PSP/

It's a matter of personal preference but the PSP version does have more QoL improvements over the PS1 version from what I remember.

Ah ok. Is there something about a dynamic music patch as well? I have a vague recollection of a YT retrospective saying the official localisations messed it up along with difficulty and other cut stuff.

 

[rwbonesy]

I don't know anything about a dynamic music patch. I do know that PSP is your best bet for Persona 1 due to the English PS1 version being neutered and wonked around with by the atlus of then.