AWAKEN - Metaphor: ReFantazio - 1

[@NicoB]

It's finally time...

[@Dracobyte]

To play Social Issues: The Atlus RPG

[@S1mpSc10n]

You’re a mad man for doing 3 LP’s at the same time. And I LOVE IT!!!

[@jacalynnepuder1172]

I think you've gone nuts because you're essentially tackling THREE FREAKING GAMES AT ONCE. Rip yours and sae's/sai's mentality. Edit: obviously made this statement before watching you play, I'm sorry for the awful comment.

[@galupoanthony2996]

Man Yakuza 5 characters are nuts

[@jeremyparker5800]

@@jacalynnepuder1172 We need to give NicoB an Oscar!

[@weirdguy1495]

Shinada's investigation of the Nagoya family has certainly sent him down a strange rabbit hole.

[@StarBornMichael]

And what the hell is that music in his brain now aaahhhhhh!

[@ZenoKnightShade]

My god. I think I’ve cracked the code. Nico’s Waifu type: Nice girls with big foreheads and bob-cuts. Nico’s HUSBANDO type: Blondes with tragic backstory’s and equal capacity for stoicism and goofiness

[@ladyholiday3863]

My god. It all goes back to Cloud Strife

[@agent3689]

​@@ladyholiday3863Tifa or Aerith? In the end, Nico's one true love was always Cloud.

[@TheNuckelaveeWanders]

HARU PERSONA 5

[@zeroknight1311]

@@ladyholiday3863 Cloud: Wait...I'm Nico's one true Waifu...? NIco: *holding some glowers and an engagement Ring* Always have been. Now get over here!

[@PWLfr]

Olivier: Helloooooo !

[@MugdhaMahdiShams]

Man, Shinada's baseball training went a whole different direction this episode.

[@KilterNazkre09]

that homerun he made broke through the multiverse and landed in metaphor XD

[@PandoloFox]

Shinada san its me, bizzle kun!! Do you remember me? 15 years ago you tought me and Prince kun about baseball after you came fetching your ball from another world!

[@AkyuuArchive]

Yakuza 5 is a really expansive game. The secret sixth character goes crazy.

[@KeeperOfUntoldDreams]

Nico to Strohl: You're my new Yusuke He feels more like a new Dimitri from the sound of Nico's thirst.

[@Doze1202]

Don’t forget FF16’s Cid, speaking of, Strohl’s voice is Dion’s

[@KeeperOfUntoldDreams]

@@Doze1202 Yeah, Nico pointed it out and I realized why it sounded so familiar. Makes me love Strohl even more.

[@xtty7644]

More is, of course, a reference to British author (and former Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom!) Thomas More. The real-life More is the author of the book "Utopia", which, in fact, *invented the term*. More's book, however, is about an ambiguous utopia, one that seems free of all suffering at first but when looked at closely seems to have its own issues, such as citizens having no privacy or individuality. Even the term utopia is a reference to that - the greek "eutopia" means "good place" (or true, or correct place), but "outopia" means "no place". He split the difference in the title.

[@sirdano]

Morgana: go to sleep Nico Gallica: turn the page Nico

[@isaackerr2793]

Okay, I'm loving this "we're mutually fantasy to eacthother" thing.

[@krsynx]

Gallica: The human is up ahead, are you ready, Bizzle? Bizzle: ...You shouldn't have done that. Gallica: What do you- *oh no.* Bizzle: HANG ON, LEMME JUST FINISH READING THIS FANTASY BOOK. (meanwhile, in another universe) Morgana: I... sense a disturbance. As if a tiny Pixie-looking creature cried out in anguish... Nico Bizzle: Whachu talkin' abo- Morgana: *GO TO BED!!!*

[@tmonster1852]

So the protagonist is voiced by Caleb Yen, he’s been booking like crazy lately, he voices the male protag in Honkai Star Rail and the new protag in Beyblade X. I guess it’s fair to say he’s got the protagonist voice

[@mohammedahmed967]

Bro voices Taichi in Yakuza, too, he’s so good

[@Doze1202]

Gaming in Genshin Impact, Ehtnobalt in Shield Hero, too

[@kingant100]

Caleb to aleks: the future is now old man 😈

[@FlareSouL]

