15 Most Criminally Underrated Video Game Franchises Of All Time

14. Shin Megami Tensei/Persona

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Atlus

Where to start? Persona 4 Golden

Another dominated genre means another overlooked gem, as despite Atlus' Persona series doing consistently well in Japan, it's never truly taken hold in the West.

The reasons are inherently subjective, but if you like your RPGs old-school and turn-based, your monster designs increasingly random, your humour Eastern and your character interactions routed in social awkwardness, Persona is the one for you.

With each instalment being its own standalone experience, yet retaining the theme of a group of students battling otherwordly evils in parallel dimensions in their spare time, it's a dream Saturday morning cartoon setup you never knew you wanted, mixed with some of the best RPG gameplay gaming has ever seen.

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