Metaphor: ReFantazio

If I had to describe Metaphor to someone who's only played Persona: Metaphor is like if they took everything you dislike about the Persona series, got rid of it, and improved the gameplay. That's not to say that Metaphor doesn't have its fair share of issues, (it really does) but it was a great experience nonetheless. First things first, Metaphor looks amazing. There's not much I can say since the UI, the character designs, Archetypes, enemies, etc. speak for themselves. Personally, I think that although Metaphor does suffer from a lower graphical fidelity and being made with an older engine, its incredible art direction largely makes up it. Not to mention, Metaphor also sounds amazing. The OST is so, so good. In terms of gameplay, it's a mixed bag but still a lot of fun. Dungeons aren't a mindless corridor simulator and instead, there's parrying, dodging, combat, puzzles, and the occasional jumpscare. It's engaging and sometimes difficult, and quite far removed from Persona in that regard. When it comes to turn-based combat, Metaphor can be very unforgiving with its RNG, and that's why there's a "retry" button, the auto-save feature, as well as multiple opportunities to save when inside a dungeon. That also means you can take breaks when dungeons are long. Unfortunately, this does make the game much, much easier, so while Metaphor technically suffers from the same issue that modern Persona games do, it's still harder. Regarding the Archetype system, there's an illusion of freedom. I love the freedom that the game gives you to experiment with different Archetypes and party members to find out what works, and that's why it's such a shame that they almost entirely strip you of it at the end. Without spoiling anything: there are Archetypes that you're heavily incentivized to play endgame that require other specific Archetypes to be leveled, largely limiting your autonomy. Any previous Archetype lineages you were playing that aren't needed for endgame are rendered useless or very subpar. Other than that, the Archetype system works well for most of the game and every party member gets some use. Among all of the ATLUS games I've played, Metaphor has the strongest cast by far. I adored every follower link and finished them all (which can very easily be done on your first playthrough). As Metaphor doesn't have a romance system, it allows you choose both male and female characters for special events, which was a welcome surprise, as you can't in Persona 3 Reload/FES. I also didn't feel that any party members were sidelined after their main arc like in Persona 5 (Royal). Aside from good writing, a part of what made the characters so great was the voice acting. I cannot stress this enough: Metaphor's English dub is phenomenal. Stewart Clarke absolutely killed it as Strohl, and the variety of accents is so fun. The villains are loveable, the side characters are loveable, and of course, so is the main party. My main issues with Metaphor boil down mostly to quality of life. The inventory system is cumbersome and unintuitive. While navigation isn't the worse, it feels awkward that travel between big areas like cities and dungeons is conveyed with a map, whereas travel within an area is a list of names. These are minor issues, of course, but there is quite a lot of them. The list extends to time-gating, lack of guidance, the imbalance of Royal Virtues, and so on. Regarding the story, Metaphor is extremely ambitious, so it deserves credit where it's due. Trying to provide commentary on class inequality, systemic oppression, populism, and racial prejudice in an 80-hour game is not easy, and it certainly does it a lot better than some other ATLUS titles, but it is far from perfect. It wants to be provocative while still being palatable, so the message falls a little flat. And in terms of pacing, it can feel chaotic and all over the place at times. However, despite its flaws, it manages to be moving and inspiring, and I can't stop thinking about it even months after playing. It has humor, emotional moments, plot twists, and a lot more to offer. On the whole, I honestly haven't enjoyed a game this much since Persona 4 Golden. Every minute I was playing Metaphor, I was practically begging for it to never end. I had post-game depression before I'd even finished it. Although it leaves much to be desired, overall, it's an excellent game, and I would highly recommend it.

