Loved every second of every minute, of every hour...of every day...of every...week...of...every...month I spent playing this game...yeah tis a bit long.
A rework of this would be fucking incredible. Right now, the bosses are just damage sponges and not all that interesting, but the story and characters carry with ease. If Persona 4 Rewind becomes a thing, P5R will look like a joke.
Yeah, naked truth lies
only if you realize
Appearing in nobody's eyes
till they sterilize
Stop the guerrilla
warfare to keep it fair
Bro, change your rage to a smarter greater cause
You know the stake is high stardom is near
Those who sympathized you die killers pass by
Do not waste your time in hating flirting guys
Use your might to AIs do justice to them all
Now I face out
I hold out
I reach out to the truth of my life seeking to seize
on the whole moment to now break away
Oh God let me out
Can you let me out
Can you set me free from this dark inner world
Save me now Last beat in the soul
only if you realize
Appearing in nobody's eyes
till they sterilize
Stop the guerrilla
warfare to keep it fair
Bro, change your rage to a smarter greater cause
You know the stake is high stardom is near
Those who sympathized you die killers pass by
Do not waste your time in hating flirting guys
Use your might to AIs do justice to them all
Now I face out
I hold out
I reach out to the truth of my life seeking to seize
on the whole moment to now break away
Oh God let me out
Can you let me out
Can you set me free from this dark inner world
Save me now Last beat in the soul
one of my favs of all time
Story was intresting but I picked hard and this game is balanced by the earth and a pebble.
If you like this game you should be considered a registered sex offender
very easy to get immersed into. great soundtrack, great cast, good mystery.
A porra do meu jogo favorito
This review contains spoilers
My personal favourite persona game and also the first one I played (Well the ps2 version atleast.) The story and turn takes a massive change in tone from its predecessor with a more upbeat and lighthearted story and theme. That isnt to say Persona 4 doesnt have its dark parts. The cast is my absolute favourite cast of characters in the persona franchise and its really entertaining to see them interact with each other. While I feel like the social links outside of the party members, Dojima, Nanako and Adachi's are easily the weakest in the series theres still alot of soulful and funny moments in them. As for the gameplay the battles can be a bit hard early on but it gets laughably easy the further you get into the game and the dungeons are easily the most boring ones in the entire franchise and one of the things I hate about this game, seriously Atlus? randomly generated hallways? Tartarus sucked but it was atleast interesting to go through. The music is also an absolute godsend, songs like Your affection, Heartbeat Heartbreak, Heaven and I'll face myself are a pure joy to listen to. All in all Persona 4 is a great game even if the dungeon design leaves much to be improved on, It has a fun and engaging cast of characters a comfy small town setting, an enjoyable mystery story and tons of memories to be made, I absolutely adore this game despite some of its faults.
Banger
adachi! vine boom
Super fun! I didn’t like some of the tone changes from persona 4 to Golden but I appreciate the added content.
Kanji, no question
Masterpiece
It is genuinely impossible to decide which persona game is my favorite. I will say that I think this one is both teh funniest and has the best story. Sensational.
Jogo bonito, com músicas impressionantes e divertido tal qual outro persona a partir do 3. Parei, mas provavelmente voltarei a jogar em algum momento, mas algo ainda tira minha atenção nesse jogo. Talvez um remake traga minha vontade de jogar de volta assim como o P3? Vamos ver.
My personal favorite persona game. I will marry Rise
I had a lot to say about this game at one point, but currently I think I’m more apathetic towards it than I was initially.
This is one of my favorite games of all time (not recommended)
saved my life ngl
give this game p3r graphics and its the best in the series
Played this game at a time when I had some weird depression going on. It felt kind of like my own personal Scooby-Doo episode and worked as a prozac of sorts. Got me through a hard time, so I have some respect for it. Thank you, Persona 4 Golden.
Still don't like Japan though.
Still don't like Japan though.
it has rise kujikawa and mothman in it so it’s peak
Midpack
Whoever said this game was 70 hours lied to my face this was way shorter than I thought it would be. Honestly probably my favorite cast in a Persona game so far (haven't touched 5 yet) for the sole reason that everyone is an idiot and stupid and I love them for that. Fun story but that true ending twist honestly got on my nerves pretty bad. Still! I love the murder mystery aspects of the plot and honestly didn't hate a single member in my party... except Teddie obviously.
Gameplay... well it's not great to be honest. It's my fault for playing P3R and then starting the older game, but point still stands. Some enemies and bosses are like the easiest thing ever, and then you can come across a group of enemies that manage to get the jump on Yu and instakill him forcing you to restart the whole floor again. It's super annoying! And man do I miss having the shift mechanic.
Overall I recommend, the 50 hours go by pretty quick if you ask me.