*General Notes:* Metaphor is out and I’m having a blast playing beyond the demo! It will be exciting for you to continue the game once Yakuza 5 is done so lets do a small tip for now. So stats are obviously the important stuff for RPG games as we all know by now. But there are a few things the game _doesn’t tell you apparently as I was recently informed of this_* Agility is one of them. Not only does it affect accuracy of your attacks, evasion for enemy attacks, and escape chance for battles, *it also dictates who goes first in the turn order for **_only the start of the battle._* Now this is peculiar because it does not affect the turn orders that happen after the first player turn, it is basically a setup affector for min maxers. Kinda strange but yeah. Luck is another one. Not only does it raise item acquisition rate and crit rate, *but it also affects how fast you get out of ailments.* These are quite minor effects but it's notable how the game doesn’t really mention to you in their tutorial so far as my progress in the game. Anyways, when you eventually see this comment, I hope you enjoy the game once you can get to it!

[@jameslawrenson1208]

I wouldn't mind him going in the order of Yakuza, Trails, then Metaphor.

[@James.Hill.]

Hard mode is the perfect amount of challenge. Speaking of challenge, there is an optional enemy in Nord Mines. It's very much worth fighting. Mind your MP and your archetype's weakness

[@unsubthx]

54:25 Nico: "I predict this game is gonna get hella meta." Atlus: "Nico.... its called Metaphor,, METAphor"

[@KlonoaFan64]

*surprised Pikachu face*

[@tehquiper6796]

Gallica, being small, would also have smaller lungs. If it weren't for her magic abilities, it would be hard to hear her. She could probably amplify her voice or use that same magic that puts music in Will's head to be heard easier

[@IrfanFakhrianto]

God bless Stewart Clarke, he killed it as Dion in FF16 and he kills it as Strohl in this game too

[@ZoanBlade90]

After two years of not closely following this guy's content (All the in-jokes I've missed!), *I have returned.*

[@The-Fable-Fox]

I'm so mad I didn't realize this the first time I saw Strohl's awakening. He is literally speaking from the heart.

[@TheLanguageSponge]

The difference between Gallica and Morgana, upon realising the main character has never heard of the Royal Sceptre before: Gallica: 'Wow, where do I even start?' Morgana: 'You amateur!' I've found Gallica to be much more docile.

[@peterwinter1962]

Bizzle's Awakening: ascends past the miasma of fear and doubt, shouting to the heavens as he dons the mantle of a Seeker. Strohl's awakening: channels his Inner professional wrestler and even summons a crowd to cheer him on out of thin air.

[@mythlessrwf]

“Man I wish our world was like this fantasy novel, a peaceful world with no magla arts” I mean for a world that also has guns, nukes, and every other conceivable weapon under the sun, we seem relatively more peaceful 👍🗿

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

I think the message here is idealism vs reality, in their world, ours is an utopia, just like we all see high fantasy worlds ourselves "Worlds with magic in which there's more than just humans" is something people have desired to be in for ages, specially children

[@a_cynical_mad_man_vods]

We've at least moved past being opening prejudice against others, for the most part. We still have our radicals but we aren't having literal race and social wars in the streets.

[@litrim1285]

1:24:00 - So…let’s review Atlus awakening methods Persona 3: Shoot your own head Persona 4: Crush a card Persona 5: Tear off your face Metaphor: ReFantazio: Tear out your own heart and transform Upping the ante all the way!

[@deltacojames]

when Shinada said he was leaving town last episode and going somewhere where no one would know him I was not expecting this to be his destination

[@chrisdiokno5600]

To quote Akihito: "I've been waiting for this!"

[@Diegothefox-q6s]

Nico your fairy friend literaly said shes helping you see the magala

[@Cosplaythief]

"Fantasy is dead" was I the only one who heard "Love is Over" playing while that happened?

[@tehquiper6796]

The soundtrack on even the intro and title screen sound amazing. Really pumped to see how this goes

[@remini255]

Meanwhile at the council of protagonists: Makoto: … Ren: … Yu: … Bizzle: … You guys wanna play uno (Everyone else): 😮

[@SuperiorPosterior]

Yu: I don't have Uno.

[@ZoanBlade90]

​@@SuperiorPosteriorRen: Yes, you do.

[@Ozone946]

@@ZoanBlade90 Red: it comes with your xbox

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

"Oh my god, not the HUMAN!" "wait, those are human?"

