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Summary:

An entry in the JRPG/visual novel hybrid Persona series in which the player has to harness the power of Personas and fight entities called Shadows by forging bonds with the locals of Inaba, a rural Japanese town thrown into unrest by inexplicable murders committed under cover of foggy weather and rumours of a television channel said to broadcast mysterious images on rainy nights.

Storyline:

A city teenager arrives in the sleepy rural town of Inaba to live with relatives for a year while his parents work abroad. His quiet new life is upended when a string of bizarre, unexplained murders grips the town, the victims found hanging in impossible ways amid a creeping fog. A local rumor claims that gazing into a switched-off television on a rainy midnight reveals a hidden face, and when the protagonist and his new schoolmates investigate, they are pulled into a strange, fog-shrouded realm that exists inside the TV. There they meet a curious creature and awaken to the power of Persona, manifestations of their inner selves. Realizing the murders are tied to this eerie other world, the friends form an Investigation Team, balancing everyday school life, friendships, and part-time jobs with dangerous journeys into the TV World as they race to uncover the truth behind the killings.

Keywords:

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Ratings:

IGDB

9.1

HowLongToBeat

9

HowLongToBeat:

Main story
73h
Main + extra
85h
Completionist
116h

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Release dates

Jul 10, 2008: Unknown platform (Japan)

Dec 09, 2008: Unknown platform (North America)

Mar 12, 2009: Unknown platform (Australia)

Mar 13, 2009: Unknown platform (Europe)

Apr 08, 2014: Unknown platform (North America)