You Will LOVE This Metaphor News!

[@davidvinc]

Join the giveaway here! x.com/TheDavidVinc/status/1848020117474385998 Get your own copy of Metaphor! amzn.to/3Ycsc5P

[@sean11429]

At first I struggled with all of the effects on screen while in towns. From speech bubbles, dash lines, blurred edges of the screen, magla dust and the general UI, I started to feel very anxious. Then it all made sense, it was there all along.

[@bandrew1442]

So hyped for all the accolades and success Metaphor has been getting.

[@corey2232]

It's kind of silly that Atlus games still need mods to access basic PC settings options. This is true with other Japanese companies as well, but you'd think they'd offer people more settings options given the wide variety of PC builds out there. They don't even offer DLSS or FSR, both of which could really help the performance of their games.

[@mintbahamuth1662]

Japanese game companies are mostly focused on the console market, so they don't have as much experience and understanding of what PC players need

[@corey2232]

@@mintbahamuth1662 This is very true, but Atlus has been ahead of the curve when it comes to supporting PC, as they've been all in since P4G sold so well on Steam. You'd also think Atlus would be developing Switch 2 games, right? The reason I bring that up is because it's Nvidia hardware & meant to rely heavily on DLSS, so shouldn't that feature be one of the main things they know to offer in PC ports? That being said, once Switch 2 comes out, I expect Japanese companies to start utilizing DLSS across the board, so hopefully PC ports will at least get that option.

[@izavoice]

@@corey2232 atlus has only been on pc for 4 years. thats still pretty new.

[@manis77]

I think they can't do DLSS or FSR bc they're using P5's own engine, I could be wrong tho I haven't double checked that

[@corey2232]

@@manis77 I know Persona 3 Reload used Unreal, but Metaphor is using another engine. But either one could incorporate DLSS if they wanted, I just don't think they bother because PS5 & XB can't use DLSS.

[@Gen-o3j]

"No matter what kind of project" - I read that as them having shown the ability to adapt an existing franchise properly and now can do an original IP and would like to do so.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

With the success of Metaphor: ReFantazio & a whole lot of releases of this genre, I dare any year down the road to stack up to this year of RPG releases!

[@uninhibition31]

I love it when devs try and please their loyal fans first instead of chasing after people who don't care. I only tried this game and discovered it because of the word of mouth. I have never even completed the Persona games or tried SMT. I really liked the medieval aesthetics and I'm slowly working on completing this game.

[@perlichtman1562]

Great news about the next game. One note about Visions of Mana is that the developer (Ouka Studios) wasn’t part of Square but rather NetEase. In August NetEase and their competitor Tencent (both Chinese companies) talked about rethinking their strategy regarding investment in Japanese developers. In other words, while Square could certainly take on the developers that worked on Visions of Mana, they couldn’t do a straightforward internal re-distribution of employees like they could with their own development studios.

[@user-uq2ko4jq2v]

2:45 😆Glad to hear the devs are focused on the core gaming audience.

[@davidtimmer596]

Definitely. This "Modern Audience" bullshit is getting really old. If you don't listen to your core audience, you'll get nothing but failure after failure.

[@VampireNoblesse]

it panders! .. still great, but.. .. writing of some of books, tolerance stuff etc. pander.., incl. "manipulation is ok, learn how to manipulate others to get what you want.., but getting it thru power is ofc bad, but not thru deceiving others" (not a very "masculine" approach, lol) ... all evil characters are privileged white dudes ... all females are girlbosses, smarter / stronger or repent ... church is "evil" (no suprise, Lgbtq+ are not fans of the church) ... the typical, females are all flat (non- feminine), all dudes are non-masculine, aside of maybe 1-2 exceptions in the WHOLE game) ... etc. etc. ... so, YES, it does pander!