[@oldramen373]

One connecting thread between this and trails you wouldnt realize is that More and Olivier have the same voice actor in Japanese! The idea of Olivier being trusted with the power of the velvet room is only a little terrifying...

[@RosyMiranto]

And... Dio too o_o

[@Zephhi]

Koyasu the goat. I'm playing in JP audio just for him and Heismay. Tbh the whole cast in Japanese is really good so I'm stickin with it. I still like the dub though it's very good

[@zeroknight1311]

And Fate's Ozymandias.

[@sayospecter6731]

The Room You Can't Leave Until You Satisfy Olivier

[@destinydivided8689]

2:31:27 Persona 4 is courage, knowledge, expression, understanding and diligence Persona 5 is guts, knowledge, charm, kindness and proficiency

[@ShinyMew888]

Nico behaving incredibly straight when Strohl appears He's totally right too, my neurons also activate when best bro Strohl is around lmao

[@ScorbunGame]

Game- “Brings up anxiety a lot in this first episode.” Me- “Gee I wonder what the game’s central theme is?!?!?!” I love ATLUS games but man they have a tendency to beat you over the head with there main themes. Side note my copy of Metafore doesn’t come in until Tuesday AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

[@brendanlee369]

Hey Nico, right away the biggest early tip is to give the protagonist the Mage Archetype which has a passive ability that regens 1MP every time you kill a weak enemy on the map, and some of these monsters respawn if you go back, so you won't have to worry about running out of MP. Also I recommend you do Hard mode lol, I find it more fun.

[@acceldiamond8651]

Not only that, but he can also, regen MP for the party as well! My mind was blown when I realized that.

[@Zephhi]

Hard mode is fun. I would actually be falling asleep on normal.

[@7thlittleleopard7]

Ya'll say that but normal mode is kicking my ass. I honestly think MF's normal mode is harder than P5's. I'm enjoying it, though And no, I'm not new to RPGs or anything - I been playin' since the EARLY days of jRPGs - I honestly think normal difficulty is pretty challenging for a _normal difficulty_. Most other games' Normal are quite easier in comparison.

[@valydendor4472]

​​@@7thlittleleopard7Hard mode is definitely challenging. Not impossible but you can't just run through encounters with tougher enemies. And bosses will really make you think. What probably helps us that the person who lands a weakness doesn't get that turn, like how a one more usually works. So you can't just have the same character hit another weakness in an enemy chain for an infinite turn. Haven't tried normal though.

[@7thlittleleopard7]

@@valydendor4472 I mean, you don't get an infinite turn even with weaknesses in normal either. It still saps some of your turn amount (half a star instead of a full one) and passing to the next person takes half a star too. So if you got one person who hits a weakness and two stars left of a round it'll go Weakness (-half), pass (-half), pass (-half), Weakness (-half), end of turn. That's two weak attacks total. At most you can get 6 turns per round (I'm not sure if you can have more than 3 in your party yet, but if so, you could get x2 the amount of party members at most per round). I mean, it's still encouraging you to hit weaknesses, but you don't get forever-turns if you do. XD That said, enemies still aren't a cakewalk even in normal. A group of four enemies usually take at least two rounds to defeat, if you've got two weakness dealers on the team, and usually there's a mix of enemies in a group so you gotta try and think about what you need and not everyone can hit every weakness, so it'd be very rare to get that wondrous x2 round.

[@nickroberts501]

Our blonde bad guy, Louis, seems to really like looking like Lucifer's disguise of Louis Cypher. Lacking in a desire for absolute freedom but still coming off as a normalcy-rejecting, fun-hating prick.

[@oreotaku4017]

I thought I was the only one who saw some of Louis Cypher in his design glad that’s not the case. 😅

[@S1EEPLES5]

Griffith

[@sarthakarora3212]

You will be saying taht every epsiode lmao.

[@cranesalvation8391]

This game really opens with a beggar getting kicked in the face. What a way to set the tone.

[@fafaaf61]

For the first time in like 7 years I will not be joining you on this game cause I want to complete it myself first. Have a fantastic LP Nico. Hope I can catch up with it soon!

[@Beny763]

I mean, since he is finishing Yakuza 5 first you kinda will have plenty of time to play the game and stay ahead of him before the 2nd episode of this even comes out.

