personally I like persona 3 more, Though 4 had good game mechanics I just couldn't shake the story concepts similarity to the movie 'the ring' (which is VERY average in itself imo). I felt 3 had a more original story and i really liked the way it was inspired by psychology and incorporated various psychological ideas and archetypes. While the characters admittedly weren't amazing, I felt they held their own against 4's cast (on a side note I should mention I am yet to play an atlus game with characters I truly love)
To be honest I'm becoming a little bored with the persona's though, the main gameplay hasn't changed enough through the series to keep me interested (the same is happening with Disgaea) so take my comments with a grain of salt. It could be that 4 is better, it was just too similar to 1,2 and 3 in my eyes for me to notice. I have a feeling that bar sweeping changes in the game system 3 will be the peak of my interest in relation to persona games. If 5 continues along the same lines re:game mechanics it will probably be my last
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