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Just finished Persona 4 Golden. I feel empty inside
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Ludger Kresnik
Member
The first bad ending is
killing Namatame and then going home.
failing to identify the culprit and then going home.
protecting the culprit and then going home. (Golden only)
catching Adachi and then going home.
defeating Izanami.
returning to Inaba after defeating Izanami.
I might have missed some bad ends idk
DO NOT PLAY THOSE THEY ARE AWFUL
p4d is fun if you ignore the story though
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
Trails of Cold Steel OP, it's exactly what you need now.
You could try Danganronpa. But to be honest, it won't really be a very similar experience to P4.
Steins;Gate is a much farther stretch, but could also possibly interest you.
Edit: And people, please remember some of us can't play trails of cold steel till the end of the month :-(
Steins;Gate is a much farther stretch, but could also possibly interest you.
Edit: And people, please remember some of us can't play trails of cold steel till the end of the month :-(
when you say goodbye DO NOT GO HOME, go to junes instead.
the "Golden" ending is like the true one but if the aeon arcana is maxed before the 24th december then you get the additional dungeon.
silver.tongue
Member
Thats the good ending. But you are in a great position to get the best ending.
StardustPain
Neo Member
I'm playing persona Q ATM and it's nothing like P3 or P4,
it's more a classic rpg, with dungeons similar to P1 (1th person dungeon crawler).
Lol, what?
Persona Q is a good Etrian Odyssey game with some great dialog and interesting mix of P3/4.
Persona 4: Arena is a pretty darn good fighter with a fairly decent storyline.
Persona 4
AN might have a throw away story, but the music and gameplay are incredible fun.
Bitch Pudding
Member
.MrChocolate
Member
How do you even get true ending and not golden ending?
I understand that in order to unlock the true ending, you MUST have a certain character SL maxed. And if you do so, you automatically get the golden ending.
Unless I'm missing something.
Nah, I think you're done. Sorry, I wish there was more. Play through again to match all social links!
Or go for the bad endings! Those are kinda interesting.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
Lol, what?
Persona Q is a good Etrian Odyssey game with some great dialog and interesting mix of P3/4.
Persona 4: Arena is a pretty darn good fighter with a fairly decent storyline.
Persona 4
PQ is a decent game, but the writing is trash.
P4A is a decent game, but the writing is trash.
P4D is a good game, but the writing is bleh.
Play them if you want the characters ruined for you.
You don't need any SLs maxed for the true ending. The golden ending (and Marie, by extension) wasn't even in the original PS2 release.
Now play the spin-offs to try and fill the void.
PQ does have some pretty good character moments for those who aren't flanderized. Especially between Kanji and Ken.
P4A series is just crap all around except for Labrys.
P4D does nothing to really advance any development of any of the main characters which is actually fine, they aren't annoying in that game. Still entertaining.
PQ does have some pretty good character moments for those who aren't flanderized. Especially between Kanji and Ken.
P4A series is just crap all around except for Labrys.
P4D does nothing to really advance any development of any of the main characters which is actually fine, they aren't annoying in that game. Still entertaining.
ChackanKun
Member
Goddamn! You guys just made my day!
Gotta go for that True Ending!
Tough after that the drama of not having more Persona to play comes back lol...
I've been interested in Danganrompa, maybe it's time to go for it!
Also, some of you recommended The Legend of Heroes. Where do I start? Cold Steel?
Gotta go for that True Ending!
Tough after that the drama of not having more Persona to play comes back lol...
I've been interested in Danganrompa, maybe it's time to go for it!
Also, some of you recommended The Legend of Heroes. Where do I start? Cold Steel?
Ban Puncher
Member
Now play Persona 4 vanilla so you don't have to deal with worst grill Marie.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
Vanilla is still great, though P4G is obviously superior in almost every way. Advantages of vanilla include superior Chie and Teddie voices and the complete absence of Marie.
MrChocolate
Member
ChackanKun
Member
Dude, Marie rocks!
Not an expert (only playing trhough FC right now, then SC, and only then Cold Steel), but:
- You have mainly two series that are translated: Trails in the Sky first chapter and Second Chapter on one side, and Cold Steel and Cold Steel 2 (slated for later this year). They take place on the same universe, there are some crossreferences, but each series is a standalone.
- I think you may like Cold Steel better, as the setting is in an equivalent of an high school. makes the transition from Persona easier I'd guess.
DrunkShogun
Member
Welcome to the brotherhood. Your going to always be nostalgic when you see the cast from p3&4. Now you can join the agonising wait for p5.
bobawesome
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SpacePirate Ridley
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Magicpaint
Member
It's not like they have a great source material to draw from; the writing in P4 is barely decent, and it's much worse in Golden. I preferred P3 by far, even if the pacing of the writing was dreadful.
Sakura
Member
This is why everybody has been so impatient for Persona 5 OP. There isn't much like it.
I really don't get all the Trails recommendations. I played a bit of it and it doesn't feel Persona-y at all. I mean, yea it is a JRPG featuring high school type characters, but the games are in different leagues.
I really don't get all the Trails recommendations. I played a bit of it and it doesn't feel Persona-y at all. I mean, yea it is a JRPG featuring high school type characters, but the games are in different leagues.
Ludger Kresnik
Member
That's true, but we gotta consider the context here. The lengthy originals introduce quirky characters with stories to tell. Their stories are all over in the much shorter spinoffs (or currently on hold in Q) so most of them have been reduced to whatever their quirk was. Chie likes meat, Akihiko likes protein, Teddie is horny, Yukiko laughs a lot, blah blah blah. These were things you'd see glimpses of in the originals and were supposed to think "wow this quirk really brings another dimension to this character than just their struggles do" but that doesn't work in the spinoffs because their story has already been told. The writers clearly had no idea where to take anyone after P3 or P4, so reducing them to whichever trait of theirs was popular with the fanbase had to do.
