Persona 4 Golden

 PC
User Score
8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1064 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 960 out of 1064
  2. Mixed: 45 out of 1064
  3. Negative: 59 out of 1064

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  1. Boobileah
    Nov 25, 2020
    0
    It so good... and even though the 3d graphics are lame, the 2d drawing are really good, and the relationships with other npcs are truly great.
    to bad it had to end...
  2. Method__Man
    Sep 23, 2020
    0
    I have played hundreds of RPGs in my life (western and JRPGs), on consoles, handhelds, and PC. Simply put, Persona 4 Golden is one of the best games i have ever played. This game is truly one of the funniest things i have ever experienced. I cannot stand crappy humour or cringy humour. This game has non of that. It truly had be cracking up all the way to deep belly laughing consistently.I have played hundreds of RPGs in my life (western and JRPGs), on consoles, handhelds, and PC. Simply put, Persona 4 Golden is one of the best games i have ever played. This game is truly one of the funniest things i have ever experienced. I cannot stand crappy humour or cringy humour. This game has non of that. It truly had be cracking up all the way to deep belly laughing consistently.

    It has a bit of a slow start for those not accustomed to a Persona game (this was my first). You have to realize that the story and player with NPC interaction is the BEST part of this game. Combat is great, so are dungeons, but they arent not the main show. You will truly fall in love with the cast. The voice acting is superb, the best of any game i have ever played. Dialogue, superb, the best of any game i have ever played.

