Hey guys dont slate me for this but is this game worth me playing? I do play a lot of turn based fantasy games and i have finished FF6, 7 and 9. I have tried to play Blue Dragon and eternal sonata on the xbox but they couldnt keep my attention long enough to finish them. All im asking is this game interesting throughout and is it worth digging out my very old PS2 and picking up a copy of this game?

The endurance run was enough to satisfy me, I don't think I'm going to get much more out of it after watching that.

I'd say so. The beginning may start out slow because of all the story stuff, but it really picks up after you get full control of the character. It can get slightly grindy depending on difficulty but the story is great. And yes, the game is very interesting. Although, are you willing to put in 80 hours into this game?

Persona 4 is one of the greatest JRPGs of all time. And i don't say that lightly. i've played many dozens of them to completion.

Yea, the fusion is pretty addictive and it's one of the better rpgs I play for gameplay. I'd recommend P3 fes first but depend on your budget, if you have to choose between the two, I'd recommend P4 for better pacing and some tweaks, but P3 fes is where I started at. They're really fun games.

Give it a try. It takes a couple of hours to get going but the game is definitely worth pressing X for.

It takes a while to start off but it picks up rather well after that. It's a fairly unique JRPG with interesting story, some plot twists and some really, really messed up stuff in there (the good kind). So long that you have about 100 hours to kill I'd so go for it. It's not very me to say this but I think it's one of the best games there is out there.

I heard that it takes a while to get going but that doesnt bother me as a fan of the FF series. I see people are metioning to play P3 first, This may be a stpid question but is P3P for the PSP and exact copy of P3 that jus runs on the PSP or something different to it? I can put in 80 hours of gameplay no problem. I am currently at university and I have to keep traveling home at weekends in order to work so I was looking for a game I could play when im at home as my xbox and pc is left where I live on campus.

" This may be a stpid question but is P3P for the PSP and exact copy of P3 that jus runs on the PSP or something different to it?

You should definitely play P4.  Yes, there is a slow start, but once the game starts going you get really invested.  If you interesting or fun little character stories, the social links have that.  If you tend to grind a lot in games, this game rewards that. 
@Lawrens said:

" Yea, the fusion is pretty addictive and it's one of the better rpgs I play for gameplay. I'd recommend P3 fes first but depend on your budget, if you have to choose between the two, I'd recommend P4 for better pacing and some tweaks, but P3 fes is where I started at. They're really fun games. "

Thanks alot  Xtrememuffinman, I will be ordering P3P shortly and seeing if I can get into it then maybe moving to P4. The only thing that irrates me now is the fact I bought my PSP on release day so it has no TV output! Suppose you cant have everything...

Are you insane of course!

P4 is worth playing for sure. P3P is also great.

Looks like I will be playing P4 first. P3P has a rough release date in the uk of march 2011!

Personally it's P3 FES for me but P4 isn't too far off either.
 
P3P is still very much a bummer for me, if you're considering P3 get P3 FES.

Its one of my favorite games of all time (the other is Persona 3). 
 
So yes, its is absolutely worth playing.

The recent Persona games are great and are at least worth checking out.  If you like JRPGs you will not be disappointed. 

You probably won't like it.

Yes but make sure you stick with it for a couple of hours.  BTW the starting of this game makes FF starts seem exciting.  I almost gave up on it.

I Loved this game and i watched the endurance run, a true PS2 great, a would also say its probably better than blue dragon and eternal sonata on the whole, so ye i would buy it!

"eternal sonata on the xbox but they couldnt keep my attention long enough to finish them. "

Play Persona 3 FES. Watch the Persona 4 Endurance Run. 

Every second of the game is archived on this site via the endurance run. Why ask us? Go watch some of those videos and make up your own mind.

Yes, yes, yes. A thousand times yes!

YES IT IS WORTH PLAYING.

I haven't played P4 yet, but I've played a little of P3 FES and Nocturne and to me they are pretty different than a FF game. After a while the same thing happened to me with Eternal Sonata, I kinda lost interest. I'll go back and finish it one day. You might like P4, watch a little of the endurance run to see if you think you might like it. 
 
Also, you asked about the difference between P3 and P3P. Watch the quick look here to see the differences. It's mostly just overworld stuff. If you have a PSP, I highly recommend you pick up Suikoden off of PSN. That was the first RPG in a very long time for me that I couldn't stop playing until I finished it. It's a steal for $6.