This review contains spoilers
Persona 4 has been one of my favorite games of all time ever since I beat the PlayStation 2 original in just two weeks back in 2017. I've been a fan of the characters, world, and social links for years but it didn't dawn on me til my playthrough of Golden this year how beautiful this game is. It's even better than I remember and with hindsight as an adult (And my media literacy no longer being that of a 15 year old's), this game may very well be the best JRPG I have ever played.
Each character in Inaba feels real. Their suffering, motivations, past mistakes and future triumphs are all very human. Whether it is Chie and Yukiko's dynamic of being heavily codependent on one another with one viewing themselves as being better than their friend and another believing their life is meaningless because they live in their friends shadow or Kanji accepting that enjoying feminine things does not make him "strange" and that he doesn't have to dress like a punk and act like a stereotypical manly man to be a "man," each character is wholly unique.
I like the story a lot as well. I love stuff like the dungeon Heaven where Namatame's screaming "I'm saving Nanako" because he's a broken man being manipulated by a person who only wants to see chaos because it's entertaining. I also like Marie as I feel she helps flesh out the narrative of Persona 4 and helps push along the message that you must look past your trauma and faults (The fog) and learn to love and accept yourself rather than worry what people may think of you (Reach out to the truth).
Persona 4: Golden is just such an amazing game. Yes, it's dungeon design is lackluster and characters like Mitsuo aren't detailed enough, but that doesn't phase me. I can put myself in each one of the Investigation Team members shoes as I once struggled with what they struggled with back when I was a teenager. I know it's cliched to say I "relate to these characters," but I do and seeing them grow and learn throughout the story makes me realize just how lucky I was to learn and grow from my insecurities, issues, and overall life problems.
Fuck the Hollowed Forest, though.
Rating: S
Genre(s): JRPG, visual novel
Each character in Inaba feels real. Their suffering, motivations, past mistakes and future triumphs are all very human. Whether it is Chie and Yukiko's dynamic of being heavily codependent on one another with one viewing themselves as being better than their friend and another believing their life is meaningless because they live in their friends shadow or Kanji accepting that enjoying feminine things does not make him "strange" and that he doesn't have to dress like a punk and act like a stereotypical manly man to be a "man," each character is wholly unique.
I like the story a lot as well. I love stuff like the dungeon Heaven where Namatame's screaming "I'm saving Nanako" because he's a broken man being manipulated by a person who only wants to see chaos because it's entertaining. I also like Marie as I feel she helps flesh out the narrative of Persona 4 and helps push along the message that you must look past your trauma and faults (The fog) and learn to love and accept yourself rather than worry what people may think of you (Reach out to the truth).
Persona 4: Golden is just such an amazing game. Yes, it's dungeon design is lackluster and characters like Mitsuo aren't detailed enough, but that doesn't phase me. I can put myself in each one of the Investigation Team members shoes as I once struggled with what they struggled with back when I was a teenager. I know it's cliched to say I "relate to these characters," but I do and seeing them grow and learn throughout the story makes me realize just how lucky I was to learn and grow from my insecurities, issues, and overall life problems.
Fuck the Hollowed Forest, though.
Rating: S
Genre(s): JRPG, visual novel
3 Comments
I like her quite a bit. I feel her addition into Persona 4 Golden was an interesting one and the idea of having a character believe that who they are is the root of everyone else's problems, especially when the only one who believes that her identity is the root of her friends problems is herself. At least that's what I gathered from her.
I do agree with people that she was poorly implemented into the main plot (Look at my comment on the Hollowed Forest). But I still like her.
I do agree with people that she was poorly implemented into the main plot (Look at my comment on the Hollowed Forest). But I still like her.
I see. I like her too. I think her writing is some of the best in the game. Similar to how Aigis's social link was one of the best additions to Persona 3 Fes.
Schmliff0
10 months ago