Persona 4
Persona 4 is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus for Sony's PlayStation 2, and chronologically the fifth installment in the "Persona" series, itself a part of the larger "Megami Tensei" franchise. The game was released in Japan in July 2008, North America in December 2008, and Europe in March 2009. "Persona 4" takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside and is indirectly related to earlier "Persona" games. The player-named protagonist is a high-school student who moved into the countryside from the city for a year. During his year-long stay, he becomes involved in investigating mysterious murders while harnessing the power of summoning Persona. The game features a weather forecast system with events happening on foggy days to replace the moon phase system implemented in the previous games.
Persona 5
It was ranked as one of the best games of 2017 by "Eurogamer", "Zero Punctuation", "Polygon", "The Verge", "GamesRadar+", and "Electronic Gaming Monthly" end of year lists. Ray Porreca of "Destructoid" named it his 5th best game of 2017. The website also nominated the game for "Best PS4 Game" at its Game of the Year Awards 2017. Readers and staff of "Game Informer" voted it as their best role-playing game of 2017, as well as having the best narrative and cast. In their reader's choice awards, it also came in second place for "Best Sony Game" and third place for Game of the Year. The game won the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game at the New York Game Awards 2018. It was also nominated for the "Best Visual Art" award at the Game Developers Choice Awards. In addition, it was nominated for best role-playing game at the 2018 D.I.C.E. Awards, and for "Excellence in Musical Score" and "Excellence in Art" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards. At the 2018 NAVGTR Awards, the game won the "Art Direction, Contemporary"; "Costume Design"; "Direction in a Game Cinema"; "Game, Franchise Role Playing"; and "Writing in a Drama" awards.