[@VampireNoblesse]

ohoh, who is deleting my posts? sense an agenda here too (will report the video if it happens again!) ... here is my post again ... yes, it panders! .. still great (8.5-9/10l, but.. .. writing of some of books, tolerance stuff etc. pander.., incl. "manipulation is ok, learn how to manipulate others to get what you want.., but getting it thru power is ofc bad, but not thru deceiving others" (not a very "masculine" approach, lol) ... constant "must be tolerate, .. so can influence others to follow you" (wtf!?) ... all evil characters are privileged white dudes ... all females are girlbosses, smarter / stronger or repent ... church is "evil" (who hates the church?) ... the typical, females are all flat (non- feminine), all dudes are non-masculine, aside of maybe 1-2 exceptions in the WHOLE game) ... etc. etc. ... so, YES, it does pander!

[@metalninjajesus1580]

I still haven't been able to make time to play the game yet but I'm always a sucker for a good soundtrack and I adore when you are already "feeling" a track (the one playing in the background) before even attaching it to any scene or event in the game to add weight to it :)

[@insaneasock3156]

Too bad I don't do social media. Keep up the great work David

[@NeoSonicStrike]

In before 'youre on social media's post, even though YT was originally known as a video hosting site and wasn't known as social media until after Twitter became a thing.

[@DozenMarks]

Doing your giveaway on October 27 is very specific, and I like what you did.

[@IAmTheWizFilmClub]

“Mythical Modern Audience that doesn’t exist…” My fucking lord I love you for this David! You are so right…it seems like all these games companies are making games for such a small subset of people that don’t exist.

[@fayte0618]

My guess is metaphor is the new anthology subseries name. Like Metaphor: rescifi or something

[@kokosan09]

the track you've got running in the background is one of my favs!

[@mauvecloud0]

Giveaway on Twitter? Don't get me started about Twitter's current leadership. If that changes, I might be willing to consider signing up just to enter such a giveaway, but for now, no way. I think I can wait for a Steam sale, or possibly for Christmas.

[@77wolfblade]

I only have Twitter so I can sign up for giveaways to be honest.. I do my best not to engage much in it.. Because there's a lot of rage bait out there.

[@RichardMV]

I've LOVED Metaphor so far, but I've got a couple minor nitpicks and a couple major issues that I hope they would fix in a potential sequel. First, when choices pop up during dialogue, the cursor should start at a neutral position so the player can't accidentally select something without first pressing another button. Secondly, the settings menu should be available at all times, including during cutscenes and in battle, so the player can adjust the volume as needed (or load the most recent auto-save because they walked away to grab something to drink during the transition between days and a surprise cutscene started playing). Thirdly, either there need to be fewer generic side quest dungeons or the side quests need to be more interesting. The generic towers, forests, etc. pull me away from the game's amazing story and break up the flow of the game, especially as things get more intense. Lastly, and this one is VERY specific (and spoilerish, so I'll be super vague), emotional/intense scenes need to be spread apart more so the player has time to process and recover from one so they can properly experience the next. Metaphor is incredible, but because it is so damn good, those blemishes have really stuck out to me. Now, with my critiquing out of the way, I need to go play some more so I can finish the game.

[@badboy-gn8fu]

I love turn based RPGs! I hope they continue to keep their fans happy!! im also hoping square can learn from this as well

[@derekosgood3230]

This has been a great year for jrpgs. Enjoying Metaphor Refantazio right now and Dragon Quest III soon after. And still so many I haven't even touched yet!

[@jeffreydean5112]

I can't wait for DQ3. I have never played it but am really looking forward to it.

[@tanaka1477]

You're right about one thing David: you ARE always dashing!

[@mo_musashi_284]

& stealing

[@knox7945]

The square we once knew is long gone. ATLUS took up that mantle now

[@patrickperez3095]

Best game i played this year!

[@terryrds]

I have a 5600X paired with a 6700 XT. I have had to set the graphics preset to Medium at 144hz. It runs well on High, with the exception of dungeons. It's that damn "purple haze" in dungeons that eats away at my frame rate. So instead of a steady 144hz at 1080p, some of the dungeons my FPS drops down to around 70/80, especially when dashing. So, I'll have to give this patch a try.

[@ogun6464]

I'm not willing to sign up for Twitter for a giveaway, I'll buy the game soon

[@Jason-to5cs]

I love this game! I think I’ll be finished up right before DQIII 😍

[@R3GARnator]

Most JRPGs can only survive with the business model of: Low expenses, niche audience. It's mostly just Final Fantasy who act like big western publishers with inflated budgets but also inflated sales targets.

