(played the story through P4AU)
This game is ridiculously flawed.
most of the characters stories are identical with that character being the main focus that time around and other minor differences, which makes it entertaining at first, but boring after a while. This also makes the structuring make zero sense. which characters story is the canon one? i still have no idea.
There are only two reasons why i don't think this game is bad:
first, the gameplay. not much to say here, considering i don't play too many arcsys games, but they did a good job of turning the concept of persona combat into a fighting game. i still suck at it but i was good enough to finish the story soooo.
second, and i cannot stress this enough: Labrys. oh my god i love labrys. honestly might be one of my favorite characters in the series, her section of the story was so fucking good. legit nearly reduced me to tears.
I definitely recommend this game if you are a fan of persona 3 and 4, and brooklyn accents, but i don't think i would recommend it to anyone else. anyways, onto ultimax.
This game is ridiculously flawed.
most of the characters stories are identical with that character being the main focus that time around and other minor differences, which makes it entertaining at first, but boring after a while. This also makes the structuring make zero sense. which characters story is the canon one? i still have no idea.
There are only two reasons why i don't think this game is bad:
first, the gameplay. not much to say here, considering i don't play too many arcsys games, but they did a good job of turning the concept of persona combat into a fighting game. i still suck at it but i was good enough to finish the story soooo.
second, and i cannot stress this enough: Labrys. oh my god i love labrys. honestly might be one of my favorite characters in the series, her section of the story was so fucking good. legit nearly reduced me to tears.
I definitely recommend this game if you are a fan of persona 3 and 4, and brooklyn accents, but i don't think i would recommend it to anyone else. anyways, onto ultimax.
Fun fighting game that is a sequel to the amazing Rpg Persona 4/Persona 4 Golden, featuring the amazing fighting arcade style of Arc System works. Having fun unique character story modes (others being completely useless) and great crossover fighting game with persona 3 characters making an appearance. Fun fighting game with a unique story... don't recommend buying a copy of this game. I recommend buying persona 4 area ultimax as it is an expanded version of persona 4 arena with a new story and more characters and you can just buy the persona 4 arena story to experience both story modes there. Fun game yes, but buy persona 4 arena ultimax instead and get the persona 4 arena story dlc.
There really isn't a reason to play this over Ultimax, which has every character from this game plus some of the missing ones. This game's story mode is weirdly structured you have to play it like 10 times to even get the second half, but Labrys and her story are so compelling she's easily my favorite Persona 4 character despite not appearing in Persona 4. The original Arena story is bundled in Ultimax, but I still have to give this score to where it originates.
This is a hell of a package. I especially dug the single player VN component of the game, which basically plays out like more Persona 4. It evokes what's great about Persona 4 while also having enough great moments of its own such that it's not just a retread. Labryss, the new character, is introduced really well and her story is very compelling. It's also a really fun fighting game! Auto-combos are very nice, and even without them it's fun to mash my way through versus matches and arcade modes.
If you're going to make a fighting game for an extensive franchise like Persona, the appeal will be in bringing everything together. This is P4A's biggest failure. For some ridiculous reason, the game tries to justify itself within canon. This both cuts out a significant portion of the potential cast and relies on a stupid amount of retcon. What's worse is that they don't even put the full cast within canon (they save several characters for the second game, wonder why) which leaves a pretty pathetic roster even by those self-inflicted constraints. It's an all-around disappointment.