Persona 4: Be Your True Mind

[Wolf Kanno]

So Persona 4 comes out one December 9th in the U.S. Who else is looking forward to this wonderful sequel to the sleeper hit series?

I'm going to miss the shooting yourself in the head to summon your Persona but the other features look promising like the expanded Social Link system that allows you to have a link with all your party members and even choose with the girls if you want to be romantically involved or just be good friends.

I will probably miss the fact that your party members are no longer A.I. controlled cause it was beautifully done in P3 but I'm looking forward to the return of area specific dungeons as opposed to the one major dungeon of P3.

The soundtrack also sounds exceptional which is why I'm happy the game comes with it.

[Slothy]

P4? Christ, I haven't even gotten around to beating P3 yet. I may get it for when I some day have the time to play through the whole thing, but I know how the next year looks as far as diving into long RPG's for me, and it's pretty bad. Add in the fact that I'm getting Valkyria Chronicles for Christmas and it's even worse.

The next year is going to suck for me as far as playing games.

[Zeromus_X]

Actually you can choose to set them on AI or manually control them.

Anyways yeah, it's gonna be pretty awesome. I'm considering buying the "Social Link Expansion Pack" because it contains a stuffed Teddie.

[Momiji]

I dunno yet. I never did get even halfway through P3FES.

[Markus. D]

If I have missed FES, will I miss alot of the PIV plot?

I haven't really played any but right through P3

[Tasura]

I still have to get FES, and about a dozen other games when I get money =/. And right now I'm waiting for my Imagine beta invite.

[Gilghamut]

I'm definitely looking forward to it, and already got my copy pre-ordered. It got reviewed in Play magazine, and the guy thought it was better than P3.

[LunarWeaver]

I might have Gamefly send it to me. P3 was too long for me, but I still pushed forward and beat it without taking any breaks. That surely means something. It was a fun game and all.

[Wolf Kanno]

Actually you can choose to set them on AI or manually control them.

Anyways yeah, it's gonna be pretty awesome. I'm considering buying the "Social Link Expansion Pack" because it contains a stuffed Teddie.

I had not heard about the option to switch control. Also, this is the first I've heard of the "Social Link Expansion" care to elaborate?

If I have missed FES, will I miss alot of the PIV plot?

I haven't really played any but right through P3

Though P4 takes place in the same world (you even get to visit a few locations from P3) they are not directly connected. So you should be safe.

I still need to pre-order cause even though I have no money, I'm planning on getting a relative to pick it up for me for Christmas. I just need to get the pre-order so I get all the extra goodies. Lately Atlus has really been awesome with their packaging and pre-orders.

[Depression Moon]

Hmm, since I read the review on Persona 3 I think I might get it, but if all the games aren't seperate entities like FF, then I think I'll have to start with the first. I can't believe they're still making games for the PS2.

[Wolf Kanno]

Hmm, since I read the review on Persona 3 I think I might get it, but if all the games aren't seperate entities like FF, then I think I'll have to start with the first. I can't believe they're still making games for the PS2.

The games are loosely connected. Its strongly suggested that all the games take place in the same world though P2 causes a few debates on this. Yet they are not connected to the point where you need to play previous installments (once again P2 is an exception). Overall, each game might as well be separate worlds.

As for it being made on the PS2, it makes me happy to see this cause it means I can play it. It also allowed them to release it faster cause it would have probably taken a few years to remake the game mechanics for the next-gen hardware.

[Vermachtnis]

I got it preordered and paid it off a couple months ago. I can't wait. The waiting is unbearable. And like I told my friend, I should probably stop watching the opening expecting the ninth come faster xD. I'm just beary excited about it. And I love the new battle theme. And what's the Social Link expansion pack, cause that stuffed Teddie sounds beary awesome.

[Dreddz]

I'm going to wait for reviews to see if Ill pick Persona 4 up. I liked a lot of things about Persona 3 but they were balanced out by a lot of things I hated. For one I hope Persona 4 has multiply dungeons rather than just one. And I hope they ease down on the j-pop, there is only so much of that stuff I can stomach.

[JKTrix]

P4 does have multiple dungeons. That was definitely the main 'negative' of P3 for me. As for the JPop, impressions I've managed to absorb say the soundtrack is much better. Still J-pop, but there are more songs. Part of the whole '1 dungeon' thing in P3 meant that there was 1 main 'dungeon/battle' song :P the multiple dungeons in P4 have multiple songs.

Preordered a while back to get the artbook, though the game is likely to go into my immediate backlog.

[scrumpleberry]

Never played any, but they've got great music.