    There are some people who may not like the game, mainly those who have a hard time connecting with story. But really, if you enjoy JRPGs this is the absolute pinnacle of the genre. I am rating it 10/10, and it TRULY deserves this rating. I am not a fanboy, these are facts    … Expand
  3. FisherStevenson
    Aug 18, 2022
    0
    not as good as persona 5 i dont know why people even compare the two when clearly the best game ever made is persona 5. i only watched a playthrough but im getting the game for my birthday next month and i already know that persona 5 is the best game ever made and im angry that people would ever compare this horrible game to persona 5. even though i havent played or watched persona 4 inot as good as persona 5 i dont know why people even compare the two when clearly the best game ever made is persona 5. i only watched a playthrough but im getting the game for my birthday next month and i already know that persona 5 is the best game ever made and im angry that people would ever compare this horrible game to persona 5. even though i havent played or watched persona 4 i know it will never be as good as persona 5 and the story probably isnt even as good and i guarentee you its a bad game compared to persona 5… Expand
  4. aureel
    May 24, 2021
    3
    The hype over this game is unprecedentedly misleading. In the end it is an absolutely messy combination of all of its part. Considering Shin Megami Tensei genetics the absolute failure to replicate the charm of its dungeon crawling does not go unnoticed. It is a bare bones, utterly helpless stripping of few demons and designs away from the source to fuel into a generic turn based combat,The hype over this game is unprecedentedly misleading. In the end it is an absolutely messy combination of all of its part. Considering Shin Megami Tensei genetics the absolute failure to replicate the charm of its dungeon crawling does not go unnoticed. It is a bare bones, utterly helpless stripping of few demons and designs away from the source to fuel into a generic turn based combat, with only few interesting tidbits for company. If you come for Dungeon Crawling you are better off with the main Tensei game or practically any other title in the genre. The writing part of this game is also severally overrated in my opinion. Bare touch upon some social issues, boring villain and motivation and your team made out of nothing but teenage stereotypes. The addition of "dating sim" part feels like lackluster attempt to generate any interest in these walking stereotypes. The treatment of LGBT characters. namely Naoto and Kanji is simply abbhorent, hell, even for its time. This is to say nothing of the mass of misogyny thrown at main female characters and the constant sexualization of Yukiko by men older than her. On the topic there is simply the continuing efforts of older women to initiate romance with the high schooler MC. You may call it a sign of times, well, for one, there is plenty of games that treated these topics with more nuance even on the console, and two, contemporary player has far more opinions for better gameplay without these issues. And for what? For what does one suffer through these teenagers accusing their suspected gay friend of being an actual predator? Once again for the mediocre dungeon crawler? Cookie Cutter crafting with simple advancing gear with few choices to spice it up? Insufferable boss fights (with Golden outright removing type advantages in some cases just to make it more unfun) ? I understand and do not blame these chasing nostalgia, as I have a lot of guilty pleasures but I do not feel this title serves newcomer with any gameplay worthy of consideration and with its genuine contempt for its LGBT and female character I would recommend outright skipping out on it.… Expand
  5. itsRaghas
    Jul 5, 2020
    3
    Technical issues unfortunately ruin this game ultimately. Despite having a custom PC with relatively new and high performance parts (GeForce GTX 1070 Ti graphics card, Intel i5 6 core processor, 32 GB RAM) this game still has a tendency to drop frames for more than half of the time you're playing, not to mention the amount of times it stutters, temporarily freezes, or crashes altogether.Technical issues unfortunately ruin this game ultimately. Despite having a custom PC with relatively new and high performance parts (GeForce GTX 1070 Ti graphics card, Intel i5 6 core processor, 32 GB RAM) this game still has a tendency to drop frames for more than half of the time you're playing, not to mention the amount of times it stutters, temporarily freezes, or crashes altogether. Real shame because Persona 4 within and of itself is phenomenal, I love the essence of the game. As I said though, these tech issues ruin the experience to render the game virtually unplayable. Hold off on this until a proper patch to fix these issues comes through.… Expand
  6. Rc20150990
    Jun 23, 2020
    0
    Game would have been much better if it had been added to playstation 4 where the majority of its playerbase would be and where the game found its footing. Poor port that constantly crashes and would highly recommend to not pick up until they release a console version. Atlus has begun to lose their top tier developer status. probably should stay away from any of their products for the nextGame would have been much better if it had been added to playstation 4 where the majority of its playerbase would be and where the game found its footing. Poor port that constantly crashes and would highly recommend to not pick up until they release a console version. Atlus has begun to lose their top tier developer status. probably should stay away from any of their products for the next year or so.… Expand
  7. BigPapa1
    Jun 14, 2020
    0
    Honestly. This is a betrayal. Atlus tricked me into buying a Vita just to play P4G. Now I see it's easy to access on PC? This is messed up. And the Graphics look way too shiny. The original P4 offered better usage of Fog Graphics that gave the game atmosphere. P4G doesn't know what atmosphere is! The Final boss has no character development
  8. Yallmae
    Jun 15, 2020
    0
    Awful Game ! Aged poorly. Its Tedious. Palaces are awful worse than momentos in Persona 5. Overall just a waste of time. Story goes nowhere. Golden has one of the most out of place and worse written characters ever seen in a video game. Cast is unlikeable. Gameplay is outdated and boring. One of the worse and smallest JRPGs ive ever place. The Town is super small the Dungeons only buildAwful Game ! Aged poorly. Its Tedious. Palaces are awful worse than momentos in Persona 5. Overall just a waste of time. Story goes nowhere. Golden has one of the most out of place and worse written characters ever seen in a video game. Cast is unlikeable. Gameplay is outdated and boring. One of the worse and smallest JRPGs ive ever place. The Town is super small the Dungeons only build of the same copy/paste hallways over and over again. Cant recommend the game to anyone.… Expand
  9. Cavox
    Oct 17, 2022
    0
    I tried to play the game on Steam, but it crashed 5 times during my 3 hour of playtime and I gave up. I've tried all the common solutions (disable overlays, reinstall GPU drivers etc.) and nothing. From what I've seen on the web it's a common problem which Atlus refuses to acknowledge. A pity, because the game seems pretty fun and I wanted to give it a spin.
  10. EdwardMashiro
    Jul 1, 2020
    3
    This game today 01/07/2020 is just unplayable because it was not ported properly from ps vita. It crashes every 20 minutes. It crashes because of in game events because the sofwere is baerly working on several PCs which meet the minimum requirements. It is awful for anyone who would appreciate this game but cannot play it. It crashes during loading screen, during dialogues, durin gamplay.This game today 01/07/2020 is just unplayable because it was not ported properly from ps vita. It crashes every 20 minutes. It crashes because of in game events because the sofwere is baerly working on several PCs which meet the minimum requirements. It is awful for anyone who would appreciate this game but cannot play it. It crashes during loading screen, during dialogues, durin gamplay. Last but not least the animated cutscenes lag every one second.
    I'm upset to leave a bad review because I love the persona series. but I'll change it when Atlus will fix these issues. Many players like me are just waiting to play. I just hope Atlus will not forget to release a patch.    … Expand
  11. davygravy93
    Nov 21, 2022
    0
    One of the most overrated games in existence.

    Ill give Persona 4 credit when it comes to presentation because visually it really stands out, if nothing else its a good example of how an interesting visual style can elevate an rpg beyond the basic grind addiction of increasing numbers until you can win. The battle system in particular isn't very interesting, enemies have weaknesses    One of the most overrated games in existence.

    Ill give Persona 4 credit when it comes to presentation because visually it really stands out, if nothing else its a good example of how an interesting visual style can elevate an rpg beyond the basic grind addiction of increasing numbers until you can win.

