I'm a fan of persona 4. As always with persona, I like the story, I like the gameplay and the gameplay loop, I like the music, I like the whole package, and Persona 4 definitely fills all those boxes. I feel like Persona 4 is the most all around game in the series, but it doesn't really excel in any area, but it doesn't really supremely fail in any area outside of a few key flaws. The key flaws in this game for at least is the awful opening hours, nothing really happens for 3-5 hours and I can see why a lot of players may drop this game, if it wasn't for the fact I was a big fan of persona 5 I would have potentially dropped this whole game. My other main gripe is the flip flop lgbtq representation. One of the characters, Kanji, and his whole arc could be considered pretty good representation, especially by 2008 standards, then on the other side of the coin you have rampant homophobia by other party members which is never called out. Thankfully the good outweighs the bad here but it is still a problem to be called out. Also fuck hot springs scenes, they add nothing except 4chan pedo jerk off material.

Overall I'd say persona 4 is a decent persona game, and for me that makes it a pretty solid game overall, but if you're not a fan of JRPGs, or if you've never tried a persona, this isn't the game to play right now.