Persona 5
Turn-based JRPGs are out of the industry mainstream? Yeah right, not if the Persona series has anything to say about it! Persona 5 has totally rejuvenated the genre – a typically wonderful blend of high school drama and dungeon crawling, eye-popping visuals, and a new standard for turn-based combat. Darker than its predecessor but still packed full of comic relief and brought to life by yet another cast of endearing characters, we could not have asked for more from Atlus, who remains a bastion for innovation in an ancient gaming genre. Indeed, Persona 5 iterates wonderfully on turn-based combat, finding new ways to keep the strategic combat feeling fresh and exciting amid an ever-increasing pool of action RPGs.
Persona 5 is a totally unique gaming experience, and believe us, once it has its hooks into you, you won’t want to stop playing it.
Resident Evil VII
If Resident Evil’s tired gameplay had long felt like a veteran boxer on the ropes, struggling to keep pace with fresh talent, then Biohazard is its rumble in the jungle, springing to life and stunning us all with a return to form. This is Resident Evil reinvented, doing away with mainstay characters and third-person gameplay, modernizing the series with a flavor more in-tune with popular titles like Outlast. Abandoning the tropes that had become series mainstays since its origin was a risky tactic, but it’s a gamble that has ultimately paid off. Biohazard has made us excited for the future of the Resident Evil franchise, and that isn’t something anybody has been able to say for a while.
Oh, and we dare you to play Resident Evil VII in VR!
