Persona 3 FES vs Persona 3 Portable

With the excitement around Persona 3 Reload, I thought I'd take a look at some of the differences between Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Portable. Each version of P3 having their own exclusive features, I figured it might be nice to contemplate which features from each version could be implemented in Persona 3 Reload. P3F, P3P, and P3RE will all have their own unique features that make each of them worth playing.

#persona3fes #persona3portable #persona3reload

[mizzix]

One of the most overlooked one is that fuuka's oracle works like rise's or futaba's random buffs instead of how it did in the original where it could screw you over, and the other effects weren't great either, messiah also gained an exclusive skill in portable, being a passive magic amp that amps everything including almighty, and also stacks with other elemental amps

[Emerald]

So you're telling me that Kenji will still think I'm his friend when I've only talked to him once and told him to shut up? So unfortunate

[unova]

One thing no one ever talks about that was a change from P3/FES to Portable was that in Portable, you can actually guard and defend yourself on your turn. In Vanilla and FES, you and your teammates just pass their turn completely vulnerable to getting knocked down

[gamepeon]

I think the main reason the MC can only use one weapon in P3P is because you now have direct control over party members.

[Excaliwolf]

Old FES knock-down system allowed you to straight BULLY the Reaper. Especially if you have Odin.

[supremeoverlordkrenner]

Don't forget making a deal with the devil to skip the final boss

[nighttimecoral]

Most of the animations for attacks could have been copied from Male MC to Female MC without much effort as they have very similar model sizes, I think it was done to make the protagonist less powerful to adjust for the added versatility of being able to control your party

[GrayD_Fox]

I imagine it’s not out of laziness but space

[morgboat]

goddammit man, both of them have so many advantages that the other version doesn’t. they had to make that shit hard to choose 😅

[advmx]

P3P is awesome: On portable. IT would be awesome on a cellphone.
But on a PC or home console? Frankly I get headaches and I feel bored pretty quickly. IT's not the same feeling as playing FES at all.

[ShatteredGlass]

That Skill Card is straight up busted. I dumped all the op stuffs on my Pixie for the lulz. Orpehus with Victory Cry + Megidolaon anyone?

Also, there's a neat thing with Skill Card is how you can isolate unwanted skills so it won't carried over to the fused Persona. I managed to have my Thanatos to have Ragnarok, Phanta Rei, Thunderreign and Niffleheim, and still have some room for Victory Cry

[IheardPancakes]

Loki's design is changed from his SMT 3 design to his soul hackers design also

[Ueslx.]

I love persona three portable. That’s the only person I ever played.

[largechild]

I genuinely couldn't finish FES because of how painful exploring tartarus and fighting shadows is, so i dropped it for a few months and ended up finishing P3P instead. I definitely prefer portable over fes coz or this, and i honestly don't mind the overworld being basically a menu, but the lack of 3d and anime cutscenes is still a hefty blow to the version. Definitely brings the storytelling down, but taking away from the high highs to fix the low lows is a worthwhile trade imo

[Ajia_No_Envy]

Tou really dont need more weapon types when you have full control of the party

[hmmm]

I hope fusion spells are NOT items. It makes ZERO sense to me for them to be items lore wise.

[Cloud-xt]

the one thing I discovered is the conversation choices, not only have the soical links been revamped to accomodate the new character but story based dialogue have a few changes

[StanleyG]

I still feel like one of the reasons they decided to release a P3P port wasn't simply because it has way more quality of life improvements and more content in general (aside from not having The Answer), but because I get the feeling that Persona 3 Reload will not have the Female protagonist as an option.

[freshbazuble]

I hope P3R will keep the ability to use all weapon types for mc

[zetaalpha]

For future reference for rhis comment, P3 r has been out for a while now. Sadly we lost the multi weapons and femc but i think we can all agree reload is the best way to experience the game, it has so many quality of life and mechanical improvements, plus a fully navigable 3d environment and cutscenes was basically all that portable- the better of the two mechanically- was missing, and although id prefer The Answer be base game content, i cant say i had any sort of negative experience at all really, meanwhile back in p3s previous editions i’ve had experiences with confusing dialogue, uncomfortably forced romances, and poorly conveyed gameplay mechanics. Maybe its just because p5 was mg entrance into tbe series but ive always had a love for the third game of the series despite its flaws, and in my opinion the best way that story has been told so far is with Reload.