@Heil68: There isn't an exact date for the game past the 2016 window for NA and EU.

@lamprey263: It's a cross-over game of Shin Megami Tensei and Fire Emblem, with nothing in common between the latter. It's basically a Persona game that uses Fire Emblem characters as power up fusions with its main cast. That's why characters in battle look like Fire Emblem's characters.

I'm Asian. Difference in time zones.

The game is coming out in Japan tomorrow, does anyone even care about this game? I forgot it was a thing. They scored it with the same score they scored Devil's Third, funny.

Your timeline is fucked. Has FF15 been in development since 2006 though?

Preparation for development of the next Persona title began in 2010. Rumors of its development were floating around since 2009, when Sony's mobile website listed Katsura Hashino as the game's director.^[10] Confirmation of development was given by Katsura Hashino in 2012 during an interview with Famitsu. - Wiki.

Is there an established school of thought, and science behind quality in gaming?

It is the end of 2015, this is the time when games compete for the title of Game of The Year. So, let's talk about what determines, and what gives a game the right to hold that title.

There are schools that teach acting, writing, etc that make movies better. There's an actual science behind what makes quality in movies. In other art forms like books, and illustrations. You could make an objective claim to quality. Undisputable facts about inconsistency, plot devices, storytelling, heavy usage of tropes and exposition etc.

Is the quality of games really nothing but complete subjectivity as the Gaming Media has been trying to drive recently as of late? Or is that their simply their means as to defend how their reviews are as analytical and articulate as a comment on found on Youtube.

I believe there is a measure for quality in some parts of games, e.g. responsive controls should remain consistently responsive. A game running like a console abortion port and calling that game on that is not an opinion, but an observation that can't be disputed therefore it's objective. Or in some other instances like stories *Major Ultra Heavy Xenoblade Chronicles X spoilers* Where you find that every single person in NLA to be a robot. Humanity couldn't find the resources or time to save people, but they found plenty of that to save animals. Humanity chose to kill every single human on Earth and save cats, dogs and lifeless robotic replicas of themselves. You should read the spoiler anyway, the story is shit and is full of bullshit.

Preference still plays a part of it, I have guilty pleasures of mine. I'll still admit that there's a lot wrong with them, it takes more courage to admit that it seems.

The Vita is a wonderful system that goes for all ages, the WiiU is a shitty system and seemingly ignores anyone who's older than 8 years old.

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Granted that Persona 4 is a remake of a PS2 game but it's still amazing enough to warrant buying an entire system around. I don't care for another dumbed down generic CoD or the next Uncharted 1.5 or As$ Creed: Heavily dumbed down edition, or LBP: the same damn thing.

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Again just cause it plays like its console counter part doesint make it a negative. Thats what im expecting when I pop in a game called uncharted and creed liberation. Something similer to its console relative gameplay wise but its own story levels and such.