This game is a bit old-fashioned like old street fighter brawling game with a mix of visual novel but it has single player story and a local multiplyer like those old street fighter type genre games. The game has stories in two parts :- Persona 4 Arena(P4A: The Story Mode) and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax(Episode P4).

Persona 4 Arena starts after the events of Persona 4 game, it has visual novel story and fights with different perspectives and it's not turn-based. When you play then you learn how each character has different story and also the Arena part feels a bit slow at pacing but once it ends then you have to start from Arena Ultimax.

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax finally clears up the whole plot of the game and it features casting both P3 and P4 team together on a mission to investigate a new mystery.

The Multiplayer part focuses on online multiplayer or local multiplayer, In local multiplayer you can play with your friends locally and they can choose any character they desire.
And in online multiplayer, players from worldwide are matched with you in a battle.

Overall, this game might feel boring at first if you are not an avid Visual Novel reader but once you get used to it then you'll enjoy it.

This game killed my grandma, and all of my family because of the status effects and shadow characters coming to my house and summoning their personas on me

Yu narukami is now my favorite fighting game character after being my favorite video game character in my favorite video game.