Persona 4 Golden is one of the funniest games ive ever played. The characters are fucking insane and seeing them interact with the world and the protagonist is fucking amazing. Some of the shenanigans this game pulls are insane, and even when i was spoiled a lot of big things about the story (mainly the antagonist, iykyk) it still didn't fail to surprise me.
The characters and plot of this game are definitely its strongest assets. Every character, from party member to side, is from what ive seen at least fully fleshed out with their own motivations and fits well into this world. The final 3 party members you unlock are probably my favorite, as their story arcs were so interesting to watch and unfold in this massive ass game.
The gameplay however i liked considerably less that 5 (i played it first before this, both original and royal), and specific dungeons were particularly painful to go through as i found the combat boring or i wasnt powerful enough to take on enemies, resulting in grinding. Luckily, the PC port of this game at least lets you customise the difficulty INCREDIBLY, allowing me to give myself more exp and money after killing enemies resulting in less tedium and more story, which is what i got most out of the game. However, without spoiling much, one of the final dungeons thats tied to the new content they added in the golden portion of this game, had an annoying gimmic which made it frustrating to progress through the dungeon, and did dock a few points that put this game behind royal imo. However the ending sequence specifically to get the "true" ending was beautiful and mainly removed the sour taste in my mouth the previous gameplay section left otherwise.
I enjoyed this game a lot, and would highly recommend anyone to pick it up and play it, especially if you enjoyed 5 as much as i did.
The characters and plot of this game are definitely its strongest assets. Every character, from party member to side, is from what ive seen at least fully fleshed out with their own motivations and fits well into this world. The final 3 party members you unlock are probably my favorite, as their story arcs were so interesting to watch and unfold in this massive ass game.
The gameplay however i liked considerably less that 5 (i played it first before this, both original and royal), and specific dungeons were particularly painful to go through as i found the combat boring or i wasnt powerful enough to take on enemies, resulting in grinding. Luckily, the PC port of this game at least lets you customise the difficulty INCREDIBLY, allowing me to give myself more exp and money after killing enemies resulting in less tedium and more story, which is what i got most out of the game. However, without spoiling much, one of the final dungeons thats tied to the new content they added in the golden portion of this game, had an annoying gimmic which made it frustrating to progress through the dungeon, and did dock a few points that put this game behind royal imo. However the ending sequence specifically to get the "true" ending was beautiful and mainly removed the sour taste in my mouth the previous gameplay section left otherwise.
I enjoyed this game a lot, and would highly recommend anyone to pick it up and play it, especially if you enjoyed 5 as much as i did.