Metaphor: ReFantazio

Krazy game, Krazy dev, Krazy me 10/10 gameplay 10/10 characters 10/10 visual Live Love Brigitta

Metaphor: ReFantazio es un Persona hecho medieval que intenta expandir/dar complejidad a algunos de sus sistemas, lo que se agradece y para mi lo posiciona (a falta de meterme en SMT), como mi juego favorito de Atlus hasta el momento. Por desgracia este "intento" se queda en eso en varios aspectos, lo que para mi, lo separan de ser lo verdaderamente excepcional que podría haber sido. Como JRPG de fantasía, aventuras y "exploración", con clara inspiración a esos grandes títulos que todos conocemos, pues tiene poca aventura, exploración y mundo en general. Honestamente, y aunque de nuevo: me ha gustado mucho. Después de todo el tiempo que ha tenido de desarrollo me parece justo criticarles el que, con todo el potencial que tiene, no hayan sido capaces de sacarlo de la sombra que es la IP de Persona. Ojalá la cosa cambie en futuros juegos de este "nuevo" estudio, que tengan más libertad creativa y se animen a hacer cosas más nuevas y locas, sin que los otros títulos de la compañía secuestren sus visiones. Por expandir un poco más el análisis si es que alguien se ha tragado toda esta chapa y tiene dudas de si jugarlo o no: LO BUENO - Sistema de combate. - Sistema de arquetipos (clases). - Banda Sonora (que pedazo de banda sonora). - Historia (aunque con algún bajón). - Personajes (de lo mejor). - El mundo/ambientación/lore (excepcionales). - Estilo artístico NO TAN BUENO - Gráfica y técnicamente aprueba por los pelos, aspectos que claramente son carreados por la dirección artística. - El ritmo. La cosa empieza por todo lo alto, recae muchísimo y luego se recupera tremendamente. Si bien es cierto que hay como 300 plot twist que no paran de hacerla interesante, hay un par de momentos clave donde la cosa se pone bastante tediosa de más. - Los villanos apenas están a la altura del resto de personajes. Sobre todo el principal, tarda demasiado en empezar a hacer algo y cuando lo hace, tampoco tiene las motivaciones más bien desarrolladas e interesantes que podrías esperar. LO MALO - Sistema de calendario. Copia y pega de lo que ya sabemos. Para mi no aporta absolutamente nada al juego. Podría no estar y no cambiaría nada. Es un método cutre para "balancear" y encadenar un poco al jugador para que no se vuelva loco haciendo todo mega rápido, pero es que no funciona, si estás hecho a estos títulos igualmente vas a hacer todo con bastante facilidad. Al final se queda en una pérdida de tiempo que castiga al jugador más casual y ya. Der verdad Atlus, hazlo, pasa página. - El mundo abierto. Por llamarlo de alguna manera, porque no existe. La historia te plantea una gran aventura, salir a conocer mundo y vivir un montón de experiencias. Al protagonista incluso lo llaman "EL TRAVELER". Pues no hay mundo que explorar. El juego plantea una especie de mapa interactivo al más puro estilo de los FF Tactics donde vas seleccionando donde ir, pero carece de profundidad y es otro sistema completamente secuestrado por el calendario. Tienes 5 ciudades principales no muy grandes y varias mazmorras, que son las mismas reutilizadas una y otra vez con alguna excepción. Es lo único que de verdad me ha llegado a decepcionar. DICHO ESTO. Título recomendadísimo, sobre todo si te gustan las sagas de esta gente o los JRPG de fantasía en general. Es juegardo, merece mucho la pena.

生不逢時啊 期待P6 裡面有很多名言 花些心機咬文嚼字和思考角色的心境和動機 角色的現在過去及未來 及劇情的隐喻也能讓你思考現實這一百年來 每個意識形態的多面性 必有得著 幻想源自於讓世界變得更好的希望，而這份希望本身就能夠成為現實

