@shinobu Believe me, I'm planning to get to the Megami Tensei and Shin Megami Tensei games eventually. Being more of a VN-fag than a JRPG-fag though, the Persona games presented themselves as more approachable for me, which I think is how I found myself working backwards.
To be fair, you are right by starting playing persona 3, you see many people sees persona as just "megami tensei spin off" but in reality it's a completely separated franchise from SMT due to the fact it isn't a shin megami tensei at all (it was only called smt persona in the west as a marketing move) Persona is just Persona, so beginning with the game before getting into shin megami tensei is quite necessary in a way, because SMT are indeed kinda hardcore in some way, specially the original Megami Tensei, which nowadays i do not suggest people to play because is cancer (play the super famicom port instead the original Famicom, is horrible)
Finish persona 3 and 4 first (you can play 5 but i don't know if you will like it), then start playing smt, i highly suggest you to play either the first shin megami tensei for the super famicom, or go with Nocturne, Nocturne is the hardest of the franchise but at the same time is the best introduction to the series, after that, you can play any game you want, because every game is self concluding (except smt 1 and 2, you need to play 1 to understand 2)
Also, please when you can, play Soul Hackers, that was the best smt for the PS1 era
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Also play nocturne too is kino game