Gameplay... well it's not great to be honest. It's my fault for playing P3R and then starting the older game, but point still stands. Some enemies and bosses are like the easiest thing ever, and then you can come across a group of enemies that manage to get the jump on Yu and instakill him forcing you to restart the whole floor again. It's super annoying! And man do I miss having the shift mechanic.
Overall I recommend, the 50 hours go by pretty quick if you ask me.
i love this game so much. period typically issues w the queer community but the potential is there
Prefiro persona 3
Visiting a game i used to love as a young teen can be painful, sometimes. As much as I used to adore this game, a replay a decade later really hurt my perception of it. Easily my least favorite in the set of modern Persona games.
A lot of character development and writing seems to cross back on itself; characters arcs culminate in them "accepting their true self", but largely find themselves turning right back to the life they were resigned to before. Accepting your true feelings is different from resigning yourself to your fate, and almost no one in the game seems to /really/ want to change their situation. It rubs me the wrong way that the theme of the game is accepting yourself, your differences, and how you truly feel, only for characters to swallow their own feelings back down and 'overcome' their problems by becoming comfortable with what had hurt them in the first place.
Another issue I have with Persona 4 is one well known; homophobia and misogyny run rampant through the game as gags, and even for a 2008 game, it can definitely go far beyond uncomfortable (hello, camping trip assault joke!). I don't really need to talk more about this- it's been talked about time and time again, and plays into the same issue I have with the rest of the character arcs.
There's things I still like about this game- the music is fantastic, and the country town setting feels perfectly isolated and empty, paving way for the high-school friendships to feel like they mean more. The later third of the game where the fog sets in, Magatsu-Inaba, and Hollow Forest look and feel amazing. I really wish the game had leaned more into this, rather than a majority of the game being spent whittling days away just.. hanging out and doing goofy anime high-schooler things.
I also have to give special note to the Dojima family- Nanako and Dojima's dynamic is easily my favorite part of the game, far more than any of the relationships between the Investigation Team, which I find pretty one-note.
All in all, I just.. don't love this game anymore. It's a somber feeling to say I honestly actively dislike something that was so important to me for so long. But some parts of it are still fun and enjoyable, and some form of nostalgia and warmth keeps me from calling it a bad game with my full heart.
A lot of character development and writing seems to cross back on itself; characters arcs culminate in them "accepting their true self", but largely find themselves turning right back to the life they were resigned to before. Accepting your true feelings is different from resigning yourself to your fate, and almost no one in the game seems to /really/ want to change their situation. It rubs me the wrong way that the theme of the game is accepting yourself, your differences, and how you truly feel, only for characters to swallow their own feelings back down and 'overcome' their problems by becoming comfortable with what had hurt them in the first place.
Another issue I have with Persona 4 is one well known; homophobia and misogyny run rampant through the game as gags, and even for a 2008 game, it can definitely go far beyond uncomfortable (hello, camping trip assault joke!). I don't really need to talk more about this- it's been talked about time and time again, and plays into the same issue I have with the rest of the character arcs.
There's things I still like about this game- the music is fantastic, and the country town setting feels perfectly isolated and empty, paving way for the high-school friendships to feel like they mean more. The later third of the game where the fog sets in, Magatsu-Inaba, and Hollow Forest look and feel amazing. I really wish the game had leaned more into this, rather than a majority of the game being spent whittling days away just.. hanging out and doing goofy anime high-schooler things.
I also have to give special note to the Dojima family- Nanako and Dojima's dynamic is easily my favorite part of the game, far more than any of the relationships between the Investigation Team, which I find pretty one-note.
All in all, I just.. don't love this game anymore. It's a somber feeling to say I honestly actively dislike something that was so important to me for so long. But some parts of it are still fun and enjoyable, and some form of nostalgia and warmth keeps me from calling it a bad game with my full heart.
I can still hear the music from this one
tl;dr: Play this game over the Vanilla PS2 game
People often overlook how much of an upgrade Golden is compared to Vanilla P4. The added dialogues, events, cutscenes... All of it adds so much charm to the game.
I always thought P4 was a boring game, where nothing really happens. It did not help that the villain was spoiled for me... But Golden changed my perspective of things. It gave me the vision. I understood how much of a great game it was.
One of the big regrets I had when re-playing it on steam tho, was that most of the TV Listings things were deleted from the game.
It's just too bad it did not add more Chihiro screen-time --> More Chihiro = more happiness in the world.
People often overlook how much of an upgrade Golden is compared to Vanilla P4. The added dialogues, events, cutscenes... All of it adds so much charm to the game.
I always thought P4 was a boring game, where nothing really happens. It did not help that the villain was spoiled for me... But Golden changed my perspective of things. It gave me the vision. I understood how much of a great game it was.
One of the big regrets I had when re-playing it on steam tho, was that most of the TV Listings things were deleted from the game.
It's just too bad it did not add more Chihiro screen-time --> More Chihiro = more happiness in the world.