Persona 4 captivated audiences in 2008 with its colorful cast, catchy soundtrack, and engaging murder mystery. The fourth main entry in the long-running Persona series received high marks for the ways it built upon the foundation set by Persona 3's gameplay. Persona 4 would go on to receive numerous awards including Metacritic's PS2 Game of the Year. Persona 4 would later spawn spinoffs in the fighting and dancing genres as well as an anime adaptation. The game is often cited as one of the best JRPGs of all time.
In 2012, Persona 4 received an updated version on the PlayStation Vita, titled Persona 4 Golden, where it would continue to receive critical acclaim and awards. After years of being a Vita exclusive, Atlus released Persona 4 Golden for the PC in 2020. Persona 4 Golden offers a lot of content in its 70 plus hours of playtime. For those looking to return to Inaba a second time, Persona 4 Golden offers even more in its New Game Plus mode.
5 Players Don't Have To Start Completely From Scratch
As customary with a New Game Plus mode, players won't have to start completely from scratch. Players do retain all the money they've earned, which will make it easier to purchase powerful weapons. The player's Social Stats also carry over to make progressing the game's many Social Links faster. This allows a lot more flexibility when managing the game's tight schedule as less time would be spent leveling up Social Stats. Quite possibly the most significant carry-over is progress in the Persona Compendium giving players easier access to their favorite Personas from their first playthrough while also saving time if they choose to pursue obtaining the rest of the near-200 Personas in the game. The number of slots to store Personas also carries over.
Beyond that, Skill Cards that were handed over the Margaret or Marie will carry over as well as equipment unlocked for purchase at Daidara's Metalworks. Costumes the player purchased will also remain. Lastly, the player's rescue/SOS message and gifts received from maxing Social Links carry over.
4 But Some Things Do Not Carry Over
Those looking to power their way through the game may be disappointed to learn that levels, abilities, stats, and equipment do not carry over. Players will also need to repurchase their favorite Personas as the ones in the protagonist's possession at the conclusion of the game do not carry over. Social Links are also reset, which means players will have to build them up again. This should be easier with maxed Social Stats and familiarity with the game. Players will lose the items they gain through Social Links prior to maxing that Link.
Any data obtained through analyzing Shadows does not carry over. Lastly, players will still need to wait until June 10 to be able to fuse more than three Personas in a single fusion.
3 Difficulty Settings Get A Big Upgrade
One feature exclusive to New Game Plus is the ability to customize the difficulty settings. There are a wide array of options to fine-tune the experience in the way the player desires and can be changed at any time during New Game Plus. There are five pre-set difficulties players can select from: Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard, and Very Hard. Very Easy and Very Hard are new to Persona 4 Golden.
Players can also adjust how much damage they take, the damage they receive, the experience they earn, and the money they receive. This can be left at Normal, or changed to More or Less. On top of this, players will have the option to choose whether or not they can retry battles or dungeons. This all gives players a lot of flexibility to make the experience their own whether relaxing or intensive.
2 Players Can Fuse The Ultimate Persona
There is one Persona exclusive to New Game Plus in the form of Izanagi-no-Okami. This extremely powerful Persona requires two prerequisites to be able to create. The first is that the player achieved the True Ending in their previous playthrough. This requires the player to make specific choices on December 3. Picking the wrong choices will lead the player to the Bad Ending. Once the player selects the correct choices, there will be a time skip that takes the player to March. In March, chat with all maxed Social Links, but avoid returning home. Something is definitely off, so pursue that line of thought. Players can save at the Save Point at any time to ensure they are on the right path.
The second requirement is to reach level 91 in New Game Plus. This can be made easy by adjusting the amount of experience gained in the settings. Once those requirements are met, the player will be able to fuse this ultimate Persona.
1 New Game Plus Is The Only Opportunity To Fight Margaret
The last new change for New Game Plus is the most powerful boss in the game, Margaret. Margaret is the assistant of Igor, who aided the protagonist in their journey. She seeks to test out the protagonist and their party in battle. This fight can only occur on the final day once the player meets three prerequisites. The first prerequisite is to max out Margaret's Empress Social Link. Doing that requires the players to fuse and show Margaret different Personas. Since Personas carry over, this could be done early on in the game. The second requires the player to defeat the secret boss in each dungeon. Each of these bosses is only available after a certain date and can be found at the end of their respective dungeons. The final requirement is to once again meet the prerequisites for the True Ending. Once all objectives are met, the player will have the opportunity to fight Margaret.
Margaret is no easy fight. She's extremely strong and can knock out the party quickly if one is not careful. This fight can be made stress-free by adjusting the difficulty settings. By allowing retries in battle, the player can just do as much damage as they can before being knocked out, revive, and repeat until Margaret is defeated. On the easiest difficulty, the player also receives an item that accomplishes this as well.
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