Persona 4 Golden - By day, students; by night, world-savers

19 August 2020, 11:37 / by Tom Schwiha
Persona 4 Golden - By day, students; by night, world-savers

With inner strength on the hunt for a killer. In the game Persona 4 Golden by developer ATLUS, a peaceful town is beset by brutal deaths. Only one group of teenagers is able to uncover the background and end the killing.

New Apartment, New Worries

Student Yui Narukami has personal problems. To get away from them for a while, he moves in with his uncle and his children in the small town of Inaba. While Yui tries to get used to small-town life, mysterious deaths start to pile up. It quickly becomes clear that they are connected to a secret TV station that can only be seen at midnight. Before Yui knows it, he is pulled into the TV world and attacked by monsters. The boy seems lost. But then a power awakens in him that will help Yui fight the monsters: a Persona!

Armed with this power, the student sets out to find the background of the murders and end the dying in Inaba.

Between Monster Hunting and School Life

Persona 4 Golden offers an unusual mix of tactical, turn-based role-playing and coming-of-age drama. Because Yu's everyday life is not just about fighting the forces of evil on a tour. As a teenager, he has to attend school in Inaba, participate in sports activities and explore city life. This way, new characters are waiting around every corner with whom Yui can enter into a bond to improve his persona. For example, if Yui spends a lot of time with his friend Yosuke, a bond of friendship is established and strengthened, which allows Yui to use stronger persona. But not only Yosuke wants to spend time with Yui. Many figures are waiting with their very own stories in Inaba for the players, so that there is always something to do outside of monster hunting.

The Power from Within

When Yui and his friends enter the midnight channel, they call forth the powers that slumber within them. Each character has their own persona that can go into battle. But Yui himself is the exception. Because for mysterious reasons, the boy can not only activate one persona. Over time, you will learn how to discover new personas and how they can be improved through battle or strengthening friendships. It is always worth taking different personas into battle, because every opponent has certain strengths and weaknesses against which the players can go with a corresponding persona. This gives the fights more variety, because you can always try which of your personas is currently most effective and how your team can best reach the goal.

Golden Times

The Golden version of Persona 4, among other things, offers you two new friendship bands that you can tie to create new personas. In addition, you will receive new side stories that revolve around the young Adachi and Marie from the so-called Velvet Room. In addition, you will receive the soundtrack and a digital art book around Yui and his friends from Persona 4 Golden.

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