Review from someone whose played Persona 3/4/5 Metaphor is definitely a mixed for me, but I'd lean more towards a recommendation than not. Unfortunately, this game is cursed with the comparison to Persona, especially Persona 5. It's made by the same people, published by the same company, shares the same engine, calendar system and social link system, it's essentially modern Persona wearing a fantasy skin, and as a result I will and have to compare it to those games. In my opinion, the inevitable comparison to Persona was cause for A LOT of my complaints with this game. It makes almost everything Metaphor has to offer feel subpar, leaving everything to pale in comparison to the 3 other games I've played from the same team. - The graphics are ugly on the eyes a lot with few exceptions. The big staircase near the end of the first main dungeon overlooking the city has genuinely some of the worst PS2 level graphics I've ever seen, especially from a post 2020 game, but then the fifth city you visit looks pretty fantastic at nighttime. Performance is also inexcusable for a game of this graphical quality. Absolutely no reason that this PS3 looking game should run as bad as it does. - The level design is pretty bad overall. Most of the cities and areas you visit lack any sort of verticality aside from the odd staircase. Areas and rooms are usually way too big and unrealistically open and it just looks weird, and exploring the towns kinda sucks because of the sheer amount of loading screens and transitions between every segment of them. - All of this is nothing in comparison to the dungeon design because oh my god is it awful. The main dungeons range from so short you don't even realize they're main dungeons or WAY too long that they take you hours to get through. The side dungeons are a whole other level of bad though with the same three or so generic templates where exploring feels so mindless they might as well have been randomly generated. Those side dungeons waste so much time and not a single one of them was engaging in the slightest. Coming from the people who made Persona 5, they're incredibly disappointing. Yes there were palaces that dragged on in that game but the general design philosophy of handmade dungeons with different gimmicks and puzzles is absolutely taken for granted. The dungeons here are no different from the Persona 4 corridor dungeons from nearly 20 years ago but with far less interesting designs. - THE MUSIC... I don't think it's very good. Not to say that it's bad, not at all, but I didn't think the soundtrack was memorable in the slightest, again hate to do it, especially in comparison to Persona as well as Shin Megami Tensei. - The enemy design is also pretty bad. I think their designs are pretty ugly overall but there's just so little variation. A quarter of the way through the game you've seen every one and they just keep showing up for the rest of the game. Persona and SMT have hundereds of shadow/demon designs meanwhile Metaphor has like 20. - The characters are alright, but out of the now 4 mainline Atlus games I've played this game definitely has the weakest cast. The main crew never really feels like a team because the story is lacking those moments where everybody bonds together like in Persona. All of the follower rank scenes consist of you and your chosen comrade alone, leaving no room for their stories to tie together and make it feel like their bond is with each other and they aren't just linked together by their mutual relationship with the protagonist and his ideals. - To end off the list with one final topic, the story. I actually don't think it's bad, but I do still have complaints. The game drags on way too much. I don't think the calendar system and sheer amount of mindless side dungeons help this. The story here doesn't really fit that style and just frankly doesn't have enough merit to justify the length. It took 2/3s of the game for me to play a segment that I actually loved and was really invested in, and the rest of the game after that unfortunately didn't keep that feeling going for me (with the exception of a few parts). This is also the first time that I haven't at least teared up at the ending of one of these games, that's how little I felt personally connected to the story. This is a 100 hour long game, I should be bawling my eyes out at the credits but instead I just felt kind of relieved that I was finally finished. Not that the ending was bad, I liked it a lot, but that personal connection just wasn't there. At the end of the day, even though this review is pretty negative, I'd like to think my hundred hours on the game, most of which was in the last two weeks can speak for themselves that despite it all, I did enjoy the game quite a bit, otherwise I never would've made it to those credits. I guess I just found myself disappointed overall, especially when comparing it to other games made by the same people. I personally feel like there's not much of an excuse to justify certain faults here when the same team has done these things better before. Persona 5 both looks and plays far better than this, and hell, Persona 3 Reload, a remake of a 20 year old game came out a couple months before this game, yet the newer one feels like it came out two console generations before. If you're interested, I say try the game out for yourself. I really just wanted to jot down my feelings in words.