Poll: Persona 3 VS. 4

[Vulkan]

Well I was wondering which game members of The Escapist forum community prefer

To be perfectly honest I love both games but I like the warmth of 4 over the coolness of 3.

So what are your opinions?

 

[soren7550]

I prefer Persona 3 over Persona 4. (just like the characters better mainly. Also, the shooting yourself bit was highly interesting in Persona 3)

 

[Vulkan]

I prefer Persona 3 over Persona 4. (just like the characters better mainly. Also, the shooting yourself bit was highly interesting in Persona 3)

I don't think anyone will ever forget the provokers.

 

[soren7550]

I prefer Persona 3 over Persona 4. (just like the characters better mainly. Also, the shooting yourself bit was highly interesting in Persona 3)

I don't think anyone will ever forget the provokers.

Weren't they called evokers?

 

[Vulkan]

I prefer Persona 3 over Persona 4. (just like the characters better mainly. Also, the shooting yourself bit was highly interesting in Persona 3)

I don't think anyone will ever forget the provokers.

Weren't they called evokers?

Most likely

 

[Yukichin]

I think calling them provokers was a joke.


I've not beat P4 yet, but I like its characters a lot more than P3's. I liked P3's atmosphere and color scheme a bit better than P4's, though...

 

[Calamity]

Someone please explain to me what this thread is about?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona_3

I'm all for 4, because they let me control my party, and not rely on the screwy AI

 

[loremazd]

Persona 4 just had deeper, more believable characters with actual issues teens have. The combat and dungeons were more varied and fun. The humorous parts made me laugh alot more as well. I love persona 3, but 4 was just fantastic.

 

[Ariyura]

I loved Persona 3 and 4 so it's hard to choose one. Though I haven't beat the extra part of Persona 3 FES yet.

 

[Silvertongue]

I like 4 better for a few reasons. The biggest one is control of your party. 3 was awesome and I liked the voice acting, but 4 has that too.

In 3, I hated the way while in Tartarus that enemies would randomly spawn right behind you and catch you by surprise. That annoyed the crap out of me.

I think both games are equally original, and I have yet to finish either, so who knows?

 

[Dorian Cornelius Jasper]

Persona 4 just had deeper, more believable characters with actual issues teens have. The combat and dungeons were more varied and fun. The humorous parts made me laugh alot more as well. I love persona 3, but 4 was just fantastic.

Yes. And the characters played with stereotypes and cliches by turning them on their head, while P3 had more archetypical characters (not to say that they're bad, you do grow fond of them over time, but P3's less playful about its cast).

The calm and quiet girl is aspected to Fire and her inner personality is much more passionate and just plain hot than her outward appearance and demeanor would suggest. The energetic athletic girl is Ice-elemental and she's actually more quietly doubtful than she lets on. The big tough guy is in the closet and gets outed in a hilarious way. The best friend character is a likable "social outsider." The cool and collected boy is, in fact, a girl. (Who is later revealed to have the most impressive measurements of the entire cast, to the other girls' amusement.) A joke sequence involving cross-dressing has the personification of the teddy-bear-shaped magical character be stunning and confusing for all involved.

In tone, P3 does get a lot more hot-blooded and pumped near the endgame (which is never a bad thing, you're saving the world and the narrative momentum can live or die based on how much it can get the player emotionally involved in it), while P4's endgame invokes a quiet nostalgia--or it does for anyone who's had to leave friends behind when moving away.

All in all, I think P4 left the stronger impression on me.