Persona 4 Golden

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1064 Ratings

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  1. lPhantom_v2
    Sep 8, 2023
    10
    One of the best JRPG's of all time. Just like the previous and later entries.
    Although it came out a long time ago and it may look outdated, don't let that stop you from playing this masterpiece.
  2. Toto89
    Sep 5, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Persona 4 is a great game in the saga of persona
    I play this game for 230H and is a máster piece for this tipe of games, the story, combate system and the music are incredible    … Expand
  3. YannySp101
    May 1, 2021
    10
    After playing Persona 5, I really wanted to play more Persona games. Persona 4 Golden released on steam last year, so I finally got the chance to play it.
    The story in Persona 4 is really good, relatable and very engaging, even if the writing is not very consistent. Overall though, it's great, and the additional story in Golden is quite interesting as well, albeit not anything special.
    The    After playing Persona 5, I really wanted to play more Persona games. Persona 4 Golden released on steam last year, so I finally got the chance to play it.
    The story in Persona 4 is really good, relatable and very engaging, even if the writing is not very consistent. Overall though, it's great, and the additional story in Golden is quite interesting as well, albeit not anything special.
    The gameplay on the other hand, it's just okay; the combat system itself is fine but I'll explain later why the gameplay as a whole didn't age very well.
    The main characters, however, are the best part of the game and their interactions are probably the best I've seen in a videogame.
    The music took some time to grow on me but I ended up absolutely loving it!
    The art style is nice, although the visual quality is a bit outdated.
    Also, there are so many awesome school trips and events in the story, it's actually impressive! And it's worth mentioning that the dialogue is very funny at times... like, it had me laughing out loud! Persona 4 Golden is undoubtedly one of the funniest games I've ever played.
    Now, Persona 4 has one issue that affects the gameplay though; the dull dungeon design. The dungeons in that game are literally copy/paste, empty corridors, which is something Golden could improve on but it didn't.
    Another issue is the unnecessarily complicated saving system in the dungeons.

    Pros:
    + Great story
    + Incredible characters
    + Hilarious dialogue
    + Events & trips
    + Exceptional music

    Cons
    - Poor dungeon design
    - Complicated dungeon saving system

    Narrative: 8/10
    Gameplay: 6/10
    Content: 8/10
    Characters: 10/10
    Music: 10/10
    Art Style: ?/10

    Final Rating: 9.5/10
    - Outstanding -
    I gotta say, playing Persona 4 Golden after Persona 5/Royal made me realize how much Persona 5 improved upon its predecessor.
    Much like Persona 5/Royal though, Persona 4 Golden is one hell of an experience! One that I hopefully won't forget anytime soon.

    Do I recommend it?:
    Yes! Go treat yourself with some Persona, either 5 or 4, it doesn't matter.    … Expand
  4. IntellectDevour
    Aug 18, 2023
    6
    This game is so damn charming, but it takes forever to get started. With a little more player choice and agency, they could really make it into something incredible. The intro is great until you realize that your only halfway through it and there's 2 hours of cutscenes left before you can actually play the game. Still has one of my favorite worlds and Soundtracks.
  5. Decorousfiber
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Great game in every aspect. There is only one thing that was disappointing for me, it's quite easy to predict the main antagonist, but overall the story is really good!!!
  6. sarilarinsulo
    Aug 10, 2023
    9
    Persona 4 Golden daha iyisi gelene kadar en iyi Persona oyunudur. Narukami de en chad Persona mcsidir.
  7. mugie
    Aug 10, 2023
    9
    Amazing cast, really loved the interactions between everyone. The graphics aren't anything to write home about but it gets the job done. The music, while repetitive, is pretty good on its own. The dungeons are a big letdown with how repetitive it gets but it is serviceable. The overall plot is good enough to keep you wanting more.
  8. ConnorKenway32
    Aug 9, 2023
    10
    La historia y los personajes son muy memorables además de su carisma y arte que no había visto en otro juego , lo único malo serían las masmorras un poco repetitivas las cuales te aburren en ciertos casos .
  9. willixmAmamiya
    Aug 3, 2023
    10
    One of the best stories across all RPGs, and the only gal-like game that tugs at my heart with harem-induced suffering.
  10. Sushipletos
    Jul 17, 2023
    10
    a wonderful JRPG, I'm not a fan of this kind of games but PERSONA has something charming, an interesting world with interesting dialogues and a story that catches you
  11. GentlemanHunter
    Jul 16, 2023
    10
    Pros:
    - Great Writing
    - Good Story with a lot of twists - Great Characters (this might be covered by "Great Writing" and "Good Story", but still) - Adjustable Difficulty for certain aspects of the game - Good amount of Replayablity through New Game + - Good quality voice acting for the English voice lines - Interesting gameplay separation between the main world and the other world    Pros:
    - Great Writing
    - Good Story with a lot of twists
    - Great Characters (this might be covered by "Great Writing" and "Good Story", but still)
    - Adjustable Difficulty for certain aspects of the game
    - Good amount of Replayablity through New Game +
    - Good quality voice acting for the English voice lines
    - Interesting gameplay separation between the main world and the other world
    - Soundtrack is full of BANGERS (ex: Heartbreak, Heartbeat; and Your Affection)
    - the cutscenes that they have in this game are very well animated

