Persona 4: Golden (aka Greatest Thing I've Ever Played)

So, I finally completed Persona 4: Golden on the Vita.  Took me about six months altogether, with a total play time of 68 hours and 1 minute, but goddamn was it wonderful.  If anyone who reads this knows anything about me, it’s that I’m strictly against runtimes that go well beyond the 20-25 hour mark and even then that’s really pushing it.  A huge problem I have with a number of modern RPGs is their tendency to pad the runtime to extreme degrees.  It’s often unnecessary, forced and artificially extends the story.  The biggest reason this is any kind of issue with the average big ultra-epic RPG is that the length is well beyond the scope of the narrative.  I mean, the average RPG narrative is rather simplistic; “you’re the last guy can kill dragon, dragon are back, will end the world, are you a bad enough dude to kill an dragon?”

Life is Strange - Episode Three

And so comes episode three of Life is Strange, aptly titled Chaos Theory.  As is the case with the previous episodes, I’m absolutely digging this series, its world, characters and narrative.  As is the case with the previous episodes, the soundtrack is great and the writing continues to improve as the writer’s hone their craft and, both they and the cast, really get into the characters.  It’s still got that semi-awkward use of outdated phrases and words, but it’s written and delivered with more confidence than it had been in previous episodes.