Playing this game in High School was such a highlight. These characters felt like genuine friends, and the game felt like an entire anime worth of content. It was a gaming experience that will never be replicated.

To all experiencing Persona 4 for the first time, Welcome to Inaba. To all experiencing it again, welcome home.

The original Persona 4 is not only my comfort game, it practically saved my life when I was in a very dark place. P4G encouraged me to buy a Vita, and apart from a couple voice acting changes, it very much became the definitive version for me.

I picked up P4G shortly after beating P5R last October and I KNEW it wouldn’t have the same gameplay and visual quality, BUT, I ended up loving it and I personally loved it more than P5!

P4 ending hit me harder than any of them. That last scene at the train station ruined me. It really was like saying goodbye to my best friends what with the crying and the background music. The post game depression is real.

I have to thank Matty again for getting me into JRPGs. Has was the one whom convinced me to play Persona 5 Royal and I loved it it took me around 110+ hours to complete. Started it back in October and finished it in the first week of January. I started Persona 4 day before yesterday and I'm enjoying it already. Thank you so much, Matty! These games came to me in a time when I needed them the most but you were the one who turned me onto them. Love you, Matty! PEACE!!

Even if it’s not your thing you gotta respect the fact that they released it at only $20. They could’ve easily charged us $30 or even $40 with how things are nowadays. Also it’s a super clean update! Smooth 60fps too. Looks great on handheld not to mention on the OLED.

Played this after high school when my friendships faded and I was working 70 hours a week a 2 different gas stations. I didn't have much of a social life outside of my gf (now wife). THESE CHARACTERS. My god, so amazing. These were my friends in a time I really needed some. Played it entirely during work LOL. What an experience. My favorite JRPG ever. Still the best Persona IMO. Great video! I'm trying not to replay P4G with all the games coming out lol

My game! My soundtrack! My anime! My everything!!!

I feel so happy when people love this game as much as I do. This game is so special to me I can't put it into words, like you said when the game was done and the credits rolled I felt like I lost friends and I have never felt that feeling in any game ever again. This game helped me through some tough times ngl, remember you are loved and you do matter :)

I remember starting persona 4 when I first started college. Still my favorite persona game, and it became one of my favorite series of all time. Resisting the urge to buy this game for the 4th time lol

I still have my original P4 copy on PS2. Good times. The wait for P5 felt like an eternity afterwards, but it was so worth it.

My favorite game of all time, started off with the PS2 and then golden. I’m playing it again, and oh man it’s like being wrapped up in a warm blanket and all I can describe with this is just extreme happiness… I love this game so much

Persona 4 Golden was my first Persona game and still my favorite.

Haven't even started the video yet, but the answer is YES, this game is the GOAT. It's the first Jrpg I ever played, and really changed my life in a number of positive ways. Can't wait to see you talk about this one, because I know you've mentioned it's one of your all time favorite games. Let's GOOO!

Thanks for getting me into this game when it came to steam in 2020. One of my absolute favorite games ever now. Also made me reflect on my own high school experience

This video inspired me to play this game on Xbox over 3 weeks ago and I just finished it. Thank you Matty, this was truly an amazing recommendation. One of the best jrpg’s I’ve played hands down.

Been playing it before 3 reload comes out and it's a very special game. Absolutely love it

This channel is everything I need

I'm playing through this game for the first time right now (my first Persona game too), and I feel like I'm experiencing it at the perfect time in my life. I graduated high school back in May, and I'm in my second semester of college, so it's not exactly the same, but I can really get behind the themes of self acceptance and discovery throughout adolescence. Certainly helps that it's just a fun game in general! I was originally considering getting P5R as my entry to the series, but I'm glad I waited for Golden to be ported to modern consoles.

Love your content bro! been following for years! keep rockin!

I played this on vita release at work in break times and my gamer friends thought it was super weird but were also deeply interested in it and thought it was insane 😂. It’s funny how persona has become pretty much mainstream now. It was a weird game for geeks back in the day.

