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Persona 4 Review

This stylish role-playing social-simulation game packs a great story, realistic characters, and dozens of hours of enjoyment.
The Good
Multiple themed dungeons to explore
Fun and engaging combat
Great cast of realistic characters
Social links directly influence combat performance
Character stats have a strong effect on actions
The Bad
Poor camera when dungeon-crawling
Lots of reused shadow and personae artwork
Late last year, Atlus completely [...]

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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

An enormous fan of the past installments in the Persona franchise, I’ll be the first to admit that I was a tad skeptical when I heard that Persona 4 was dropping as soon as the end of 2008. Wrapping up my fourth run-through of Persona 3: FES, I was starting to feel like there wasn’t anything else the series could throw at me that I hadn’t seen before – and certainly not in such a short time span With the announcement that P4 would also be releasing on the Playstation 2, I couldn’t help but worry; would this just be Persona 3 with a fresh coat of paint and a new cast of cookie-cutter characters? I’m happy to report that while Persona 4 does hold quite a few similarities to its predecessor, it proves itself as a brand new experience from the ground up with unprecedented levels of innovation, character, and outright charisma

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