[@chainreh]

omg my own copy literally just came through the door in the first 5 mins of watching this 😭so hyped

[@thewritekid3564]

Man, I just love the english dub in this game, they're all so fancy, diverse, and plesant to listen to. But I swear i heard people talking in that kinda foreign lanuage before.. wait.. I GOT IT!! THEY'RE TALKING IN XENOBLADE!!

[@admiralmage1544]

Axel: THREE?! Roronoa Zoro from One Piece: what the fuck am i doing here

[@mastermindmonokuma]

*ghost Nappa appears*

[@josephnew5025]

Wouldn't be a stretch with his sense of direction...

[@titanking8403]

me: oh nico started a new let's play, yay (sees the video length) me: oh.....oh boy

[@seanlocke2228]

It took just over 4 minutes before Nico could even say hello lol

[@anotherjason]

Man, Yakuza 5 looking really different today, that twist last episode really changed Shinada huh?

[@chompyferaligatr3753]

Mysterious voice: Power awaits thy command. The time has come to awaken the hero within. Bizzle: Ok lets go PERSONA! **SUDDENLY SUMMONS ORPHEUS TO DEFEAT THE HUMAN AS IT'S GOING DOWN NOW SUDDENLY PLAYS OVER IT** Gallica: WOOOOOO! LOOKING COOL BIZZLE!

[@ruick78]

Oh boy yakuza time! How could I forget that time Kiryu and friends went to another world to stop the yakuza

[@Christian_Kim]

HERE WE GO! It’s finally time for this game and see what it has in store for us! I’ve been excited for the game from the first teaser and everything I’ve seen from the trailers and demo have hyped me up even more! I’m glad you are not pausing one of the other LPs for this series so I have more time to play the game before you get fully into it!

[@ImmortalMorron]

So incredibly excited to get super into this game and your let's play, hoping for a 70 parter with this one

[@Barriertriostruckapose]

Really love how seemingly every human enemy in this game is just ripped straight out of The Garden of Earthly Delights. Seriously, look up the triptych, you'll find a ton of the enemies already seen in just this episode

[@infamoose1511]

I think when the protagonist is waving when he’s running, he’s actually waving to Gallica

[@4LeafedDragon]

Gruis death flag count: 1) Weathered old man going with a group of young do-gooders to fight what is likely the final, or penultimate boss of the game. 2) Is introduced after surviving a monster attack that had wiped out the entire garrison. 3) Doesn't get an alternate wardrobe outside of his army garb. 4) Doesn't get a cool awakening to an Archetype like the MC or Strohl. 5) Is encouraged by the game to equip the squishy Mage Archetype. Result: Gruis is literally wearing his death flags on his person, without realizing the implication of them.

[@Christian_Kim]

And so begins the epic tale of Makoto and Aigis’ son, Fairy Morgana, and Knight Yu Narukami!

[@oreotaku4017]

Don’t forget Elf Mitsuru

[@Doze1202]

Don’t forget Fairy Mona is the child of Yukari

[@ehburn]

This game is a blast to play, I hope you have as much fun as I am currently, Nico!

[@uchytjes10]

Ah, the mythical third running series has arrived?

[@multilad816]

I think it's been like years ago

[@joshuabean7805]

​@@multilad816I actually can't recall the last time he tried 3 lps at one time. I think its been 8 years+.

[@black-fenrir35]

​@@joshuabean7805it was actually 17 years ago

[@Gestrid]

@@black-fenrir35 Hasn't he only been doing this for like 10 years, though?

[@pablothecoffeelover2551]

Wait has nico done this before?

[@martinconnor2512]

Gonna be getting a lot of character voices from you Nico.

[@NoonDragoon]

Everyone in this game is so gosh dang pretty. The day transition with the prince is especially striking, gives me pause every time I see it no many how days go by.

[@franknova987]

Only 1 tribe with no discrimination, About that....

[@demosthenes995]

Yeah its honestly a matter of perspective.

[@Dekumon]

Time for another round of "can I keep ahead of Nico to avoid being spoiled?" From what I've played so far, this is gonna be something truly special.

[@oreotaku4017]

You can get a head start. He’s gotta finish Yakuza 5 before continuing.

