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Persona-mazing
posted by StarRaven (BOYNTON BEACH, FL) Aug 13, 2012
Member since May 2011
2 out of 4 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
First, let me just remind everyone how terrible a game Blaze Blue was. AWFUL.
Anyone who tried to be hip was in denial and say otherwise pretended it was this great new fighting game. It wasn't. THIS IS.
This game may have the best integration of story you could ever get in a fighting game, let alone a 2-D fighter.
It does a great job of translating a lot of the moves and magic from the RPG into a fighting mechanic and the characters are great interpretations of their RPG selves.
The downside is, I wish there were more characters, especially from Persona 3, although 1 and 2 would have been nice. But, then again, this game is technically an extension of Persona 4's story (which is awesome).
I wish there were more stages too and despite what appears to be a long soundtrack, I feel like I hear the same songs all the time. Good thing the music is so good.
It's relatively easy to pick up and mash. But there's an extensive amount of depth for the hardcore. The variety of character types is pretty good too.
At the end of the day though, it's a fighting game. Which will always be limited in replay value no matter how much story there is, how many trials/challenges there are, how many "modes" they put in, or even how many friends you have. Luckily, online is pretty fun, and the story mode alone will give you your money's worth (and it's a fighting game!?!)
Fighting games are perfect for GameFly.
If they ever do an Super Ultra Complete Mega Final Edition Persona 4 Area Plus, with more characters and bonuses, it'll definitely be worth playing through again.
Anyone who tried to be hip was in denial and say otherwise pretended it was this great new fighting game. It wasn't. THIS IS.
This game may have the best integration of story you could ever get in a fighting game, let alone a 2-D fighter.
It does a great job of translating a lot of the moves and magic from the RPG into a fighting mechanic and the characters are great interpretations of their RPG selves.
The downside is, I wish there were more characters, especially from Persona 3, although 1 and 2 would have been nice. But, then again, this game is technically an extension of Persona 4's story (which is awesome).
I wish there were more stages too and despite what appears to be a long soundtrack, I feel like I hear the same songs all the time. Good thing the music is so good.
It's relatively easy to pick up and mash. But there's an extensive amount of depth for the hardcore. The variety of character types is pretty good too.
At the end of the day though, it's a fighting game. Which will always be limited in replay value no matter how much story there is, how many trials/challenges there are, how many "modes" they put in, or even how many friends you have. Luckily, online is pretty fun, and the story mode alone will give you your money's worth (and it's a fighting game!?!)
Fighting games are perfect for GameFly.
If they ever do an Super Ultra Complete Mega Final Edition Persona 4 Area Plus, with more characters and bonuses, it'll definitely be worth playing through again.
Only for Fans of the Series(?)
posted by pswilliams986 (ROCKY POINT, NC) Oct 9, 2012
Member since Oct 2011
1 out of 2 gamers (50%) found this review helpful
I've never played Persona 4. I plan to rent Persona 4 Golden for the Vita to give the series a shot, but I felt like playing a fighting game. The story mode was terrible. About an hour of cliché, anime walls of texts that are always either meandering babble meant as comic relief or exposition and only five, single-round fights. If you start off with the story mode without going into the training you'll be completely lost as to how to control your character in fight. The campaign's main attraction is the story, not the gameplay and it's not a very interesting or well presented story. It might just be because I'm new to the series, but it seems like every game with an anime art style game has a ridiculously convoluted story.
That being said, the other modes are fun enough. The actual fighting isn't bad. It's certainly not the best, but the unique art style gives them personality and the "personas" make the battles really chaotic.
I'm giving it a 4 because the main attraction of this game, the thing that sets it apart from other fighting games, is the story mode (which, if you couldn't tell, I didn't care for.)
That being said, the other modes are fun enough. The actual fighting isn't bad. It's certainly not the best, but the unique art style gives them personality and the "personas" make the battles really chaotic.
I'm giving it a 4 because the main attraction of this game, the thing that sets it apart from other fighting games, is the story mode (which, if you couldn't tell, I didn't care for.)
A Perfect Persona Adventure!
posted by damianrock (DULUTH, GA) Sep 11, 2012
Member since Nov 2007
I honestly wasn't that excited to play the game thinking it would lack in the story compared to the real games, but the story is very good, well written, a tear-jerker, and the gameplay is fun!
It is a nice surprise and the story really makes you want to complete all of the story to find out everything.
The fighting, non-story, gamplay is as good as any game I suppose, and the online was pretty fun too.
This game really adds-up to a quality product that I played for over a month.... last time I did that was Final Fantasy.
It is a nice surprise and the story really makes you want to complete all of the story to find out everything.
The fighting, non-story, gamplay is as good as any game I suppose, and the online was pretty fun too.
This game really adds-up to a quality product that I played for over a month.... last time I did that was Final Fantasy.
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