Thanks for the clarification!

I also think that since we don’t have a review of the original P4 in our archives like some sites, there is a little more justification to go into detail about the game as a whole as opposed to just talking about the new stuff. Plus the Persona series is a lot more popular now than it was even just those few years ago. So going into detail for people who may have heard about the game but never actually played it seemed valuable.

Finally I knew enough about the changes and additions to feel that regardless of one’s experience with P4, P4G had enough to make it worth playing for everyone. Which I did say in the review itself.

Dungeon crawling has a faster feel and first strikes are easier to attain, shuffle time has been reworked to take out the random aspect of choosing cards to strategically choosing the right combo to get what you want and get a full sweep to attain another guaranteed shuffle time after next battle, the bikes, the new way to fish that allows you to collect bugs to use as bait to catch certain fish instead of it being semi-random, the ability to choose attacks to place on fused personas instead of choosing the two over and over until a desired combination is achieved, and more that I haven’t even gotten to yet. Just felt like a review of P4 really, not P4 golden.

I dunno, what do you think?

Still even then, the characters of P4 do seem closer, and the game benefits from it. While I still prefer the atmosphere and story of P3 so far, I’m just barely hitting June in my copy of P4G, I’m definitely enjoying the interactions between the characters more here.

Although you do notice some out of place lines every once in a while. Some of Yosuke’s new battle lines sound more like he’s doing a Shaggy from Scooby Doo impersonation. But Chie’s stuff is just an abomination…

You tune it out/skip her lines immediately eventually, but that doesn’t mean it’s not terrible… Battles with her you can deal with it since she will just say a couple lines max..

In all seriousness, I know the long start isn’t for everyone. I just know that it took a lot for my original “favorite game ever” to be replaced… and it was replaced by the original Persona 4. Golden just makes it even stronger.

I need a Vita… and Vita Video Out so I can LP this sucker.

On the subject of the new VAs for Teddie and Chie…I think they’re good. Much as I enjoyed Dave Wittenberg’s performance, Teddie’s new VA does such a good job I honestly almost (emphasis on “almost”)forget that it’s not the same guy. Chie’s new VA does a good job all in all, enough that I got used to the change fast enough. Believe me, I’ve come across worse VA changes over the course of watching anime and playing games over the years.

Hell yeah.