Yes, we ARE all trapped in a maze of relationships

I just finished Persona 4, and I should have a lot to say about it considering how much I loved it. But in reality, I've been playing it for so long that I've already professed that love again and again in my head, and articulating those thoughts seems kind of redundant, now.

All I can really say is that Persona 3 and 4 represent the best new ideas to surface in JRPGs in a long time. They are sleek, charming and aesthetically unique. Not only are they set in the real world - a novelty in itself - but they manage to be more thematically resonant to modern life than other franchises.

Something that ATLUS can work on for the next installment, though, is learning how to sustain that greatness over the course of an eighty-hour game. While Persona 4 is technically more refined than 3 in terms of gameplay, I find that 3's story managed to maintain its dramatic weight more evenly in the end.

Now I can finally look at my Persona 4 art book without fear of spoilers.

EDIT: Oh, bullshit.

Apparently there's a True Ending that I didn't unlock.

Well... I guess that's what YouTube is for.