Only one game matters for the rest of the year

With the release of Breath of the Wild out of the way, and the first two and a half months of this year already having given us more notable games than the entirety of 2015 did, I suppose it is now time for us all to look ahead at the lineup of games planned for this year, and rejoice in the fact that so many great games are coming this year, across all platforms.

But see, as many great games as there will be releasing, only one will truly matter in the end. No, it's not Sea of Thieves. It's not Prey, Mass Effect Andromeda, God of War, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey. It's not even Red Dead Redemption 2, though with the color red, you're at least getting on the right track.

It's this thing right here:

Persona 5 is the sequel to the JRPG that many of its fans will tell you is among the greatest games ever made. It's been almost a half decade in the making, and it was originally announced in 2013, with a 2014 release date. After that... well, we all know what happened after that, with multiple delays completely waylaying its release date, until now, here we are, in 2017, with the game finally less than a month to release.

After the wait for it being such a pervasive thing for the last few years, it sort of feels surreal.

Persona 5 promises to be great- when it released in Japan last year, it was praised as the greatest JRPG since Final Fantasy 9. Atlus has taken all that was great about the superlative Persona 4, enhanced it, while also addressing all the complaints that were leveled at that game. Previews for the game are gushing and glowing. Listen to what Kotaku says:

In the wake of Breath of the Wild turning out to be one of the greatest video games ever made, I have some bad news for your time and wallet: Persona 5 might be up there, too.

For the past few weeks I’ve been playing an early copy of the fifth Persona, logging around 42 hours with Atlus’s latest gang of rowdy high school students, which means I’m probably not even halfway done yet. Kirk’s in-depth review will be up closer to launch (April 4), but for now, I’ve played enough to at least give you the short version: It’s fantastic.

So, yes- this is the game that has variously charted in SW's Most Anticipated Games list for four years now, finally peaking at #2 this year. This is the game that has charted on GAF's list at #2 for four years as well. This is the game that GameTrailers called the most anticipated game of 2016 (before it was delayed, of course). Until now, Persona has been a niche series, owing to its propensity to release on market irrelevant consoles- with Persona 5 launching on PS4, that looks to change, and it sounds like we're going to have a lot of people discover the game's magnificence for the very first time.

So- I don't care if you don't think Persona 5 will be your kind of game. Keep your eye on this one. Come April 4, by the time it is launching and reviews are up, you'll find yourself taken aback at the universal praise the game will be getting.

Oh, also, to SW this up- you can't play this on Xbox. You can't play this on PC. You can't play this on Nintendo. This is PlayStation exclusive. Buy a PS3/PS4, or miss out on what is going to be one of the best games of the generation.

It's still just a JRPG though

its more than that

This is my most anticipated goty. I expect it to be nothing short of a masterpiece

This may be my first Persona game, see what all the fuss is about.

@charizard1605 said:

@illmatic87 said:

It's still just a JRPG though

Yeah. I liked Pokemon GO and the card game too. Doesnt mean they are JRPGs.

Right. Dancing All Night.

@charizard1605 said:

With the release of Breath of the Wild out of the way, and the first two and a half months of this year already having given us more notable games than the entirety of 2015 did, I suppose it is now time for us all to look ahead at the lineup of games planned for this year, and rejoice in the fact that so many great games are coming this year, across all platforms.

But see, as many great games as there will be releasing, only one will truly matter in the end. No, it's not Sea of Thieves. It's not Prey, Mass Effect Andromeda, God of War, Splatoon 2, Super Mario Odyssey. It's not even Red Dead Redemption 2, though with the color red, you're at least getting on the right track.

It's this thing right here:

Persona 5 is the sequel to the JRPG that many of its fans will tell you is among the greatest games ever made. It's been almost a half decade in the making, and it was originally announced in 2013, with a 2014 release date. After that... well, we all know what happened after that, with multiple delays completely waylaying its release date, until now, here we are, in 2017, with the game finally less than a month to release.

After the wait for it being such a pervasive thing for the last few years, it sort of feels surreal.

