Some of the new unique abilities can trivialize the endgame a bit, but you could already do that if you knew what you were doing exactly. Not worth canceling your pre-order over, even more so if you've never played the original.
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Persona 4 Golden review thread: The Highest Reviewed Game of All Time and The Future?
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Some of the new unique abilities can trivialize the endgame a bit, but you could already do that if you knew what you were doing exactly. Not worth canceling your pre-order over, even more so if you've never played the original.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Persona 4 for the PS2 has a 90% Metacritic rating & a 92% Gamerankings rating so it's highly likely that a portable enhanced version of the game will end up having a very good average rating.
we.are.the.armada
Member
Damn, I am SO GLAD you are in this thread - ok man, so Social Links in the Cthulhu sequel, right? Come on, come on
Hey, not bad.
aliencowz7
Member
There is a certain amount of subjectivity between the two, personally I do find it better then xenoblade but even outside of which one you prefer it still amounts to most likely being two of the best rpg's to come out this year.
Even without any new content or additions it still more then justifies the price you are paying for the game, add in the additions and the fact that they managed to keep all factors of the console game unlike persona 3 portable and you have a great deal.
demosthenes
Member
Does meta have a comment section for reviews where the first negative gets carpet bombed with hate like rotten tomatoes does?
Blood Diamonds
Banned
Yes.
YES.
toddhunter
Member
Sick of websites giving a crazy low score just to troll for hits.
they don't count in metacritics, right?
Besides personally not liking Persona 1, and not knowing enough about fighting games to really properly review a game like P4A I would give the other games the same scores.
RPGFan? Yeah, they do.
They should considering their reviews are much better than 95% of the garbage that makes it to metacritic/gamerankings.
Added the the OP. Thanks.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Apples and oranges with JRPGs mang.
Actually Chie held back! Not a single kick. That anime was pretty good
I'm her lawyer.
Wouldn't need it if that was a right hook as the gif ended.
OneMoreQuestion
Member
Those were just girly slaps.
Oh I didn't know that. The review score didn't show up in metacritics.
edgardavids
Member
Hard to believe its out in 2 weeks. Seems like ive been waiting years for this.
Glorified G
Member
is the game really that good? What makes it so much better than the other jrpg's out there?
we.are.the.armada
Member
edgardavids
Member
Great story, simulation elements, enjoyable characters, fun battle system, value for money.
Snapshot King
Member
It excels in every category. Go and watch the video review on GT for a good example of why P4 was so amazing back in the day, and P4G is a much improved version.
we.are.the.armada
Member
Personally I think that it comes down to two things: the cast and gameplay schedule. Being able to spend time hanging out with characters obviously fleshes them out a bit more, but learning about them gives a frame of context for their arc that they go through. In some cases you find yourself sympathizing and/or relating to these characters.
The gameplay schedule forces you play 1 day at a time and each that isn't allocated to a cutscene has periods of time during the day for activities (ie. during class, after class, night, etc.) This makes your activity choices significant since you don't have infinite time. Some characters can get pissed off at you if you ditch or ignore them, so planning your schedule has repercussions as well.
Also, don't ask about the drama club. Rule 1 about drama club is you don't talk about drama club.
Glorified G
Member
Hopefully there will be a demo out so I can give it a try.
graywolf323
Member
probably because that's their import review, they haven't reviewed the American release yet
Jawmuncher
Member
Can't wait have me CE preorderd.
Loved Persona 3 and can't wait to play this.
Was originally going to play P4 on PS2 but then the vita version was announced so i decided to wait.
Loved Persona 3 and can't wait to play this.
Was originally going to play P4 on PS2 but then the vita version was announced so i decided to wait.
My point is that they're not significant. Ways to interact with people online? You just press the SOS button in a dungeon. That's the extent of it. And the 'new environments' consist of the beach (Which is miniscule and barely used, the new dungeon and the ski trip. Like I say, you're exaggerating how much there is.
