Recent Persona games have become cult hits thanks largely to their gameplay framework - traditional Japanese RPG leveling mechanics reframed around personal improvement, social relationships and the concept of the self.
And though it’s about the lead character’s ultimately linear story arc, this framework subtly becomes about the player’s self, too.
Persona 3 and Persona 4 largely share the same main core gameplay concepts.
Players begin as a nameless, faceless protagonist, and conduct that character through the events of a story as it unfolds across the calendar school year.
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