Metaphor: ReFantazio

What u expect from a atlus game

Das Spiel ist eigentlich mega aber ich bin zu dumm zu begreifen worum es da geht. Aber das ist mein Problem. Gutes Spiel!

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got into it after playing persona 5 and 4, even though the mechanics are some what the same i love how hard mode is very volitile when in battles where even a miss can turn the table, even though my save files is only 13 hours ive fully enjoyed playing the game and meeating the characters, i wish i could say more, but im blown away truelly. best money ive spent on a game same goes with the personas

Metaphor: ReFantazio is basically a playable seinen anime with an impeccable story which uses the same gameplay formula Atlus uses over 20+ years. However, if you've played earlier Atlus titles such as P3, P4, P5; please expect more from the story and less from the gameplay. Let's start with whats good about the game: its story. At the beginning I didn't like the protagonist because of his design but besides that the beginning was spectacular. The game hooks you up in the blink of an eye, and proceeds to not let you down as long as you keep playing it. The twists, the characters, the liveliness of the world... It's certainly peak. World design is also interesting, and as you proceed it makes more sense; both the world design and world building. Level design however, is imbalanced and I didn't enjoy exploration nor dungeon navigation that much. One of the things i realized is that after a certain point, if the protagonist's overworld basic hit is like a 360 thing, you don't even look at the dungeons interior, you can just simply play the game by looking at the minimap. When i realized that it almost made me feel sad. The difficulty level is , well, stupid. I mean Ubisoft level stupid. Basically if you played personas, the game is harder than them, and if you played Shin Megami Tenseis the game is easier than them. The problem is that the 'hard' part being higher hp, annoying skills that some late game monsters spam such as 'reflect almost every damage shield' skill and more. Each fight takes more and more time if you are not grinding enough, which imo is stupid. Just for your reference, the final boss for me took almost 2 hours of fight, straight up. The successful run was almost 2 hours, not the 'retries'. mind you i was level 75, which was pretty decent. Gameplay part is, sad. Really sad. You see, if you never ever played any other Atlus jrpg title, like any personas, you are gonna love the combat if you enjoy turn based combats. It's one of the best out there. And i also think its still good, but it's sad. The reason is simple; this is the exact same combat from , for instance, persona 3, which is ALMOST hitting its 20th birthday. Come on man, seriously? you had the same gameplay formula for almost 2 decades Atlus, and with persona5, you polished it to perfection with additions and somehow you made the combat feel worse than a title you released 9 years ago? Because of this, the whole experience felt like i went to a new town with everything so exciting about it, and the first restaurant i entered serviced me the same meal i got from my hometown, heated in a microwave?!?!?!!! I am utterly disappointed in this company. If this was my first Atlus title i'd rank the gameplay an 8.7/10 just because of poor balancing options, but this is not my first Atlus title. I'd say the gameplay is 7/10. Story however, makes up for the cons of gameplay, and I still think it's one of the best seinen anime stories ever out there. 11/10. TLDR: If you expect a better gameplay then persona5, dont even think about it. Even then, the game is an overall 8.9/10.

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this game has the best fiction and storytelling, i've never felt more immersed in a game!

Solid game, but with a little rough around the edges. [h3]Gameplay[/h3] Very enjoyable. I love the flexibility of having to freely assign archetypes to your teammates and give them a role suitable for what you want them to do. I find myself strategizing a lot on what my party composition is for every dungeon boss. The inheritance of skills add to the layer of strategy, because you can have hybrid support/damage dealers as needed. Synthesis skills and the adoption of press turn system is perfect for the game. I have no complains with progression because I think it's fair enough. There are tools that really help you boost yourself, and that's fine for me. The dungeons are enjoyable. About what I would expect from an Atlus dungeon design. [spoiler]♥♥♥♥ the Dragon Temple though[/spoiler] The gameplay is what kept me hooked. It is the reason I kept playing. [h3]Story[/h3] With all honesty, the story is alright. While I like the direction it was going for, there were a few misses on how it's presented. Don't get me wrong, I still appreciate this story. I still enjoyed the journey we had. But a few things. - [spoiler]This tournament plot just got dropped after halfway to the story. So many participants of the competition didn't get any involvement, unless if you did the optional battles against them. Which is still unsatisfying.[/spoiler] - [spoiler]Redundancy. Biggest example is the Tyrant's Star. The first time we battle Louis there, we had a conversation regarding the flaws of Louis' motivation. THAT SAME CONVERSATION IS DONE AGAIN BEFORE THE FINAL-FINAL BATTLE. Literally just repeated points painted with new lines of dialog.[/spoiler] A lot of conversations between characters fell into this issue. Those two things really caused a drop of points for my rating on this game. But for the rest of what the story offers, I still enjoy.

The BEST Story and Combat Atlus has produced! I'm hooked

8/10 ATLUS那套公式的集大成品，整体不错，但也没太多惊喜。评价为打折可入手，原价还是不太值。由于本人是朋友所送，所以玩起来整体体验还是相当不错。 ----------- 1.节奏。前中期和伙伴一起旅行领略不同地区的风土人情，这块的体验相当不错，但后期赶工痕迹明显，最后几个地图都没怎么派上用场，体感上像是有个魔法学院的部分被阉割了，后期几个角色刚入队没多久游戏甚至都快结束了，最后一口气给三十天时间更是一股仓促味藏不住。 2.迷宫。比起P系列其实这部的迷宫（或者说副本）没有觉得很坐牢，但只能说阿特拉斯你实在是太爱狗洞了，公式钻狗洞属实有点……呃呃。 3.音乐。对比p系列其实没有感到很惊喜，也没什么印象很深的BGM，虽说音乐很宏大，但也略显空洞。 4.角色。对候根廷无感，最喜欢加莉卡和布莉吉塔。 加莉卡自然不用多谈，至于布莉吉塔……表面强势实则反差，又高又大，还生怕我过的不好给我寄钱的黑妈妈有懂得吗？ 遗憾的是本作并没有“无法回头了”环节。 5.战斗。战斗系统不赖，没觉得枯燥，职业（阿基态）每个都比较有特色，但实际上玩下来真正有必要练的其实也就那几个，后期节奏太快导致很多阿基态根本没机会用上几次。 另外，好哥们番长不愧是番长，纯粹的数值怪，前中期纯纯是主角团的战斗力门面担当，至于某位大后期才来的黑狗弟弟？不好意思，你谁？是路人吗？直到打通关我都没想起来拿出来用，你还是在替补席吃灰吧。 ----------- 整体瑕不掩瑜，在接触过的JRPG里算是比较好玩的那一档，但又很平庸，没有哪个角色、哪一段剧情会给我留下很深的印象，玩完也没有多少余韵，更不会有类似于p4那样的赛博乡愁……目前无二周目想法。