Games

Persona 4

Atlus

2008•RPG•ESRB M•About 91 hours

Taste attributes: adventurecomedydramafantasyanimalsdetectivemafia/gangstermartial artsmyth/fairytaleromancesportsteenfastunsavouryimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questcoming of agecomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashgame/competitionhuman spirit/resilience/survivallove conquers allrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemsunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, polished RPG, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

91 / 100

285 ratings

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About This Game

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.

Summary: IGDB

Story

A city teenager arrives in the sleepy rural town of Inaba to live with relatives for a year while his parents work abroad. His quiet new life is upended when a string of bizarre, unexplained murders grips the town, the victims found hanging in impossible ways amid a creeping fog. A local rumor claims that gazing into a switched-off television on a rainy midnight reveals a hidden face, and when the protagonist and his new schoolmates investigate, they are pulled into a strange, fog-shrouded realm that exists inside the TV. There they meet a curious creature and awaken to the power of Persona,...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureComedyDramaFantasyAnimalsDetectiveMafia/gangsterMartial artsMyth/fairytaleRomanceSportsTeenAll consuming questComing of ageComplex relationshipDeep rivalryFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashGame/competitionHuman spirit/resilience/survivalLove conquers allRescue/escape/jeopardySocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seemsUnlikely connections

Keywords

Life simulationBasketballMartial artsAnimeSerial killerDetectiveMurderInvestigation

Details

Developer: Atlus
Publishers: Atlus, Ubisoft Australia
Released: 10 July 2008
Series: Megami Tensei
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 60h rushed, 91h normally, 118h complete
Age rating: ESRB M
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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