So after almost 80 hours I finished Persona 4 Golden on Vita, and my oh my what an absolutely outstanding game. I still can't quite believe it's over! I had such an incredible emotional journey whilst playing this time and I honestly cannot recommend it enough to JRPG fans or anyone wanting to play a JRPG for the first time, it is a mixture of your typical turn-based roleplaying game with a simulation aspect too. 

You play as a male protagonist 'hero' who has recently come to stay with his uncle and niece for a year while his parents work abroad. It is set in a rural town in Japan, Inaba - it takes around 2 hours for the game to pick up and the main storyline to kick in. But the characters and voice acting is so amazing you don't really mind sitting through a couple of hours of talking and walking around. 

As the murders progress so does a strange fog in the town and you and your group of best friends come together with your personas to solve the mystery of the murders and hopefully rescue people before they become the next victim, using a TV! (exciting to all of you who haven't played it I know). 

I don't want to spoil any of the story for anyone as this is one of the most story driven games I've ever played, but I think the simulation side of the game, building relationships and solving the case is better than the actual turn-based battling. The dungeons are well crafted and the shadows are fun to fight don't get me wrong, but I had a lot more fun trying to do side-quests in the towns and working on becoming better friends with my group. 

This games has a brilliant range of English/American voice actors which is quiet rare for a translated game, normally we end up getting a really dodgy imported version in the UK but it was amazing, especially Kanji! So if you do decide to play, let me know if you can guess the man behind the voice. 

The style of the game, every single dungeon had its own essence and theme behind it and each one was particularly magical - you just find yourself warped into this world which you did not know about before you turned on the game, it's quite crazy how well made this game is. I could find not one singular fault. 

I did not want this game to end, I had such an emotional attachment to it and when it was over I felt instantly bored. Especially with some of the events that happen in game (one which almost made me cry on the train to work...)