You liked our old game? Come help us make the next one!
Could you imagine? I would think that would make a really fan-y game, but I'm sure that Atlus had some checks and balances in place. In a postmortem, Atlus said that they added Persona 3 fans to the P4 development team. They helped by getting feedback on the first game and evaluating content on the new one. I thought that Persona 4 improved just about everything wrong with Persona 3, so maybe this should be something game makers do going forward.
There's plenty more interesting tidbits in Atlus' Persona 4 postmortem, found on Gamasutra. They say that they think they flubbed up one of the character's designs, though we won't get into that, as it is a potential spoiler. Also, Atlus says that they didn't think the in-game weather system went off as well as they had originally hoped. I never really thought about it, but now I see what they're talking about. See for yourself in the full postmortem here.
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4:20 PM on 10.07.2009
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I have lots of advice on how to fix things, too. For instance, the game clearly needs more of Funky Student. I think I'd bring a lot to the table in terms of Funky's continuing adventures.
It should be obvious, but if not: Click here (Durp. Spoiler Warning.) Personally I don't know what there on about, I thought said villain looked perfect...
/Fonzy
Hovering on this link spoils it too, just so you're aware.
When it's Persona 4 they are dissecting, I squeal in joy.
But yeah, what everyone else said.
I truly baffles me when people say Persona has too much grinding involved. I just do not understand the sentiment, since the games are built from the ground up to DISCOURAGE grinding.