Persona 5 is quite possibly the greatest JRPG ever, and one of the best games of this year- and Famitsu magazine (via DualShockers) in Japan certainly seems to think so. In a poll held for its readers, Persona 5 emerged as the greatest game of all time at #1 position.
That is not something I can take much issue with- after all, Persona 5 is JRPGs at their peak form, featuring sublime and tuned gameplay, great characters and plot, and a superlative soundtrack backed with an overwhelming sense of style. Other games on the list include NieR Automata and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild– both of which make it into the top five, actually.
There are definitely issues with the list in that there is a lot of recency bias, and a lot of it is influenced by Japan’s unique tastes- but on the whole, I think it’s a good bunch of games they selected, even if you maybe disagree with some of their rankings. Check out the top 40 below.
- Persona 5 – 835
- Dragon Quest III – 612
- Splatoon – 411
- NieR: Automata – 369
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 350
- Final Fantasy VII – 287
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – 257
- Sakura Wars – 223
- Shenmue – 217
- Danganronpa 1.2 Reload
- Shenmue 2
- Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Future Tone
- Yakuza 0
- Otoca D’Or
- Persona 4: Golden
- Okami
- Xenoblade Chronicles
- Suikoden II
- Final Fantasy XI
- Danganronpa 2
- Danganronpa
- Earthbound
- Dragon Quest V
- The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
- Final Fantasy X
- Xenogears
- Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Tactics Ogre
- Fate/Grand Order
- Persona 3
- Super Mario Bros.
- Kingdom Hearts II
- moon
- Hatsune Miku Project Mirai Deluxe
- Dragon Quest X
- Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone
- Final Fantasy XV
- Hatsune Miku Project DIVA X
