Out of curiosity, how much do you know about these two predecessors to the more well-known games of the franchise?
I've only seen a playthrough of P2: Innocent Sin, but I'm planning on looking into P1 as well. Also, Eikichi is a good boy.
P1 was nice but clunky, much like old SMT games in general.
P2 IS was better and less clunky... But still pretty clunky. Same deal with EP, although I like it less than IS because it has less Eikichi, and not letting me bask in Eikichi's glory is a cardinal sin.
As someone who recently finished the P2 duology, they honestly didn't feel that much different from the Hashino-directed Persona games, and I enjoyed them both. I still have yet to play P1, though.
Watched a whole playthrough on Innocent Sin, I plan on watching 2 more playthroughs on Persona 1 and Eternal Punishment.
Eikichi is a very good boy, but his clothing is a little bit odd to me.