Persona 5
It’s been years since the last mainline Persona entry, but Atlus certainly didn’t disappoint with the latest installment. Persona 5 is an absolutely massive JRPG clocking in at over 100 hours, and it’s easily one of the most stylish games ever released.
Everything about Persona 5 screams style, from its darkly thematic main story to the way menus flow with animation. Like previous entries, the battle system is entirely focused on exploiting enemies’ weaknesses, but it’s faster and more fluid thane ever before. The Persona series’ unique blend of every day life simulation and dungeon crawling feels better than ever before as well. Social Links, now called Confidants, fit well into the main story, and ever piece of side content feels like it matters in achieving your main goal. Meanwhile, dungeon design has grown leaps and bounds for the series, with each dungeon feeling wholly unique and engaging.
Persona 5 really is a breath of fresh air for the genre, and one of the best JRPGs we’ve gotten in years. It could easily set a new standard, and has a real chance at taking home that GOTY award. Despite being from a rather niche series, Persona 5 has already sold over 1.5 million copies by the time it launched in North America, and it’s one of the highest-rated PS4 games of all time. See more about the title in our review.