And then Arena and especially Ultimax are just horribly written stories in general. Arena would've been decent if it was solely the tale of Labrys, but the other cast members bogged it down with their boring nonsense. Ultimax, however, was a complete failure on every conceivable level. Q just feels completely pointless outside of ultimately meaningless fanservice. P4 at least had a cohesive-ish story to tell, and it told it well enough.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Nobody's saying it's exactly like Persona, it's just the next best JRPG currently out on Vita.
Imp the Dimp
Member
Persona Q was my favourite 2014 game. Absolutely loved it despite its balance problems.
Ban Puncher
Member
The only thing Marie does in Golden is takes Yukiko's crown of being Original Worst Grill.
Mr. Nice_Guy
Member
If you thought you felt empty after beating just the good ending, oh boy OP, you're in for some feels haha. Happy you found more to play though! Story wise all the Persona spin offs are god awful but P4Q and be Arena games have great gameplay so there is that. Have played P4D.
The Last Wizard
Member
Why so he can feel even emptier
we.are.the.armada
Member
I love threads like this, feels good <3
OK so you're empty inside and want games that kinda offer what P4 did? I felt the same way, so maybe try these out:
Trails in the Sky
DanganRonpa 1 & 2
Mass Effect Trilogy
Dragon Age Trilogy
Baldurs Gate 2
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Fire Emblem Awakening
Rogue Galaxy
Pillars of Eternity
YMMV - these are games that I felt offered some of the familiar and intangible qualities of P4
OK so you're empty inside and want games that kinda offer what P4 did? I felt the same way, so maybe try these out:
Trails in the Sky
DanganRonpa 1 & 2
Mass Effect Trilogy
Dragon Age Trilogy
Baldurs Gate 2
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Fire Emblem Awakening
Rogue Galaxy
Pillars of Eternity
YMMV - these are games that I felt offered some of the familiar and intangible qualities of P4
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
You can play Cold Steel without playing Trails in the Sky. There are some callbacks and references, but it isn't needed to enjoy the game.
The original is more of a challenge. It's still worth playing.
MrChocolate
Member
Fixed it for you.
Definitely agreed with this, and all of these games. The beauty of Persona 4 is that it has so many systems that synergize incredibly well, no other game comes close in that regard. All of these games (I only haven't played Trials) offer at least a few of the systems that Persona 4 does in a fun way.
Edit: Oh, haven't tried Rogue Galaxy either.
The World Ends With You is pretty solid modern setting jrpg with a innovative combat system and interesting characters with a groovy Shibuya's style soundtrack. It has no social link stuff but both games tapped on similar fashion style. Too bad, it's not on vita but you can play it on a smart phone.
In fact, TWEWY soured Persona 3 for me because I compared them unfairly. I know they are entirely different game but the lingering irrational thought of how I wished Persona 3 was presented more like TWEWTY really made me hate P3.
It's not until P4 that I am on board because of its goofy characters and more polished game play. Persona 3 characters are too self serious for me; worse when they didn't really break their generic anime molds at the end.
You just can't hype me up with promises by having character shoot themselves in the head yet disappoint me with generic Jesus savior story with anime archetype characters and a blank slate main character. It also bothers me why everyone is so infatuated with the main character when he has zero personality. It's hilarious how you can just bone almost every girl you see and it pretty much encouraged you to cheat because you need to do it to fuse the strongest persona.
Persona 4 handled that better by adding more personality to Yu and having the decency to force you to give brutal rejections or just be friends with the female characters.
P4 also embraced its anime better by being unabashedly anime instead of trying to be all serious but still can't forsake its animeness. It's all about expectation and perspective and I can write a few thousand words on it but I won't do it here so let just put it this way; it felt natural to have Persona 4 characters dancing in a goofy anime rhythm game but it sure as hell will be awkard to see Persona 3 characters prancing around in the same game.
In fact, TWEWY soured Persona 3 for me because I compared them unfairly. I know they are entirely different game but the lingering irrational thought of how I wished Persona 3 was presented more like TWEWTY really made me hate P3.
It's not until P4 that I am on board because of its goofy characters and more polished game play. Persona 3 characters are too self serious for me; worse when they didn't really break their generic anime molds at the end.
You just can't hype me up with promises by having character shoot themselves in the head yet disappoint me with generic Jesus savior story with anime archetype characters and a blank slate main character. It also bothers me why everyone is so infatuated with the main character when he has zero personality. It's hilarious how you can just bone almost every girl you see and it pretty much encouraged you to cheat because you need to do it to fuse the strongest persona.
Persona 4 handled that better by adding more personality to Yu and having the decency to force you to give brutal rejections or just be friends with the female characters.
P4 also embraced its anime better by being unabashedly anime instead of trying to be all serious but still can't forsake its animeness. It's all about expectation and perspective and I can write a few thousand words on it but I won't do it here so let just put it this way; it felt natural to have Persona 4 characters dancing in a goofy anime rhythm game but it sure as hell will be awkard to see Persona 3 characters prancing around in the same game.
I'd argue it's better.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
My only mistake is that I played P4G before P3. I am having a tough time finishing P3.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I'm glad you loved it so much. Not sure what to recommend you in it's place other than another playthrough or some of the spinoff titles like Persona Q.
Son Of Sparda
Member
I'm glad that you liked it OP. Unfortunately there isn't much else to recommend since the game is one of a kind.
But look at the bright side, you finishing P4G now, means that you only have to wait less than one year to get Persona 5!!!
But look at the bright side, you finishing P4G now, means that you only have to wait less than one year to get Persona 5!!!
LOL!