[@ChristopherAngeles]

Those speed lines are the reason why i never sprint. Its really annoying. Gonna check out some mods, thanks David!

[@kohiek]

I use the mod! I highly recommend it, and it's pretty easy to set up. The analog directional fix is so much nicer. I also set it on my Steam Deck but I haven't tested performance on that one yet.

[@blueythedragonknight3949]

Metaphor may be looking to be my pick for GOTY 2024, I'm in love with the world building as it makes me want to know more about it and the secrets that are just waiting for it to be discovered. I'm at the final dungeon and i'm on my way to unlocking the ultimate classes for each party member and maybe possibly doing a New Game Plus run on a much higher difficulty.

[@davidvinc]

It’s just so good!! I hope other companies are paying attention!

[@RichardMV]

I'm in mid-September, right after the BIG scene(s). Not ashamed to admit that I sobbed a bit. I'm a bit worried about getting all my characters' relationships maxed out, especially where I haven't finished 6's quest (didn't realize the weather was always bad at the quest location so I avoided it waiting for good weather) and don't even have access to 7 as a follower (not sure if there's a quest for them). I've maxed Maria and Strohl and I'm close to the end with a lot of the other characters (need to get my virtues up a bit more for some of them), though, so I'm optimistic that I'll just barely finish the last ones up by the end of October.

[@bertnbirdgaming4315]

I’m finishing up some games for Halloween season, then I’m diving deep in on this one as I clear up some storage space on the hard drive.

[@Rylika]

The thing that annoyed me most on the PC version so far was Alt tabbing makes the game just stop when not in focus. Like i want to hear the music/auto playing voiced sequences when I alt tab doing minor tasks on the side At least i got this part fixed for myself

[@gtn800]

what was your fix?

[@mjanime786]

I would absolutely love a sequel and i want the main cast to come back or possibly have the main protagonist future son as the main character

[@jaz9684]

This is a silly question but is there a mod where they allow you to map the directional buttons and the enter key on the keyboard for the actual directional buttons and menu key?

[@seanhuff3868]

I'm happy to see your channel growing! Keep at it🎉

[@davidvinc]

Thank you! Will do!

[@almostontimehero5415]

I'm happy Atlus finally made the Jump to embracing the PC populace. Let's see all japanese devs follow.

[@Seisachtheia]

I am tempted by that giveaway, but I have never had a Twitter and at this point it feels like defeat to get one. But I hope the winner enjoys this fun game!

[@icewolf6062]

They could do what they done with other persona - smt games. And get metaphor royal (not necessarily named that. But the idea is Same base game with updates. Maybe new archetypes/ relationships and story touch ups)

[@fenniken5381]

Up to the island, must say not a fan of masked dancer archetype, you sacrifice your accessory slot to change skills and affinities when you can just change your class. If the masks were key items that let you "change classes" mid fight I'd see the advantages, but as far as gimmick jobs go I already think I'd prefer devil summoner. And I haven't even unlocked that lineage yet. Same time though im betting those 2 classes have the most skills, since they can have the 6? Skills that all archetypes have permanently, and 4 inheritance slots.

[@ShuTora086]

I felt the same about dancer but now she is one of my key party members. Slapping another archetypes skills for just the accessory slot is great. I have dragoon on it for grinding, lots of aoe of different elements

[@Taybean]

At the beginning of using the dancer archetype, I didn't really like it I just used it because I didn't want her to level up slower, but now I am near the end and I actually like it. Have it set up so no weakness, and can use a few good skills from any class without having to level up the archetypes so I can work more on others first and be able to set up weaknesses on enemies, now prefer it to summoner

[@Mr.Nightray]

PC is definitely the way to go, Mods are a plus.

[@f.9344]

Nah, this type of games are awesome on consoles, as you can suspend them at any given point. One time I really lost my shit, when I wanted to sleep but couldn't save for at least an half hour in Persona 4 G. Since then I am not playing this kind of games on PC

[@Mr.Nightray]

@@f.9344 it has auto save. P4G is old so yeah there are exceptions but for modern games. No prob

[@TheInverseable]

Love these games, but i usually wait for the first major patch just one too many times. The game locks up, and I have to re do hours 😅

[@fenniken5381]

Dunno if it would be a side game or sequel but I think a sub job system like octopath could be a good approach. That's up to atlas though.

