Persona 4 may not actually be out, but I'm still making an effort to actively avoid it. This is more than a little depressing, because I'm sure it's a fantastic RPG, and, quite possibly, the last good Playstation 2 release--unless the series decides to stay on Sony's eight year-old console. I'm not one to have a restraining order on good JRPGs, as they are kind of rare these days, but playing Persona 4 could be very hazardous to my health. It's not all of the demons and Satanic imagery that's got me scared; it's the fact that this game could very well take over my upcoming (and desperately-needed) break from work, school, and life.
Typically, it's extremely rare for me to play a game for me than 100 hours--and hell, most games don't have that much content to spread around. But the last Persona game, Persona 3: FES, can be found in the handful of games where I've actually spent hours in the triple digits. Before you think that I'm a loser with too much time on my hands, please let me explain: Persona 3: FES was released at a time that I could take advantage of the most: the end of a long, tortuous semester, with 12 weeks of absolute freedom in front of me. Grad school doesn't give you much to do in the way of jobs or work during the summer.
Essentially, I had a Summer of George. And Persona 3 was the catalyst that kicked it off.
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