Persona 5 promises to be great- when it released in Japan last year, it was praised as the greatest JRPG since Final Fantasy 9. Atlus has taken all that was great about the superlative Persona 4, enhanced it, while also addressing all the complaints that were leveled at that game. Previews for the game are gushing and glowing. Listen to what Kotaku says:

In the wake of Breath of the Wild turning out to be one of the greatest video games ever made, I have some bad news for your time and wallet: Persona 5 might be up there, too.

For the past few weeks I’ve been playing an early copy of the fifth Persona, logging around 42 hours with Atlus’s latest gang of rowdy high school students, which means I’m probably not even halfway done yet. Kirk’s in-depth review will be up closer to launch (April 4), but for now, I’ve played enough to at least give you the short version: It’s fantastic.

So, yes- this is the game that has variously charted in SW's Most Anticipated Games list for four years now, finally peaking at #2 this year. This is the game that has charted on GAF's list at #2 for four years as well. This is the game that GameTrailers called the most anticipated game of 2016 (before it was delayed, of course). Until now, Persona has been a niche series, owing to its propensity to release on market irrelevant consoles- with Persona 5 launching on PS4, that looks to change, and it sounds like we're going to have a lot of people discover the game's magnificence for the very first time.

So- I don't care if you don't think Persona 5 will be your kind of game. Keep your eye on this one. Come April 4, by the time it is launching and reviews are up, you'll find yourself taken aback at the universal praise the game will be getting.

Oh, also, to SW this up- you can't play this on Xbox. You can't play this on PC. You can't play this on Nintendo. This is PlayStation exclusive. Buy a PS3/PS4, or miss out on what is going to be one of the best games of the generation.

You people really over inflate how good persona 4 golden was. It was solid in a time when there weren't a lot of JPRGS.

Mario Odyssey will shit all over P5.

japanese didn't care about it... #500k

lets see how europe and america feel.

@KBFloYd: Highest selling game in the series. Remind me how they didn't care?

#500k

Morio Adyssey.

@KBFloYd: ah, so the third highest selling PS4 game in the region. Gotcha.

yea the 500k flop edition. that one.

The game that only Otaku's cherish. Makes sense if you were into that those types of games.

My biggest gripe with persona was the bland cookie cutter dungeon design. This game now gets me hyped!

Just wait till Larian drops its bomb , then you'll see what really matters

Dunno why, but now i'm disappointed because I was expecting a troll post.

i'm more hyped for mario odyssey but persona 5 is going to be the best playstation exclusive since bloodborne.

No.

C'mon, now.

Persona 5 will delay again.

anyways for me its.

Unless new Metro release this year, or System shock remake release this year. this game is still best game of 2017.

Now if it wasn't for the terrible high school anime setting... might still give it a go but hard to get too excited about it

Eat your hearts out. Anyone who doesn't like Persona, probably hasn't played it.

I saw the coverage on it, and it looks to be one of the best JRPGs.

Boooo

Between Divinity: Original Sin 2 (a game I can play), Bannerlord, Super Mario Oddyssey, Dawn of War 3, Hello Neighbour, Sonic Mania, Shenmue 3, Yooka Laylee, Kingdom Come Deliverance and BattleTech. Persona 5 isnt even on the top 10 of my most hyped games for this year.

Hell, I am not even hyped for it to begin with. If I wanted to play a dating sim, I would play a freakin' dating sim.

I have played Persona 4.

It was one of the worst jRPGs I have ever played. I am waiting to see if this game actually fixed what I hated about Persona 4 before I even touch it.

... and it's not P5.

Keyword here: "Fans".

Many of mount and blade's fans will tell you Warband is among the greatest games ever made, many of minecraft's fans will tell you minecraft is among the greatest games ever made.

Terrible indication of anything.

Persona 5 promises to be great- when it released in Japan last year, it was praised as the greatest JRPG since Final Fantasy 9.

Now, that is an incredibly low bar. So low most could walk over it.

Atlus has taken all that was great about the superlative Persona 4, enhanced it, while also addressing all the complaints that were leveled at that game.

What did they improve and how did they improve upon them?

So, yes- this is the game that has variously charted in SW's Most Anticipated Games list for four years now, finally peaking at #2 this year. This is the game that has charted on GAF's list at #2 for four years as well. This is the game that GameTrailers called the most anticipated game of 2016 (before it was delayed, of course). Until now, Persona has been a niche series, owing to its propensity to release on market irrelevant consoles- with Persona 5 launching on PS4, that looks to change, and it sounds like we're going to have a lot of people discover the game's magnificence for the very first time.

