BNP Staff Favorites for 2017: Video Games

So…2017 was a hell of a year. Both eventful and in some respects…hellish. But that doesn’t mean there weren’t some high points. We had a series of favorites, so check out the other posts if you’re interested in the other genres. PERSONA 5 Alright.. Hold Up!

Don’t get me started on the game that I have literally waited years for. If Persona 5 was a religion I’ve been converting people into Phantom Thieves since the day it dropped my guy. Let me tell you why Persona 5 is the greatest game of 2017 (shut up Breath of The Wild). Not only does this game pull on all your emotional strings, it helps you understand people with agoraphobia, how corrupted paths can bring out two different consciousnesses, and promotes the dismantling of a corrupted government!

You’re basically traveling through a metaverse within the realm of peoples’ mind to rearrange their distorted cognition of reality for the greater good. Yo, the metaphors in this game alone, made me say “Oh Shit” at least 15 times and if you don’t believe me, begin your life as an “infamous” High School Student and a Phantom Thief who travels into the mind of people’s consciousness on your free time with your talking cat, then come talk to me. Persona 5 was nominated for Best Soundtrack, Best RPG (won), Best Art Direction and Game of The Year. Come at the Persona Franchise? Skrrrrt. Bye Felicia. – Khadjiah Injustice 2

I have an on again off again relationship with video games. I just haven’t had the time to play them as m…