And yes, before I joined GAF I sometimes went to GameFAQs. Sue me.
Alright, I will, and armada shall be my lawyer!
By a long green mile, that game was over hyped by fans starved for content.
Canis lupus
Member
Love the thread title lol.
@orcastar: they aim for a february 2013 releasedate, but you should import it from Murica.
@orcastar: they aim for a february 2013 releasedate, but you should import it from Murica.
Actually Chie held back! Not a single kick. That anime was pretty good
No, they hinted at Yu with all the girls, yet didn't have any balls to make a canon couple as to not piss off the fanbase. Hell, Yu had more romantic chemistry with Yosuke than any of the girls.
Not really. There are only two social links that can get reversed, and they're only through choice options. From what I remember, none of them get pissed at you if you cancel or ignore them, which could either be a step up or step down from P3FES, depending on how hard you like your games.
I am looking forward to playing though P4 again, especially on the go. Doesn't matter if the new content isn't the best, at least they're not cutting corners like with P3P. Although I hope Atlus is better next gen. This current gen, all we got new SMT wise was both Devil Survivors, Strange Journey, and a goddamn fighting game, with the rest being ports. That's just sad. Things are looking better with SMTIV and P5 on the horizon.
Also, for those saying it will sell like hotcakes, I doubt it. I can see it getting around 60k like the fighting game did. Plus, it's on the Vita which doesn't have that much sales to begin with either. Persona has always been a niche title in the west, which isn't really a bad thing. Hell it's slightly a niche title in Japan compared to the other JRPGs like FF, Tales, and Dragon Quest.
Probably gonna end up being the highest-rated (and most likely best) game that's ever going to be released for the Vita.
No confirmed European release date.
Just import it. Region free platform, brah.
Also, I was thinking, I guess the one good thing that comes out of Golden doing well is more Vitas being sold. More Vitas = more development = more games that might have otherwise been on 3DS on a region-free platform. Yay.
Trent Strong
Banned
This is exactly why I didn't like Persona 3. I never knew if I was making good use of my time. It made the whole game stressful.
GhostTrick
Banned
It doesnt really sounds something good to quote.
Its more like a joke in French, I guess.
Disregard my previous answer, this one fits better.
Probably gonna end up being the highest-rated (and most likely best) game that's ever going to be released for the Vita.
No confirmed European release date.
Couple of places have it as February 22nd, probably placeholder though.
Actually,
any social link can get interrupted if played incorrectly, from the nurse to Kanji, at least in the original game. It's relatively difficult to do, but the easiest way to do it is to plan something, particularly a date, and have those dates overlap. Dating both Yukiko and Chie, for example, will almost inevitably have one of the two running into each other during dates, causing both of their social links to be interrupted and for them to become angry at you for having cheated on them with the other. The only thing that's kind of funny about this is that you would think dating would be a topic of discussion and thus trying to harem it up with two women who are friends would be a terrible idea, but if you manage the schedule correctly it can be played around. Not honestly sure how to feel about that though, since at least Rise is fairly open about the whole idea of multiple partners, so it's honestly hard to say if this is just an admittance that the dating scene might be more open than most might care to admit, at least for younger generations.
Apologies for wall of spoiler.
semiconscious
Member
ya think?
...high school = 'stressful'. for me, it's part of what made the game work well
...Huh, I never came across that in my playthroughs and I dated everyone. I do recall some times during dates where other girls would show up which lead to funny/awkward scenes, but none of them lead to reverse links like in P3FES.
Schobeleth
Member
Interesting - I completely forgot there was a CE. Still happy with my regular edition
Oh, well in that manner you're correct, they aren't like the reverse links like in FES. I still feel that FES is the superior jRPG, if not the superior game, even though I liked the distinctive personalities of P4.
Drama Club is better than Music Club though... *shudder*
chickdigger802
Banned
Is there a bullet point list of what's actually new?