Zero
G.O.L.D.E.N. Lyrics

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Woah
Wah, Woah
Bah, Bah
Call me crazy well I might be
You don't really wanna fight me
I'm choreographing fight scenes
Tell that bih to come and bite me
I'm back on my shit (Wah)

I'm back on my shit (Yuh)
I'm back on my shit (Wah)
I'm back on my shit (Wah)
I'm back on my shit (Wah)
I'm back on my shit (Wah)
Taking back that bih (Woah)
Taking back that bitch
Told her, I'd give her anything
She want a wedding ring
I'm doin drugs again woah
Pour a pint of lean (Of lean)
Pour a pint of lean (Of lean)
Pour a pint of lean wah
I'm with the gang (Mob, mob)
Fuck them fake ass fellas they can't hang
Got the cleanest drugs in the triple K (okay)
Smokin gas imported from the USA
Call me crazy well I might be
I'm choreographing fight scenes
I just levelled up again, all my stats ten outta ten
(All my stats ten outta, ten out, -en outta ten)
Brand new badge don't give a damn, brand new bih and she a ten
(Brand new badge don't, badge don't, brand new ba- ba- she a ten)
Tryna fuck her with her friend, Cali girl in my DM's (Girl, gir- gir girl in my DM's)
I keep sweet talkin I think she gon fly me LAX (Yah)
Life I got the cheat code, I just make it simple
Do I really love her? Is it just her damn throat?
Coulda caught a RICO, demon mode not sicko
I turned a new leaf though, now I'm goin beast mode
Be my mamacita, say you'll never leave yuh
Even when I'm geeked up, even when I'm geeked up
Even when I act up, even when I ack up yeh
Even when I strap up yeh, when I'm goin black ops yeh (Aaaah)
Pussy, money, weed
Really all I need
Really all I need (All I need)
Ion let em breathe
Ion let em breathe
Ion let em breathe (Let em breathe)
Ee, ee, ee, -eathe
Ee, ee, ee, -eathe
I'm back on my shit
I'm back on my shit (Hahahaha)

I'm back on my shit
I'm back on my shit

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of G.O.L.D.E.N.'s song "Zero" express the artist's return to their previous state of being "on their shit." The lyrics start off with the artist acknowledging the possibility that they may be crazy before moving on to assert their strength and skill in choreographing fight scenes. The line "Taking back that bih" could refer to reclaiming a former romantic interest, but the following lines suggest that the artist is simply using this person to satisfy their desire for drugs.

The lyrics then move on to the artist boasting about their new accomplishments and the clean drugs they have access to. There is a reference to a "triple K," which could either be a mention of the Ku Klux Klan or a nod to the potency of the drugs. The artist then discusses their romantic interests, mentioning a "brand new bih" who is a "ten" and a "Cali girl" sliding into their DMs. Despite this attention, the artist questions whether they really love this person or just enjoy their physical attributes.

The final lines of the song reference the artist's core desires of "pussy, money, weed," which are allegedly all they need. The repetition of "Ion let em breathe" suggests that the artist is unwilling to let anyone or anything stand in the way of their desires and that they will continue to assert their dominance.

Line by Line Meaning

Woah
Expression of surprise or awe

Wah, Woah
Continuation of expression of surprise or awe

Bah, Bah
Nonsensical sounds with no particular meaning

Call me crazy well I might be
Acknowledging the possibility of being considered crazy

You don't really wanna fight me
Warning against getting into a physical altercation

I'm choreographing fight scenes
Creating imaginary scenarios of fighting

Tell that bih to come and bite me
Challenging someone to confront them with physical aggression

I'm back on my shit (Wah)
Reassurance of returning to previous habits or behavior

Taking back that bih (Woah)
Reclaiming control over a previous partner or possession

I'm doin drugs again woah
Confession of resuming drug use

Pour a pint of lean (Of lean)
Referring to consuming a specific type of drug

I'm with the gang (Mob, mob)
Being associated with a group of people

Fuck them fake ass fellas they can't hang
Disparaging people who are not genuine

Got the cleanest drugs in the triple K (okay)
Claiming ownership of high-quality drugs

Smokin gas imported from the USA
Referring to a type of drug imported from the United States

I just levelled up again, all my stats ten outta ten
Feeling accomplished in personal improvements

(All my stats ten outta, ten out, -en outta ten)
Emphasizing the improvement of personal skills or abilities

Brand new badge don't give a damn, brand new bih and she a ten
Possessing new desirable possessions

(Brand new badge don't, badge don't, brand new ba- ba- she a ten)
Repeating the mention of new possessions

Tryna fuck her with her friend, Cali girl in my DM's (Girl, gir- gir girl in my DM's)
Desiring sexual relations with multiple people

I keep sweet talkin I think she gon fly me LAX (Yah)
Using charm to persuade someone to travel and meet them

Life I got the cheat code, I just make it simple
Feeling as if one has an unfair advantage in life and making things easy

Do I really love her? Is it just her damn throat?
Questioning one's true feelings towards a partner

Coulda caught a RICO, demon mode not sicko
Avoiding legal trouble, separating oneself from negative associations

I turned a new leaf though, now I'm goin beast mode
Turning over a new leaf, changing for the better

Be my mamacita, say you'll never leave yuh
Romantic request for loyalty and commitment

Even when I'm geeked up, even when I'm geeked up
Stressing the importance of loyalty no matter the circumstance

Even when I act up, even when I ack up yeh
Reassurance of loyalty despite problematic behavior

Even when I strap up yeh, when I'm goin black ops yeh (Aaaah)
Promising to remain loyal even in dangerous situations

Pussy, money, weed
Listing desired vices

Really all I need
Stating their desires and needs are simple

Ion let em breathe
Not allowing others to rest or relax

Ee, ee, ee, -eathe
Repeating the previous line

I'm back on my shit (Hahahaha)
Reaffirmation of returning to previous habits or behavior

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Written by: Sheldon Bull

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Comments from YouTube:

The Escapist

4y↑146

Watch today's Zero Punctuation episode on Google Stadia. https://www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/stadia-zero-punctuation/ OR watch it early on YouTube via YouTube Memberships!

LilDemona

For the next Zero Punctuation video, how about doing Paper Mario: The Origami King?

Player_1

4y↑1

Wow.

John Davis

Does the Escapist run an awful Media player on purpose,in the hope we subscribe? I'd prefer to watch ZP on your site so you get the revenue for my eyeballs, rather than YouTube, but the player simply isn't even loading. It was like this last week as well, and only played after multiple attempts to load the page.
I want my weekly dose of Yahtzee snark.

breaktube

Cool, so what ending did you get ?
Rather what was your final boss battle ?