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is one of the best JRPGs I've played. After spending 248 hours and completing everything in a single playthrough, I can confidently say it's an amazing experience. The game focuses on politics, friendship, loyalty, and personal growth while delivering a memorable story and a fantastic cast of characters. Story: 9.5/10 The story is excellent and focuses heavily on politics, friendship, loyalty, and relationships. There are plenty of memorable moments throughout the journey, and the side quests are enjoyable, although the rewards aren't always worth the effort. Graphics: 9.5/10 I'm a sucker for anime art styles, so this was nearly perfect for me. The visuals are beautiful, every location has its own identity, and even the loading screens are customized based on where you are. Everything feels intentionally crafted. Supports 49 Inch Ultrawide: Yes but with Ultrawide Fix Soundtrack: 7/10 The soundtrack fits the game really well and complements the atmosphere. While it isn't my favorite JRPG soundtrack, it's still memorable and appropriate for every situation. Gameplay: 9/10 As someone who loves turn-based games, this was an easy 9/10. The combat is very similar to Persona with buffs, debuffs, exploiting weaknesses, and strategic party management. The Archetype system also adds plenty of flexibility when building your team. Replayability: 9/10 There's a lot of replay value with New Game+, multiple endings, and everything carrying over. Personally, I didn't replay it because one full playthrough was already a huge time investment, and with the amount of dialogue and content, it can be exhausting to start over immediately. Characters: 10/10 Every major character feels unique and well-written. Each has their own background, motivations, personality, and character development, making it easy to become attached to the entire cast. Romance: None Overall Rating: 9/10 This is not for you if: You don't like turn-based combat You dislike grind-heavy progression You don't enjoy day-to-day calendar systems You prefer action-focused games You don't like reading lots of dialogue You don't like medieval setting Recommended Similar Games: Persona Series - Similar calendar system, social bonds, and turn-based combat. Shin Megami Tensei Series - More challenging combat with deeper demon and party customization. Fire Emblem: Three Houses - Character bonding, strategic turn-based battles, and a calendar-based progression system. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Series - School life, relationship building, and an excellent long-form story. Persona 3 Reload - A darker, more emotional take on Atlus' signature formula. Persona 4 Golden - A cozy mystery with one of the strongest casts in JRPGs. Persona 5 Royal - The most polished evolution of the Persona formula with stylish gameplay and fantastic pacing.

TL;DR Play SMTVV, Nocturne, or any Persona instead. I started on Hard and went in blind. I've died a few times and had to experiment with different classes, called Archetypes. That was a pleasant surprise. The Archetypes keep gameplay fresh, especially as you discover synergies between them. Music is good. The story is bad. Middle school fanfiction bad. "And then the people with the horns were MEAN to the people who had dog ears and tails and I wish we lived in a world where people were NICE to each other." You think I'm joking but I'm not. The plot has all the subtlety of a hammer to the face. The characters are also bland. Nobody is particularly interesting. It's like placeholder backstories and dialogue were created and then nobody ever came back to give them personality. I can't stress enough how generic the dialogue is. You ever hear a pop song that's so predictable you know what the next line is going to be? This is That Song: The Game. Even the character's visual designs don't work. You can tell who is a story character by just how gaudy and outlandish their attire is compared to the drab clothing of all the other NPCs. Everybody else is wearing tan trousers and a cotton top and then suddenly BAM! IT'S YA BOI IN THE PURPLE LEOPARD PRINT TRENCHCOAT-wait, why does he wear a cross??? Not even Jesus could save this game. Oh, the character also wears barbed wire around his neck. There's the middle school fanfic-tier design again. The dungeons and areas themselves feel like they're from the PS1 days, where developers were still getting used to fully 3D environments. It's like someone said "OK there's like a cathedral here but we're busy right now so just copy/paste a bunch of rooms and hallways together and uhhhhh put an elevator in the middle, yeah that's good, players love it when their quest is to get an elevator working again." And then they did that for every dungeon and shipped the game.

Honestly, as a fan of Persona, I wanted to love this so much. But after 10 hours, I just have zero desire to keep going. I know it’s an 80-hour RPG, but a game needs to hook you somewhere in the first 10 hours, and absolutely nothing has happened to pull me in. The narrative is just flat, and none of the characters have any real charm or personality to hook you. I don't care about the world or the people in it. The first dungeon is a slog. It drags on way too long. Finishing it felt like a total chore, and it completely killed my motivation to see what comes next. Combat is passable at best and it gets repetitive fast. On top of that, the Archetype system feels like a terrible, tedious grind just to make progress. Persona with extra steps, that’s exactly what this feels like, except it misses the magic. The calendar system worked in Persona, but here it feels completely artificial and forced just to check an Atlus box. It feels like a copy-paste job with extra layers of unnecessary friction.

