After playing Persona 5, I really wanted to play more Persona games. Persona 4 Golden released on steam last year, so I finally got the chance to play it.
The story in Persona 4 is really good, relatable and very engaging, even if the writing is not very consistent. Overall though, it's great, and the additional story in Golden is quite interesting as well, albeit not anything special.
The gameplay on the other hand, it's just okay; the combat system itself is fine but I'll explain later why the gameplay as a whole didn't age very well.
The main characters, however, are the best part of the game and their interactions are probably the best I've seen in a videogame.
The music took some time to grow on me but I ended up absolutely loving it!
The art style is nice, although the visual quality is a bit outdated.
Also, there are so many awesome school trips and events in the story, it's actually impressive! And it's worth mentioning that the dialogue is very funny at times... like, it had me laughing out loud! Persona 4 Golden is undoubtedly one of the funniest games I've ever played.
Now, Persona 4 has one issue that affects the gameplay though; the dull dungeon design. The dungeons in that game are literally copy/paste, empty corridors, which is something Golden could improve on but it didn't.
Another issue is the unnecessarily complicated saving system in the dungeons.
Pros:
+ Great story
+ Incredible characters
+ Hilarious dialogue
+ Events & trips
+ Exceptional music
Cons
- Poor dungeon design
- Complicated dungeon saving system
Narrative: 8/10
Gameplay: 6/10
Content: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Music: 10/10
Art Style: ?/10
Final Rating: 9.5/10
- Outstanding -
I gotta say, playing Persona 4 Golden after Persona 5/Royal made me realize how much Persona 5 improved upon its predecessor.
Much like Persona 5/Royal though, Persona 4 Golden is one hell of an experience! One that I hopefully won't forget anytime soon.
Do I recommend it?:
Yes! Go treat yourself with some Persona, either 5 or 4, it doesn't matter.
The story in Persona 4 is really good, relatable and very engaging, even if the writing is not very consistent. Overall though, it's great, and the additional story in Golden is quite interesting as well, albeit not anything special.
The gameplay on the other hand, it's just okay; the combat system itself is fine but I'll explain later why the gameplay as a whole didn't age very well.
The main characters, however, are the best part of the game and their interactions are probably the best I've seen in a videogame.
The music took some time to grow on me but I ended up absolutely loving it!
The art style is nice, although the visual quality is a bit outdated.
Also, there are so many awesome school trips and events in the story, it's actually impressive! And it's worth mentioning that the dialogue is very funny at times... like, it had me laughing out loud! Persona 4 Golden is undoubtedly one of the funniest games I've ever played.
Now, Persona 4 has one issue that affects the gameplay though; the dull dungeon design. The dungeons in that game are literally copy/paste, empty corridors, which is something Golden could improve on but it didn't.
Another issue is the unnecessarily complicated saving system in the dungeons.
Pros:
+ Great story
+ Incredible characters
+ Hilarious dialogue
+ Events & trips
+ Exceptional music
Cons
- Poor dungeon design
- Complicated dungeon saving system
Narrative: 8/10
Gameplay: 6/10
Content: 10/10
Characters: 10/10
Music: 10/10
Art Style: ?/10
Final Rating: 9.5/10
- Outstanding -
I gotta say, playing Persona 4 Golden after Persona 5/Royal made me realize how much Persona 5 improved upon its predecessor.
Much like Persona 5/Royal though, Persona 4 Golden is one hell of an experience! One that I hopefully won't forget anytime soon.
Do I recommend it?:
Yes! Go treat yourself with some Persona, either 5 or 4, it doesn't matter.