probably the voters were most of them younger ages and recent gamers than seasoned ones (25++ ages) ...no matter its high quality imo is far from the title- the best game of all time....
@naruga I'm a 30+ year old player that has played almost exclusively RPG's in my life, both western and JRPG's. Persona 5 was the first time I'd played any Persona game, and it is my favorite game of all time. From start to finish, I found it to be the most consistently fantastic and interesting throughout--of any game I've played. That's even more impressive given that I took 180 hours to beat it, I'll normally abandon a game before then because they just aren't good enough to stay interesting for that long.
@mav805 So you are you saying that it's just your favorite game, or it's the best game ever created? I think it's pretty biased to say it is, and it's a biased poll. It's an excellent game, that is all the POLL proves.
Bit strange how the best game of all time just happens to be the most recent one. Even some of the others so far up the list (Top 10) seem to be quite recent...wouldn't you think with it being "of all time" people would go a little further back with some of them like Dragon Quest III
Persona 5, Splatoon, NieR: Automata, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Final Fantasy XV (No Final Fantasy VIII...seriously)
@-Foxtrot: the breakdown for votes for platforms shows that old games weren't forgotten at all. There were more votes for PS2 and PS1 games than PS4, but they were spread among more games.
Oh I'm not saying they are forgotten completely just that the majority, even the top spot are all recent like games compared to the rest.
The point is out of all the video games we've ever had, all the games that could be candidates and just somehow, by chance the higher part of the list (Top 10), the one with the biggest votes are last gen/this gen games. Just seems more about what's "in" now, not in general.
I remember when FF13 came out and they asked Japan their favorite main FF character the number 1 spot was Lightning, then when FFXV came out it was Noctis...there was another poll of favorite leading lady in FF which Lightning had yet when FFXV came out it was Luna who took that spot despite her hardly being in the game or having much development. Again...it was the most recent FF game to come out.
I mean, I could understand Splatoon being on there if it had some MAJOR quality of life improvements and had launched with all the free DLC that eventually came out. the gameplay is really good and addicting. However the quality of life issues (no party voice chat, no changing weapons in lobbies, online with friends being a pain, short single-player, no local co-op, the two-at-a-time map rotations, etc . . . ) REALLY bring it down.
Final Fantasy XV is dumb because it's clearly not the best Final Fantasy game. It's also not even the best open world ARPG out there.
It is definitely one of the best JRPG's to come out of Japan in a looong time (it feels)...the best of all time...can't really say that but at this moment, definitely the most impressive.
Sadly true but its likely to win 7-10 Goty awards maybe even more depending on how well its remembered when the conversation of Goty pops up for all the publications around the world.
Next years game of all time will be a new game that came out a few months ago. A lot of readers always flok to the latest games they played when it comes to those kind of lists.
45 Years of Video Game History and this is the BEST GAME of them all? Not even close. Its a 9-9.5/10 but not BGOAT
I respectfully disagree with P5 being the best of all time, I think that's because of it being recent so it's still in people's minds. Though I do agree with the PS2 being the best platform.
Persona 5 voted the best game of all time. PS2 voted the best platform because everyone knows that the PS2 version of Persona 5 is better than both the PS3 & PS4 version combined.
Famitsu Trash? your point of view maybe. But what this "PS2 version of Persona 5 is better than both the PS3 & PS4 version combined." You know that persona 5 is only on ps3 and ps4 right? Or let me put it this way do you like play Halo or Zelda?
Best game of all time might be pushing it. It is without a doubt the best game this gen. And the PS2 is DEFINITELY the best platform ever. Provided me with TONS of memories.
No matter how much I like this game (one of the best games for me this gen), I can't agree that it is the best game of all time. IMO, that title should go to the Witcher 3.
How can someone that likes Persona 5 so much also like Tales of Berseria, I don't understand. The gap between the 2 games is huge. Persona 5 is a game that western non japan fans can enjoy. ToB on the other hand is hell for western non japan fans. The cliche's are ridiculous in that game. And the Tales games have the worst padding I have ever seen.
I am disappointed to find that I deleted Persona 5 on the weekend after 85 hours of playing it. The last 10 hours felt like a real grind and I just couldn't force myself to commit another 30 hours or more needed to finish the game.
I can appreciate all its many qualities but I just fell off in the end because the gameplay loops got so repetitive. Very good game but I personally think there are many better titles throughout the history of gaming.
Agreed!
Bit strange how the best game of all time just happens to be the most recent one. Even some of the others so far up the list (Top 10) seem to be quite recent...wouldn't you think with it being "of all time" people would go a little further back with some of them like Dragon Quest III
Persona 5, Splatoon, NieR: Automata, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Final Fantasy XV (No Final Fantasy VIII...seriously)
It is definitely one of the best JRPG's to come out of Japan in a looong time (it feels)...the best of all time...can't really say that but at this moment, definitely the most impressive.
Wanna bet Persona 5 will be ignored in GOTY publications
The PS2 was the greatest console ever though!