fantastic game and story. hightly recomend if you like turn based RPG's

You’re a metaphor, they're a metaphor, I’m a metaphor. Are there any other metaphors I should know about? Great game, the story is marvelous and I was hooked. If I had to explain it in a few words to get someone to try it, “Persona-esque recency-era with racism and existential hierarchy." The story does go down with what you can consider a traditional fairytale concept but literally. That is also a very good way to describe the game, which is the whole point. “It’s a metaphor, there are character archetypes, it appears as a romantic cliche of a fantasy novel but with a twist.” It is a very lore packed world and is self-aware, even makes a few jokes about it sometimes. It has a massive amount of stuff going on in the background and a very convenient little book that fills as you progress the game. This little book even has some things that go into more detail and updates. Some of these things you can miss and encourage you to talk to NPC’s. Also, these NPC’s have a lot to say, changing dialogue with the current events. It also has a very helpful way of showing you who you have and haven’t talked to. I was so interested in what people had to say that any time I got a cutscene I was running around and looking to see what people had to say about it. A game that has me going around to learn “what’s the tea” is NPC’s done right. The characters are also interesting to watch grow and triumph the conflicts they overcome. The game also takes out the guesswork of how you talk to them as your bonds are guaranteed to rank up, so long as you spend your time with them and have the stats needed to continue. The small fights you undertake with them also show just how much they grow through the story. It's well done in my opinion. And if you must know, Basilio is my favorite, And the *monsters*. I *love* monster design and while there are the classics (slimes, ghosts, birds, goblins) they look so unique compared to the standard you have in other games. Gritty, dark, serious, when I first encountered a slime I was so shocked by how it looked. AND THE MIMICS! The mimics are the most fascinating takes on monster chests I have *ever* seen! And most of the monsters are all considered average fauna in this game. These are just natural animals going about their business unless the characters say otherwise. I could go on but I’d be making this too long. So let me go over the battle play. Much like many Atlus JRPG games it can be very grindy if you want to unlock everything you can as soon as you can but not entirely necessary. And even then, certain Archetypes make it go much faster than it could’ve. The battle system is Persona and it does take some assets from Persona 5. There are sound effects that I could swear are just ripped from the game. But I didn’t notice more than two so it gets a pass. My critique is that certain skill and item descriptions can be a little confusing and could have been translated or worded better. Late game you can fight bosses that if you planned your builds right, you can wipe them in a single turn, even on hard mode. New Game+ offers a harder difficulty but if you over-achieve on your first playthrough, it’s also a breeze. Overall, positive review and I encourage you to play it. Oh, and of course there's references. There's enough Easter-Eggs in here there may as well be a resurrection.

Отличная игра, но чтож японцы так затягивают их?

This game holds a special place in my heart. When this game first released, I had been living through a time where I was completely wracked with anxiety. Funnily enough, the foundational theme in this game is overcoming anxiety. The others main ideas being confiding in the people you love, casting aside your pride to ask for help, and being there for people, even if you think yourself incapable of being helpful. Halfway through the game I had found a way to save myself from that overbearing anxiousness. This game helped me do that in some small way. Not only in its themes and its very inspiring dialogue, but in its music. Ode to Heroes and the Virga Island theme were both songs that genuinely made me feel better. Two years later I find these tracks especially nostalgic. This game is difficult, or at least it WAS difficult my first time around. I've beaten SMTV and almost all of the newer and older Persona entries, yet I remember struggling with a few of the encounters on my first playthrough two years ago. The reason for this is that the game wants you to experiment with your highly customizable party's skills, and it REALLY wants you to grind your brains out. There are a handful of fights that might require you to load a previous save and completely change your party composition and grind; that is, if you weren’t over-leveled (which you likely will NEVER BE unless you intentionally grind for hours to get ahead, yes EVEN IF you do all side quests). If you get stone walled by a fight you better get ready to load up a save, because you’re going back to Akademia! But why am I bothering to say this if it comes with the territory of playing an Atlus game? Because it takes so long to grind. In other Atlus games I gain a meaningful amount of levels from using all of my party's SP, but in Metaphor I find myself slowly refilling my empty MP bar with mage over and over again. You end up realizing that spawn camping enemies you one shot without entering battle is very lucrative, but it gets old fast, and you will do it a LOT. But maybe it's because I have already played the game. I did find myself blasting through the dungeons just because I knew what I was doing this time. Two final gripes. [spoiler] The final boss wasn’t fun, just annoying. I got permanently stuck healing and reviving my party and there was no chance at recovery. I reset, changed almost nothing about my strategy, and somehow completely bent him over my knee. [/spoiler] The achievements are a pain. If you’re a completionist and want it all in one playthrough, you better be thorough or you’re doing ALL of NG+ for the last one or two achievements. No thanks. Hulkenberg and Eupha are the best! Every single follower is lovable! The accents in this game are SO ENDEARING! Especially [spoiler] the Paripus Brothers [/spoiler], Catarina, and Eupha!