Heres my review of persona 4 for those who are on the fence with this game.
Pros
-Engrossing Story
- Fresh/Thematic Level Design
-100+ hours of gameplay.
-Belivable and gripping Charcter design.
Cons
-WTF!!! 3 hours of exposition until you can play.
-Turn Based combat may detract from the game for some.
-Inaba may be too small to support such a large percentage of games time/ Extra areas would have been nice.
-Difficulty may be too much for those who are to proud to go on normal mode.
Verdict
Persona 4 is a welcomed change in the world of turn based rpgs. It retains enough of the rpg genre to satisfy hardcore fans but welcomes new ideas which help the game from ever feling unoriginal. If you can stomach turn based combat and are in the market for a good game then this is for you.
9.5
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yeah, I actually liked the 3 hour intro. It was all interesting to me, and let me really get a feel of the world before I delved into the 100+ hour game.
The only thing I didn't enjoy was the brutal difficulty. This is probably one of the first games where I have had to play the entire game on Easy... ;__;
I do have to agree with you that the entire intro sequence to P4 could have been paced a little better.
3 Normal is harder than P4 Expert.
Largely because of AI (Read: Retarded AI, Marin Karin + Tentarafoo anyone?) controlled characters, and Physical attacks being split into 3 types.
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Recruiting Captain Naotobvious in the last third who proceeds to repeat every piece of story exposition up to that point in every cut scene until the end of the game is just a bit annoying too.
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