    The battle system in particular isn't very interesting, enemies have weaknesses but it never makes any sense because there isn't any visual cues to what enemy is weak to what so you just randomly try different abilities until something eventually works which is trial and error at best. What makes this worse is that enemy designs are repeated in later levels with different weaknesses so there is no consistency, eventually they just give you a character that flat out tells you what the enemy is weak to removing all thought from the process.

    The stuff you do outside of the dungeon crawling is incredibly dull and shows just how bad the pacing is in general. There are actual hours of gameplay time that youll spend just talking to people, Persona 3 did this too but at least they let you choose when to go into the main dungeon whenever you wanted, you had to choose when was a good time to grind so the game let YOU dictate the pace in stead of just railroading you like 4 does. Stuff like this isnt interesting, its sleep inducing.

    For as much people crow about how the game lets you be a detective the way the game goes about it is mind numbing. Before some dungeons the game forces you to talk to random npc's until you can enter and whats stupid is that there is no logical way to go about it, you just talk to literally everyone until something happens.

    The characters themselves aren't as interesting as fans make them out to be. The only characters that were thought provoking were Naoto and Kanji which to be fair are well written and have great voice actors behind them. The rest felt under developed, Yusuke is bored of country life, chie is jealous of yukiko, yukiko doesn't want to work at an inn her whole life, teddy is a twink in a furry suit. Its pretty easy to see which characters got the snub in terms of development. Also anyone who likes this game was a loser who didnt have friends and used this as a substitute.    … Expand
  12. CarlosTopGamer7
    Feb 14, 2023
    1
    This game is reverent garbage, I can't believe the idiots who made this game copied the masterpiece that is Madagascar 2 for the Nintendo Wii and thought no one would notice, but I did.
    The characters in this game talk like in Madagascar 2, they run like in Madagascar 2, seriously, the muscular character in this game is literally Melman but more depressing, I liked his relationship with    This game is reverent garbage, I can't believe the idiots who made this game copied the masterpiece that is Madagascar 2 for the Nintendo Wii and thought no one would notice, but I did.
    The characters in this game talk like in Madagascar 2, they run like in Madagascar 2, seriously, the muscular character in this game is literally Melman but more depressing, I liked his relationship with the attempt to copy Gloria, which makes this game game went from being a 0 to a 1, but still, the characters breathe like in Madagascar 2, the music is composed of musical notes like in Madagascar 2, the villain of this game copied the beauty and sensuality of Makunga, even its spinoff decided to copy the rhythm minigame from Madagascar 2 for the Wii, seriously 1/10, take all copies of this game and throw them into a volcano and better play a real game like Madagascar 2 for the Wii    … Expand
  13. shin777
    Feb 11, 2023
    0
    Cant play the game on steam deck outside home cause game uses denuvo
    Game have too big slutters in combat.
    Refunded sadly :(
  14. Unova
    Jul 3, 2022
    4
    I usually enjoy playing JRPG's, and I expected to like Persona 4 Golden as well before purchasing it. I really wanted to enjoy this game, but I just couldn't. Every moment spent playing this game felt incredibly tedious, and the characters alternate between unremarkable to downright annoying. I would only recommend giving this title a shot if it is heavily discounted, because it's just notI usually enjoy playing JRPG's, and I expected to like Persona 4 Golden as well before purchasing it. I really wanted to enjoy this game, but I just couldn't. Every moment spent playing this game felt incredibly tedious, and the characters alternate between unremarkable to downright annoying. I would only recommend giving this title a shot if it is heavily discounted, because it's just not a very good title (despite what the avg score might lead you to believe).… Expand
  15. yogur
    Jan 25, 2023
    0
    Perfect its just a perfect game, Perfect its just a perfect game, Perfect its just a perfect game,

Awards & Rankings

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#15 Best PC Game of 2020
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#23 Most Discussed PC Game of 2020

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Siliconera
    Sep 15, 2020
    90
    It’s a strong showing that is genuinely fun to return to, even if I think certain characters’ stories deserved better representation and development. I’m glad a whole new audience will get to visit Inaba.
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  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 3, 2020
    80
    By the end of the game, Inaba will feel like home to you. [Issue#247, p.50]
  3. RPGamer
    Jul 14, 2020
    90
    Persona 4 Golden was largely considered one of the PlayStation Vita’s must-play titles and for good reason. Inaba’s small-town feel, the fantastic cast, incredibly personable dialogue, excellent audio, and strong gameplay combine to make the game a superb all-around experience. Though there are no distinct advantages of playing this version over the Vita one, its release on PC should be rightfully celebrated for giving a whole new set of RPGamers the chance to play a game that resonates just as strongly now as it first did.
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