[@Dekumon]

@@oreotaku4017 I'm gonna need it.

[@Rogeryoo]

Interesting detail about the human enemies. They're called homo (subspecies). Clearly, it's meant to hint at homo sapiens sapiens, our species' name, and yet, homo can mean "the same", as used in words like homogenous. I wonder if this is trying to say that these humans are, in a way, the same as these people in the game? Guess we'll have to wait and see.

[@jakerodgers9146]

More: My name is More. Bizzle: Sexmore? More: No, not quite. Bizzle: Moresex? More: Try again. Bizzle: *Ponders for a moment before inspiration strikes, followed by a snap of his fingers* Mansex! More: *Flabbergasted Wh-wha, how did you--, that's not even close to-- Xemnas: *Puts a hand on More's shoulder with a look that betrays a long held acceptance* You'll get used to it... Eventually.

[@lightningff134]

I can't believe Captain Klinger burned down nibelheim

[@dakotasan8719]

So fun fact Nico, the protagonist's default name changes depending on language, and they're all named after kings. For instance, the English name "Will" is based on "William the Conqueror".

[@lisabarnes924]

Nico: okay, here's how I'll decide on what to play today: I flip a coin. heads I play Metaphor today, tails I play Yakuza 5. **Flips coin and it lands perfectly vertical on its edge** Nico: **nudges coin and it lands on heads** …Aww yeah, LETS DO THIS!!!

[@Shadowboy-sz5zr]

Nico how did you read my mind, I literally just looked up reviews of this game and was like, "This is something Nico would play, I can’t believe he hasn’t started a play through yet” not even two minutes later

[@RyuuKishiTheSeventh]

I mean... he got to play an early version of it for 2 hours a few weeks ago, and did a live stream when the demo first came out up to the moment he got to from that 2 hours Combine that with the fact that he's always done two different playthroughs that rotate every other day, him playing this now is a big surprise, cause he's in the middle of a "big" jrpg, and is kinda sorta nearing the end of the other game. He almost never plays a game immediately on release unless if he finished a playthrough of something first and waited for the game to come out, or plays it on stream

[@katzewerfer63]

2 and a half hours trying to beat an enemy that wasn't sapotes to be beaten yet only thing gained was a complement Worth it

[@LoneWolf982]

Game developers: No power leveling here!

[@ldogg2488]

I'm pretty sure that this game is available on Playstation 5 at least, since I saw it promoted on the Playstation Store.

[@kingdomheartsgamer8771]

yes

[@CrochetWhiteLion]

Three Let's plays at a time? Inconceivable!

[@jackzx13]

Humans are actually the monsters? Who would had thought! Okay, in all honestly, I like that. It has great symbolism, especially with how this world is shown in parallel to ours.

[@travestyknightproductions6855]

MY MOST ANTICIPATED GAME THIS YEAR OMG!!!!!!!! Having watched nothing up to this point on this game, other than the trailers, I am so hyped for this let's play! And just that starting segment tells me that this game is going to be a treat and a half to watch through. I absolutely love the political intrigue it starts on before you even get to the title screen, really ramping up the epic you're going to be playing through. the story design already seems to be top notch on Atlus/Sega's end. I can't wait to sink my teeth into this!

[@KingAce0]

I would like to start this by saying I'm extremely excited to watch Nico play this game, I've tried my best to keep away from spoilers. And secondly what I'm about next is in no way a compliant about the voice acting of this game..... 1:05 When old King gasped I fucking lost it, and after he got stabbed I swear he moaned out "uh oh", again this is not a complaint. Honestly from little we've heard of voice it kind of reminds me Nico's Judge voice.

[@Dullsonic3]

As a human myself, I can confirm that I am not a gigantic abomination like those things that call themselves “human”.

[@navynarupan8979]

Nico finallly gets to play a true Atlus Game. Why? Because of the Press Turn System. This marks Nico's very first Atlus game with a Press Turn System, which was first adopted in Shin Megami Tensei III: Noccturne. Basically, you start with a number of turns based on the number of party members on the battle, and the hitting a weakness or landing a crit activates a "Press", marking one of the icons on the upper left screen to light up/change to signify an extra turn. Racking up Presses will give you the most number of turns in battle. If you consume a turn normally, the icon above decreases instead, which lowers the number of turns you can spend in one round of battle. Missing an attack reduces the number of Turn Icons you have to none at all, giving the enemies their turn to attack immediately. The best part about this system? The enemies are also under the same Press Turn System, making them subject to the same rules as us players. This goes deep gameplay wise but the most important part to know about battles is to get as much Presses in one round by utilizing weaknesses and crits to whale on enemies or preparing buffs to defend against enemies. It surprises me that Nico took this long to finally experience Atlus' flagship game mechanic for most of their turn based games.

