Every once in a while, I step into GameStop, looking for a good game to buy for my Vita and I see Persona 4 Golden lying on the shelves. I look at the game each time and I say to myself, it looks good, but meh. Then one day I pick up a GameStop card from school, telling myself I was going to get one game and my teacher just so happened to be talking about the Persona in class, and I said, Forget it, I am getting Persona.

That was one of the best choices I have ever made. I bought the game and I could not put it down for months. I played it wherever I could, whether it be home, on the train, or sitting somewhere in school. I never played any of the previous games, but Persona 4 Golden hooked me to the series within one hour of playing.

The graphics are not that great, but they are still very well done considering the size of the game and the space that is needed. The graphics also make me think back to the Yu-gi-oh 5D's DS games which had similar graphics and was a bestselling game. Even though the graphics are not considered to be at their very best, the characters, settings, and buildings are still fun to look at and do not cause the overall gameplay to be set back.

The Sound is absolutely amazing. Every song that is played during the game is good enough to be bought, downloaded, and played without playing the game, they are that good. The music varies depending on where you are and what you are doing and some of the songs will be trapped in your minds after the first couple of plays and you won't be able to forget them. Some of the best songs include I'll Face Myself, which is one of the most iconic video games songs of all time in my opinion.

Addictiveness gets a 9 because once you pick the game up, you really can't put it down. The first time I put the cartridge in the Vita, it had been almost 5 months before I switched it out, and I wasn't even half way done with the game. Persona 4 Golden is like Pokemon in the sense that you can veer away from the main objective for a while to train yourself and your Persona by battling all sorts of monsters. Any kind of game that involves this kind of battling and training system is addicting and this game is no exception.

The story is one of a kind and deserves a 10. The game follows the player character as he travels to Inaba to live with family members. While living there, strange murders begin to take place and a world inside of the Television is discovered. The player character and local friends then decided to venture into this world in an attempt to stop the murders and find who the murderer is.

The game is extremely deep. There is an intensive training system where you are geared with dozens of Personas to do your battling, there are tons of dungeons to journey through, and there are plenty of maps, and places throughout Inaba to spend your playing time. Depth deserves a 10 out of 10.

As for Difficulty, I give it a 6. If you try to rush  through everything, the game will be very hard, but if you take the time to train and complete your objectives, the game will be easy, though it will take time. (But that's the point, who wants a great game to end quickly?)

Overall, I give this game a 9.9 and is probably one of the 5 best games that I have ever played. I recommend that all of you read this and I guarantee that you will have a blast.

zanderlex : great job on this review and this game looks and sounds really fun but too bad i can't get it.

Pretty good review zanderlex. It was not boring, provided some information, and you expressed your opinion well. I seems like you rushed through it a little though. Regardless, it is still a pretty good review. I will consider featuring it (which I can do since it is for a Sony system).

EDIT: I don't think that this review is good enough to replace the current featured review, sorry. That one is a little better than this one. This is still good, though.