Norton the Destroyer

Just make sure yatz doesn´t completly rip it apart or Google will get pissy and demonetize you for swearing again...

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woodhawk109

3y↑240

Fyi, from the bugsnax review and the podcast with Jack, here's an update on his progress and thoughts on the game:

- He went back and beat the game twice (he probably went back after reading FAQs about how to get the true Golden endings)
- He came to like the game a lot more than he initially thought (this review)
- He claimed that he still likes P5 more as an overall package but likes P4's character dynamics and interactions more

f dawer

@Adrenochrome Junkie I dont mind a motive like that. But the entire game is finding possible killers based off of motive. So for it throw you off and than give the final killer the most paper thin motive is annoying. I don't mind psychos...but its still a great motive.

Adrenochrome Junkie

@f dawer I dunno man, the true killer had a fantastic motive. "I did it because I can do it, so why not?" is the realest most frightening thing any serial killer could say

MyStereoHeart

Which podcast episode does he talk about P4?

Julian Tapia

2y↑1

Makes sense. P4 golden had the best Team interactions while vanilla 5 sadly didn't implement those lessons until Royal.

But the dlc granting extra music for battles, the gameplay, the overall journey (even if the pacing or villains stumble a bit after kamoshida) are all great improvements.

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Lewis Norden

4y↑1.4K

I wish Yahtzee finished the game, I would've liked to see what he thought of the true killer

DoctorLazers

2y↑1

He did, eventually. He mentioned in an EP that he beat it 3 times.

Dannie

2y↑3

the most recent extra punctuation confirms that Yahtzee has beaten it THREE TIMES now

qweriop

Cabbages.

Blake Haghighi

God the ending was sooo annoying. Why did they pull the 'there was a bigger bad guy' three times?!

Foxyyman64

3y↑1

@Spencer Field reading a wiki doesn’t mean you have a grasp of the twist he was in the game from the start and constantly was in close proximity to the cast

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DRWii

4y↑1.5K

"Feels like Persona is the same game every time."
Obligatory mention that Persona 1 & 2 are very different from modern Persona. 3 was about as hard as a soft reboot can get.

mooganify

Christ this really does sound like JoJo

Prance2Lane

@DylanYoshi bingo
The largest difference has stayed since the start
In SMT proper characters are just there to showcase the various forms of law and chaos or move the plot forward where the driving force is law vs chaos
In persona its always been about the characters

Prance2Lane

@Zephyr Kat god innocent sin is fun

Hahalery

@Peter Ray I can't imagine Yat "I think old school Megaten isn't as good as Persona 5" Zee couldn't gives 2 shit about what makes Persona 1 and 2 so good considered that he hasn't even finish P4 prior to this video. (Dude stop at the game dungeon)

Miguel Mota

4y↑2

@Shadow Hunt If he is already saying p4 is p5-1, i don't think he will take well to automated party members.
The game needs a remake, imo. A mix of portable and fes best parts with p5 graphics.

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SaberSeraphim

4y↑679

All right, you have convinced me to give Persona 5 another try.

Archus

@f dawer Kanji’s dungeon were nerfed on the P4G iirc as Teddie gave more instructions on what will happen. It will definitely give awakening on how important learning when to Defend during Power Charge and Heat Riser.

tbf, there are no requirement for that on Persona 3 and 4 for True Ending I think. Persona 3 is just a selection while Persona 4 just need you to do specific things. Getting all max social links on first run on both of the, requires you to have pretty strict schedule though.

f dawer

@Archus never had issues with Kanji's or yukiko's dungeons. My real issues were the video game one in 4, and okumera foods in 5. Also yeah I sorta wish it was easier and more viable to max our social links in one play through because tbh. Trying to play through all the games in backwards order atm. Fuck replaying a game for a "true" ending. Just gimme the good ending and shuddup. The games are way too long for that man

Archus

@f dawer I probably just got way too used from Persona 3 (normal and FES) and 4. I used to play them alot on PS2 so Persona 5 is alot of improvement for me. First P5 dungeon is pretty easy compared to Yukiko’s castle for example, not to mention Kanji’s dungeon.

Fyi, I still consider overall Persona 5 as still the best Persona game so far, even when I’m abit biased to P3’s cast and story. Even getting all maxed Social Link is very possible on first run, and way more than possible in Royal.

f dawer

@Archus I mean yeah. But, the first dungeon wasn't entirely hand held. And Id rather it be explained than not. I feel rpgs can explain not enough at times...

Archus

@f dawer it has more mechanic, but technically you do not have everything unlocked, until the second dungeon. You’re still mostly hand-held throughout the first dungeon, but at least they start you with a full 4-man party for Dungeon 1 compared to P3’s and P4’s 3-man party. Even then, the intro noticeably took way longer, almost 30 minutes to an hour until you can decide whether you want to do dungeon-diving or not.

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Christopher LeBaron

4y↑472

This is hilarious because I feel the exact same way about the intro. I don't know what it is, but when that cheerful harmonica starts playing there is no physical way to skip the intro.

Geeeee8

And the original version is also amazing.

Joseph Abrams

With Persona, the OG intro cinematic and songs feel like anime openers, while the updated versions intro cinematic and songs (FES, Golden, Royal) feel more like anime closing credits sequences. Except P3P, that one, like its protagonist, could be either tbh.

Pelger

I hate the new intro!!!!, p4 original intro was perfect!!! why did they change it??????!!!.
I love persona 4 and one of these days I'll play it again, I was considering playing golden because I never played it, but the intro is so bad that I think I'll better play the original again.

g

The rerelease of the nu-persona games always have a worse opening than the original (minus P3P, I like it because I'm into that typical anime edginess)

No Name Passerby A

4y↑1

@surfeydude Same. The original intro capture P4 better

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Noah Thompson

4y↑122

This is why Yahtzee is my favorite reviewer while he complains about the jrpg segments of the game he also recognizes that it need to be there for the pacing of the game.

Matt C

4y↑114

To be fair the music from P4 is based on the style that was high in 2008 so that's why the more J-pop/rock-y OST. Quite a great one for that time.

Gordon Freeman

3y↑3

This, plus they managed to fit genuinely emotional scores within the game's setting, just listen to heaven.

Prance2Lane

3y↑2

Its ok bevause p3s soundtrack beats em both

Guy that dose things sometimes

4y↑29

Yeah persona 4 and 5's music both go for entirely different styles.I dont think it's fair to directly compare them and say ones objectivly better or worse.

Potato Tortoise

4y↑648

this is usually why fans will always recommend starting with 3 or 4 first, both are very well worth playing, but since the games keep improving so much on each other, you cant help but get spoiled by whatever the most recent entry is

jack

@Archus Yeah I can't get access to p3fes on ps2 and I played p5 and p4 first so no full control was way too much for me. I still don't think it made combat way too easy if you played on hard.

