Per...so...na.

I got Persona 4 yesterday. Might seem a fairly odd choice for escapism, considering what's been going on in my high school this week, but it works for me.

First impressions: Very nice, but they've taken the gloves off in combat. The first 'real' boss just /crushed/ me, and they've stopped offering the opportunity to save directly before those big battles like Persona 3 had. The art and character designs are very good, and the music is...possibly not AS engaging as Persona 3, but still engaging. Also, be prepared to be patient: at 2:45 hours of play, I was just finishing up the last introductory cutscenes.

( Spoiler Spoiler Spoilers for the first few hours of play )

Downpour

The rain is like cold static outside, hissing as it turns everything gray. I suppose it's a good day for it, if any day is. Just spent about fifteen minutes locked in the records room (tornado warnings are fun fun fun in public schools), which wasn't as bad as it might have been. It's more like a spring day than winter: dark and warm and wet. The school heating/cooling system is not handling it all that well, of course. It doesn't like non-standard weather.