补一下测评=< 其实ATLUS的游戏对于我来说是没有任何的抵抗力的，毕竟是ATLUS凯子。不管是金子一马的灵魂画风，还是目黑将司的灵魂编曲。金子一马不必多说，自从女神转生系列那“恶魔绘师”之名就有一种莫名其妙的吸引力。目黑将司更是一绝，还记得各大视频主都特别喜欢用他的音乐，在小时候就耳濡目染了不知多少的p系列的ost。目黑早期受到日本殿堂级器乐流行乐队T- SQUARE的影响，做了不少融合爵士曲风的音乐。后面又将《女神异闻录系列》新约的游戏原声代提升到了一个新的高度，以爵士作为基底，添加了摇滚，电子，嘻哈。但遗憾的是，这两位对ATLUS做出了巨大的贡献，且最能代表ATLUS的两位传奇人物，纷纷离开了ATLUS。 但这次很高兴，目黑将司可以以自由创作者身份，同同为“ATLUS铁三角”组合的桥野贵，副岛成记一起制作了这样一款日式奇幻风格的角色扮演游戏。目黑将司将风格转向古典与合唱的形式，突破了固有的框架。且游戏配乐时常能与实际游玩gameplay结合，加深了游戏的代入感与实际操作爽快感。而我几乎是冲着这三个人去的，毕竟在三人一起在p studio制作了女神异闻录345之后，不再继续制作该系列，将系列的接力棒交给了新人后，果断在zero studio创作了《暗喻幻想：Refantazio》。而女神异闻录345不必多说，至少是许多rpg gamer，也是我心目中排名靠前的作品。 通玩了该作品两遍之后，《暗喻幻想：ReFantazio》或许没有女神异闻录345那样的出彩，但是却给了我不一样的体验。该作品依旧保留了制作组擅长的社会科学塑造世界观的做法，女神异闻录是容格心理学，而这次暗喻幻想则是托马斯·莫尔的《乌托邦》。正如游戏名称而言，也是制作组所擅长的那般，《暗喻幻想》隐喻了许多的社会现象。本作加了一些meta要素，现实生活中的玩家担任“引导者”逐步的引导游戏主人公发现真相，修复世界。且本作的剧情侧重也发生了变化，相较于女神异闻录5，本作剧情的质感加强了不少，该说他具有电影质感还是动画质感呢？总之，该作品剧情的播片能够给玩家在结合meta部分之后，能够发生异常的化合反应，将玩家彻底的带入进“暗喻”这个议题上来。虽然做的不是很成功，但能够给玩家带来或许那么一点点的思考与震撼，那变足够了。 在战斗部分，该作品分为了两个板块，一个是实时战斗部分，一个是指令战斗部分。战斗系统让人感到不新颖，那是因为或许有一些玩家，在游玩一部分轨迹系列中，就已经体会到了该战斗系统的深度。而《暗喻幻想》加入了《真女神转生V》的战斗指令系统后，增强了指令战斗时的爽快感。而这种爽快感，能够和jrpg本身的刷刷刷属性相结合，也是一种得天独厚的意外优势了。然而jrpg至少都离不开迷宫，迷宫设计不说毫无亮点，至少在那贴图一致和如人体肠道般都迷宫内跑力气跑去，或许我会觉得能够忍受。但确实存在迷路的问题，以及离谱的堆怪。但探索迷宫时宝箱的奖励其实还挺好的，且战斗系统做的很爽快，那么既无功也无过。 配角的coop方面，保持着制作组的良好水准，能够完美的将coop支线部分与游戏总基调和世界观相结合。而在配角的设计方面，第一次觉得副岛成记很会设计，和《女神异闻录》那有时感觉土里土气的穿搭不同，《暗喻幻想》虽然是古典的设计套路，实际上看起来却十分新潮。游戏配角的社会身份与个人性格及品味能够在配角的穿搭中体现出来，可谓是十分养眼。 本作官方称历时8年打造，但在故事的后期，出现了明显的赶工/删剧情痕迹。导致该游戏的一些部分与总体衔接割裂，且有一些在剧情中提到的重要的地方直到游戏的谢幕都没有入口能够进入，且没有作为隐藏地图，这一点确实十分遗憾。而ATLUS这家公司，虽然承诺在后续不将游戏的剧情dlc打包成一个新的游戏进行发售，但很显然，《暗喻幻想》这部作品空缺的这一板块，原本是玩家能够完整体验到的内容，但因制作组的原因，新的内容或许需要玩家花钱购买才能游玩，自然是十分愤怒的。本作的dlc不知道何时能够发售，且本作的总体热度不及女神异闻录，且游戏的画面较于落后，不知道ATLUS是否还准备继续制作它新的剧情dlc。 总结：该游戏是日式角色扮演的一部佳作，制作组依旧维持他们一贯擅长的东西。但本作仍然残留着日式角色扮演的一些糟粕，且该游戏的画面比较复古，游戏优化较差，或许开头回劝退不少玩家。游戏拥有不少闪光点，这些闪光点或许残留在某些角落里等待你发现。 个人评分：8.2/10

This isn't a bad game, but it has its issues and it's a massive time commitment that I don't think is worth it if you have limited time. It has A LOT of padding and the combat feels primitive after Clair Obscur. Sure you get a lot of hours per dollar from this game, but what about the quality of those hours? I am also a bit disappointed because I heard people say this is a more adult game than Persona 5 because there are adult team members and it deals with racism. Well, this is not an adult story. The good guys are excructiatingly virtuous and the bad guys are comically evil. The racism is very extreme but people also seem to change their deep prejudices incredibly quickly. There is zero nuance. It is like a child's view on morality and discrimination. As for the graphics, the world is ugly. It is like a pokemon game. While the side dungeons are a big step up over Mementos from Persona 5 (an incredibly low bar), they are basically just reskins of the same few designs over and over. The characters look great, though, and of course the animated cutscenes are beautiful (and equally fleeting). Overall, though, this game is just much too padded. It could've been better if it was streamlined. I don't know why, but Persona 5 Royal was also padded but I just feel it much more with this game. I got a lot of time on my hands so I will see this game to the end, but the only thing I'll miss about it is the music.

那一天我想起自己是阿特拉斯孝子。极品美术极品人设，大家都特别好我全都特别喜欢世界观也特别牛逼玩的我好幸福TvT唯一一个比较困难的龙神宫殿其实我觉得还好，如果不想坐牢的话提前刷好级看一下攻略就可以很轻松的过。严肃准备二周目。

