Pikimal: For the sake of total transparency, let me be clear: I have never played a Persona game. Despite many recommendations and assurances, I have always been frightened off by the dating sim nature of the titles and the High School age of the characters. Though people insisted I would enjoy these titles, I was just too stuck in my JRPG biases to listen. That was then, and a new Pride has thrown such pretensions out the door (sort of). Though I’m still not ready to dive into an ultra-involved JRPG, Arc System Works and Atlus have developed a title seemingly made specifically to help me cut my teeth on this subject matter: Persona 4: Arena. 5/5