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My personal Persona 4 endurance run
Added by megalowho on Feb. 25, 2009
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So I've picked up Persona 4 again after taking a little break from the game, in big part to the GIant Bomb crew playing through the game themselves. It's the month of October now for me and the story is moving along nicely. I have my full party and 3 or 4 max social links, and it's all been entertaining throughout. My stable of personas is formidable, I'm around level 52 or so. I love the game and it's absurd japenese style, but playing for this long has also clearly defined the negatives of the series as well for me.

The gameplay routine does get stale over time. It forced me to burn out on Persona 3 FES multiple times, though I almost always returned eventually to continue progress, and already once more with Persona 4. I usually play these games exclusively though for a week or more at a time, they're that engrossing, so maybe spreading out playtime will help alleviate this. 

It is a PS2 game, and despite the creativity found in the presentation and look of the game it feels very last gen in many ways. The battle gameplay works just fine but the dungeons themselves, navigating through the town, and the camera could have really benefited from a rethinking and upgrade. Atlus in all likelyhood will continue the series on the PS3 and 360 eventually, and it will be interesting to see what changes and how drastically.

Everything else I've been enjoying, and I just hope I have the endurance myself to finish the game. I fell short with Persona 3 but I'm even more into the P4 characters, story and setting so I think that will push me forward. I am really enjoying the videos on the site though, hope they're able to keep putting them out even when things become a bit of a grind or hours of progress are lost.
Related to: Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

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