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PERSONA 4
GOLDENRELEASED 2020 | LAST POSITION No change
Mollie: No JRPG has ever quite matched
the energy Persona 4 Golden brings, and
no game has ever led me to be so deeply
attached to a ragtag group of teenagers
and their terrifying bear mascot.
Morgan: Ye a h , Persona 5 has the style,
but P4 has the heart. I haven’t played in
nine years and I still can’t get that damn
Junes song out of my head.
Phil: Filled with questions like “What do
these bizarre murders say about society?”
and “Why is there a talking bear suit?”
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Rich: This almost feels
like the isometric strategy
genre distilled down to its
purest drops. A game all
about precision planning,
the huge number of
combinations you can
wring out of apparently
simple abilities, and
quickfire playthroughs
that always feel different.
I don’t have much
appetite for the grander
turn-based strategy
games any more, purely
because of time, and
this is the perfect
replacement.
Evan: It’s surprisingly
grim! Reminds me of
Evangelion. This definitely
isn’t the kind of mecha
anime where everyone
goes out for milkshakes
after defeating the
great evil.INTO THE
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TOTAL WAR:
WARHAMMER 2
RELEASED 2017 | LAST POSITION Re-entryJody: Unlike other To t a l Wa r games, the
things I remember from Warhammer
happened on the battlefield. As mad-
science ratmen I’ve killed an elf queen then
dragged her corpse away under arrow-fire,
and as vampire pirates I’ve summoned a
ghost ship to drop on the proud warriors of
Ulthuan. I did that as an undead opera
singer named Cylostra Direfin, who
pronounces her surname as ‘dear-fah’.
The fantasy setting makes To t a l Wa r
ridiculous and extravagant. It’s great not
just because I remember highlights from
multiple campaigns, but because the
gonzo factions make multiple campaigns
worth playing. The expansions and the way
each game can be connected builds on
that, meaning the best Total War keeps
getting better.