[@ZephyrK.]

Metaphor is helmed by Hashino who also was responsible for SMT: Nocturne right?

[@navynarupan8979]

@@ZephyrK. Yeah Katsuara Hashino is also the director for SMT III: Nocturne.

[@That1Elliot]

Nico be like: FUCK IT THREE LET'S PLAYS!

[@VesaKo]

Very hyped for when you get to this game, feels like something classic yet new. Gallica is really cute, best fairy companion. Not that that's a high bar but still true.

[@sarahboucher2517]

Fun fact about the designs of the “humans”: they are based on the painting “The Garden of Earthly Delights” by Hieronymus Bosch! If you look at the whole piece, it’s rather bizarre!

[@mikkyasara5438]

I'm not familiar with Atlus' catalogue beyond Persona, but a friend of mine who is said that Metaphor is basically a culmination of EVERYTHING Atlus has done in the past 20 years. Persona of course, but also bits of other SMT spin offs, and even bits of Etrian Odyssey.

[@bradleyhampton7966]

I feel that the more I play this game, the more that becomes apparent.

[@PhreakinJ0nny]

Went in completely blind today (only watching parts I've played), but something about it feels very right

[@Zimmythos]

A surprise to be certain, but a welcome one, I'm genuinely interested in seeing this game before I decide to possibly buy it.

[@seatea4142]

UM THAT OPENING SCENE. THE OPENING CINEMATIC.UHHH I HAVE GOOSEBUMPS!!!! Nico, i am so excited!!! I've been excited for this game since the very early concept designs, but I have been avoiding reading or watching any previews or articles, anything like that. I can't wait to dive into it myself and watching your journey!!

[@Blue_Firefox]

Fun fact: there are interactive restrooms later in the game just like in p3 reload. if you take a shit on days divisible by 5 you get a free stat point in luck.

[@longface101]

Me: Oh boy! Another night of Yakuza 5 with my favorite penguin king. *Nico uploads this video.* Also, me: "Did I just witness a time travel or a time skip?

[@tannerarmstrong1533]

Bizzle: RIPS HIS OWN HEART OUT BY HAND P3 Protag: This guy gets me

[@chiragasnani3437]

Woohoo new persona (esc) game, let's go! Can't wait for episode 2!

[@StarBornMichael]

Humans, the Deadlines of beasts in the most dangerous Beast of all is that sexy man right there.

[@UnevenerGgc2]

I’m very excited for this lets play! Don’t have the means to play Metaphor myself so I’m excited to see your playthrough

[@PhantomVizor777]

This game's awakenings are incredibly epic.

[@tebeakim3670]

The new game looks so cool and I am so excited to see this Let´s Play of Metaphor ReFantazio from you. ^_^ The prologue is very interesting and it seems like a Fantasy/Isekai/Sci-Fi-World with some big hidden secrets, mysteries, 4th wall breaking and metaphors in it and I love it. ^^ It seems so similar to the Persona-games, but quite different as well (like a crossover of Persona/Fate/Ni No Kuni and some Isekai anime). I think that the fairy Gallica is/acts more than a better Navi (from Zelda: Ocarina of Time) than Morgana (from Persona 5), because both (Gallica and Navi) are fairies and Morgana is more a talking cat/animal (like Luna/Artemis from the anime "Sailor Moon"). The main characters are cool and the different races/tribes in there are fascinating (the Clemar tribe looks a bit like the demons in the anime "Frieren" and Louis reminds me of Lügner (from Frieren). Strohl is cool and a good guy. I like him, too and I am curious how the other characters are which will join the protagonist later. The prince with the book of the story/novel and his past with the protagonist are really mysteries and the enemies called "human" is a bit weird and confusing, but maybe it leads to a big twist in the end and it will be solved then. I think/hope that there will also be some great secrets/mysteries/twists in this game that will be 4th wall breaking (just like the title "Metaphor" implies). The awaken reminds me a bit like Persona 5, but without the mask and the followers are like the social links in the Persona games, so I hope that there will be some social links/free time events with these characters, too and it can lead to something "special/romantic" moments, too. ^^ I am looking forward to the next part of this great game. ;-)

