Gamerankings - Persona 4 Golden
Metacritic - Persona 4 Golden
I'll have to update this at the end of December, but currently P4G is the highest rated game of 2012 on gamerankings with at least 20 reviews with an average score of 93.70%. Journey is in second place at 92.46%.
http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=0&year=2012&numrev=0&sort=0&letter=&search=
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Destructoid have published what I think is the first English review of P4 Golden for the Vita and given it 10/10.
Destructoid - 10/10
The reviewer, Dale North, is of the opinion that the new additions really add to the experience.
And concludes that P4G is the best reason so far for buying a Vita if you don't already have one.
Other reviews:
GameBlog.fr - 5/5 (French)
Game Informer - 8.5/10
GamesRadar - 4.5/5
Gaming Nexus - 9.8/10
Honest Gamers - 9/10
InsideGamingDaily - 9/10
RPGFan - 96/100
ZTGD - 10/10
Metacritic - Persona 4 Golden
I'll have to update this at the end of December, but currently P4G is the highest rated game of 2012 on gamerankings with at least 20 reviews with an average score of 93.70%. Journey is in second place at 92.46%.
http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=0&year=2012&numrev=0&sort=0&letter=&search=
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Destructoid have published what I think is the first English review of P4 Golden for the Vita and given it 10/10.
Destructoid - 10/10
The reviewer, Dale North, is of the opinion that the new additions really add to the experience.
Plenty of other new story elements have been worked into the storyline to entertain return visitors to Inaba. Again, I won't spoil the experience, but new school events, trips, locales, holidays and more have been added to the existing content. There are even more Social Links to explore and max out. Returning fans may be surprised to hear that Social Links with detective Adachi are now available. You can even sneak out of the house after dark to explore the town's limited (and sometimes strange) night life. And I love that there's a strange new predisposition with steak. Thankfully, new animated cutscenes accent and support many of these new story bits. Atlus did a fantastic job with these many additions, making Persona 4 Golden feel more like an expansion than a port.
And concludes that P4G is the best reason so far for buying a Vita if you don't already have one.
Any Persona devotee will be thrilled with some of the bonus content Atlus has included in a new television feature. Using the set in your bedroom (or a menu option) you're able to view a page of television listings and select programs to enjoy various video clips and audio content. Songs from the fantastic Japanese Persona Music Live concerts can be viewed, as can introductions and commercials from past Persona series games. Another 'channel' lets you enjoy Persona music, jukebox menu style.
If you're a series fan, there's absolutely no excuse for missing Persona 4 Golden. The world has been enhanced and expanded so much that it feels like a new title, and that's coming from someone who has finished Persona 4 a couple of times beforehand. What started out as a pleasant revisit turned into a new adventure, with new story bits and dialogue constantly surprising me. You will not be disappointed.
For gamers curious about the franchise and looking for a way in, Persona 4 Golden is easily the best place to start, as it's the best looking and playing Persona game yet. And if you don't have a Vita yet, this is probably the best reason yet to get one.
Other reviews:
GameBlog.fr - 5/5 (French)
Le RPG des hipsters
Game Informer - 8.5/10
With an anthropomorphic bear, dungeons inside a television, and a look at characters' psychological issues, Persona 4 is unlike any other RPG – which is probably why it holds up so well. Four years have passed since Persona 4’s PS2 release, and with its transition to Vita, the ride is still addictive and thought-provoking.
GamesRadar - 4.5/5
Persona 4 Golden sports a phenomenal amount of content packed into a single card. One of the PlayStation 2's greatest role-playing games of all time graces the Vita with slick, vivid aesthetic improvements, loads of additional areas to explore, and tons of reasons to come back even if you've beaten the game into the ground.
Gaming Nexus - 9.8/10
I'm absolutely blown away at how much more stuff there is in this game, and I cannot recommend this enough to anyone out there who owns a Vita.
Honest Gamers - 9/10
The new content may or may not be enough to justify a purchase from returning fans, depending on the individual, but those people have already decided whether or not they want to play Persona 4 again. For new players, this is a game that’s not to be missed.
InsideGamingDaily - 9/10
Persona 4 Golden, however, is no simple port. Apart from shiny new visuals (it looks great on Vita’s wide screen), there’s a significant serving of new content in here, enough to make it essential even to those who have finished the PS2 original.
RPGFan - 96/100
If you enjoy RPGs in any form at all, Persona 4: The Golden is a game that you need to experience.
ZTGD - 10/10
Needless to say, Persona 4 Golden is a must buy for Vita owners. Large amounts of gameplay are wrapped in the shroud of an incredibly deep story. It touches on death, murder, other dimensions, moral ambiguity, suicide, celebrities, media exploits and even corporate greed via major department stores; this game has it all. I feel that Persona 4 Golden is a very fitting title; this game truly is golden.