The PlayStation shattered the status quo, only to become itSony debuted the PlayStation on Dec. 3, 1994. Within just a few years, three of the platform’s games defined the blockbuster video game experience. Technical wizardry - for gamers, a sort of 2007 iPhone moment every few years - came to define Sony’s remarkable 30-year run in video games.
The year’s smartest game asks: Is civil democracy just a fantasy?Is a civil, functioning democracy as much a fantasy as a world of magic, elves and fairies? This is the troubling question that drives this year’s smartest, most exciting video game, Metaphor: ReFantazio, from the developer Atlus and famed Persona director Katsura Hashino.