[@Lizzzy91]

I am happy. I really like the game. and I hope we get a sequel soon.

[@EPS5000]

I quit Twitter when they announced blocked accounts won't be blocked anymore.

[@davidvinc]

I saw that. That’s the dumbest decision ever, I have 100% crazy stalkers that I’ve had to block on there. It just makes no sense

[@TheInverseable]

I mean, they could just log out and see the posts.

[@RyuLightorb]

@@TheInverseable yeah it doesn't change anything you could already see what blocked accounts say i had a group of people badmouthing me behind my back many years ago i just opened another browser on another account to view their tweets when i was gathering proof. If you block someone that just means they will view your stuff with another account...... which is why you can just counter it all by making your acc private. The blocking change literally changes nothing and is a smokescreen for their other TOS changes which are horrific........and people have fallen for it.

[@lazydgsf7429]

If I used Twitter, I’d check. I’ve never used Twitter.

[@wererat42]

I'd assume they'd be working on the definitive edition (Fes/Golden/Royal) of Metaphor next rather than a completely new title unless it's been stated somewhere there would be nothing like that for this game

[@phillemon7664]

They have stated in a prior interview that Vengeance would be the last rerelease for Atlus. There will more likely be story DLC in a Lost Judgment style Expansion Pass (what happened with Episode Aigis) will happen around 6-7 months from now.

[@sirlancewott]

PC modding community always doing us the best! Wish Japanese developers did a better job for PC ports.

[@PhongNguyen-iy6te]

Is it too much to ask for the players to see armors on their characters? With the money they make on persona and metaphor they could improve on that.

[@rune9055]

So what you're saying is that Atlus is not going to make a part 2 Metaphor with a FPS combat system, no non-turn based RPG, or MMO style with gacha (FF11&14). Listen up Square Enix, that message is for you.

[@rare9247]

what gacha does ff14 have lol it has such a limited amount of paid items and they're all cosmetic and not random pulls

[@crisbelly7005]

I will be interested in this game when it comes out for Nintendo too.😂😅

[@davidtimmer596]

When will these companies learn that the "Modern Audience" they're chasing never existed?

[@dragonquest3827]

Im curious of your thoughts on a Monster Hunter Story 3 game. I just beat story2 after playing story1 and i really enjoyed it a lot. And ive only ever played a main MH game once many years ago so i know not much of it all. Story2 was just amazing to me.

[@Sagefire121]

24 days until the wait is over! Just 24 days!!!! (You know what I am talking about.)

[@davidvinc]

I can’t wait!

[@Kuljin20]

You have those 24 days to play through romancing saga 2 coming out

[@DingoOnMy40]

A developer who serves the gamers creates worlds that thrive. Even when their own ideology is present, as long as balance is kept, success will follow. But without balance, only disappointment awaits.

[@SodiumWage]

Hope I win so I can actually play this masterpiece!

[@rogerhouserii6678]

Loved the demo. Cant wait til i can get the game.

[@rowlandandrew9597]

Hi David first thank you for all the hard work you do for rpg community I have an rpg you will love its called Astria Ascending its an adult centered rpg and it's turn based I won't go into story spoiler ok if you haven't tried it yet you should definitely check it out and give it a try

[@hexprof]

David is so dashing

[@DaniAchmat]

Still waiting persona 6

[@Itzmebryy]

Hoping its a sequel, not a expansion like PE:5 Royal

[@jeffkresse]

Love you and your channel!!! This game is amazing.

[@davidvinc]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@nichoudha]

No, knowing Atlus, it's a re-release of Metaphor: Refantazio as an "enhanced edition" of glorified DLC LOL

[@Earthling247]

If it’s not a switch port it’s not good news. 😭

[@ExireHG]

I do think their next game must be Persona 6, Atlus wise. Are these different dev teams between Persona and Metaphor? I don't follow companies that closely business-wise, I just care about the games. I have a video idea, if that doesn't annoy you haha. I know you don't care for Persona nearly as much as many people, but you love Metaphor. Video on why Metaphor grabbed you when Persona didn't as much? Or what Metaphor does better? I'd be interested at least.

