Golden also added bike dates, which made Naoto playable. It also added two extra Arcana and a whole bunch of new Personas, and rebalanced skill costs and power to make Chie playable. And that filler adds a ton of extra development onto the characters, who frankly need it. Persona's obsession with fitting characters into neat little Tarot boxes means that they rely pretty heavily on interaction to make them interesting, which Golden did tremendously.
@FiddlyBiscuits
K, I was just wondering cause the wording on your initial comment confused me for a hot second.