That is related to hype, not quality. Also, lolNeoGAF, a site that is something of a laughing stock in the gaming community.

So- I don't care if you don't think Persona 5 will be your kind of game. Keep your eye on this one. Come April 4, by the time it is launching and reviews are up, you'll find yourself taken aback at the universal praise the game will be getting.

I will maybe care about the game when people give me a freakin' reason to care.

Saying "It is awesome" has no substance and carries as much merit as a small child saying "because". People have been trying to sell me on this game for years now, they have yet to make any progress. And they wont be able to until they actually say WHY I should care.

This video gave me plenty of reasons to care about Guild Wars 2,

Why can't you Persona fans do the same? Something that actually tells us about the game as opposed to ad populums, ipse dixits and appeals to authority and other logical fallacies. Why should I care about Persona 5. I dont give a crap about vague statements or what Kotaku, the Japanese or NeoGaf thinks or anyone else for that matter thinks. And hype is not indicative of a game's quality.

lol a hentai featuring underage girls.

Well, Red Dead Redemption is bigger and likely better :)

Have it preordered but won't play until the summer more likely. It's one of those games that will be detrimental to your education and grades lol.

Also hope there is no future P5G. I want the entire experience in this one.

yeah im really looking forward to it. xenoblade 2 is going to be another cracker from monolithsoft. thats when i will be buying the switch.

Looking forward to this multiplatforn game.

Hmmm, I don't give a damn about any of those games, will keep on playing Halo, Gears, Overwatch , TF2 and Battlefield for GOW and TLoU2

Stop trying, nobody cares about it besides some system warriors.

Which is Mass Effect Andromeda :P

That's not how you spell Forza Motorsport 7.

I need something to play after Zelda. Does this game have turn based battles ?

500k japanese people cared about it.

But the TC did a terrible job convincing anyone with those arguments I think. I would love to see actual arguments as to why we should get the game though. But as for now, as far as I am concerned, Persona 5 is most likely just another glorified dating sim.

@ghosts4ever said:

Persona 5 will delay again.

anyways for me its.

Unless new Metro release this year, or System shock remake release this year. this game is still best game of 2017.

What game is that? Anyway I have a PS3 laying around, if P5 is really well received i might give it a spin, however I am wayyyyyyy more hyped for D:OS 2, the first game was soooo good.

With Prey, Yooka-Laylee, Mario Kart, Day of Infamy, Mass Effect, Dawn of War III, Nier, Shadow of War, Dirt 4, Marvel vs Capcom, RDR2, Spiderman 2 and many more games on the horizon this year I say you are talking bull Charizard.

Go sit in the corner where all the old people sit, where people say stuff nobody listens to.

Exactly, it's a small niche title that doesn't matter in gaming.

People like it? Great, but it means nothing.

This.

Good luck to the fans, that's pretty much all I can say. If not for me coming to this forum, I wouldn't even have a clue what this game is. They might want to market the game more actively as launch date approaches, and they might want to talk about what kind of game it is because despite the dozens of threads about this game over the years, I still barely have any clue exactly what kind of game it is. All I know is that it is a JRPG, but why is this one so special ?

Anyways, at release I'll look into it to see if its something that could appeal to me.

...this is the sort of thing only Persona fans will care.

Theres no way that game will ever mean more to me or those who align more with games like Dawn of War or Bannerlord. I'm sure its a good game though, perhaps one of the greatest ever made...for its audience. But to declare it as the only one that matters in the entire year across all gaming spectrum...urm no. You couldnt pay me to play it...actually you could if its a large sum of money. lol

RDR 2 says hi.

Even the spinoffs are masterpieces

@Maroxad said:

@speedfog said:

Stop trying, nobody cares about it besides some system warriors.

500k japanese people cared about it.

But the TC did a terrible job convincing anyone with those arguments I think. I would love to see actual arguments as to why we should get the game though. But as for now, as far as I am concerned, Persona 5 is most likely just another glorified dating sim.

Dungeon crawling, personas, and story are like 50%-75% of the game though