15 Most Criminally Underrated Video Game Franchises Of All Time
14. Shin Megami Tensei/Persona
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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