Persona 4 Golden

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Persona 4 Golden is the jRPG and the remake of the Persona 4, released four years after the original. This is the fifth part of Persona series which is at the same time a sub-series to an even bigger franchise called Shin Megami Tensei. The remake is released exclusively for PS Vita handheld.

Gameplay

There is a similar pattern to all Persona games: the gameplay is divided into the usual school life and the underworld dungeon crawler part. During the first sections of the game, the player controls the protagonist and examines the city, transits between location and forms Social Links with the other students. The underworld part includes distorted location from the common life which the protagonist must explore with his squad. During the exploration, there are multiple random encounters and boss battles involved.

Story

The story takes place in Inaba — fictional city. The main characters explore the serious of murders bizarrely to find out, what happened and who is behind those killings. During their investigations, the team comes across a unique ability to summon their inner selves called personas.

Golden version

The new character —Marie with the individual story arc was added into the expanded version as well as an internet connection allowing one to get help in the battles. Also, minor improvements were introduced into anime videos and lines in the game.

Release Date

Nov 20, 2012

Metacritic Score

89

Rating

Achievements Count

189

Play Time

80-90 Hours

ESRB

Mature 17+: Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Violence

System Requirements

Minimum:

  • CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 / AMD Phenom II X2 550
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 / AMD Radeon HD 5770
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • HDD: 14 GB

Recommended:

  • CPU: Intel Core i5-650 / AMD Phenom X4 940
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 / AMD Radeon HD 6870
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 14 GB

Interesting Facts

  • Persona 4 takes place in the fictional, rural Japanese town of Inaba, which lies among floodplains and has its own high school and shopping districts.
  • The protagonist is a high school student, named Yu Narukami in later media, who has recently moved from the city to attend school at Inaba.
  • Two new Social Links. Both Social Links are capable of unlocking new story content: Marie and Tohru Adachi.
  • New difficulty levels have been added, similarly to Persona 3 Portable: Safety, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Risky
  • The game’s ending then plays out the same.
  • More Personas, including new Ultimate Personas for the Investigation Team.
  • New Garden and Bug Catching activities.
  • A Trophy system has been added.

Mod Support

Yes

Cheats support

Yes

Contains Game/Battle Pass

Yes

LGBTQ Inclusive

Yes

Virtual Reality Support

Yes

Platforms

Nintendo Switch PC PlayStation 2 PlayStation 4 PS Vita Xbox One Xbox Series S Xbox Series X

Genres

RPG

Protagonist sex

Male

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