Persona for Beginners

Hey everyone.I wanted to know which Persona game to start with.Popular opinions say 3 and 4,but I want everyone's opinion on this.Also if you feel that there is a better Shin Megami Tensei game than these two than feel free to tell me.I have not played a game from SMT.So yeah which one and which version do you think I should get

Well, I've only played Persona 4 Golden and I think that is a great place to start. I don't think any of them are directly related to each other. They're each different stories with different characters as far as I know. I have Persona 3 Portable waiting to be played, but I have a strong it's not going to be as good as P4G, but I'm hoping it's worth a play nonetheless.