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    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4

    Game » consists of 5 releases. Released Jul 10, 2008

    Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is a role-playing game developed and published by Atlus for the PlayStation 2. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. Like its predecessor, its gameplay combines a traditional role-playing game with elements of a social simulation. Its critical and commercial success spawned a sizable media empire, including several spinoff titles.

    Question I've been asking myself for a while (Game Over theme)

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    #1  Edited By FluxWaveZ

    Why is it that they used "Aria of the Soul" as the "Game Over" theme when "The Path Was Closed" from Persona 3 was obviously better?  Am I crazy thinking that?  It doesn't matter that the poem that scrolls is longer or modified from P3 as I'm sure they could have fitted it in somehow if they really wanted to, but, to me, "The Path Was Closed" is way more impactful than the normal and passive "Aria of the Soul". 
     
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    #2  Edited By eldiax

    Yeah I agree with you, P3's game over is wonderful. Although I did hear it way more times than P4's. Way way more :)

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    #3  Edited By ashogo

    I like P3's game over message more too. Simple, and moving. P4's wall of text makes me immediately just shut my brain off.

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    #4  Edited By mutha3

    Yup. Never got why, ''the path was closed'' is a lot more impactfull
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    #5  Edited By SpiralStairs

    I would've thought they would make a new song just for P4. I really like that song though, but I agree that P3's is better.
     
    By the way, you should take a look at Nocturne's game over screen.
     
      

      SMT games have some pretty cool game over screens. I guess it makes up for the fact that you'll be seen them more often that you'd like.
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    #6  Edited By vigorousjammer

    I dunno... maybe because it's A DIFFERENT GAME!!
    I do agree, though P3's was better.

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    #7  Edited By FCKSNAP
    @Vigorousjammer said:
    " I dunno... maybe because it's A DIFFERENT GAME!! I do agree, though P3's was better. "
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    #8  Edited By FluxWaveZ
    @Vigorousjammer said:
    " I dunno... maybe because it's A DIFFERENT GAME!! I do agree, though P3's was better. "
    Still doesn't justify using the same theme from Igor's quarters from Persona 3 and Persona 4 for the game over theme instead of using something unique.
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    #9  Edited By FCKSNAP

    *threadjacking* I got my Junpei hat today, I feel special.

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