The WhatsNext verdict
Persona 4 is essential for players who want a warm, character-driven mystery wrapped around a deep, absorbing RPG routine. Come for the murder investigation, stay for the friends, music, and feeling of having lived an entire year with this cast.
What it does best
A cast you genuinely grow attached to
A soundtrack that becomes part of your memory
A remarkable blend of friendship, mystery, and dungeon RPG
A murder mystery that makes you theorize
What might put you off
Repetitive, corridor-heavy dungeons
Uneven pacing and dated humor
The setup
What you are walking into
An entry in the JRPG/visual novel hybrid Persona series in which the player has to harness the power of Personas and fight entities called Shadows by forging bonds with the locals of Inaba, a rural Japanese town thrown into unrest by inexplicable murders committed under cover of foggy weather and rumours of a television channel said to broadcast mysterious images on rainy nights.
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