[@davidvinc]

That could be a good topic! Let me think on it

[@mo_musashi_284]

I assume a Metaphor anime series to.

[@TheTippsAttack]

a copy for Metaphor for PS5!? PLEASE! But I don't have X... :(

[@sdpc9182]

I don't have a PS5 😢 but it does look cool!

[@Leonson1]

Is there a mod to remove the MC's grunting every time you move while dashing?

[@LegionzGG]

6:03 👀

[@vanced43]

I love your content would love to partake on the giveaway for the game, but I will simply not join twitter. Any other way to participate?

[@damienater]

I LOVEEEEEE THIS GAME

[@burtongustor9357]

Dave where you buy your shirts from!? I love them!

[@XPMatador]

I still have not finished the demo lol

[@praetorxyn]

The final bit of sexes lol. Mind in the gutter David. I've never played any Persona. Do you think playing Metaphor first would make going back to Persona feel archaic? Especially P3.

[@ifyoucanttakeitback615]

Hi guys, hi David ! I'm kinda new on the computer world, so I wanna know if you can give me some websites with PC game mods on it ? 😅 Thanks in advance boys ! 🙏

[@ficamnuzone7052]

I mean 1 mil on the first day. Yeahhhhh I think atlus will milk this new ip . ❤

[@davidvinc]

I was talking about concurrent users on steam.

[@VampireNoblesse]

truthfully: Metaphor Refantazio = Y's X: Nordics ... don't let the simplicity of Y's grafix fool you, the game is great ... both deserved 8.5-9/10 (but some sites seem to "pander" towards one of them)

[@Ibuybabyaliens]

Keep crying

[@simonstrane]

Finally First, after 1000 years of despair 😊

[@VampireNoblesse]

Goty! + great world setting + great main story writing + great combat, very flexible + some interesting characters (thanx to great voice acting) + great combat music (!) + fun city exploration (skating) ... but when you get deeper, you see the issues clearer: - pandering (some characters & writing) - performance issues - balancing issues, especially later (sometimes too easy, then too much RNG making unnecessary difficult; hard mode nowhere near as well balanced as P5 hard mode) - though characters are at times adorable or funny, many interactions are bland / skippable (or pander) - music can feel generic (aside of battle music and one more track) ... its still great, but not 94 worthy, its more akin to 8.5-9/10 ... and DEFINITELY not better than DQXI (or P5) ... at 1st was sceptical, due to pandering, than was fully captivated, .. but once started to explore the southern islands / dungeons, it started to drop off (got repetitive, balancing issues, not using the potential of some characters.. and the pandering started to accumulate like the books on the gauntlet-runner)

[@VampireNoblesse]

before someone asks "pandering?" ... yes, it panders! .. still great (8.5-9/10l, but.. .. writing of some of books, tolerance stuff etc. pander.., incl. "manipulation is ok, learn how to manipulate others to get what you want.., but getting it thru power is ofc bad, but not thru deceiving others" (not a very "masculine" approach, lol) ... constant "must be tolerate, .. so can influence others to follow you" (wtf!?) ... all evil characters are privileged white dudes ... all females are girlbosses, smarter / stronger or repent ... church is "evil" (no suprise, who hates the church?) ... the typical, females are all flat (non- feminine), all dudes are non-masculine, aside of maybe 1-2 exceptions in the WHOLE game) ... etc. etc.. ... so, YES, it does pander!

[@GushuGoblin]

Go outside

[@VampireNoblesse]

​@@GushuGoblin ok.., ofc some will get triggered -__-" A) haven't played far enough to see the pandering B) not enough insight to see the pandering C) sees it, but likes it D) sees it, but doesn't care E) sees it, but is purposely ignorant ... which is it?

[@GushuGoblin]

@@VampireNoblesse You need Vitamin D brother I promise.

[@almostontimehero5415]

2:35 🤔

[@SimpleHealth83]

😊

[@jrpgaddict7726]

👌🏾