    Cons:
    - Audio Quality could've been better for the Japanese Voice Lines
    - At least to a monkey-brained person like me, The True Ending is a bit too hard to achieve without a guide
    - The Anime Tropes can get very annoying at times.
    - It isn't the most replayable due to the fact that it's a story-based game AND a mystery
    - you will be depressed for weeks after you completed the game

    Verdict: To preface this, I'd like to say that I'm not too big of a fan of RPGs, let alone JRPGs; but with that being said, this is one of my favorite games of all time. I'd completely recommend buying it and playing it blind.    … Expand
  12. Garysanderson96
    Jul 3, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. First Persona game to ever played.
    Its combat is difficult I'll tell you that.
    But the romance options are good.
    Naoto best girl    … Expand
  13. D3lt4
    Jun 26, 2023
    8
    While Persona 4 Golden may not be flawless, I personally believe that Persona 5 Royal better exemplifies perfection in gaming. Reflecting on this title, it's clear that Atlus made enhancements to various mechanics and refined gameplay in subsequent releases. Nevertheless, this doesn't diminish the value of exploring Persona 4 Golden. In fact, I strongly urge anyone with even a hint ofWhile Persona 4 Golden may not be flawless, I personally believe that Persona 5 Royal better exemplifies perfection in gaming. Reflecting on this title, it's clear that Atlus made enhancements to various mechanics and refined gameplay in subsequent releases. Nevertheless, this doesn't diminish the value of exploring Persona 4 Golden. In fact, I strongly urge anyone with even a hint of curiosity about this game to give it a try. You're sure to uncover something genuinely extraordinary, particularly if you delve into the enigmatic realm of the Midnight Channel.… Expand
  14. Cacti_009
    Jun 21, 2023
    10
    best game ever(expect persona 5) map design is terrible but combat is gud
    story is gud characters is also gud
  15. mdk567
    Jun 11, 2023
    9
    코옵시스템의 강화로 유사 미연시 + rpg의 성장 시스템 + 페르소나 진화
    한 회차에 모든 코옵을 다 하기가 어려워 자연스럽게 2회차를 유도하면서 진엔딩을 볼 수 있도록 함
    재미있는 메인 스토리. 자연스러운 동료들의 행동
  16. BesterBaum13
    Jun 5, 2023
    10
    Persona 4 Golden is a very fun Game with a very interesting story. I had much fun playing this game but sometimes I got frustrated because I was constantly underleveld and then I made the golden hand manipulation and because I had to play on my keyboard and not good with it did they keep despawning in my face or walk into me so that they flee. But overall a pretty good game.
  17. CHAR1TH
    Jun 1, 2023
    9
    Very Great game. Great story. Amazing characters. Good gameplay. Overall nice game, highly recommended you to get it.
  18. NateDalton06
    Apr 26, 2023
    7
    My first experience with the persona series, I failed to play it well, failed at getting the true ending and struggled a lot with the combat. Still loved it though and Am going to play it again now that I know what I am doing.
  19. FatzDomino
    Apr 24, 2023
    10
    I'll keep this short: Play this game. It's a solid 10/10 masterpiece.

    First things first I just want to say that the game's composer, Shoji Meguro, is a f'n god. Just listen to the Persona 5 or 4 OST, it's amazing. There is no other composer whose music upgrades and fits a game so much as his to the Persona series. Meguro-san, thank you!. The game itself has it all. A peaceful rural    I'll keep this short: Play this game. It's a solid 10/10 masterpiece.