Archus

bot1 well yeah I guess. I played it on the original PS2 though without cheat. Also P3 is somewhat designed with AI partner in mind which is why the combat become terribly easy when you can do direct control

jack

@Archus There is no official way but if you use an emulator you can use a cheat code that lets you use all party members its really really good

Archus

@jack the PS2 FES? I seriously don't remember it since FES is also the time when MC can still use all weapon type and I remember I got screwed by AI a few times

jack

@Archus it's possible to control party members on fes now

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DeltaD36

4y↑127

I personally prefer the smaller scale atmosphere and the characters of P4. That's really it.

Kevin Marquez

Yeah. Kind of like another part 4 I know...

Gordon Freeman

3y↑3

it's comfy

John Cutter

4y↑96

Great game! Glad Yahtzee liked it somewhat. This does make me appreciate that I got to experience these games in ascending order of quality.

SleepySera

Almost. I started with the 2s, but the jump from 1 to 2 was luckily not grave enough to be too jarring when I went back to 1 🤭

ShadowWolfRising

4y↑115

"They all play the same."
Man, imagine how Yahtzee would react to 1 and the 2 duology.

Dave DuBlanc

3y↑10

@Gay Bowser its duology. There are two persona 2 games (innocent sin and eternal punishment)

Gay Bowser

4y↑1

Trilogy*

StrikeWarlock

4y↑110

His logic makes sense, and it fits Yahtzee. He's used the same defense on the side quests and mini-games having to be on Yakuza, otherwise it wouldn't be a Yakuza game at all.

Funny comparison really, considering the reason why it's on Steam now is because of Sega.

Delta_62

4y↑23

I’m so happy to see that Yahtzee gave P4G a shot and liked it! Personally, I still like the story and characters of P4G better than P5, but I can understand his reason for liking P5 more! They’re both definitely great games that take rather generic game types (JRPG and Dating sim) and transform it into something new. Great review as usual, Yahtzee!

f dawer

I mean if you like persona 4 and 5 you probably will like jrpgs and dating sims more than you realize. There's more depth to than you'd think. I mean firstly it's less specifically dating Sim and more just visual novel. Which I promise you theres lots of good ones. Steins;gate was originally a visual novel, and so was the Fate anime series.

And for rpgs, not all combat is the stupid as people make it. If anything I say persona has more lame combat systems than others I've played.

Tywin Lannister

Do you remember what podcast he talks about replaying it

Jonathan Dee

4y↑2

Update: Yahtzee is now a fan of the Persona Series thanks to P5 and P4G. He is playing through P4G in his off hours now.

Skelehertz

4y↑64

No one tell Yahtzee about how the final boss of one of the earlier Persona games is the characters' fathers combined Voltron-style into a daddy-issues monster.

PriceyYeti40

4y↑2

"Call me Papa..."

Mini - Cafetos

4y↑238

Kinda sad to hear Yahtzee ended at the video game dungeon but it's understandable for such a big jrpg, I feel every point was fair besides the story complaints. P4's story REALLY picks up in the lategame, tbh P5 is my favorite game ever and I still feel that towards the end P4 manages to surpass it a few times in terms of story or at least match it.

anirudh mohanty

2y↑1

@Mr _Jago I personally like Maruki a bit more but P2 villain is excellent as well. For very different reasons though. A lot of it can be attributed to the rest of the franchise antagonists being more concepts than personalities.

Mr _Jago

@anirudh mohanty Oh, nice. So where would you put the persona 2 villain on a top of Persona Villains? Honestly I still found him as the best of the whole series.

anirudh mohanty

@Mr _Jago I have played all the Persona games actually.

Mr _Jago

@anirudh mohanty Try Persona 2 duology.

Adrenochrome Junkie

Yahtzee beat the game twice. It was his most played game of 2020

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chrispo

4y↑39

1:22 I'm actually the opposite, persona 4 music is just insanely memorable for me

Daniel Mastía

I mean, how can you not have that music burn into your brain, when they try to squeeze too many syllables every sunny day.
"Tuuuuurning miiserrry, into meaningfulll eh- neeeeeees"

Jay Ditto

3y↑1

The problem is he started with 5 so he can't hear amazing 4 which I prefer but honestly that's the whole review. He played new game old game look bad, sound bad, play bad.

Gamerdept

4y↑4

the battle music is... eh. Only I'll Face Myself was memorable to me.
the day to day music is pretty great tho

Darryl Jack

4y↑439

I'm really glad with how you described P4GOLDEN, as a persona fan who experienced all the persona games. People will often say that the later games are just reskins of previous game. When in reality it more like the past games are like the Bones and Muscle, that would shape what the next one would become.

AlftheTrueLord

4y↑1

I think character writing/story-wise there has been less of a focus/changes in the the wrong direction, i feel like the worse change brought on by p4 was every main character only having development in their social links (which doesn't line up with the actual character half the time) and making them pretty much 100% stagnant within the main story. Story-wise i just found p4 pretty uninteresting until the last 2 dungeons (not the golden dungeon, that just sucked).

Pastel Xenon

4y↑1

@TITO :] touched a nerve, go bsck to twitter

ArmandoStockVideos

@Danilo Oliveira I haven't played P5, but as far as I've played...the girls social links are very boring, but Yusuke and Kanji ones are very good.

Arctangent

@Mugiberry ? there's also digimon world: next order, but it's a pretty niche title that i imagine a lot of people just wouldn't enjoy all that much

Mugiberry ?

4y↑1

@TITO :] but hes kinda right though the only true ps4 exclusive thats worth it is bloodborne and i think ths ps4 holds that game back.

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GentlemanDemon

4y↑45

that ascendency really is true. each game in the series makes genuine improvements to the structure that makes them more enjoyable (I saw this as someone who's only played P3-5). it's honestly why I want them to take the improvements they've made and apply then to P3 in a remake, the story is held back back some painful design decisions

Hooded Man

4y↑9

My main confusion is when the series lost features between the old and new trilogies; my biggest beef is fuse-by-result. It's incredibly useful in Persona 1 even with its much more limited options, then it isn't in 2 because it doesn't have Persona fusion, but there's no reason that it shouldn't have been in 3 or 4.

Hipólito Alanís

4y↑541

I love the stupid detail that Yahtzee is getting better as a programmer so he wrote "P4 = P5--;"
After that, I like that he enjoyed the game, even if he enjoyed it less than P5.

