Quote Originally Posted by Baby Jessweeee♪ View Post
I've never heard of the series until a few minutes ago when I looked in a gaming magazine and saw Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3...I read the review to see what the game was about, and I've decided that it's awesome :o

I've been itching for a new RPG to play, but before I buy it, do I need to play any of the previous games to understand it?
From what little I've heard of the plot (I've been trying really hard to keep spoilers to a minimum) I don't believe it actually has much to do with the previous three Persona games. That doesn't necessarily mean that there may not be a few references (I'm certain we'll here about Nylarthotep). Of anything you may need to familiarize yourself with the spells and combat system. The MegaTen games offer quite a bit of strategy and their spell names are not automatically familiar to anyone outside of Japan (Bufu is the name of your Ice magic and Agi is your Fire and so on...)

It's a damn good series even if the first game suffered from a horrible translation and editing. The first half of the seconf game was never released (some point to the fact that Hitler shows up but honestly I feel it's more about some of the more adult themes explored in the game.) Somehow the second part of the second game was released (Apparently serial killers and brainwashing cults are O.K.:rolleyes2 ). I suggest you play the earlier games for the fact that they are good in their own right.