Game With The Best Story

Hi, hi! Welcome to day 21 of the video game challenge! Today’s challenge is ‘game with the best story’. (Sorry this one is a day late >.< I was really not feeling well yesterday D: )

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There are many games that have fantastic stories but I think one that has really caught my attention lately is Persona 4 Golden developed and published by Atlus for the Playstation Vita.

P4G was recommended to me by a friend. She and I have a lot of the same interests so I figured why not? I rented it from Gamefly (I’ve since bought it from them), charged up my Vita that hadn’t been used in so long and started the game up!

The main protagonist (Yu Narukami), Marie and Nanako Dojima Source

In P4G you have just transferred schools and are staying with your Uncle Dojima and little cousin, Nanako for a while in the small town of Inaba. During your stay, strange things start happening and people are dying and disappearing. You and your friends wonder if this is connected to the rumor that says that if someone looks at a TV screen at midnight on a night when it is raining, the face of your soul mate will appear. You and your friends must get together and gather the strength and courage to delve into the TV world to find out what all of this is really about.

Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi Source

I was blown away. I was amazed by just how many people you could interact with on a deeper level as you got to know more about them using ‘social links’. Not only that though, the way it incorporates the darkness that people hide away within themselves was phenomenal. This game also kept me guessing who the true villain was for so long.

However, one of my most favorite things about the game was that despite whatever was going on, the group of friends, also known as the Investigation Team, manage to keep each other in good spirits and can remain humorous throughout the game, keeping it from being too dark.

Rise Kujikawa A.K.A. Risette Source

I can’t say too much because I don’t want this to be a spoiler post and I’m working on a review for it as well, but I would say that yes, Persona 4 Golden is by far one of my favorite video game stories.

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Bonus! Figures! :3

Bathing Suit Chie from JList (NSFW)

Idol Rise from Persona 4: Dancing All Night from JList (NSFW)

Favorite Protagonist

Hi, hi! Welcome to day 18 of the video game challenge! Today’s challenge is ‘favorite protagonist’.

This one was a bit easier for me because I cut out a lot of protagonists due to the fact that they seemed to just kind of go with the flow of the other team members, party members or characters and to me that’s really boring. As much as I enjoy RPGs, I’m not always a fan of the silent protagonist or not being able to make a decision myself from a few options.

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My favorite protagonist right now would have to be Yu Narukami from the Persona 4 series. I really enjoyed him in Persona 4 Golden because the response choices given for him seemed to have a lot more personality to them than many other games that I have played. I’ve read things that say he has less personality in Persona 4 and Persona 4 Golden than the characters in Persona 3 but after playing a pit of Persona 3, myself, I disagree. Not only that though, he was a leader and he didn’t seem to be cocky about it. He just wanted to protect people and solve the problem facing the town of Inaba.

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I also like the social links that can be built with Yu and the response choices you get to do that. Even more so, I really enjoy that Yu can create close bonds not only with friends but with his Uncle Dojima as well as his cousin Nanako who later refers to Yu as ‘big bro’.

Yu and Nanako Source

I also really enjoyed him in Persona 4: Dancing All Night because I got to hear him actually speak much more than in P4G and he was very energetic, high spirited and encouraging. On top of that, he was willing to dive right back into trouble to save innocent people from being hurt.

Yu in Persona 4: Dancing All Night Source

There isn’t really a whole lot I can say without giving away spoilers and that’s not really what I want to do in this post!

Yu with Yukiko, Rise, Chie, and Naoto Source

Who is your favorite video game protagonist?

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Screenshot From Current Game I’m Playing

Hi, hi! Welcome to day 15 of the video game challenge! Today’s challenge is another really short one as you can tell by the title. It’s ‘Post a screenshot from the current game you’re playing’. I’ll post a few screenshots though ^_^ I’m playing a few games but the game I’m into the most right now is Persona 3 Portable developed by Atlus and published by Atlus in JP and NA. My current and first playthrough is as the female protagonist who I’ve named Minori. I plan to do a playthrough again when I’m finished as the male protagonist though!

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Sadly, after writing this intro I found out that this game does not allow me to save screenshots and I don’t want to take a poor quality photo, so I’ll give you some screenshots of the game I most recently finished, Persona 4: Dancing All Night.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night was developed by Atlus and Published by Atlus in JP and NA and published by NIS America in EU and by Bandai Namco Entertainment in AUS. I’ve played a few rhythm games and this one is by far my favorite because I can keep up with it. I’m not very good at rhythm games but this one had an easy mode, medium mode, hard mode and dancing all night mode (basically extreme). On top of that, when trying to complete the trophies from the free dance mode, you can use items to help you and I was able to get my first platinum trophy with this game! (Sorry, usually trophies are a little past my skill level!)

My favorite P4 girl in my favorite outfit dancing to my favorite song with my favorite colored glasses :3 (Yukiko Amagi)

Most songs you can pick a partner and their outfit and accessories as well!

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Keep an eye out for my review of Persona 4: Dancing All Night review that will be posted soon!

**All pictures are in game screenshots taken by me

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Current or Most Recent Video Game Wallpaper

Hi, hi! Welcome to day 14 of the video game challenge! Today’s challenge is ‘Current or Most Recent Video Game Wallpaper’. So, this will be a pretty short post!

I actually can’t find the picture of the most recent video game wallpaper I have had on my computer since it’s been about 6 years, but I’ll share the wallpapers that  I’m using for my PSVita!

Here they are!

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Best Soundtrack

Hi, hi! Welcome to day 8 of the video game challenge posts! Today’s challenge is ‘best soundtrack’.

This is so hard! No joke. There are so many fantastic soundtracks out there so what I will do today is I will choose the one that’s appealed to me the most recently.

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I’ve recently started playing the Persona games and I started with Persona 4 Golden. One of the things I enjoyed the most about it was the music. I’ve just started Persona 3 Portable this month and I’m not enjoying the soundtrack nearly as much. Persona 4 Golden has a phenomenal soundtrack. I would find it on youtube and listen to it while doing chores around the house.

And then I bought Persona 4: Dancing All Night.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night is a rhythm game with the characters from Persona 4 Golden and a few new characters with a whole new story line. I’ve never played a rhythm game with a story line! I won’t go into too many details about the game itself though because I’m writing a review post for it.

Persona 4: Dancing All Night did not only bring back the characters from Persona 4 Golden, but also the music. I was a little iffy on it at first because my absolute favorite song from Persona 4 Golden, ‘Heartbeat, Heartbreak’ didn’t seem like it could be properly remixed without slaughtering it. I was wrong.

Original Song from Persona 4 Golden:

The way they remixed the songs was just amazing. The Persona 4: Dancing All Night OST is now my go to soundtrack to help me concentrate or to get me going when I need to do things around the house.

Remixed Versions of ‘Heartbeat, Heartbreak’

It’s just an absolutely fantastic game. It’s a bit short but I think the story was well done as well as the music! Plus, it means more super cute merchandise! :3

If you like rhythm games and the Persona series, I highly recommend it. I’m no good at rhythm games usually, but this one was actually pretty easy to get used to. ^_^

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