Jolfgard

Are you implying that I am perfectly capable of programming a video game, because I remember some basic Java structure and elements I learned in 11th grade IT lessons?

gia

but its not right --; is done after the assignment, not before, so hes saying P4 is as good as P5 is deemed to be, and P5 is less than that. Or in other words P4 > P5, --P5 is also wrong that means they are equal and less than deemed to be. He does want P4 = P5 -1.

My YouTube Channel

4y↑1

this entire thread is the reason newer programming languages are ditching postfix and prefix incrementing operators

Shuizid

4y↑3

@YamiFly No, because "P4++" is short for "P4 = P4 +1" and therefore changes the value of P4.
Also with the ++ at the end, the increment will happen AFTER the assignmeant, meaning P4 will be one bigger than P5.

Weirdly enough, that is the solution.
P4 = P5++
That would actually mean P4 is 1 smaller than P5. However this "looks" wrong because of the way non-programmer would read it as "P4 is the same as P5 increased by one", while it actually is "P4 is the basically P5 before you increase it by 1".

Andy Dillbeck

@Shuizid that makes sense now, thanks for the reminder. It's literally been more than 15 years since I took that class, so I guess I'm just happy that I remembered as much as I did.

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claw lion

4y↑70

Personally I love persona 4 a lot. I think the light, down to earth tone works well, especially after persona 3’s really heavy tone. That being said, I admit that some aspects of the game haven’t aged well. (particularly the dungeons and graphics)

AlftheTrueLord

4y↑3

@Hooded Man TBH persona is pretty much the only series where power of friendship doesn't bother me, i mean the main way you boost your power is by becoming friends with people, and you gain strength from others throughout the whole game. Plus I felt like with the whole nyx thing, though it is not as effective from the players point of view (though the music change and the party members dealing with this certainly help), i think they did a great job from the other characters perspectives and them trying to deal with this, after learning from the loss of those around them, making them begin to look to the future, and carry on their will, yet they are then told that all their growth and dreams for the future are now going to be meaningless, as death is coming.

claw lion

4y↑9

Hooded Man That’s interesting, I thought Nyx was pretty well done story wise.(Gameplay wise I over leveled unlocking messiah and steamrolled him.) While I didn’t like the cliche of the main character sacrificing themselves, I thought Nyx was a good conclusion considering the themes of the game. Because death cannot be defeated, the main character sacrifices himself to seal off Nyx’s connection to humanity, thus eliminating it’s reason for unleashing the fall. I agree that the memory loss aspect was kind of stupid. It’s explained as them forgetting everything that had to do with the darkhour after eliminating it, but then they immediately just “power of friendship it away”.

Hooded Man

4y↑7

I feel like most of Persona 3's dark shit didn't work for me... Spoilers for that.

For example, that whole "you cannot possibly win against Nyx" thing is completely undercut by the fact that the game is an absurdly long RPG; everyone who has ever played one will know that yes, you will somehow win, the world will not end, and this has only been made worse now that there are several sequels to it. I think it's supposed to feel hopeless, except it never does, it just invokes thoughts of "I wonder how we'll actually win then". It being followed up with a cliche friendship winning thing for your victory is just kind of terrible; I already saw a less stupid version of it in Final Fantasy IV (which came out in 1991) and I'd seen it a billion times before, so I was just unable to take it seriously.

I also think the memory loss is not explained adequately, they never explain why or why anyone knows about it.

Archus

4y↑6

Yeah, playing P4G in my big monitor now, and the 3D model's eyes scares me.... They're so big and flat and almost no curves

Kyle Hart

4y↑6

And the repressed homosexual tendencies.

AgravainFury

4y↑31

“...and to GRINNNNNNNNND... A lot more than I’m inCLINNNNNNNNNNNNED... to.”
That one section was perfect.

Martin Li

4y↑11

We're in the same boat for once, with me trying P4G on PC after loving the hell out of P5. The tight interplay between the two halves of the game is what makes it a unique experience even if I prefer the dungeon aspects over social sim. The series is definitely getting better with each iteration but I hope they don't get too attached to formula; if I see another cop character in P6 whose name begins with A and ends with chi I'll be suspecting them of evil motives the entire time.
Likewise, Bollox Fester (Yahtzee's name for him on the stream) comes across as much more Gary Sue-ish than Joker ever did. I know that feeling is inevitable when it has to be possible for you to become close friends with 21 different people and help solve their issues over the course of 1 year while also killing a God summoned by collective repressed human desires but you should at least have to put in some kind of effort in to have the young ladies constantly falling over themselves to get with 'Bollox-Senpai'.

Spec

4y↑2

honestly P4 the anime actually gives Yu a pretty amazing character and makes him far less Gary Stu

Sam Butler

4y↑4

Yahtzee, continuing to amaze me at his imaginative lexicons and posh persona (pun not intended I swear), introduces me to my new favorite word. Thanks Yahtz!

But_In_Space_Though

4y↑51

It's always a fun surprise when Yahtzee has nice things to say about a game. I wonder if he'd have the patience to if not review then at least investigate some of the funny spinoffs that change the genre for no reason but still act like they are canon.

Ababil Ashari

@Hahalery you don't know what canon is lmao

Hahalery

@SleepySera they aren't.
Labrys and the cinema girl from Q is completely irrelevant outside of their own game.

Spec

@Gamerdept because Femc is canon now

Carlos

4y↑2

Bro like half of his reviews are positive reviews there's a giant curator list on steam on games he recommends

Robin Dabank

4y↑2

I’m pretty sure the only spin offs that they forget the events of are the q games and persona 3 and 5 dancing

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Booty Wilson

4y↑1

You know, Yahtzee has consistently written some of the best lines in game journalism for years. Love the writing Yahtzee

TrevRockOne

4y↑5

Persona 4's narrative is more slight by design. It contrasts wonderfully with P3's much more significant narrative. Playing things out of order removes that effect.

NeatoBrumf

4y↑1

I love that note about the interplay. Its part of what makes the person series so interesting. The feeling you get from it can only be in video game form.

Yuniel Pérez

4y↑90

My main problem with Persona 5 was with the lack of personal growth of the cast compared to Persona 4. Specifically how we brainwash the bad guys into confession, and how in almost every Confidant instead of them taking action to solve their own struggles, a "bad guy" always shows up that is basically the personification of all their problems and then we beat them to a pulp cause, they don't need to make decisions, we're just gonna make everything better.

Jean Greff

3y↑1

The cast of 5 was really not as mingled as the cast of 4,as in the cast of 4 had actual lives besides being Yu's squad

Kartik Ayysola

4y↑1

@kyotheman69 I kinda felt the opposite personally. P4's cast was fairly hit or miss for me (Kanji and Naoto were awesome, Chie was good, Yosuke and Rise were okay, and Yukiko was just dull af) while everyone in 5 managed to grab me in some way. That said, where I think 4's cast shines the most compared to the cast of 3 or 5 is in the group dynamic.

