Metaphor: ReFantazio

11/10. Its time to make my fantasy reality

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.

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

10/10 No Notes

Metaphor: ReFantazio is easily one of the best games I’ve played. The story is beautifully written from start to finish. Hoping there's a sequel down the line!

probably my favorite game of all time

is good

全クリまで約７０時間。これはおもしろい

게임 자체는 재밌음 전투도 적당히재밌고 이래저래 노가다도 잠깐잠깐하고 짜잘한 특탬요소등은 플러스요인 근대 연출이너무 별로... 거의뭐 보스몹이랑 싸우다 회의하고 뮤지컬찍고 난리법석떠는대 보스가만히있어서 몰입안되고 굉장히짜침... 일본겜특유의 오글거리는감성이 좀 빡셈 근대뭐 스토리 안보고 게임만 하고싶다하면 오히려 좋을수도있음 재밌게는 하는중인대 스토리 보는거 좋아하지만 뭐만하면 뮤지컬찍어서 좀 화남...

ペルソナが好きならハマる1作、ストーリーも展開が面白い。 かなり長編なので、コスパは大分いいかも。