I love that you go through the manuals..always do that myself/collect them

Great video as always Matty! I’ve never thought about it until now for some reason (maybe because this game is so narrative based) but it’d be nice to hear a “spoilers” version of your thoughts on this game as well as others. I’d love to hear what you think about certain characters towards the end of the game, the story, and well, the ending as a whole :)

Honestly, the simpler fighting mechanics honestly brings this home for me because I felt like with all of the things that you had access to especially by persona 5 Royal even on the hardest difficulty it was a cakewalk I like one or two shot the final boss I'm pretty sure.

That was my first persona and it was so good. Especially in handheld. It was one of my only vita games

You convinced me to buy this for the switch and I'm loving it!

21:31 this is literally the moment im dreading. I'm in January rn on p4g and the tone of the game shifting with the music change (snowflakes) is really hitting home that the journeys almost over, that all these characters I've grown to love are on set time until the protag leaves for spring. Finishing school and hearing the snowflake ost with the text reading "the day you leave for the city draws closer and closer, you should make memories with everyone" really breaks my heart. This is the kind of game i would kill to play again with no prior memories of it.

I just finished this game yesterday. 10 out of fucking 10. The story. The cast. The MUSIC. The gameplay. Everything about this game to me was PERFECT!

I’m hyped to play this but I don’t think I have time this year with everything coming out😂

I'm actally super new to Persona, played 5r, strikers, and 4g now. Loved the video and can say that it's def not retro goggles making this game seem amazing. Was a pleasure getting into it

I can't believe you stopped at "that part"! And you're exactly right, even if you stopped the game right there, it's still a great game! I think it was by luck I made the right decisions my first playthrough.

Thank you for showing the manual. I wish I had it now finally getting around to playing P4 Golden on Vita. I'm having a hard time keeping up with the enormous amount of things you're supposed to do. The dungeon I'm in (I think it's the second one) is very hard. The enemies jumped in difficulty a lot all of a sudden and I don't understand how I'm supposed to gain exp/levels since there is a time limit on the story. I'm actually feeling anxiety about it instead of enjoying it like everyone says I should be. I hate to look up a guide right at the beginning of the game. Everything else about it is really great like you say in the video. The game is incredibly well written and I don't mind the look and feel of the dungeons. It's really this idea that time is progressing with everything I do and I have to get the dungeon done by a particular day or I'll lose everything I've worked for that I don't understand.

This was my first persona and made me LOVE the series. The premise of a murder mystery in a small town intrigued me. And boy it did not disappoint. The music is SO GOOD too. Atlas just knows how to make good RPGs ❤️

My intro to the series was P5 but P4G was the first one I beat. Having it on the vita was so vital to why I beat it before P5. Now P5R is on the switch and I’m close to beating it after so many years of attempting to beat it. The P4G soundtrack absolutely bangs and Heartbeat Heartbreak was my most listened to song last year.

I started playing persona this year through gamepass thanks to your videos. I started with P5R and absolutely fell in love, to the point that I really believes has changed my life. I played around 80 hours and unfortunately it left gamepass and I wasnt able to finish it. So I decided to start P4G until P3Reload hits gamepass and OMFG!!! At start it was a little difficult to adapt after P5R bur holy damm the story and characters are sooooooo amazing. I truly believe I am falling in love even more with P4G than P5R. So much fun and addictive.

Started this game again, even the dialogue and response choices feel great to go through. A great game to say the least.

P4’s of my all-time favorites. Hard to find a stronger cast in a JRPG. Thanks for covering this!

I just finished the game on Vita, the characters and story are the most charming and endearing I’ve ever experienced ! Playing Dancing right now and the soundtrack slaps incredibly hard, again probably the best soundtrack I’ve heard

I honestly feel like playing this game improves my diligence. This game really invigorated my drive to study Japanese and I’m enjoying reexperiencing the game in Japanese this time although I love both dubs.