Hazukichan X

4y↑4

Or just go to the shadow realm and give their shadow a stern talking to without actually beating them up and changing their heart, in at least one case. But yes. Arguably the Persona 5 crew are somewhat playing into the hands of the ultimate villain, and the ultimate, utterly widespread sin of Sloth... which makes everyone rely on them, or some politician, anyone but themselves. Taking their positive example and turning it into an excuse not to act, instead of inspiration to join in and work for a better world.
Or am I reading too much into it?

lnsflare1

4y↑5

I need, Persona 4 is about facing your true self/finding the actual truth that underlies surface revelations but Persona 5 was more about rebelling against oppressors/standing up for others regardless of the cost to yourself, so it kinda makes sense that OR has you be a therapist and P5 has you be a superhero.

Nicolas Warren

4y↑2

Yuniel Pérez Maybe it's just me, but I always felt that the difference tied into the narrative and themes of P5. While I haven't played 4 yet, I know that 5 deals with a lot of societal issues, one of which is that anyone, even people who try their best to help others, can get beaten down by society and fall into a place where they cannot improve without outside help. Take Kawakami: she was a teacher who used to love what she was doing, but after being (arguably) partially responsible for the death of one of her student that guilt combined with making reparations to the family led to her joining an industry she wants no part of. Kawakami has already grown by the time Joker arrives, but Joker allows that growth to actually shine through by doing the thing that got him into trouble in the first place: being willing to help. I'd argue that the rest of the confidants follow a similar approach.

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madder manner

4y↑266

I substantially preferred persona 4 over 5, mainly because the character interactions were a lot stronger and there was a general sense of happy atmosphere.

Kieran Miday

@TaVenitas For real. Unless I just wake up one day with a huge completionist-boner, no way am I playing through the game for a second time. The pacing just wears on my patience way too much.

Glctc Thnkr

I think P4 has a better story and characters but P5 has better gameplay in basically every way

roadjcat

Yeah I honestly think P4 is better is basically every way

madder manner

4y↑3

@HappyBonBon I have gotten retroactively disappointed in persona 5 after playing 4 because all the things that I missed in 5 actually were in 4

Dorian Gray

Congratulations, you've told us nothing about either game besides vague, insubstantial impressions.

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Elora And Khan

4y↑37

P4's aesthetic was totally Yokooism (as in, Tanadori Yokoo). He's basically known as the Japanese Andy Worhol (and he sold out his prints at the same events that Worhol attended/also sold at).

MajinBros

@Elora And Khan I am not gonna read your point because I doubt you explained your line of reasoning and the connectiong between Yokooism (as in, Tanadori Yokoo) and Persona 4s aesthetic and went into some pity baby rage against me. I love engaging in artistic discussion but I doubt you tried to start any in both of your replies and instead went off on some kind of silly rant. I will tell you tho that I replied "Absoloutely not" because I found little connecting points between persona 4's visual design and yookism after doing some research.

Elora And Khan

@MajinBrosway to admit you got no respect for anybody and you have nothing to actually validate your contribution to the discussion but ok

MajinBros

@Elora And Khan Ain't reading this.

Elora And Khan

@MajinBros additionally, my upvote count implies theres at least a large classroom's worth of people who agree with me, but your reply doesn't have a single updoot. So you should reevaluate how you share your opinions and perhaps also your understanding of art criticism.

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NoiselessFox

4y↑1

I think that was one of his most hilarious reviews ever. I genuinely and wholeheartedly laughed!

StrikeWarlock

4y↑59

Hell yea. P4's OP was a fucking 10/10. Pretty much sold me to the game way back.

eddy eldridge

@Danilo Oliveira
I'll grant you that, but that's kinda the problem.
The first several hours of the game are bogged down by you coming to this backwater town, it's overcast, everything is still new to you, and immediately people start dying and are strung up and you get thrown into this (at first) super creepy dangerous alternate dimension.
Yes, there are a few moments of levity in the beginning, and the tone gradually gets very sunny and fun over the following couple months, and stays there for most of the game.
So, yes, the 2nd OP is pretty indicative of the overall tone for most of the game, but it's some tonal whiplash, since the OP is supposed to be your intro to the game you're about to play, and the first few hours are super dark.
Contrast with the first, which also gives a good tone for the whole game, and particularly the first few hours.

Danilo Oliveira

4y↑1

@eddy eldridge to be fair, I think P4G op is more akin to what you actually get when you play the game... the original intro still has that P3 tone, but more "teen"

eddy eldridge

4y↑4

@Emerald Lance
Aside from being a better song, the original OP did a MUCH better job on setting the tone.

Ryan B

4y↑1

@Emerald Lance I love the original intro and I never played that version. Everytime I booted up golden I would play the original intro. It's in the bonus features section or whatever its called

Emerald Lance

4y↑10

I think he mean's the new P4G intro. It was different from the original P4 intro on PS2. Personally I like the original better, but I do agree the the Golden intro is pretty good too.

The EPG Files

4y↑2

That's actually kind of the final boss for Persona 4, Yahtzee, it's difficult to reach, but it's... metaphorically accurate.

Siiixers

4y↑188

SMT fans are currently putting you on a very naughty list.

PriceyYeti40

4y↑5

@Matt J Persona is more of a typical JRPG adventure (anime boy goes out and saves the world from an evil force one way or another, usually power of friendship) with life-sim elements to ground the setting.

SMT takes those conventions and subverts them. Take the recently announced remaster of Nocturne as an example. There, the world ends within the first hour of gameplay and the story is about you going out into the new world to get strong and shape it to your image. There's a stronger emphasis on philosophy and the greater conflicts within the universe between the forces of Chaos and Law and which morally-grey ideal you'll side with according to your own beliefs.

Emory Daniel

4y↑3

SMT fan here: and nope, even if he didn’t get to the last few dungeons (which admittedly as thematically some of the best), he’s absolutely right. I played through all 5 persona games in reverse order (5-1) and that’s exactly how I’d rank them. They’re all still awesome games, but 5 took everything that was good about those games and made it better

Peter Ray

4y↑1

it's a stereotypical opinion by itself. anyone can like both and still be sane and respected. and don't be fooled, daddy atlus (who i am though getting put off by it's underhanded shit lately) still keeps it's alpha baby smt close at hand. Either they'll go big or go home..... the latter for now.
.....yeah i know the comment was likely intended with heavy sarcasm, but really tho

WildManTheGamer

4y↑8

No SMT fans stereotypical hate Persona. Its like the annoying loud little brother that gets all the attention to them.

