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12. Persona 4: The Golden
Vita, 2012

Oh boy, I better get my flame shield ready for this one. Back when Persona 5 dropped, I thought it looked cool so I tried it out even though I had never played a game in the SMT series, let alone the Persona series. It was love at first sight, and 120 hours and a platinum trophy later, I was still craving more Persona. Enter Persona 4: The Golden.

Obviously, I had heard a lot about P4 from Board 8, and I loved P5 so I was pretty excited to get started. Unfortunately, I pretty quickly started feeling like it was just a watered down Persona 5 in every way. It felt like everything was slightly worse, and while P5 oozes style, this one didn't seemed kind of... lame. Like, the character models all look kind of dorky in a way. Gameplay-wise, it's not even a comparison. I prefer 5's cast but that's really just personal taste. Combine that with some Persona burnout after a long P5 playthrough, and this was doomed to be abandoned from the start. The cherry on top is that the one time I tried to jump back in, I realized my save file had been accidentally erased.

I feel like I probably would have enjoyed this game a lot if I played it before P5, but going back is really tough. Still, as a Board 8er I feel a sense of obligation to finish this game, and it's not like I think it's terrible or anything. However, having just recently sunk 130 more hours into The Royal, it's going to be awhile before I try tackling this again. And I'm definitely playing in Japanese next time cause good Lord was that voice acting bad. I'm looking at you, Teddie.

Bonus Question: Has a sequel ever rendered earlier entries painful to play for you?

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