    First things first I just want to say that the game's composer, Shoji Meguro, is a f'n god. Just listen to the Persona 5 or 4 OST, it's amazing. There is no other composer whose music upgrades and fits a game so much as his to the Persona series. Meguro-san, thank you!.

    The game itself has it all. A peaceful rural town that's suddenly hunted by a mysterious serial killer and a protagonist who discovers that there is an alternate world inside the TV's. An amazing cast of characters that genuinely feel like your real friends and about whom you'll shed a couple of tears when this game ends.

    Now concerning the length: it's long. Like really long but it never feels like it artificially stretches things out. The 80 - 100 hrs are a mix of going to school, developing your relationships with people (Social Links as they are called in-game), spending time with friends, working part-time jobs and clearing the dungeons.
    The dungeons itself have a specific theme to the characters they belong to, since the dungeons design is a product of the characters subconsciousness.

    The graphics: I mean sure they're outdated in 2023 and in 2008 there were games out there that looked better (FF 12 for example), but the game still looks good and seriously this game is too f'n good to be reduced to it's graphics and thus be missed out on.

    Let me emphasize this one more time: It's one of the best games ever made. It's shorter than Persona 5 (which itself is a content-colossus) but with approx 80 - 100 hrs it's still filled with content and an amazing plot with some of the most intriguing characters with whom you'll share fun and wholesome moments.

