Persona 4 is a role-playing game developed by Atlus for PlayStation 3. It blends traditional JRPG mechanics with visual novel elements, allowing players to engage in turn-based combat against Shadow entities. Set in the rural town of Inaba, players investigate a series of mysterious murders while building relationships with local residents and harnessing the power of Personas.
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.