Metaphoricaly we have persona at home: ReFerence, is a metphorical Frankenstein of the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei franchises with a heavy scoop of fantasy flavouring on top. It is not, in the grand scheme of things, a bad game. It's just not as good as its parent franchises. The game opens on the biological offspring of Aegis and Persona 3 protag (complete with special-boy blue-gold heterochromia) and his honey-I-shrunk-the-Yukari-Takeba fairy companion travelling to the royal capital. They loudly discuss their extra secret mission in a vehicle full of people when, suddenly, bandits attack. The protag gets thrown off the cliff and the gameplay starts. The fairy explains that the BGM is caused by her magic. She does not confirm whether she is also the source of the laundry magic that makes the stains on the protag's jacket disappear between one cutscene and the next. We eventually bump into horny Akihiko-sempai (and with that ends the lineup of characters taken straight out of Persona 3) and we are off to plunder a slightly different portion of Jungian psychology. It's difficult to point out where exactly the game is lacking, because the weak points are scattered all over. For example, while most of the story beats are fine in and of themselves, they tend to be clustered into multiple days of consecutive cutscenes (some unskippable) followed by a long block of free time. This is similar to the calendar system in the modern Persona games, but unlike Persona, where multiple little events are sprinkled through the pre-deadline time-frame, the Metaphor story is unevenly chunky. The battle system introduces us to a supposedly new mechanic - the archetypes. Archetypes are just personas, but there's fewer of them. Unlike Persona (or at least Persona 3 and up), the ability to use different archetypes is not limited to the protagonist. This means that the protagonist does not have any unique ability worth keeping him in the party constantly (until you unlock his royal archetype), but you have to anyway. Just because. You also cannot switch archetypes in battle. For me, this has led to multiple instances of forgetting that party members were using very weak archetypes that I was levelling up, and entering a boss battle I couldn't win becuase the party had no usable attack skills. The enemy variety is severly lacking. You've probably seen screenshots of the bosses - the human type enemies. There are only 6 of those in the whole game. The rest of the enemies are mostly palette swaps of butterflies, goblins, slimes, etc. I don't understand why they didn't just use more of the shadow/persona models from the other games. It's not like no enemies are repurposed personas. The dungeons design is boring. The side quest dungeons are much like the enemies - a bunch of barely distinguishable recolours of a forest, a cave, a tomb, or a tower. There are 4 larger story-related dungeons (I don't count the final form of the final dungeon as a separate instance anymore than I'd count the final form of a boss as a separate enemy) and those I can only describe as ok. Epic, in few places, but mostly just ok. The final boss battle is just too long. Not even in the edging-for-an-epic-climax kind of way. It falls under the same frustrating category of overlong as a meeting you want daydream through, but you can't zone out because someone might say something important. I would sometimes just get up and do other stuff during the final phase of the boss fight because the enemy gets 9 turns every round and you just have to wait for all the attack animations to play out to see if he killed you or not. I could go on and on about little pet peeves like that, but let me finish this complainathon on one final point: the message. The Persona games are, what a modern gamer would call "political", bearing a strong message relevant to life in Japan specifically, but also to young people broadly (e.g. don't kill yourself, don't suffocate your real personality behind masks, take some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ resposibility for your own actions...). The message of Metaphor, according to the final boss dialogue and the epilogue seems to be: "you have to believe in dreams because systemic change is slow; you will get discouraged by lack of immediate results if you can't hold on to your dreams." It's a good message. The actual game undermines it by the fact that the party is "holding on to their dream" for all of a few months and in the epilogue, one year later, the whole world looks to be sunshine and rainbows. Even the desert around the capital is turning green. There's "show don't tell" but Metaphor does "tell, repeat multiple times, show the opposite."

Eu fui muito feliz jogando esse jogo. Sinto que esse jogo me recompensou por essa jornada dos jogos da ATLUS, parece que chegaram e pensaram "e se juntassemos tudo que gostamos, que criamos e tudo mais, e colocassemos em um jogo?" só que na minha visão deu certo. Pra mim que vim jogar as cegas, sem pesquisar nada sobre. Minha única informação era ser um jogo da ATLUS e tinha esse aspecto mais medieval (dado as imagens presentes ai na steam e na biblioteca), que foi meio como ele se vendeu pra mim, visto que eu tenho curtido os jogos da ATLUS e eu adoro fantasia medieval. Achei sensacional do começo ao fim, em todos os aspectos. Visual, musical, gameplay, tudo desse jogo é muito bom. Uma clara grata evolução de tudo, mas começando pela gameplay. Parece uma junção de mecânicas com refino bem óbvio. Vários aspectos aqui e ali presentes em outros jogos, mas adaptados e melhorados pra esse. Como a mecânica de estar muito forte e basicamente executar o inimigo sem precisar entrar em combate (Como em Raidou ou com a perk da Social Link do Ryuji em Persona 5), trazendo ai também o sistema de turnos de Shin Megami Tensei que é absurdamente bom já que trás mais dinâmismo ao combate pra combos e tudo mais. (Eu não lembro se no SMT V que foi o mais recente que joguei se eles mantinham na ordem do combate quem seria o próximo, mas aqui no Metaphor eu reparei e é uma grata adição caso já não fosse assim antes.) E o combate em si parece um meio termo de dificuldade, não é o ápice da desgraça de se fuder que é em SMT III, e não é o cumulo da mamata e facilidade de Persona 5. Até tem umas melhorias ao desenvolver dos vínculos mas não é tanto como em Persona 5 ou com os milagres do Nahobino em SMT V. Aproveitando por falar em vínculos, grata surpresa essa mecânica arremetida de Persona, muito muito bom. Da um foco legal nos personagens e é muito bom acompanhar e progredir, fiquei muito feliz no primeiro que subiu, te da um objetivo e foco a seguir. Além de que ele usa mesmo esquema de dias e prazos como nos Personas, então é bem a vibezinha deles. Já emendando, a história é MUITO boa. Como o título diz, parece que tudo é uma constante metafora, uma grande analogia a tudo a quase todo momento, talvez nem seja de fato ou não foi escrito pra de fato ser, mas ao meu entender muitos momentos eram assim... você conseguia fazer o paralelo com o mundo real. O jogo aproveita pra abordar uns temas muito sensíveis que seriam até meio problemáticos ou complicados a serem retratados ainda mais em um jogo se você levar pra um cenário realista com humanos... Ele lida com coisas como racismo, escravismo, e até problemas com crianças, entre outras coisas. Então tem hora que da uma pesada legal, e te faz refletir que alguém possivelmente ja passou por aquela situação. Pela raça do protagonista, tu se fode a todo momento, eu me sentia um Drow no