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Persona 5 Review - JRPGs Will Never Be The Same Again (PS4) | Rice Digital

'“Perfect” isn’t a word I throw around often — there’s obviously no such thing as true perfection — but Persona 5 is just about the best example of a perfect JRPG. Every idea, every system, every grain of thought has been perfectly boiled down into a flawless reduction. JRPGs will never be the same again.'

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UCForce3231d ago

Well, there you go. JRPG is back.

blitz06233231d ago

Square - "turn based is dead, time for action RPG"
Atlus - "hold my beer"

bouzebbal3231d ago

This first quarter is mental !

OtakuDJK1NG-Rory3231d ago (Edited 3231d ago )

It never left.
We had
Xenoblade Chronicles X
Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel I-II
Fire Emblem Fates
Bravely Second
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Tales of Berseria
Nier: Automata
Dragon Quest VII & VIII
Nioh
Pokemon Sun & Moon

PygmelionHunter3231d ago

Persona 5 is my most anticipated game in recent years, but come on..

There's also been plenty of great JRPGs in the last few years. You must have been living under a rock lol

PlayableGamez-3230d ago

I think square did good with Bravely Default.

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mxyzptlk3231d ago

Looks like JRPG's back on the menu, boys!

Why o why3231d ago

forget a 'perfect storm'....This is a Perfect Tornado

Kabaneri3231d ago

Playstation is killing it right now. Greatness didnt just arrive, its here to stay.

guyman3230d ago

Yawning at the switches line up compared to the ps4's?

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Bathyj3231d ago

Nioh, Horizon and now this? An RPG for every taste.

_-EDMIX-_3231d ago

yup and Nier, KH Collection and 2.8 too.

faint!!!!!!!!

Trez12343231d ago

New to nier franchise and nier automata is the best game I've played this gen and in my top ten for best ever. Special, special game

_-EDMIX-_3231d ago

@trez- the games perspective changes from third person to 2D to top-down is absolutely brilliant.

The design of this game is something I've never seen before in gaming.

Ron_Danger3231d ago

Agreed! Another honorable mention (for me at least) would be Darkest Dungeon. I was actually starting to get tired of rpgs lately cause the past few years they just haven't been as good as they used to be but this onslaught is really starting to turn things around (as far as my interest is concerned). I've also started loading up my Vita with a lot of weird JRPG's since there's always a few in each weekly sale.

jznrpg3231d ago

I really like Darkest Dungeon, but I hate my favorite characters getting fked up diseases and quirks all the time lol. I kike the system but it is punishing , they could have lightened up a little bit, great game though

Fist4achin3231d ago

There's definitely no shortage of RPGs on the Vita. Have at it, but the only problem is that they are hit or miss, at least with my tastes. Game on!

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Best Persona Battle Themes, Ranked

"Last Surprise" and "Mass Destruction" are two of the best Persona battle themes, no doubt.

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50 Best PS3 Games of All Time

The PlayStation 3 is Sony’s most interesting home console ever, but what’s most interesting of all is trying to nail down the very best games on a console with hundreds of incredible games. Let’s give it a shot.

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darthv72320d ago

Personally, I'd rank Pacific Rift in my top 10. It's the best of the series.

badz149319d ago

We desperately need Motorstorm back. Evolution is no more though and this makes me sad

Cacabunga319d ago

Sly Thieves in Time
Stay the Party
Portal 2
Dj Hero
Demon’s Souls
God of war Ascension

rudero319d ago

2 of those games got railed through the “gaming media” during release.
Sly and god of war.
Both of which were fantastic games.

Cacabunga318d ago

Ascension is VERY underrated. Remake please!

Venoxn4g319d ago

Decent list.. I would put the Castle Crashers as well..

1Victor319d ago

Yes it’s a decent list of popular games with a heavy hand on FPS and no Warhawk or Starhawk 2 of the best games (not sale wise) on ps3.
I would buy a Starhawk again even if it didn’t have a graphics upgrade hell I would even take a new one with micro transactions 😱🤯

Profchaos319d ago

I've noticed a recent nostalgia for the PS3 and I don't get it for me it's been my least favourite generation to date and I've been gaming since the NES I just feel like the ambition of the developers outweighed the capabilities of the consoles so I remember lots of games running in the lower end of 20fps range and I remember for the first time ever actually disliking the duelshock 3 and it's curved triggers

Sure there were some standouts and great games but that's the only gen I switched entirely to PC gaming

darthv72319d ago

Maybe the recent nostalgia is because pretty much all of its games are trapped on that console. People want to play them on more modern hardware. hell... if XB can do it then so can Sony. there are competent emulators out there that can run on PS4/5 hardware but Sony just wont let them become official... why is that?

If we are talking least favorite generations (personally) then this one is certainly mine. i had more fun playing 8th, 7th and 6th gen stuff than 9th. And it isnt like i dont have access to do so... the heavy hitters just havent shown up anywhere close to those previous gens. The few here and there just doesnt cut it compared to the likes of constant good games that showed up in 6th, 7th and 8th gen. hell.... I'll even throw in 5th gen has been better than this one.

Profchaos319d ago

I tend to agree there's lots of amazing games locked to the PS3 like GTA IV or mgs 4 but then again my issue was never with the content the PS3 had but rather it's performance many other people have said the PS3 felt like it couldn't walk and chew bubblegum at the same time using PSN and downloading a game could take a few minutes to just start a download.

I typically don't worry all that much about performance I've never had a problem with games that run at 30 but games like crysis 2, Skyrim are good examples where the performance was so unstable you would never even touch the top of the frame cap and the hitching was worse than say Goldeneye on the n64

I think emulation is more than possible on the ps5 though it's just that Sony has no incentive to rush it's development it will likely be a ps6 feature if it ever happens at all.

But yeah the 9th gen has been so bad from a content perspective thats a given I see constant articles where people are frequently expressing their disappointment around the industry as a whole right now to much live service competition that sinks longstanding studios and consumes Devs time less ambition and games cost so much to make they have to play it safe.

The 5th gen was easily better than the 9th we had some all time greats crash, Spyro, Tony hawk, mgs, Mario,64, Goldeneye, Mario kart 64 the list goes on. The 5th gave us a new dimension and I remember being blown away by how much more open gaming had become the 4th gen with the mega drive and SNES was great and very easy to still revisit some of the greatest games of all time came out like earthbound, secret of mana, sonic , Mario world etc but saving our games was still not a standard function or a given so gaming was still evolving but it was very impressive to see some of the tricks Devs used like dithering to give us new experiences those earlier gens limitations bred innovation.

Michiel1989319d ago

if XB can do it so can sony? I didn't know xbox had a cell processor in their older consoles, that's the reason why ps3 was so cool, but also the reason why games are hostage there and no, xbox did nothing similar even though their backward compatbility is good, they always had a similar architecture to their consoles.

darthv72318d ago

Sorry Michael... I guess you missed the obvious part where i said there are already emulators out that do this. and that is what XB is doing... emulators for OG and 360 games. Its why the full slate is not BC on XBO/Series.

coolbeans319d ago (Edited 319d ago )

The list is missing Folklore.

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FanimeCon 2024 | Persona / Shin Megami Tensei Cosplay Gathering

The Persona / Shin Megami Tensei cosplay gathering allowed fans of the acclaimed JRPG series to meet up during FanimeCon 2024.

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