It's a solid game and I felt that it was a good introduction to the Persona series for me. It did take me a while to get into it, especially as I took a while to grasp the mechanics and find the motivation to play it more (thank you, Steam Deck!) Once I started getting used to it and had a full party setup, I didn't struggle to get through the story all that much with the exception of a few bosses. There is one major gripe I have with the Steam version that I can't ignore. Why does a single player game, let alone a PS2 one have DRM that forces you to go online before you play it?
Moving past that, I enjoyed the story and the setting of Inaba, and I liked the little twists and turns along the way as I progressed further through the story, but some of the dialogue is so cringe and made me feel like I'm way past the game's target demographic, it's a bit of an unfortunate side effect of the game showing its age and me showing mine as well.
As these dialogue issues are brought up by most people, I'll skip over them but I'll make a point that Rise's obsession with Narukami got me feeling that If I were him, I'd keep a spray bottle filled with holy water on me with my finger always on the trigger, ready to pull it at any given second if she got within 3 feet of me.
Despite my gripes, I really enjoyed the game and I'm glad I started playing it around the time I did as while I was mid-playthrough, an update dropped which added a quick save feature, which tremendously improved my experience as someone that played in short bursts during my work breaks. I'm really glad that there's finally a handheld system out there to facilitate my playthrough of P4G, I say, as I give my PS Vita the nastiest stare.
Moving past that, I enjoyed the story and the setting of Inaba, and I liked the little twists and turns along the way as I progressed further through the story, but some of the dialogue is so cringe and made me feel like I'm way past the game's target demographic, it's a bit of an unfortunate side effect of the game showing its age and me showing mine as well.
As these dialogue issues are brought up by most people, I'll skip over them but I'll make a point that Rise's obsession with Narukami got me feeling that If I were him, I'd keep a spray bottle filled with holy water on me with my finger always on the trigger, ready to pull it at any given second if she got within 3 feet of me.
Despite my gripes, I really enjoyed the game and I'm glad I started playing it around the time I did as while I was mid-playthrough, an update dropped which added a quick save feature, which tremendously improved my experience as someone that played in short bursts during my work breaks. I'm really glad that there's finally a handheld system out there to facilitate my playthrough of P4G, I say, as I give my PS Vita the nastiest stare.