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P4G: Review Log 03: We're Just Two Crazy Lovebirds!

Posted on Friday, November 9 @ 19:00:00 Eastern by Daniel Bischoff

Have I told you how much I love Persona 3 Portable? The visual novel/dungeon crawler sunk its hooks into me like no other RPG before it. P3P relies on the calendar to draw players in. Memento mori, as they say.

But I'm finding myself attached to a daily routine of Persona 4: Golden for an entirely different reason. The hard truth is that Junpei was annoying, Akihiko was standoffish and Yukari was a push over. Characters like Chie, Yukiko, and Yosuke immediately fill the same roles, but in much more entertaining and charismatic ways. What's more, their motivations are a lot clearer. When I choose to partner up with Yukiko, Yosuke grumbles, but he'll get over it once I've established my social link.

As the world opens up and more faces come to light, I look forward to seeing who they are and what drives them. Arbitrary bosses are gone, replaced with character development and creativity. Instead of counting down the days to a new section of Tartarus, I'm engaging with the citizens of Inaba and learning more about them outside of the murder mystery gripping the small town.

The take away here? Persona 4's characters and plot still hold up, but new scenes and added events in P4: Golden make a huge difference in turning my focus from the grinding and combat to the world I'm living in. I know it means I'm running out of time, but I like the rain.

Related Games: Persona 4 Golden

Tags: Persona, Persona 4, Vita, Review Log

Comments

Axelownz
Joined: Apr 2011

Posted: Nov 9th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
Reading your article talking about the game makes it so much harder to wait for it. >_

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Then I suppose Atlus did right by letting me write as much as I want leading up to launch.

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Longo_2_guns
Joined: Jun 2003

Posted: Nov 10th, 2012 at 1:05 am
Protip: Max out Yosuke's S. Link asap and then leave the rest of your team for summer and/or days when you can't do anything else.

I could give you more advice, but I want you to figure this stuff out for yourself too.

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
According to the Voice feature, most players are maxing out Yukiko first, but I'll follow your lead, Longo.

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Longo_2_guns
Joined: Jun 2003

Posted: Nov 11th, 2012 at 8:19 pm
Well, you're going to want to max out everyone in your party eventually, but I personally found that Yosuke had the most convenient times for the first half of the year, and you're already probably a good way through his link by the time Yukiko's opens up.

Dammit, I really want the Golden now.

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