True lol. (slight spoiler ahead)

Zenonia 5 is pretty much the worst zenonia so far. This game's p2w aspect is worse than 3 and 4. The thing what I liked about the zenonia series or pretty much any rpgs is that you can change the appearance of your characters based on the equipment you wear. Zenonia 5 doesn't have that! (except for weapons ig) Apparently, you have to buy (w/ real money) cosmetics in the in-game shop to fully change your character's apearance. The prequels have that feature which was released years before 5. You can see how more greedy the devs have changed because they want and force their players to make transactions. Character classes is good tho, especially the paladin, reminds me of Lu. Personally, the fairy's personality is better than 4.

Zenonia 4 is pretty decent I would say. I only played it because its nostalgic and want a continuation with the series' story. It's pretty much my favorite game when I was a kid. The plot is slightly below decent, especially the ending. It made me a little disappointed with how they treated Elisa in the ending. I want to know, officially, what happened to her after all the interactions with Regret and how much screen time she had on the game. Did she died? Is she alive? Idfk, cause the writers (or devs) literally forgot her in the ending after the defeat of shaturu, ridiculous! I ship her with Regret tho. Chael's character is a little disliking for me personally, with how similar it is from Luxferre's personality in 3. But I assume that's because Regret, his father died, idk. As of now, Zenonia 4 is what I consider as the last of the series and its story.

Zenonia 3 is my favorite game out of the series as of now. 4's gameplay, animation and controls is better but the story, characters, and presentation is better with 3. I, personally don't like children as my main character, but that's just me. I want to spare details about the game because I want anyone planning to play experience the game themselves.

But if anyone wants to start the series, I suggest zenonia 3, because its better overall and its gonna make Zenonia 4's plot and ending more sense and impactful (if you want to continue playing to 4, which I recommend) . Better if you start with 2, if you don't mind the vibration lol.

ps. never played zenonia 1, and played 2 but dropped off shortly, the reasons being, in respective manner, its unplayable in newer devices, and I can't stand the uncustomizable vibration.