Persona 4 vs Persona 5

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Is it worth picking this game up after Persona 5? Or is P5 just better in every way?

[thecooper878]

although dungeon design wise and in certain other aspects persona 5 is defiantly better, p4 is still amazing in its own right, if you liked persona 5, you'll probably enjoy persona 4.

[Rialm]

Dungeons, combat and the progress you get after completing a social link is much better in Persona 5.
Persona 4: the story, the gang is 10 more interesting than Persona 5.
If you like Persona 5 you might end up liking persona 4.
For beginners I would say they should start with Persona 5, because the combat is much better.

[it's love]

Persona 5 is better in every way to previous persona games aside from story and characters, which is subjective. Doesn't mean that the previous entries aren't worth playing, it's still more persona and each story is unique and worth experiencing.

[plutone00]

Persona 5 has better "quality of life" and more complex dungeons, but I didn't like how the characters just kept texting each other and rarely bothered to even make a proper call. Most of the character interaction in Persona 4 happens face-to-face and the gang hangs out a lot more.

[mdesaleah]

4 has much better story

5 has better gameplay

[Saint Tivadar]

I'm going to be honest. After trying to play through Persona 5 Royal and being absolutely bored out of my mind with the game. The only thing it does better is presentation in terms of its artstyle and UI design and the premade dungeons. The story was very disengaging despite my attempts to engage with it and almost all social links are solved by "go to mementos and change my heart".

I bought Persona 4 Golden again to play an amazing game again and show Atlus there's a market for Persona 5 Royal on PC. But after trying and being bored to death by Persona 5 Royal, I honestly don't care whether it comes to PC or not anymore. And I would much rather a definitive version of Persona 3 which includes FES' content and tweaks and P3P's FeMC.

[MUSA]

I wish I could afford console to play Persona 5.I even play this game on my 6 years old potato. But I mostly already watched Persona 5 gameplay on YouTube.

Overall I would say P5 has more good gameplay and features than P4, also more stuff to explore. Meanwhile I think P4 has more interesting story and atmosphere than P5.

[Dopey Shepard]

Originally posted by FULL*FRONTAL*ALCHEMIST:

Is it worth picking this game up after Persona 5? Or is P5 just better in every way?

2 rather different games, Persona 4 feels more of an oldschool game while Persona 5 is definitely more modern. Just look at how easy the controls are in P5

That's not to say that P4 has terrible controls but one might experience frustration if you have already gone through 100 hours in P5 and now jumping in P4 expecting the same

Unless there is a mod for this, of course

[Joker]

if only persona 5 was on PC lol

[annihilation revue]

Pick up Persona 4 Golden. Music is great, story is great. Only thing that's lacking in comparison to Persona 5 is the gameplay. I personally find Persona 4 to be my favorite in the series.

[Virrals]

This is 100% worth getting if you liked Persona 5. It's different in some ways, but I wouldn't say one is much better than the other. I liked different things about both.

[Jfray]

P4: Way Better Characters, Better story, Way more interesting villains, harder difficulty, better written

P5: Better Gameplay, Feel more polished, quality of life changes, better dungeon, better graphic

[Dopey Shepard]

Originally posted by Jfray:

P4: Way Better Characters, Better story, Way more interesting villains, harder difficulty, better written

P5: Better Gameplay, Feel more polished, quality of life changes, better dungeon, better graphic

Honestly, to someone who played both Persona games quite a lot, this notion about P5 having "better" dungeons always kinda irks me. The only dungeon that was worth ever mentioning in P5 was that Banker's dungeon. I like the music theme from that one the most and it looked the most sophisticated

However, generally speaking, P5's dungeons are absolutely the same, and the loot that is in boxes is also the same. I can't quite put my finger on the idea of liking those kind of dungeons more since repetition brings advantage, you already know what's where and where to run in case you get caught, which is not the case in P4 since dungeons are totally random so if you fail to get pre-emptive strike it's gonna be a lot harder to avoid that shadow cuz you may not even know where the hell you are going

I would say P5's Banker's Palace stands from the rest of them but OVERALL I would prefer P4's dungeon, with every single one being VERY unique, I mean, hell, one is castle, the other one is sauna, the other is strip club, and there's even heaven too

With combined forces, I would very much argue that P4's dungeon design is better overall, but I guess I'm in the minority to think that

Maybe cuz I like P4 dungeons' OST more, but like I said, returning to dungeons in P5 kinda sucks, you already know the layout, which is not gonna change, and you already know which items in which positions are lootable which is another downside for me

Getting items shouldn't be a walk in the park imo but should be a battle with a shadow that usually roams around the chest area like it is in Persona 4

[it's love]

Originally posted by Dopey Shepard:

Originally posted by Jfray:

P4: Way Better Characters, Better story, Way more interesting villains, harder difficulty, better written

P5: Better Gameplay, Feel more polished, quality of life changes, better dungeon, better graphic

Honestly, to someone who played both Persona games quite a lot, this notion about P5 having "better" dungeons always kinda irks me. The only dungeon that was worth ever mentioning in P5 was that Banker's dungeon. I like the music theme from that one the most and it looked the most sophisticated

However, generally speaking, P5's dungeons are absolutely the same, and the loot that is in boxes is also the same. I can't quite put my finger on the idea of liking those kind of dungeons more since repetition brings advantage, you already know what's where and where to run in case you get caught, which is not the case in P4 since dungeons are totally random so if you fail to get pre-emptive strike it's gonna be a lot harder to avoid that shadow cuz you may not even know where the hell you are going

I would say P5's Banker's Palace stands from the rest of them but OVERALL I would prefer P4's dungeon, with every single one being VERY unique, I mean, hell, one is castle, the other one is sauna, the other is strip club, and there's even heaven too

With combined forces, I would very much argue that P4's dungeon design is better overall, but I guess I'm in the minority to think that

Maybe cuz I like P4 dungeons' OST more, but like I said, returning to dungeons in P5 kinda sucks, you already know the layout, which is not gonna change, and you already know which items in which positions are lootable which is another downside for me

Getting items shouldn't be a walk in the park imo but should be a battle with a shadow that usually roams around the chest area like it is in Persona 4

You kidding me? P4 is literally tartarus except there's a reskin for every dungeon. The dungeons are easily the worst aspect of the game. Persona 5 has completely unique dungeons with different mechanics for each one, unique puzzles, parkour, secrets.

[Dopey Shepard]

"You kidding me? P4 is literally tartarus except there's a reskin for every dungeon. The dungeons are easily the worst aspect of the game. Persona 5 has completely unique dungeons with different mechanics for each one, unique puzzles, parkour, secrets."

Literally facepalm

Oh wow, it has.... parkour... cuz that's what a JRPG needs to be really good... yeah right

I guess my most fav games like Fallout New Vegas or God of War or Resident Evil 4 are all bad because they don't have that thing that makes them good, you know, that thing, the PARKOUR


In case you can't get it through your fanboy head, but Persona 5 dungeons are also re-skins, you don't have different physics, you simply have a different layout and you can hide behind certain objects, big frigging deal