Persona 5 Voted As The Greatest Game of All Time By Famitsu Magazine

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.

1. Persona 5 – 835
2. Dragon Quest III – 612
3. Splatoon – 411
4. NieR: Automata – 369
5. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 350
6. Final Fantasy VII – 287
7. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony – 257
8. Sakura Wars – 223
9. Shenmue – 217
10. Danganronpa 1.2 Reload
11. Shenmue 2
12. Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Future Tone
13. Yakuza 0
14. Otoca D’Or
15. Persona 4: Golden
16. Okami
17. Xenoblade Chronicles
18. Suikoden II
19. Final Fantasy XI
20. Danganronpa 2
21. Danganronpa
22. Earthbound
23. Dragon Quest V
24. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
25. Final Fantasy X
26. Xenogears
27. Monster Retsuden Oreca Battle
28. Sonic Adventure 2
29. Tactics Ogre
30. Fate/Grand Order
31. Persona 3
32. Super Mario Bros.
33. Kingdom Hearts II
34. moon
35. Hatsune Miku Project Mirai Deluxe
36. Dragon Quest X
37. Hatsune Miku Project DIVA Arcade Future Tone
38. Final Fantasy XV
39. Hatsune Miku Project DIVA X