universo de Dungeons and Dragons, racismo a todo momento. Os NPCs das ruas tem papas na língua nenhum pra te insultar, e você sente na pele muitos problemas que tu tem que vivenciar, isso ajuda muito te por na pele do personagem e te faz imergir ainda mais na história, vendo as mudanças. (Queria mandar um salve pra hater de Grand Trad que foi hater do começo ao fim do jogo, grande abraço viu, você me motivou muito.) Pelo menos eu considero ai pelo menos uns 4 plots MUITO FODAS, ao decorrer da história, e desses 4 só uns 2 eu estava meio suspeitando, os outros eu fui pego completamente desprevenido e de guarda baixa e achei MUITO DAORA, muito bem encaixado e meio que faz seu devido sentido, o que agrega muito e faz ser muito foda, por que você tinha a resposta ali quase o tempo todo. Um detalhe que me deixou mais feliz ainda é que o jogo meio te recompensa por ter jogado outros jogos da ATLUS, enquanto você explora ou lê as coisas, tem muitas menções e coisas citadas, que você consegue atrelar aos demais jogos ou fazer conexão. Isso é muito foda. E como sempre uma coisa que eu ja reparei dos jogos da ATLUS é ficar acompanhando histórinhas paralelas dos NPCs avulsos, a continuidade e a conclusão são boas demais KKKK. Sinto que da uma vida a mais no universo. Já é algo da casa pra mim, em todos os jogos tiveram e é muito daorinha acompanhar, ainda mais eu que tenho essa satisfação de andar pelo mapa falando com tudo e todos e sempre que renova os dialogos eu saio fazendo tudo e vendo o que há de novo. Mas é isso, a história é boa pra caralho, gosto muito quando a história de um jogo te pega tanto que te faz começar a ficar teorizando e racicionando igual um maluco quase todo momento. Alguns poucos momentos me deixaram a desejar, no geral o ponto mais frustrante em si pra mim é a reta final. Senti que foi demasiadamente prolongado, até de maneira desnecessária. Fora isso o jogo pra mim foi mil maravilhas. Uns desfeixos da história que não foram ruins, mas sinto que poderiam ter sido melhor trabalhados. Alguns detalhes também que geralmente passam batido, mas ao meu ver são muito bons são vestimentas, e alteração visual do personagem, como em duas situações: - Os personagens transitam de cenários que vão de +40º para -2º e eles seguem usando a MESMA vestimenta. - Time Skip e não ter mudança nenhuma, principalmente em personagens crianças (ainda mais dado quanto criança muda com o passar de tempo) Eu nem ligaria normalmente, mas tendo jogado outros jogos deles, eu sei que já fizeram, então sei que conseguem fazer. Então não ter aqui me decepcionou um tanto. (E acho não ter romance nesse jogo UM CRIME, dava muito pra meter um romancezinho sutil ali como quem não quer nada 😞) A arte pra mim é incomparável, facilmente um dos jogos nessa pegada "anime" mais lindo sem nem contestação. Mesmo no 3D/CG já é lindo, mas as artes são MARAVILHOSAS, as paisagens então nem sei o que dizer. Parecem obras de artes, parece que você ta admirando uma bela pintura no museu. E outro tópico sensacional são as músicas desse jogo... PUTARIA o que fizeram aqui. Meu senhor, as músicas são muito boas, eu não me cansava de ouvir a música do combate e dos cenários, são muito boas. Entendo quem não goste e fé, mas pro meu gosto foi sensacional e agregou MUITO na imersão. Então pra fechar, aproveitando ai o comentário sobre as músicas... Foi muito dificil escolher UMA. Mas a que eu achei mais daora e os momentos encaixados dela, acho que disparado foi essa. O contraste vocal, o instrumental, me arrepio toda vez que escuto. Fora os momentos tocados, hypa demais. Boa pra um senhor caralho: https://youtu.be/0uGoRTbcJp0?si=Md5vp6FCvzvSwJ0F