I made the same mistake. Thankfully it only took me 2 months to realize it. P4G is one of my favorite games of all time. Also the true ending made tear up.

Very throughout approach to reviews, I like it. As for me I bounced of P4, I played it after going through like 70% of Royal so I was burned out on this gameplay loop, will try again once this burn out fades. Though I have been unemployed past 3 months and I started SO MANY games from my bucket list, like Trails, and that have similar laid back atmosphere. I'm alternating story-heavy and gameplay-heavy games on a daily now

Awesome video 👏🏽 Really hope to find the time to play P4G some day. I’ve only completed P5, so still want to play P5R not to mention P3R as well 😅

HahaHa I laughed out loud when I saw all those versions of Persona 4, like, I have it on PS4 and Steam but I had no idea there were that many versions, even when knowing about the P4 fighting game. I never got into Persona until 5 I admit. I was more of a Kingdom Hearts Final Fantasy kind of fan, and I guess you would think I'd get into this series back then as well but I didn't pick it up til Persona 5, and I do appreciate them doing this so I can go back and play Persona 4 and even 3! Great video man thank you!

I played persona 5 and persona 5 Royal on my ps5. Yesterday my steamdeck came in and I couldn’t decide what game to get first. I saw persona 4 golden and just had to give it a try

I love jrpgs that have great story , turn based combat that's fun an has a slice of life element. Persona 5 for example is one of my favorites of all time next to the trails of cold steel games . So I can wait to play 4 I've been dying to playing it now I finally have a cheaper way to play it . Wish it got. A physical release. Great video an review as always !!

It was the first game of this kind for me and I loved it so much. I even miss it and am sad that its over. I will play Persona 3 and 5 as well

Would love to see you cover Persona 1 and 2 someday. Truly retro but also pretty forgotten by modern persona fans.

I never really appreciated the music in a game when I was younger but that all changed with Persona 5. That is the best soundtrack in a game I have ever heard and the same is said for Persona 5 Strikers. Years later I find myself jamming to the songs on KZfaq. Persona is one of my all time favorite franchises

I first played this game during covid pandemic, the really fun, or ironic thing was that the pandemic came just when I was on my 2 second year of High School, just as the guys in the game, I felt really immersed in the story, like I was part of it, and it felt like a compensation for not being able to live that year in presence while we were on online classes, one of my favourite games of all time, never wanted to left Inaba, it just hit like no one before… It changed my life, and how to face up the truth, even if it hurts, this was my entry to the persona series. The persona games are just a type of game that comes to you when you need them, a change a lot your life, givin you different perspectives, I dunno, it’s not just a JRPG, It feels real

Saw it was on sale for 11.99 on switch e shop and picked it up. Currently feeling myself becoming obsessed. Such a good feeling to just be getting into a masterpiece. I never thought I could top my excited that I felt for NieR Automata but thankfully this game is filling the void for me 😊

holy shit this game is incredible. i haven’t completed either of my playthroughs of p5 and p5 royal, but i just started up p4 on a whim and it connected with me so much more than p5. p5 is excellent, but the vibes here just appeal to me more. p4 golden will def go down as one of my favorite games

I was living in Japan when this game released. I remember picking up a copy after work and diving into it all weekend.

I like Trails of Cold Steel's Social Link system better from a narrative perspective, since the characters lives go on without you, so you don't have stuff like Yusuke's art exhibition being scheduled around whenever you get around to becoming buddies with him. I do wish that you got enough relationship points to do all the relationship events in one playthrough without needing to be in New Game Plus, though.

I just ordered a vita from Japan and this looks to be one of my early games I'm snagging! Excited.

I played this game when I was like 12 and I cried at the ending. Never replaying it again though.

