Atlus Persona 4: Golden and Persona 5 are two of the best JRPGs, but which is better?

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It’s been quite a month for fans of Atlus. Persona 5’s Joker recently made a brief appearance at Nintendo’s Direct event, a western release date has been confirmed for Catherine: Full Body, and the voice actress for Rin has had to respond to some controversial leaks and criticisms regarding transphobia. However, while most of that is merely interesting, the most exciting news happened yesterday with Atlus asking fans if they want remakes and Switch ports for the Persona franchise. While the obvious answer is f**k yes we want remakes of Persona 3 and 4, along with a Switch and PC port of Persona 5, Atlus’ survey has made me briefly want to be that annoying a-hole who has to compare everything.

Although I adore SEES and still perceive Yukari and Mitsuru to be the series’ most captivating romances, there’s no denying the best instalments are Persona 4: Golden and Persona 5. While they’re both fantastic JRPGs that have put Atlus above Square Enix, there are arguments that can be made for each one being better than the other. So, again because Atlus’ survey has driven me to compare both beauties similar to Vincent with Catherine and Katherine, let’s briefly discuss which Persona has the best characters, dungeons, music, and story.

Characters – Persona 4: Golden

Although a lot of the media have had issues with Atlus’ portrayals of certain characters, the studio is well known for creating likeable misfits who are better mates than pals in reality. The members of The Investigation Team and The Phantom Thieves are mostly comprised of enjoyable chumps that succeed in sprouting a ton of exposition with humour and personality. However, even though Ann is an alluring temptress (despite being a Britney Spears wannabe), and Makoto is the “best girl”, the squad in Persona 4: Golden is stronger than The Phantom Thieves.

Yes, Rise Kujikawa is an annoying and clingy dolt who needs to stop singing, but the rest of the ragtag crew are fine buddies to go on a camping trip with. Yosuke admirably fills the best friend role, Chie is an energetic lass who resembles Yukari but with boy hair, and Kanji is a secretly camp doofus who ends up being the game’s most memorable protagonist. Meanwhile, in Persona 5, Ryuji is a blabbermouth who constantly needs shutting up, Futaba is a cringey mirror for us gamers, and Morgana is the world’s strictest feline for constantly telling us to go to bed.

As for the antagonists, Akechi is an insanely hot copy of Death Note’s Light Yagami, but Adachi is a sick serial killer who ingeniously hides his true self behind a weak and pathetic mask. So, thanks to a better villain and less annoying crewmates, Persona 4: Golden has the best cast despite having weaker Social Links (Kawakami is the real “best girl”).

Dungeons – Persona 5

This is undoubtedly a cruel tussle as Persona 4: Golden is a PS Vita expansion of a PlayStation 2 game, whereas Persona 5 is a PS4 exclusive that only recently came out in 2017. Yet, although Golden’s dungeons are squared labyrinths with too many stages, they are a massive improvement on Persona 3’s Tartarus. In fact, Persona 4’s dungeons paved the way for Persona 5’s Palaces as they are colourful and thematic representations of each Investigation Team members’ distorted view of themselves.

Still, although the dungeons in Persona 4: Golden are significantly better than the never-ending tower in Persona 3, the Palaces in Persona 5 are a world apart thanks to the differences in software. While the spaceship and Shido’s cruise are admittedly humdrum thanks to being backtracking marathons in which Atlus clearly ran out of ideas, overall the Palaces are creative and stylish prisons with incredible boss fights to top them off. They’re also open spaces where players can traverse on the floor or through vents, and they have variety with the grind being broken-up with mini games involving paintings and spaceports.

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Music – Persona 4: Golden

Both games have incredible soundtracks. Persona 4: Golden is very much J-Pop, whereas Persona 5 is Jazz but good. Although I really want to give Persona 5 the nod for Jaldabaoth/Our Beginning alone, Golden has songs I prefer to listen to on a daily basis. Reach Out To The Truth and Shadow World are catchy tunes that somehow make a game about victims being hanged sound cheery and delightful, while Time To Make History is a classic battle theme that ensures I keep The Phantom Thieves draped in the Yasogami High School uniforms.

This is probably the most contentious verdict of them all, but we should at least all agree that Persona 4 and Persona 5 have better soundtracks than the elevator rap music in Persona 3.

Story – Persona 4: Golden

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Persona 5’s narrative is relatable for every teenager on Tumblr that blames their shortcomings in life on their parents or closely related adults. It admittedly starts off slow with the protagonist again moving to a new area and school in Japan, but it soon becomes red hot with each chapter introducing a gallery of rogues better than Batman’s (okay, that’s admittedly an over-exaggeration). There’s a lot of unforgettable and dark moments in Persona 5’s narrative with Atlus confronting controversial topics such as suicide and drug trafficking, and the Palaces are clever metaphors for each sinners’ distorted perception of the world.

Still, while Persona 5’s narrative has a lot of clever imagery and tackles touchy subjects, the story of Persona 4: Golden is dark but funny at the same time. It has better school trips with The Investigation Team’s camping excursion being an uncomfortably accurate representation of school chums switching tents in the middle of the night, and entering colourful distortions through a television was original until Atlus immediately copied it but with phones. Persona 4’s narrative is also a mystery that keeps you engaged and guessing, whereas Persona 5 tells you from the beginning that Shido is the baddie.

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