Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

 PlayStation 4
User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 26 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 26
  3. Negative: 7 out of 26

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  1. Xplocion
    Mar 25, 2022
    7
    The good
    Relaunch of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax for the current generation (remember that this game was one of the last games of the Xbox 360/PS3 generation). Intermediate story scenes, some gallery images and intro animation have been rescaled (the rest of the game has not). The story revolves around Labrys and picks up right where it left off in Persona 4 Arena (in Mayonaka TV, or normal    The good
    Relaunch of Persona 4 Arena Ultimax for the current generation (remember that this game was one of the last games of the Xbox 360/PS3 generation). Intermediate story scenes, some gallery images and intro animation have been rescaled (the rest of the game has not). The story revolves around Labrys and picks up right where it left off in Persona 4 Arena (in Mayonaka TV, or normal P4A), with Labrys being the bridge to unite two generations of "chosen children" from Persona 3 and Persona 4 in one adventure. where they beat each other up. The chosen ones from Persona 3 are already younger adults and the ones from Persona 4 are high school teenagers. Margarette, Adachi and Marie are already in the base game, you don't need to pay for the DLC.

    The bad
    It's the same game that we saw in 2014 on Xbox 360/PS3, a soulless relaunch (although it is true that the game pushed the Xbox 360 and PS3 to the limit listening to the heat sinks and air extractors with all that blink-blink , transparencies and effects on screen). If you feel lost in the story or you don't click to connect with the characters you may leave it very quickly. If your thing is not to read or enter the story mode to get into the lore and you don't want to revisit Persona 3, Persona 4 (Normal), Persona 4: Golden, Persona 4 Arena (Normal) this is not your game as beautiful as it looks or for more anime aesthetics it has. The Mizoguchi (or something like that) gargantuan final boss we had already seen him be reused in Blazblue Chronophantasm as "the legendary beast" feels more like a skin to see him again.

    Lo Meh!:
    I hope and the online of this game does not die soon as in its Xbox 360/PS3 versions, here there is no excuse for generational change. Hopefully they will be encouraged to release the game on Xbox Series, which at the time was on 360, both this and its previous game, even in Persona 4 Arena (normal) is backward compatible and the Ultimax is not. The minimum effort of Arc System works in this game is noticeable    … Expand

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#13 Best PS4 Game of 2022
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#15 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2022

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. ZTGD
    Sep 15, 2022
    80
    Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is no doubt a great fighting game. It offers a decent story mode and a few extra bells and whistles. On top of that, a top notch netcode and this is a solid fighting game experience. Is it beginner friendly? I’m not so sure. Is it a must purchase for Persona fans? Possibly, but keep in mind, this is a complex fighting game that will require hours of devotion to get into completely.
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  2. PSX Brasil
    May 7, 2022
    80
    Persona 4 Ultimax is an excellent title and quite unique in the fighting genre with its dynamics of controlling the characters and their Personas. It is, therefore, a game that is certainly worth checking out by fans of the genre and the series. The only question left is when to dedicate yourself to the game: now, at its relaunch, or when the future rollback update happens (and the competitive scenario of the title rises).
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  3. PLAY
    May 3, 2022
    80
    There’s some old clunk, no cross-platform play, and a lack of rollback based netcode for online play (it’ll be added for free in summer), which reveals the game’s age. But otherwise everything is here, from DLC to previously arcade-only tweaks. And all at a higher resolution, natch. It’s so much fun that you can’t help but yearn for a grander series comeback (imagine how Persona 5’s cast could fit in). But for now, this is one more chance for Persona adventures, and a great fighter to boot. [Issue#14, p.83]
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