Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 Comments by Christian Donlan
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Ninja_Tino
19/03/09 @ 11:51
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An 8? That surprises me. I'm 20 hours in and I'd definitely give it a 9 at the moment.
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JohnnyWashnGo
19/03/09 @ 11:51
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Also have this on the pile, on top of Persona 3 FES :)
I _will_ play them someday, just not right now. Resi 5 is taking up too much of my time at the moment. |
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neonemesis
19/03/09 @ 11:52
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Have this on the pile. I'm afraid it will stay there for a while. Damn all these games.
I know what you mean! My pile is getting dangerously high... |
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ChadSexington
19/03/09 @ 11:57
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Eurogamer's reviews are getting shitter and shitter - Persona 4 worse than Fable II? I think not.
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Chrono-Kun
19/03/09 @ 12:03
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I was hoping a 10/10 would suffice since... Persona 3 got a 9. =/ Damn Eurogamer for getting sucked into the hype and rate overrated games like Fable II
Persona 4 >>>>>>>>>>>> Fable II |
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I am totally enjoying this game. They definitely have to bring this to PS3 and 360. That would make the graphics 100% anime and be the final icing as it were.
The story is played out as I am always waffling on that they should be. You basically get to be the star of a great adventure. Nothing that happens ever takes you out of that feeling and you grow to genuinely care for the cast you are trying to defend. If you like the persona games you will like this. |
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Cloud-Strife
19/03/09 @ 12:13
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Good score, was hoping for a nine though...Should be getting it today...
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Vertical Stand
19/03/09 @ 12:22
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Don't see why the score has to be higher for Persona 4, agree with some of the observations in the review. Found I couldn't get on with Persona 3 FES which I bought on the back of the gushing praise on the forum, so each to their own.
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GamesProgrammer
19/03/09 @ 12:23
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Do all the Persona games work ok on the 60gig PS3, im quite interested in getting these .
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toythatkills
19/03/09 @ 12:24
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Eight is a fair score. I've finished the game, I love the Persona series, and eight is fair.
I wouldn't give the review an eight though. Lord does it drag on. It's obscenely wordy. I'm sure it's so you can sell more advertising, but still. Saying in three paragraphs what it could and should say in one. Using a register that appears to be more about showing off the writer's vocabulary than analysing the game. Irrelevent references and comparisons throughout. Factual errors. Paragraph upon paragraph of explanation of the games systems without telling us whether or not they're good. Three pages long and the criticisms fit into a few lines at the end? Is this really written for Eurogamer's target audience? I'm thinking not. |
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A few note on it's PAL presentation:
The style choices in the game a re a little diffirent from P3; the real world is a more realistic looking making for a bigger contrast with the unreal world. With a big tradeoffthat whenever something moves in anything but the smalles enviroments they OH MY GOD THE BLURRING! Whenever something moves onscreen, or everything if it's the camera, excapt in the small enviroments, there is absolutely massive blurring of the moving object. |
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toythatkills
19/03/09 @ 13:06
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Get Homunculus in gold chests, or from the shopping channel (may be the sticker prize, I can't remember, I'm sure there's a week you can buy them though)
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CordableTuna
19/03/09 @ 13:30
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I really tried to like Persona 3, but I finally succumbed to boredom at around the 20 hour mark, after realizing I had played for an hour without making a single meaninful decision or fighting a single interesting battle. Persona 3 had a strong start, but after a while you end up in a situation where you're slowly making your way through a maze where everything looks the same, fighting monsters that pose no threat to you. Then you go to school, where the object is to add points to your skills by listening to conversations you've heard before. And watching the loading screen every 15 seconds or so.
The game would be perfectly fine if it was trimmed a bit. I think Persona series seriously needs a Director's Cut. |
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Ninja_Tino
19/03/09 @ 13:31
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It does work on thr 60gig ps3 but it doesn't display in the lower left box where you are or what you're going to click on. Not a big deal, just an annoyance. Also, some saves can get corrupted so use multiple files. Although, corrupted saves can suddenly work when you retry them, but still, better safe than sorry.
And yes, I have seen the play review. It is one of the worst reviews I've ever read, and that includes player reviews. |
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@ Zuluhero.
Dunno. I only played a bit of P4 when my copy arrived so I to make sure the disc was ok. P3 I haven't finished. It's Atlus, small print runs, high used game prices. So I think a brand spnking new copy of P4 will be the cheapest. (something to keep in mind: all these late gen ps2 releases are very cheap anyway. I haven't seen a new ps2 game over 35 euros since the beginning of fall last year) |
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One of the more well-written reviews of P4 so far, and the score seems just about right. I love all the small improvements over Persona 3 - which I felt was flawed and overrated - but like its predecessor, the slow pace and sheer length of the game can cause boredom and frustration (P3 took me 90 hours to finish and so far I'm roughly halfway through P4 at about 50 hours in total).
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FenderMaster
19/03/09 @ 14:36
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Didn't really like Persona 3 (I must be the only one) and have yet to finish it.... I just got so sick of dull Tartarus level grinding...
Not sure if I'll give this a shot... |
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a warning to those impatient:
the review says 2 hours of button clicking.. i found it to be about 3 and a half hours before i actually got the 'ability' to open the in-game menu's. (y'know, like equipment/options/quit to main menu and all that) until that point, it didnt really feel like a -game-, more like an overlong intro. like watching an anime where the dialog has pauses inbetween and its all done from one camera view. i think there was... 3? fights in that 3 and a half hours of 'button pressing' other than that, im enjoying the originality of it. its certainly different. and I -think- the game has started proper now, so looking forward to the randomised dungeons.. |
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