Peter Ray

4y↑8

i'm still waiting him to slander our naughty boi demifiend before he gets put on that list. or raidou, or serph or flynn or the four horsemen, or pretty much anyone from SJ.. wait, he has the right to criticize a few of them, and a few more if he's playing the redux but nevertheless

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Average Joe

4y↑3

Gotta agree on this one. I started with 4 and, despite being very impressed with it as a PS2 game, I struggled to play it. The procedurally generated dungeons were a big sticking point, because they're literally just a boring maze of identical corridors which go on for far too long. I gave the series one last chance with 5 and loved it. It's amazing how few developers realise that actual game design trumps randomness 99 times out of 100.

Stevey2578

4y↑1

Never thought I'd see Yahtzee actually being nice to the Persona series, of all things.

Merritt Animation

4y↑86

"Lives on the internet" Ha! I knew Yahtzee was just a sentient mass of vector shapes in the shape of a man!

MTdaBlacking

4y↑5

His life will be the basis of Persona 6!

rockstar450

Once a year Yahtzee releases a video capturing everything incredible about zero punctuation. Brilliant watch thanks for the video Yatz

Alabaster White

4y↑8

When Yahtzee finally plays persona 2 and gets to fight Eldritch monsters, the Belphegor boss fight, rumor system, and dual conversations. Gah so many fun moments in both games, but I don't know if he will get much out of the retro combat system as a more experienced player would. It's why I usually recommend people read persona 1 manga instead.

rsotuyo

Don't forget Hitler

The5lacker

4y↑400

"While all your female party members flusteredly refuse to admit whose it is."
...
How would they know? Unless they're... oh. Oooh. The harem would be going well, in that case.

OtakuUnitedStudio

4y↑1

@KuraIthys Kinda weird how it seems like 90-ish percent of people say having carpet is gross, when you mention that.

OtakuUnitedStudio

@TheBritishWolf Probably not Chie, tho. Well, maybe.

Shadhema Prisma

4y↑1

SIIIIIIIIIMP!!

Matthew Smit

4y↑3

@KuraIthys Nah, that's not ironic. Prepubescent adult stuff was only made illegal in japan recently (10-20 years I think).

KuraIthys

4y↑6

@Semantic Dragon It's kind of ironic, given that being hairless is associated with being pre-pubescent, that showing pubes was actually illegal in japan for quite some time. XD

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バンジョベンジ

4y↑1

I recently beat P4G and it was the best game I've played in a while. If P5 comes to PC, I will probably immediately download it.

Whole Horse

4y↑354

He should look at Persona 2, that has Hitler in it

Deus ex vesania

4y↑1

Makes me want to get my PSP again (ye, I only have P2 there :/) buuuut..
I'm fluent enough in english for a conversation but this game operates on a level that makes me feel like I've my first school lesson still ahead of me.

Hahalery

4y↑1

@Raginmund have you play P2 or even P1?
You barely need to grind to finish the game. The encounter rate being bad does not mean you need to fight them.
Hell you can comfortably beat the final boss without your ultimate persona if you so desire to be. Beside the snow queen and the special ex battle in EP.

fifiaOG

Excuse you he is "Furher" now and you forgot to mention the canon gay protagonist.

Caellan Murphy

4y↑1

@Dolan Duk persona p2 psp is even bloody easier apparently(ive only played P2 psp but i looked at the stats and wow)

Dolan Duk

4y↑2

@Raginmund P2:IS is easy af tho

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Silas G.

2y↑1

I’d highly recommend trying royal, even if you don’t review it. The qol changes make replaying it much more bearable and the new content is by far the best in the game and really elegantly implemented, and I say that as someone who already loved the original.

MsCup

Never thought I'd hear Yahtzee judge a game based on the quality of waifus

Rain Reign

4y↑1

I played Persona 5 a while ago and NEEDED more of it, and this being my first notice of it being on steam, I immediately went to buy it without even watching the video lol

AnimeMangaViewer

Oh god that ending made me laugh more than I thought it would

Jedasis

4y↑31

P4G also has 2 main battle themes, not just one. That may also be why Last Suprise is so ingrained in your memory; you heard it more.

Guy that dose things sometimes

4y↑2

@Hooded Man
I find the rapping charming and the song its self pretty catchy.

Hooded Man

4y↑2

@Tomasin19 Frankly, I would much rather listen to any other Persona battle them than that one; the incomprehensible rapping was not particularly endearing to me.

SpartanGerm 212

4y↑4

AZR900 Nope. Only two songs:
-Reach out for the Truth, for player advantage
-Time to make History, for the rest.

AZR900

Aren't there three though?

Reach out to the Truth- player advantage

Normal battle music- no advantage

Time to make History- enemy advantage

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9Tales

4y↑27

"feels like persona's the same game every time just with all the character names changed and slightly closer to the complete vision" that's because that's exactly what the series from p3 onwards is. i started calling all characters by the names of their counterparts from my first persona game and it's easier to keep track of them that way.

Jean Greff

3y↑1

I mean thats usually what a Arcana Archetype is,Lovers will face decisions,Chariot will have its will tested and etc

Stocko

4y↑11

I was kind of expecting that if he ever review P4G that he wouldn't enjoy it. The fact he pretty much just said "it's P5 but not as good because, y'know, it's a decade older" was surprising. Maybe he actually will like P3FES (my favourite game in the series).

Jon the Wizard

I get the feeling he'd say it’s a slog until October.

PriceyYeti40

4y↑3

If it's ever ported and he does play it, he might hate the gameplay and overall grind, but might enjoy the characters and theming.

Albel2121

It actually makes me happy when he said that every part of P5 was just better than P4, because that's part of what I love about the series. P4 was such a substantial improvement from P3 in almost every way (you might like the story and mood of 3 more, but it's all preference in the end) and then P5 was just an improvement from P4. I love it when companies can make a sequel that takes steps FORWARD instead of several steps BACK or just stay in place.

Peter Ray

4y↑23

"shows up on school on day one and immediately befriends the three nearest named characters, most of whom immediately imply they want to bone him"

YoSuKe YoU'rE gAy FoR yU, aDmIt It AlReAdY ell, actually EVERY SINGLE PARTY MEMBER WANTS TO BONE YU

vincent207

As much as Persona 4 was one of my favorite games on the PS2, playing Golden on Steam now does show some of it's age, at least compared to Persona 5.