[@acaudill06]

The song in the royal capital reminds me of the song in Lindblumes castle from FF9 a bit. I think its called "Cid's theme" from FF9

[@patriciaholt4964]

How this game is rated T for teen and Persona is rated M is beyond me considering we see this, 15:08, in the first couple minutes of the game Also, lowkey Gallica being our built-in Spotify playlist for this game lol.

[@s4ad0wpi]

Simple. Persona has Mara. Automatic M rating! In all seriousness, blood and violence alone aren't really enough for an M rating. Persona 5 especially got rated M due to depictions of S*xual Ass*ult and attempted s*icide

[@sayospecter6731]

"Bullshit. Gallica, play Shadows Rising." [walks away without looking back]

[@lexis2514]

This has truly made my day. You can clearly tell this game and persona have the same grandparents 😂

[@giovanesato6659]

This was a good surprise.

[@wolfranger5526]

"Hello my name is More. Have you met my younger brother less? Or even better my nephew none." Also damn you nico i want to watch your playthrough but i still need to play the whole game myself 😢.

[@cosmic_drew]

Metaphor is also on Playstation both PS4 and PS5. It is NOT an xbox console exclusive.

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

Atlus not releasing something for PlayStation would be a top 10 anime betrayals for sure

[@Zeik56]

​@@DanielPereira-ey9ntThey have quite a few Nintendo only games, and in fact one Xbox only SMT game. (That also never left Japan.)

[@madpengu10375]

Leon is just becoming Nico's next Dimitri at this point

[@ZenoKnightShade]

This is going to be an awesome LP. I’m maybe three hours past the demo and I can safely say this is going to be a heck of a ride. Probably gonna be my GOTY. If I might be so bold as to offer ONE tip. Be mindful of what Archetype you equip to the protagonist, as they determine how you attack in the field. Believe me, it makes more of a difference than you might think…

[@ayeshayasmin1056]

You'll probably notice that a majority of the cast is British, so there likely be not many voice actors you will recognize. The only ones I think aren't are the main character, Galica and More I believe. I think its a cool way to change things up to make it both familiar and new to Atlus game enjoyers :)

[@nataliecoronado4206]

honestly kinda glad Atlus took the Xenoblade route here. It fits the setting and gives some much needed appreciation to more british VA's. My only wonder is if Adam Howden is in this game

[@Ravenite456]

53:16 Well that's sure not our world.

[@iaut2laff]

Man im playing at the same time as you... I love the surrealism art that they took inspiration for this game's style. If you look up medieval surrealistic paintings you can see how the "Humans" so far are one to one! I have NO idea what most of this game's bosses will look like past the first chapter, yet I hope they are just as weird if not weirder.

[@LoneWolf982]

The monsters in this game are actually based off of works from renaissance artist Hieronymus Bosch. His most famous work "Garden of Earthly Delights" has some figures that inspired the designs of two of this game's "human" enemies.

[@iaut2laff]

@LoneWolf982 Thanks for the name, I knew they looked familiar. I took an art appreciation class at my college aa course, so I have a unique fascination with odd art choices like these.

[@4LeafedDragon]

This is my own assumption, but from how the hexes next to the the learned Archetype, I think it would be a good idea to keep people on their original Archetype, as the connected hexes give me the impression that they are like the Atmas from Digital Devil Saga, where you need to max out the previous Atmas, in order to unlock the next one in the line.

[@Mirality]

Mostly you do, but it's still good to change around. Some enemies react badly to having certain archetypes in your party, or need specific skills to defeat quickly, and there are some archetypes that need a mix of levels in multiple archetypes to unlock.

[@krsynx]

Damn that's been the weirdest Yakuza 5 episode so far! Even for Yakuza standards!

[@NarukamiVC]

I thought I had more time! What a fool I was… Welp *turns hat around* time to binge the game till I’m so far ahead I can be prepared for Nico moments! Didn’t have a good sleep schedule anyway!😂