    I seriously can't stress it enough: buy this game, play it and experience greatness.    … Expand
  20. noanony
    Apr 23, 2023
    9
    MUITO BOM!!! A história é uma obra de arte, acredito que em relação à persona 5 a história de p4g é melhor. Os personagens são muito bem desenvolvidos, o awakening de persona neste jogo é excelente. Recomendo jogarem mais de uma vez, principalmente para pegar o final da izanami. Os bosses são bastante desafiadores, para quem jogou persona 5 primeiro, persona 4 parece elevar a dificuldadeMUITO BOM!!! A história é uma obra de arte, acredito que em relação à persona 5 a história de p4g é melhor. Os personagens são muito bem desenvolvidos, o awakening de persona neste jogo é excelente. Recomendo jogarem mais de uma vez, principalmente para pegar o final da izanami. Os bosses são bastante desafiadores, para quem jogou persona 5 primeiro, persona 4 parece elevar a dificuldade tanto das shadows e dos bosses. Os plots são muito bem construídos. As dungeons são bem enjoáveis, mas talvez seja apenas eu que esteja mal acostumado. Em geral, o soundtrack é bom, com exceção de algumas dungeons como o da Rise, mas isso já é gosto pessoal meu (Heaven>qualquer outra dungeon).
    No geral é bastante divertido de se jogar, recomendo.
    A dificuldade para platinar o jogo varia muito com a sua sorte, então caso esteja querendo platinar, se prepare para muito estresse e junte bastante paciência, pois vai precisar.    … Expand
  21. Heraldrick
    Apr 22, 2023
    8
    For a game with the title of "Golden", I would argue the best term to describe it would be "Rose-coloured" (to borrow terms from Hyouka). This is a game that while painfully slow to start, throughout the journey leaves you with the warmest, brightest, most nostalgic smile a game can grant. The emotion that best conveys my feelings and thoughts for this game is "Joy." This is a game whoseFor a game with the title of "Golden", I would argue the best term to describe it would be "Rose-coloured" (to borrow terms from Hyouka). This is a game that while painfully slow to start, throughout the journey leaves you with the warmest, brightest, most nostalgic smile a game can grant. The emotion that best conveys my feelings and thoughts for this game is "Joy." This is a game whose characters, whose school trips, whose hijinks, whose music will make you feel joy despite the relatively serious subject matter that it centers the main plot around and I wouldn't have it any other way for this title. The only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars is that the combat & dungeon crawling is dreadful in this title, I had to play another SMT game just to have a refresher of what good combat is like. Pro-tip, play it on high money generation, low experience gen, and then deal high damage as a player so you can spend as little time as possible in dungeons and get everything you need.… Expand
  22. PanchaMiguela
    Mar 3, 2023
    8
    It was my first Persona game, it was very fun because of the daily life and the combat is fun, but the dungeons being randomly generated was very disappointing with a sloppy mechanic in some of the floors put into it, I am glad that the dungeons can be completed in just like a couple of hours and move again into the fun part of the game. Glad they changed in Persona 5 with the palaces,It was my first Persona game, it was very fun because of the daily life and the combat is fun, but the dungeons being randomly generated was very disappointing with a sloppy mechanic in some of the floors put into it, I am glad that the dungeons can be completed in just like a couple of hours and move again into the fun part of the game. Glad they changed in Persona 5 with the palaces, Persona really needed actual level design and not the samey corridors with different decoration.… Expand
  23. agradecemais
    Feb 28, 2023
    10
    **Jogo** - Persona 4 Golden - Atlus - 2008
    Conheci a franquia Persona na pandemia quando eu joguei o estiloso Persona 5 que estava em promoção na PSN, de começo me apaixonei pelo jogo e destrinchei suas mais de 80 horas de jogo.
    Esse ano tive a felicidade de jogar seu anterior e posso dizer que apesar das diferenças obvias devido a diferença de tempo de produções de ambos seu anterior na    **Jogo** - Persona 4 Golden - Atlus - 2008
    Conheci a franquia Persona na pandemia quando eu joguei o estiloso Persona 5 que estava em promoção na PSN, de começo me apaixonei pelo jogo e destrinchei suas mais de 80 horas de jogo.
    Esse ano tive a felicidade de jogar seu anterior e posso dizer que apesar das diferenças obvias devido a diferença de tempo de produções de ambos seu anterior na fica devendo em nada.
    Nele controlamos Yu Narukami que passa a viver com seu Tio Dojima e sua filha Nanako na fictícia e pacata cidade de Inaba e lá começamos nosso primeiro dia de estudante onde vamos conhecer e conviver durante um ano com os habitantes dessa cidade, porém junto com o dia a dia há nessa um assassino que deixa os corpos de suas vitimas em situações estranhas sem deixar pistas.
    Os enredos dos jogos Persona normalmente segue esse estilo, um personagem de fora da cidade chega, lá ele conhece pessoas, se encontra diante de um desafio e assim a história se desenrola, porém esse desenrolar é onde está o brilho da série.
    Cada jogo trata de uma temática central onde ela é trabalhada através dos seus personagens e no andar da história.
    Persona 3 tem a temática morte, com predominância da cor azul e personagens mais sombrios e densos.
    Persona 5 trata da liberdade, com a predominância da cor vermelha e personagens carismáticos e fortes e principalmente rebeldes.
    Persona 4 trata da verdade no quesito de a busca pela verdade e de como somos realmente em nossos defeitos e qualidades, predominância da cor amarela e personagens que estão em processo de autodescoberta lidando com a descoberta de quem são realmente.
    Irei manter minha análise por aqui por que o que importa mesmo é o que está no profundo, o que está além, a mensagem do jogo abrange toda a sociedade, e como essa desvia o olhar para a verdade buscando o que está nas aparências, por incapacidade para lidar e aceitar o que realmente é, utilizando os mitos xintoístas como inspiração.
    Persona é aquele tipo de jogo que assim como Nier Automata, Final Fantasy, Okami e Journey que flertam com a filosofia, psicologia e principalmente com a Arte.
    Esses são jogos que quando finalizados você com certeza não é a mais pessoa de antes de apertar o Play!    … Expand
  24. archangel1
    Feb 27, 2023
    10
    When the true ending scroll came out, tears suddenly flowed. I felt like I was parting with my real friends. I found out then I was thinking of the characters in the game as real friends. Here are my friends, my family, and my life. I was able to live one more life in Persona 4.
  25. 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
  26. Aoplob
    Feb 12, 2023
    10
    Amazing game play it, its an order
    story:10
    gameplay:8
    characters:10
    peace
  27. 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 :(
  28. WindlessNight
    Jan 31, 2023
    10
    A steal for $20. Comparable to 5 in every aspect other than graphics. Difficulty is much more akin to the mainline games, the story is funny a lot of the time and interesting. The game’s true ending requires very specific options to be picked which is annoying. Absolutely fantastic game for getting into the franchise with the recent release everywhere.
  29. GirinZan
    Jan 29, 2023
    10
    The original Persona 4 was my perfect game and when I played P4G, my mind was blown that my perfect game can be made even better
  30. Kiko678
    Jan 28, 2023
    10
    Persona 4 Golden is still remains as one of the best JRPGs of all time. And in my opinion slightly beats Persona 5.
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#15 Best PC Game of 2020
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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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