Inferknowingfrank

3y↑2

I KINDA feel like the persona games, to an extent, have the same syndrome that the final fantasy games do; the first one you play is going to be your favourite. This isn't necessarily true 100% of the time, but I get that vibe from myself and others.
Having said that, I genuinely prefer Persona 4 to the others. I like the smaller scale, the humbler town, etc. It feels like more time is taken getting to know the town and its people, before you're thrown head first into the magic fantasy aspect of it. It is prevalent throughout the beginning, but not truly experienced, so there is more of a buildup.
As others have said, it's a shame that Yatz was unable to play more of the game, to experience how the story concludes, and everything new that golden offers in comparison to the original. However, I completely understand that it if you're not enjoying it as much as other entries in the series then it is a beast to slog through, especially if you can't skip anything.

Ryan Slaier

4y↑1

Yahtzee hit the nail on the head. I didnt like p4's cast as much as I love p5's. I think the little missions in p4 work as more reason to explore the dungeon. Like how the requests in P5 work. Of course others being thrown in the tv wouldn't work. It breaks the story. P3 having others wander into tartarus works because of how tartarus works. Requests of smaller shadows in P5 work because people suck. Of course there are smaller shadows without a palace yet. P4 works fine, but the mechanics in P5 are definitely superior. Just more fun. Especially P5R. Going in to save people from hurting themselves or others was very natural progression. Not everyone sucks. But a lot of people are in dark places. I like p3 and P5 better than p4 because the darker elements are more appealing to me there.

Hamad Ajja

4y↑3

Personally I liked p3 and 5 plot more than 4. The mystery is great and all, but by the time you enter the 2/3 dungeon you can clearly know how the kidnapper is sending people to the other side and from there you can guess who’s been doing it. It started to pick up ( for me) in the 4 dungeon, where something different happened but after than you do the same thing again, and they find who did it when it got personal for the MC. And one boss comes out of nowhere

Cullen Mott

I love Yahtzee saluting the dead cow on the flag pole, hilarious touch

Sean Fager

4y↑3

"(This game requires me) to grind a lot more than I am inclined to."

This makes me much more likely to try Starduck Valley when it comes out.

V-jes

4y↑1

In the pc version you can just change the ammount of xp you get from battles, making grinding last as long as you want it to.

Bygkakpolak

4y↑23

"Higher stakes than a dead cow on a flag pole." I had to pause the video for that one.

Dmitry Rodionov

Very simple description, yet very effective. I liked the final comparison, the only thing that I think P4 does better than P5 are the interactions between the party members, every time there's a break they do some goofy stuff, like the bathhouse part, while in P5 the best break from the dungeon exploration is in Hawaii and it lacks fun and some party members, the members even argue very intensively at a certain point, making me feel for a moment that the group isn't well glued, but this never happens in P4. Basically what I'm trying to say is that, yes P5 is better that P4 in anything, but I preferred the bounds created in P4, it made me feel like they were really caring for each other or maybe they just have a bit more charm.

Mat Hall

I loooove the P4 soundtrack. "Heartbeat, heartbeat, it keeps on pounding ; Heartbreak, heartbreak, you tell me goodbye..." Ahh, good times.

L C

This is the beautiful “first SMT”. SMT stories are strangely compelling, but depending on your starting SMT, your expectation might meet a wall. Case in point, Persona 1-2, 3, 4, 5 were made in different era. Persona 3 was still developed under the influence of SMT, which made the story a little more hardcore than the later stuffs. Death, trauma, grief etc... on the other hand, the tone is much more lighthearted and calm in comparison to its root. It was a bold new direction for the series. This led to Persona 4, extremely lighthearted, did away with all the heavy emotion of the previous entry and had the shortest development time. Persona 5 had more of the SMT gameplay back and followed the P4 lighthearted adventure style. To me, who started with SMT3 instead of Persona, I prefer 3 of course. Though, to me, the main issue with the other 2 is the incompleteness. I can forgive 4 for lacking in variety due to the 2 years development time, but 5 needed a major patch called Royal, which they shamelessly sold as a new game. P4 new routes actually complete the narrative of the game, as well as the new, more frequent events breaking the monotonous tasks. Persona 4 on PS2 was only fun for those who have yet to experience Persona 3 equally limited option, but at least we can accept that due to it being the first in the basically a reboot. To me, however, despite enjoying the game, it was too tedious to replay. Persona 5 is even more egregious. Royal fixed so many of the little annoyance that we forgave for the fun stuffs like cool menu, more variety of activities, locations, new gameplay mechanics. If you are a long time fan, you probably wouldn’t need to play royal to realise all the little things that P5 should have done on release. At least, story wise, the addition of the new characters is not completing the story like P4. They know how to make a good DLC. The P3 Portable is such a masterpiece of new content that it hurts to see P3 portable being stuck on PSP without the epilogue chapter from the console. They just do a small flip and the context of the emotion in the story just switch around. Too bad, Atlus became lazy. Imagine if instead of a new character in Royal, you get to play as her instead, with new Social Link and options.

Dr. Anonymous

1:23 Can we talk about how, despite being smaller than persona 5, pfg's "plot" is quite respectable

LowHP

4y↑2

Still waiting for the day Yahtzee plays Nocturne and it's insane, unchangeable difficulty and fantastic setting

PriceyYeti40

Welp, he'll most likely go for Merciful now, but it seems like your wish'll be granted.

BLZ231 231

4y↑3

Considering he generally hates JRPGs, with only a tiny handful of exceptions, you're probably going to be waiting a long time.

Shane

Its kind of like Zelda, in the sense that the first one you play gets to introduce the style of game the series is, and gets to be a more special experience. Persona 4 is my personal favorite, but mostly because I really enjoyed a few of the characters.

Spiderwilliam13

4y↑2

I feel like this review also applies to The Elder Scrolls series. I played Morrowind(3) and then Skyrim(5) so when I got to Oblivion(4) I thought "Well this isn't as good looking or memorable as 5, but it's also not as complex and satisfying as 3 so I don;t feel like playing it." When a game series gets better over time but has basically the same template it can be hard to go back to other installments.

Ocarina Of Burr

I fucking love this, legitimately in tears and I'm only 3:07 into the video

😂😂😂 omg the end though

Erik Feral

Always fun to watch Yahtzee genuinely enjoy a game, but still pick it apart for jokes. I'm interested if he'll do a P3 retrospective, but considering the time investment required by most JRPGs (especially SMT/Persona) that might be saved for a long time from now, if at all. Although, my best guess is something akin to him finding it cathartic that anime kids would recognize their own own mortality, but still use gun-like devices to fight monsters waaay past their bedtimes on school days.

ArcaneAzmadi

For some reason, my main takeaway from this is "Wait, Yahtzee can't remember how 'Reach Out To The Truth' goes?" Admittedly I don't know the Persona 5 battle theme (not having played it due to not having a PS4), but Persona 4 has one of the most memorable battle themes in JRPG history (and it didn't get nearly as annoying after 70 hours of play as the Persona 3 battle theme did).

