

Yes, I had missed an entire act of Persona 4’s plot my first time around, and I was still satisfied with how it turned out! How many games could you say that about? When I returned to the food court at Junes, I initiated the game’s final act.Įveryone has changed a bit since you saw them last, each manifesting what they had learned during their year with you. This time, I opted to continue exploring.

On my first play-through, I assumed that I had done all I needed to do, and that further exploration would yield nothing more. After walking through town and meeting everyone who has been important to you during your year in Inaba, the game prompts you to decide whether you have finished your day. More important was my choice on my last day in Inaba. You don’t want to get on Marie-chan’s bad side Marie’s story didn’t add a lot to the glorious whole of Persona 4 Golden, but it was a nice bonus, if only for the delightful bit of comedic fan-service that follows the successful completion of her mission. This time, having maxed out her social link, I was able to track her down and discover her true identity. She vanished one night and I never saw her again. My first time through I hadn’t reached level 10 in my social link with otherworldly amnesiac Marie. The biggest changes came towards the end of the game. You can see how the worst Valentine’s Day ever plays out in this video: It was interesting to see how the game dealt with the possibility that the player would say yes to every girl’s confession, but it left me feeling pretty disgusting, which is an odd emotion for a game to elicit. Forced to choose (and I chose Naoto, naturally), I left the other girls who I had led along feeling miserable and rejected. This all went off without a hitch until Valentine’s Day rolled around and all the girls wanted to profess their love at the same time. I managed to get all of the girls in the investigation team to go out with me, plus terrible trombonist Ayane.

This time, I decided to see what would happen if I dated everyone I could (I even teased Yosuke a bit, but no luck there). In my first (and, as far as I’m concerned, canonical) play-through, I dated budding actress Yumi. I also took the opportunity to play the cad. Without the need to spend my precious time on part-time jobs, I could instead concentrate on maxing out as many social links as possible, to unlock the best personas (avatars summoned in combat) and the best story moments. Since finishing the game last summer, I played again in New Game Plus mode (where some of your experience and attributes carry over, making the second play-through faster and easier).
