This 12 months, I took my first step into the world of Persona. As somebody who’s into horror, with an awesome curiosity in visible novels and turn-based battling, you’d suppose I’d have made the plunge sooner, however no. The Persona video games have sat in my ever-expanding backlog for some time now, and as soon as Persona 4 Golden made its method to the Nintendo Change earlier this 12 months, I made a decision that it was time.
I began with Persona 4 Golden,figuring that this may set me up properly to play each Persona 5 Royale and the upcoming Persona 3 Reload title properly, contemplating they’re all self-contained tales. With that call made, I buttoned up my faculty uniform and delved into the mysterious – however cosy – city of Inaba, which is impressed by Mount Fuji and riddled with fixed catastrophe.
I didn’t fairly anticipate to change into as enthralled as I did with Persona 4 Golden, however Atlus creates deeply fascinating characters and locations them in a world that feels completely lived in, with fight that – whereas repetitive – is satisfying to get proper. I received’t be the primary or final to say among the creepy jokes or dynamics that additionally emerge, which admittedly add to only how unnerving every thing else is, however these apart, this murder-mystery oozes model and boasts a roster of characters you’ll rapidly change into hooked up to.