Metaphor: ReFantazio

10/10 No Notes

10/10 story so far, a great challenge for people who like turn based rpg's

Definitely one of THE best modern jrpgs to date, 8.5/10

My following thoughts are a ramble, not a rehearsed lecture. Alas, I hope this review provides some insight into the game. While I did love and enjoy Metaphor: ReFantazio as a story *and* game [it is critical to understand the underlying difference between the game and the story], the end game feel lobsided in its absurd ramp-up in how quickly you will scale in power with an unlocked set of abilities at the apex of the journey's end. Furthermore, elements of fantasy racism and discrimination can feel one-dimensional or flat at times, but not so egregious that it undermines the subject as a whole. Despite these two primary critiques I have for part of the story and the game, the SMT Press Turn System makes for a more enjoyable experience during combat in my opinion compared to the Persona series *after the One More Turn System* which was founded in *Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3* [of which includes Synthesis Skills akin to Fusion Spells from *Persona 2: Innocent Sin*, three stage debuffs/buffs for ATK, DEF, and AGI/ACC, et cetera]. Metaphor's soundtrack and voice acting [EN/JP] is incredibly memorable in how it is presented and executed, only supplemented by the outstandingly stylized yet intuitive UI/UX design of Metaphor. Overall, understand that Metaphor is not so fundamentally flawed to leave it as a failure nor it is such a revolutionary creation by ATLUS--just as how the Persona Games can fall short with its execution of tropes [though in subjectivity for the individual--there is no "objective" when it comes to more non-standardized elements of story telling] and its primary setting for the protagonists starting with *Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3*, you will see classical fantasy tropes that have long since plagued or blessed the genre as a whole by many words of critique and opinion. Despite the inclusion of the tropes, the overall plot is not by any means generic nor a predictable story by flaw of its writing and not its execution of leaving bread crumbs to allow for the player to come to a conclusion. I found myself lollygagged at the twists and turns Metaphor: ReFantazio that do not feel contrived nor diminish previous story elements [such as the primary plot twist regarding Kara in Quantum Dream's *Detroit: Become Human* diminishing the overall narrative of the story and what the relationship between Kara and this character were attempting to explore]. They perfectly recontextualize the game as a whole without being self-contradictory or being obtuse to comprehend. All-in-all, I would recommend this game as a lovely story that is neither mediocre nor a masterpiece, but simply as a well-developed and released game.

This game is impressive one of the best game that they do but gameplay wise is kinna ok but still can improve, Story by far one of the best I love Persona 4G and Royal but this one is difference. Very rec if u love Persona 5 but better

11/10. Its time to make my fantasy reality