I Played Metaphor: ReFantazio | Hands-On Preview & Impressions

[@RozalinGaming]

Hey all! I mentioned it in the video but again, apologies for not being able to completely use my own recorded footage and for the poor quality in the spots where I did use it. Ideally I would have used only my own footage but I messed up my recording settings; I ended up still using some of it (though I tried to keep it to a minimum) because the provided footage wasn't adequate for everything I was talking about (ex: there was no provided footage showing the Academia). I also wasn't able to show great footage of the action combat for Metaphor -- the smooth parts were provided footage of the first dungeon, and enemies break very quickly there. In later areas it takes longer to break them, hence why I talked about the ability to instantly break them by sneaking up on them. I had footage of longer action combat portions but they were practically unwatchable with my slideshow recording -- this is why I used an extended cut of Trails through Daybreak footage, as I was both using it for comparison, but also they two systems are nearly identical (I may or may not have confirmed this personally with the Lead Combat Developer *wink wink*). Anyways, look forward to more Metaphor content once the full game releases! -- Roz

[@WoodlandMoss]

gameplay looks so boring 😢

[@RozalinGaming]

@@WoodlandMoss It's literally SMT and Persona gameplay -- the only difference being the addition of rows; if you like that, you'll like Metaphor, if not, you probably won't.

[@robertss1000]

I think this game could be my game of the year can't wait till it comes out

[@jskz0072]

Are you going to play p3 episode aigis next week?

[@Dougifresh01]

Nice to hear your thoughts after playing it. I've pre-ordered already, I think the world looks awesome.. I love both SMT and Persona, but I do prefer SMT. I am not the biggest fan of the social links side of the Persona games, just because there is no obvious outcome to your actions until you get 40 hours into a playthrough, and then realise you may not be able to max certain social links because you chose to study in the library instead of spending time with someone. It just feels like a very ambiguous set of mechanics that force most ppl to rely on guides for arbitrary reasons. This is bad enough when it unlocks strong benefits in Persona 5 that are on par with Miracles in SMTV, but would be worst if it's linked to progression of these archetypes/classes, that would heavily impact battles. I do like the idea of strengthening bonds with your party in essence, I am just not a fan of making lots of seemingly harmless choices that has direct unforeseen consequences to my party without them being posted.A middle ground between Persona 5's social links and SMT V's side mission structure would be ideal.

[@ViVeriVniversvmVivusVici]

The stylised A in the brand logo is a female part upside down

[@skx444]

Altus making a new series only for it to be persona checks out lol

[@CRISNCHIPS12398]

I hear a lot of this is like Persona and then literally a sentence amounting to, but it’s worse lmao. Not giving me confidence about it tbh

[@RozalinGaming]

If you like Persona, you'll probably like Metaphor; if you don't like Persona, you probably won't like Metaphor. Really the major differences are: (1) Metaphor is a high fantasy setting instead of a modern day setting; and (2) instead of Persona and Persona fusion, you have Archetypes. Other than that, the game could very well have been titled "Persona".

[@teal7652]

New persona game....PASS

[@fseiba6718]

? Talking about persona as a bad game not realizing its not a persona game

[@RozalinGaming]

@@fseiba6718 it's not a Persona game in name, but Metaphor is about 80-90% a Persona title -- if someone doesn't like Persona, they will most likely not like Metaphor.

[@fseiba6718]

@@RozalinGaming I watched quiet a few preview from youtube and 90% of the comments are all negative. Im sorry if i acted cocky but the negativity is getting to me cus of these comments. The game is already dead cus nobody wants to play persona like games anymore.

[@teal7652]

@fseiba6718 passing on a game doesn't equal negativity. P3R just came out. Not every atlus game needs to be persona-esque lol

[@fseiba6718]

@@teal7652 But they should. Last mainline persona game (persona 5) came out in 2017. Persona 3 is just a remake. Metaphore re fantazio is a new ip- u can say its a reskinned persona game but the theme and the premise is a completely different case here. We 7 years in and still didnt get persona 6.

[@BABYSTARZ]

doesnt sound amazing

[@HyouVizer]

This literally coulda been Persona 6 and nobody would notice. Sure no fusing or even no romance in a modern Persona game could be polarizing for the fandom.

[@vivid8979]

A Persona game without Demon Fusion and Romance is like a Zelda game without Link and Zelda.