Red, jazz, masks torn off, and a style so brazen it spills out of every menu.

First takeaway, and it's blunt: when the community picks on gut feel, no thinking, Persona 5 ranks ahead of 96% of games. It's instinctive, it's high, and the detail backs up almost all of it. The OST ahead of 96% of titles, the art style ahead of 95%, fun ahead of 94%, rediscovery ahead of 90%, connection ahead of 87%. Great art on nearly every line, though several rest on few votes. And then one false note, just one: controller feel, dropping to ahead of barely 16% of games. That's the tension of the game, you adore it on instinct, you're swept up by its mood, but what you actually touch with your fingers, the turn-based combat system, divides far more.

In the JRPG aisle, Persona 5 has become a benchmark for style and identity, more than a showcase of snappy play.

So, who's it for? For you if you love art direction that pops, an unforgettable soundtrack, characters you can't shake. Much less if what you crave above all is sharp, hands-on sensation with the controller.