10 Reasons Persona 5 Is Already A Game Of The Year Contender

6. Art Design & Personas Themselves Are Incredibly Inventive

Personas are the embodiment of a person's true nature, emerging when they acknowledge and accept their true self. Because the player character is a 'wild card', they can wield every type of Persona in the game, which makes collecting them almost feel like collecting Pokemon. Personas can even be fused together to create stronger Personas, which feels like an advancement of the evolution system popularised by Pokemon.

The best aspect of Personas are their varied designs and the stories behind them. Personas often represent the dark personalities of people and this can result in some disturbing looking character designs.

Many of the Personas are based on characters like Captain Kidd and Arsene Lupin, which makes them feel more interesting than in previous titles as they can often be linked to the personalities of the actual inspirations, which makes Personas better than most other battle companions.

Personas feel a lot deeper and better designed in Persona 5 which is great because of how important they are to the game itself. The Personas manage to boost a fantastic combat system and tie it into one of the most important themes of the game, which shows a level of understanding from Atlus that is rare in gaming.