Persona definitely deals with some mature topics and themes throughout its many titles, but Shin Megami Tensei is a much more serious franchise than Persona.
Because of this, Persona ends up blending a handful of different game genres together incorporating elements of genres like visual novels and social simulations. While Shin Megami Tensei does feature high school students as its lead cast of characters, the games are very rarely set in the high schools themselves whereas each Persona title follows the day-to-day lives of students.
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The Shin Megami Tensei series has always been set in Japan and while Persona 5 and its spinoffs looked to Shibuya for their settings, the rest of the series has stuck with fiction, Japanese-inspired locations. RELATED: Shin Megami Tensei 5 Walks In SMT 3: Nocturne's Shoes Based on their battle systems, it's easy to point out where the two might have split off from one another, however, beyond that, they're essentially two completely different series. Other than that, Persona and Shin Megami Tensei are pretty different experiences. Some high-leveled demons and personas are locked behind multiple fusions which is a feature that's shared across both series. What's more, both series allow the player to recruit demons and personas and then fuse them together to create stronger versions. Iconic monsters like Jack Frost, Pixie, or Ame no Uzume appear across both franchises, although they're classified as demons in Shin Megami Tensei and personas in Persona. Elemental moves like Agi, Bufu, and Zio are shared across the two franchises and P5's Baton Pass system that players can use to strengthen their moves and capitalize on enemies' weaknesses shares a lot of similarities with SMT's Press Turn system.Īdditionally, both series share a lot of the same enemies. That's where most Persona fans will feel at home in the Shin Megami Tensei games as much of their battle systems are the same. Both revolve around teens fighting demons (or personas) to, hopefully, save the world. While their execution might differ, some of the core ideas of Shin Megami Tensei and Persona are pretty similar, especially when evaluating their combat systems. What Persona and Shin Megami Tensei Share RELATED: Shin Megami Tensei 5 Is A Subtle Step Forward for Atlus
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Not to worry, however, as fans of Persona should still give Shin Megami Tensei a try as long as they know what they're getting into and that it's going to differ from the stylish PS4 exclusive. That is to say, it seems like some Persona fans are expecting SMT 5 to be similar to Persona 5, but that's just not the case. That said, it's important for Persona fans to note that, while the two share a lot of things, they definitely aren't the same games. However, due to the general inaccessibility of older games in the Persona franchise, fans have been looking to Shin Megami Tensei to scratch the Persona itch once the new entry releases later this year.īecause the Persona series is a spinoff from SMT, it makes sense that fans might be getting excited for Shin Megami Tensei 5's November release on the Switch. Many fans picked up Persona 5 in the years since its release on the glowing recommendations of many gaming enthusiasts now even knowing that the Persona series is actually a spinoff of Shin Megami Tensei. Since the last mainline SMT entry released in 2013, the Persona franchise has exploded in popularity in the West causing fans of the spinoff to want even more. As the release of Shin Megami Tensei 5 gets closer, more eyes are on the franchise now than ever before.
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