This my first time playing p4g and p3p so I'm looking forward to them. Definitely enjoying it so far

persona 4 may be my least favorite of the main 3, but it has my favorite cast of characters, Inaba feels like a second home, and it’s the game in the series that makes me the most happy. i loveeee this game

working my way through this on pc atm, brilliant

Dude I use to blast the soundtrack in the parking lot back in high school. We would just cruise around blaring it everywhere. I kept the game in my truck for the soundtrack but eventually the door opened when I was moving and the game got destroyed haha I picked it up again later but man that time of my life was so special

P4G is my favorite game, the plot, the characters, the soundtrack, is truly a masterpiece, even the True ending is a 20/10

How you’ve described Persona 4 is how I’ve been feeling while playing Persona 5 Royal. (I still haven’t finished it yet but I’m in the true ending content) It makes me excited to experience Persona 4 for the first time!

My wife bought me p4 golden and a ps vita, back then we were just dating. It easily became one of my favorite games. And one of the first signs that she was perfect because she knew me and what I liked

Baton pass and being able to jump to personas that have skills to target weakness' easy are the two things I miss. But been enjoying p4g, working on my 2nd play through as I forgot to raise Marie social link.

On persona 5 Royal when you go to fuse persona you wait for an alert then you strengthen your persona with the freshly fused persona to get a stat boost instead of a level gain and you can easily put all your persona on 99 on all stats to make them broken

First playthrough, just joined the basketball club. I'm really digging it. Love me some good voice acting

I played this and P3P back in the day and while I loved it I think I approached it differently or rather how it should have been played, like I got maybe bored just wanting the dungeon crawling / fighting and the story and social element got in the way perhaps 🤔 but.....I bought P3P the other day for Switch and am playing it PROPERLY now haha and plan to buy this asap😊

I started with 5 and while I do like a lot of the quality of life changes in that game and the generally flow of combat. The atmosphere and tone of 4 is just the best.

i’m really late i started persona 5 royal and wasn’t having any expectations at all besides i need a new story mode game to play and P5R was such a great game, im now playing P4G and later P3, big excited

played during the pc launch and loved the game. Just got the game on the switch oled and damn i freaking love this game, so much fun

Oh man, I discovered this game late, I had a PS2 but I didn't play it until I got a copy of Golden on my PSVita, and BOI did it steal away hours of my life, I pulled regular all nighters, expected to wear out the poor handheld. I LOVE this game, the music is all such a vibe I could listen to on repeat, the characters, the story, it is easily in my top 3 games I have ever played, and when it cam to Steam that was an insta buy for me since my Vita is long dead. Persona 4 Golden is a MUST play, it's not a game, its an experience, thankyou for showcasing this gem of a title Matty, you made my day!

I’m excited to jump in and play this for the first time coming from Persona 5 Royal so far the transition seems seamless even though I do miss features from 5 like the gun lol

P4G, day one purchase mang no question! 🎮🔥🇨🇦

i really hope atlus decides to put out a physical release of these ports. i already have p4 on ps2 and p4g on ps vita but i’d love to own it on disc again on something else

The second I saw your shirt I just started singing "Every day's great at your junes!"

Many years ago I watched a Playstation Access video. I want into rpgs back then. So I didn't mind a spoiler for this game. It haunts me to this day. I've put off playing it because I know the big bad. Just got it on switch, so hopefully the journey isn't spoiled by the spoiler.

Yeah I have to say while I do love P5R and the message of breaking free from you’re fate and pushing forward for a better future, I think P4G message of finding yourself and the truth not only in the murder mysteries but in yourself, truly an amazing game.

I played Persona 3 FES when that came out, but skipped 4. Really looking forward to finally tackling this one.

Ayyyy, that's a pretty good Yosuke cosplay for this video.

