[PS2] Persona 4 - Dec 9

[AladainAF]

Megacritic so far is 97. I hope reviews actually got this one right though.

I am so looking forward to this. I loved persona 3 with a passion, and this one only looks even better.

[Lyenae]

i have it pre-ordered

[Araex]

I was gonna wait for a price drop since $40 is a little high for a PS2 game, but I went ahead and ordered it when I saw the 97 score yesterday. I'm definitely hoping this lives up to the hype since it outscores P3:Fes, all FF games and the currently best scored next-gen JRPG (Valkyria Chronicles).

[Lyenae]

was 5 dollar discount on amazon

[Tabris]

Got a call that it's supposed to be in tomorrow. I'm skeptical of that, usually the local game store doesn't actually get shipments in until Wedneday or Thursday.

[CXB]

Yeah, they told me it will be in Tuesday too when they usually get games on Wednesdays. Gonna pick it up tomorrow morning after work. The reviews are ridiculous but I'm sure it will come down some as more get added.

I loved P3 and this seems to be very similar with a ton of small improvements.

[Darus Grey]

Amazon shipped mine today..so it'll be in tomarrow

[wild_whiskey]

I have to wait like another week. Persona 4 is one of the only releases I've seen where an English version isn't available in Korean game stores. A Korean language version has been available for months, even.

I'm dying inside.

[dumdee777]

I think I might get this, but never played the first 3. Will I be totally lost in story?

[AladainAF]

No, its a fresh story. If you enjoy P4, though, I highly suggest you pick up P3:FES afterward. It will surprise you how Japanized it is, but it grows on you - a lot.

[wild_whiskey]

If you don't have a tolerance for Japanese pop-art and culture, you can't get into it. However, I think even a minimal tolerance can develop into an appreciation. The characters in P3 become very likable, I heard P4's characters are even better.

[Vinen]

I beat this a few months ago. It's pretty good, I liked Persona 3 more though.

The games are unrelated.

[Meppe]

Living in euro-land so I'll have to endure waiting a few more days until my import gets here. Played and loved P3 to death and then played through The Answer on P3:FES when the time came. Later read up on The Journey in FES and realized that I missed out on a ton of new stuff so I'll have to give that a whirl again after I'm done with P4 and Nocturne/Lucifer's Call. Hope this is at least on par with P3 :]

[AladainAF]

Thoughts after just a few hours (@ 4/22):

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

So far so good, there are some things I like better in P3, but it might come around better on P4 - I greatly dislike the new card selection, because you have to hit the button before the card is "directly in front of you". I just don't like the card selection at all. Maybe its just cuz I suck at it.

Combat is fun, I LOVE finally being able to issue commands directly to the other party members. That is a huge improvement over P3.

All in all, so far so good. Game has definite potential for me to be better than P3, but just hasn't yet, but obviously I'm still technically at the start of the game.

[Ian808]

Picked this up yesterday(tuesday) before work and had a chance to play for a an hour last night. So far the story seems interesting and I do enjoy the Japanese humor they have in it. If you watch anime then you'll probably enjoy this game. I also ordered Per3:FES on amazon and will probably play that after I finish Per4. These two games will stop me from drinking for a couple weeks lol.