Also I find myself wondering whether he actually has a thing for Princess Sally Acorn?

MacDaddyMatty Mattyd

3y↑1

The greatest reviewer, gives the greatest review.
+1

JC Holmanation

4y↑1

I don't think anything will beat the part where the game asks you who the killer is and brings up a list of every named character in the entire game because you should be able to figure it out by then.

Metripleone

4y↑1

Much as I love P4G, I'm glad I'm not the only one who preferred 5 overall. There's much of a satisfactory reason why people want to be your pal in P4G, it makes more sense in 5 that they're initially suspicious and end up coming around to you.

Mr. Cuddlesworth

of all people, I never expected Yahtzee would rekindle the flames of waifu wars by declaring Persona 5 girls better than Persona 4's.

TheNickSanych

Once came for actual reviews, stayed for witty self-humiliating Yahtzee humour forever.

TheNickSanych

Once came for actual reviews, stayed for witty self-humiliating Yahtzee humour forever.

Kaito Amatou

I’d be fascinated to see what he thinks of each preceding game working backwards through the series even though this is wildly unrealistic to expect of him

TheUnholyOne

4y↑3

This video had the unexpected effect of making me want to look into Persona 5.
Didn't see that coming.

Nathan Samuel Wagner

Same thing happened to me. I then played the whole game, watched the anime, and read the manga in two weeks. Life is strange sometimes.

Berkutinator

And once again, Persona does the impossible by making Yahtzee like a JRPG.

superpe

4y↑17

I thought persona 4 had a more engaging story/premise than persona 5; however, everything else about persona 5 was superior.

João Assumpção

Eh, P4 is more emotional than 5 but also far more predictable imo (apart from the killer). And the whole endgame god thing is much more of an asspull in 4 than it is in 5, too

Jonathan Dee

4y↑2

P5 had the anime writing that I really like and would like to see more of in anime today. Just because you're dark and edgy doesn't mean you're proving a point Stares at Tokyo Ghoul

Dani SplatKing

It's no surprising considering Yahtzee starts with Persona 5.

Casual Bird

Loved this one, and the end credits gag very much

Kozmnavt

4y↑1

I played Persona 4 for the first time because I not only loved Persona 5 but also because of this Steam release and I loved everything about it. I admit it was kinda hard to get into at first when I first saw how old the game is but once I played up to the end of the first dungeon I was hooked and it’s age ceased to bother me in any way. If anything it became more charming. The game is amazing and should be played. I hope Atlus sees how successful it is and releases more Persona games on Steam.

Paulo Andrade

4y↑1

Well thats as positive of a review as were getting from Yahtzee ....

All right time to put it in the box / Website says the P4 director.

Alistair Grove

Another modern Zero Punctuation I actually like? Now I know how Yahtzee felt when he reviewed Shadows of Mordor & Alien: Isolation back to back!

Soothing Egg

I'm glad you mentioned the whole internet persona relatively famous thing. Always wondered how semi famous people feel about walking around without the paparazzi.

Bethakachutney

I played P4 back in the day and it was my favourite game on the PS2. I am currently playing P5R, and I can say it is hands down the better game and 10 times better than P5 . It adds sooo much more content, gameplay and story wise. I will be playing through P4G at some point now it is on steam, as the characters are more memorable to me. I keep mistaking Ryuji for Kanji, and I miss the high school antics from P4!

Barry Geistwhite

4y↑12

"Persona 4 is Persona 5 minus one"

...Yeah, that's fair. Seems obvious on the face of it, but having seen so many sequels make awful missteps it's actually higher praise for the series (and P5 in particular) than it first seems.

Edgar Nova

I'm glad I got into the series in 3, each new entry feels like a real upgrade. Can't wait for 6... Someday I should finish P1, the story is bonkers. And then try P2.

Alabaster White

For p1 there is always the manga if you just want story. P2 has alot more mechanics to play with, but whatever floats you neon space surfing butler. Also I find it funny that p1 cast gets 3 games of canon development and yet new cast get 1 each and spin-offs.

The Unknown Weirdness

That last line is particularly funny if you know what you fight at the end of Persona 1.

PriceyYeti40

4y↑1

Now that it's being remastered with an easy mode, Yahtzee might really dig Nocturne.

João Assumpção

Dig a game with barely any plot, vague philosophical themes and jrpg combat? Lmao don't get me wrong I love nocturne but Yahtzee would most likely dislike it

Alterecorgi

It's nice to know you yahtzee chose in his P5 run through for his love interest

Roariken1

I'm so glad it's not just me that has the Persona 5 soundtrack constantly stuck in my head.

Brian Forsyth

I'd like to see his take on Persona 3. As someone who played all 3 in sequence I think they all hold up because they all hold special places in my heart because their stories all touched me in some way, so I'd like to see the retrospective of someone for whom P3 wasn't their first game. Sadly it isn't likely to be moved off the playstation unless it already has been and I just missed it.

Yang Wenli

Man I thought Yahtzee was gonna tear this game apart

edtebs

4y↑79

P4 awakening:
Persona: hehehe I am youuuuuu
Characters: NOOOOOOOO
P5 awakening:
Persona: hey wanna kick this guys ass?
Mc: yes

SquaredBirch2

3y↑1

rsotuyo

4y↑7

P3 awakening: points gun at head BAM Persona!

KoPLeaderKiactu

4y↑22

Even Yahtzee sees that Kawakami is the best pairing with Joker.

Jonathan Dee

I'm indecisive

CrimsonKage

Glad I'm not the only one who took note of which waifu he ended up with.
It was clearly the maid-outfit, it always is.

PhoenixBlazer39

@Naransolongo Boldbayer What're you on about?

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Christop The illusive Man

4y↑2

Amazingly, modern SMT games are all beatable with barely any “grinding” so to speak, you just gotta know how to count cards.

Shame Yahtzee is missing out on some of the more engaging aspects of the games by playing on easy and preferring the story

Jean Greff

@PriceyYeti40 "too difficult"
"Stopped playing at Ghost Rider boss fight"

PriceyYeti40

I'm really curious what his take on Nocturne will be.

x Coconutt

4y↑1

I believe that the main reason why people prefer the investigation team over the Phantom Thieves is mainly due to how good the anime is.

𒃲𒊊

Finally! A ZP episode after 2 weeks of waiting! I was sure he posted every week, but nevermind that...

Gonzo Fernandez

4:34 doesnt seem like a usual Yahtzee joke but I loved it

humble heathen

4y↑2

Been off and on again with persona 5 and everytime I'm away for more than a few months the moment even a small amount of traction starts to pick up I find myself sucked right back into the swing of things.

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