Big Persona Game Sale Before Metaphor: ReFantazio Launch
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- Persona 3, 4 Golden, and 5 Royal are on sale.
- Persona 3 Reload remake available for $42.
- Persona 5 Royal on Steam for $24.
- Persona 4 Golden available for $12.
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Get the most out of the major Persona titles for cheap ahead of Metaphor ReFantazio.
You can get Persona 3, 4 Golden, and 5 Royal for less than the cost of one game.
Persona by Moises Taveras Published Tuesday 12:50 PM
If you're excited for this fall's Metaphor ReFantazio, the next turn-based fantasy RPG from the team responsible for some of the most beloved Persona titles, you owe it to yourself to check out the latter series.
Persona exploded in popularity over the last decade, turning into a bonafide hit for Atlus and Sega, resulting in various re-releases, ports, and expanded editions.
Now, the most recent entries are on sale, and you might have enough time to fit one or two in before the jam-packed fall season arrives.
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If you check out Steam right now, there's currently a Persona franchise sale with some pretty deep cuts on some of the most acclaimed RPGs of several generations.
The big-ticket item is Persona 3 Reload, the long-awaited remake of the third entry that was released earlier this year.
Though Persona 3 has been ported many times, this high-definition remake has been highly anticipated by fans.
Persona 3 Reload is currently available for $42. Though a few more bucks will get you some cosmetic DLCs, you're better off putting that money towards the controversial expansion pass.
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Next down the line is Persona 5 Royal. The original Persona 5's release in 2017 solidified the series as a new favorite for many.
A few years later, Atlus re-released the game with a whole new story arc, dungeon, character, streamlined systems, and more, calling it Persona 5 Royal.
For many, this is the definitive way to enjoy one of the greatest games of the 2010s. Luckily, you can snag Persona 5 Royal for just $24 on Steam right now.
Considering it was the last original game that the team behind Metaphor worked on, playing it will probably give you the best idea of what's to come.
If you're looking for some non-mainline entries in the series, some of those are on sale too. Persona 5 enjoyed a healthy amount of critically lauded spinoffs, including last year's tactics game Persona 5 Tactica and a musou game titled Persona 5 Strikers.
You can snag Tactica for $36 and Strikers for $15.
Persona 4 Golden was my first game in the series, and it holds a soft spot in the hearts of many fans.
It's definitely not as transgressive as many felt it was, but for the time, it felt revolutionary. Despite its shortcomings, there are things to love about it, like the quiet countryside town of Inaba, the friends you make along the way, and the banger pop soundtrack that accompanies the whole thing.
Seriously, Persona 4 Golden is worth it just for the chance to walk around listening to Heartbeat, Heartbreak. You can do all of that and more in Persona 4 Golden for just $12 at the moment.
Persona 4 Golden also had a few spinoffs, and perhaps the biggest one was Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, a fighting game that continued the game's story rather than functioning as some side episode.
It's still getting some level of support from its developer, and within the last year or so, it even got rollback netcode to make online play smoother than ever. Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is available on Steam for just $9.
Finally, there's a collection that compiles Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 3 Portable for $53.17.
Persona 3 Portable is an earlier port of Persona 3 that made its way to the PSP system back in the aughts. It condensed the game's overworld into a point-and-click kind of hub rather than a 3D overworld.
However, it made up for that concession by including a female protagonist and streamlining elements from the original game to adhere more closely to Persona 4's combat system, which allows full control of the whole party.
While it has its detractors, it's also a pretty great way to play something close to the original game.
For less than the price of one full game, you can dive into all three of those sprawling journeys. Persona games are thick with content, so no matter what you decide to pick up, you're in for something massive.
Just remember to budget your time, a thing you'll learn by playing through the social aspects of the mainline RPGs, so that you're as prepared as you need to be ahead of Metaphor's release this October.
