DHGF: To say that I am a fan of Persona 4 would likely be a bit of an understatement at this point. While I felt that more could have been done with the game to differentiate it, in a large scale sense, from Persona 3, I’ve played through the Playstation 2 title a full two and a quarter times at this point, having tracked nearly three hundred hours on it in total, and it was my top game during our Adieu Playstation 2 feature, so clearly it’s made a mark on me. To say that I basically bought a Vita just because Atlus announced a rerelease of the game for the console also wouldn’t be too much of a stretch, to be honest. So when Atlus was nice enough to hand us a copy of Persona 4 Golden to review nearly a month before release… well, some begging was involved, but I’ve been given the chance to take the game through its paces and see what’s what. As I’m around thirty hours into the game at this point (I’ve just completed the third dungeon for those who are familiar with the PS2 release), I thought I’d put together a general observation of how the game is coming together so far, and while the final review will go into a lot more depth, this should give those who are anticipating the game a good idea of where things stand so far.
Atlus has announced a collaboration with a well-known Japanese distillery to launch the Persona series' very own whiskey, releasing tomorrow.
Only one of the games on the top ten is completely original.
90 percent of Metacrtitic's top ten highest-rated games of 2023 so far are remasters and remakes, with Hi-Fi Rush acting as the only wholly original game to make the list so far.
We might only be in March, but it seems like we've already got tons of great games to be talking about, including Dead Space, Resident Evil 4, Hi-Fi Rush, Persona 4 Golden, and Metroid Prime Remastered. There is one commonality between those games, however - most of them are remakes and remasters.
Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royale receive high praise and low prices with accolades trailer & generous sales.
Can't blame you there. The bargains don't come too often on the eShop, that's for sure.
I feel like they're getting stingier and stingier, at this point, if the game is on something else, I'd rather buy it there where it's cheaper.
Already own physical versions of Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Strikers along with digital versions of Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden on Switch. Will definitely double dip if physical versions of Persona 3 Portable and Persona 4 Golden.
