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.
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