This was the first Persona game I played, as my friend really likes them. It is a very good game! Stylistically, it is probably the best of the persona games I have played. It can be a bit easy when you know what you are doing, but still great fun and has my favorite dungeons in the series! While I do think it is the overall most fun game to actually play and it does have Ryuji, it has a weaker story than 3 and 4. The phantom thieves are still awesome and I would still recommend it!