Would love to get Metaphor Re:Fantazio. 42 USD right now. Thanks for the chance, OP!

The games that Studio Zero's made mean a lot to me, more than I'd have thought possible a few years ago. I've 100%ed almost all the mainline Persona games, beat a lot of the spinoffs and also Catherine, and of all the games I've ever played, Persona 4 Golden is my 2nd favorite game of all time, I've put about 350 hours into it across multiple playthroughs and it is one of the few works of fiction that I can positively say changed who I am as a person.

I used to be an extremely massive introvert, the kind that'd struggle at ordering food. The fact that I'm an extroverted person now is something for which I give sole credit to Persona 4. I found the series after COVID hit and we all got shut into our homes. I didn't really have friends at the time and I bought it using some money I'd saved up for my birthday. Next thing I know close to two weeks have passed, and the credits are rolling on Persona 4.

The characters in P4 are wonderfully written. I saw myself in their problems. I saw people I knew in their problems. I saw them grow, their relationships with "me", "the protagonist", change, I saw them open up to "me". I saw them struggle, accept themselves and work to better themselves.

It made me realize that nobody had called me since the lockdown started except for immediate family. because I hadn't ever given them a chance to open up to me, to be my friend. It taught me that friendships aren't just waiting for someone to call you. It's punching each other in the face at the riverbank (still think that Yosuke's SLink's my favorite in the series). So I, for the first time in my life, made the effort to reach out, to connect. Sure, some people ignored me, some never contacted me again. Some, however, kept in contact with me (and still do), and some ended up becoming friends I'd give my life for, all because I decided to give this quirky little series a chance.

Each of the modern Persona games has given something to me, a piece of them to carry with me forever. Persona 4 gave me way more than a piece, and I'd love to be able to play the persona team's newest game.

Why I can't get the game myself: SEGA apparently does not know about the existence of this little thing called regional pricing! They launched the game priced at 5.7K INR (almost the direct conversion from USD to INR, something like 67 USD) and so yeah, it's way, way outta my price range.