He probably threw namatame in the TV

You just blew my mind, I just started playing Persona 4 Golden for the first time ever this week and I thought I recognized Yosuke's VA! Can't believe it's Peter Parker himself haha

Such an amazing game. The recent ports are also decently priced and the best ways to play this game regardless of platform(switch port is fantastic). You know the game is special when you genuinely feel sad when it’s over. Investigation squad are the goat

Recently modded my vita and was looking for games to play. I’ve never played a persona game. I think the romance options is what intrigues me

I love this game, I beat this game 11 times, 12 if u include the revisit I'm in the middle of for modern consoles and I still love this game. Everything about this game is amazing. The story, the characters, the soundtrack, the gameplay, I love it all, the game has it's flaws but the greatness completely overshadows most of the game's flaws. I love this game so much. Especially since it's on modern consoles now, I highly recommend people playing this game.

Heaven will forever be a bop, every time I was in that dungeon I would just idle there and listen to it

Persona 4 is the greatest Persona game! It is how i became a fan! It's better than P5 Royal. And when the day Atlus decides to REMAKE/RELOAD P4 I will be buying on 1st Day! It is still my favorite Game Soundtrack in all of the Persona series! It actually brought tears to me and I actually felt I was part of their cast and friends. TOP 3 BEST RPGS games ever! Replacing Chrono Trigger.

This game changed my life! Love this game

I miss old game manual and that manual is so aesthetically pleasing

My favourite game of all time, so glad it's more accessible now.

LRG is doing/did a run for Persona 4 Golden. Can't wait to get my copy.

I’ve gotten P3 FES, P3P, P4, P4G, and P5 all on each of their launch days. I got the first P3 a month or so after its release on a recommendation and P5R I just got this year on Switch. I’m ashamed to admit that I had never beaten any of these games until now. I’ve played at least some amount of time in each release, but never beat any of them. Over the past two months I’ve beaten P5 Royal and Tactica, working on Strikers now. I’m debating on if I want to do a FeMC play through of P3P next or P4G. I plan on getting P3 Reload eventually but I’m waiting to see if the collectors edition gets a price cut on Amazon. My concern is should I just wait to play P3 through Reload as at least half of the game will be entirely new to me (not to mention the last time I picked up P3 was probably what 15 years ago at least so my memory is going to be fuzzy anyway. Would playing Portable ruin my experience with the story since I won’t get all those awesome cutscenes? Or should I play Portable so I can do my FeMC run because once I play Reload I’ll never want to touch Portable again?

Surprised you left off Johnny Yong Bosch during that bit about how crazy the cast was. I just beat this for the first time, because it was on Game Pass and I’m a big fan of Persona 5. I tried to play this a few times in the past, but never got very far because I’d be busy and too much time would pass between gaming sessions. It has a very slow start to the story and gameplay. But once it gets going, it’s fantastic. I actually prefer the P4 cast over P5 now

P4's True End Route is just hidden behind layers upon layers of choices, it's amazing. I was bummed out that P5 didn't do something similar, but after growing up and replaying P4G, it makes a lot of sense for the True End to be that way, and it wouldn't be fitting for P5 to do something similar. I love these games so much :)

Top 5 best games of all time, glad to see you playing it

My first Persona game was P4G in 2020 on Steam and it was nr2 on my Goty list , amazing game Replayed it a few months ago after P5R and now i'm playing P3P

I played this game for the first time because a friend lent me his PSVita telling me to try it. Christmas of 2014 I got a PSVita and Persona 4 Golden and I have logged over 300 hours on it. I recently got my Vita back from a friend that I lent it too and I'm ready to get back into my game. After I played it on my Switch and my PC of course 😌

Playing it for the first time thanks to Game Pass. As a normie who has only played P5 and P5R there's some QOL features I definitely miss, but I like how cozy and quaint it is in comparison. P5's story is pretty cut and dry from the get go but P4 sets up an interesting mystery that maintains this sinister undertone to what is otherwise a really chill, laid back experience. Really love this cast of characters. Definitely see why some people find the music repetitive though, those MIDI trumpets at the beginning of "Like a Dream Come True" will be seared into my mind for the rest of time. But overall it's a fantastic soundtrack.

To answer the video title, yes. Now time to watch the video 😊

I just played this game and this game already touched my soul.. 😌

The intro to the PS2 version is chefs kiss