Metaphor: ReFantazio (PC, Xbox Series X|S, PS5, PS4) (October 11, 2024)

[The Mad Titan]

All about getting wrecked because of one skill on my characters


Game was fire though a solid 9.5/10


If there is a part 2 or direct sequel there is a ton of potential.


Biggest downfall imo is the reuse of enemies and lack of towns you can actually walk around in.

 

[CarltonJunior]

Im officially in the last 30 days of the game, got some loose end side quests and grinding to do so ill just ease my way through that as the week goes on and hopefully have this beaten before black friday

 

[CarltonJunior]

They talking about Louis like he's Trump.

The symbolism in this crazy as fukk honestly

 

[acri1]

Just got to Zorba.

Really wish the game had made clear the importance of saving extra days though I'd really love to go back and recharge my MP but I'm out of time

 

[The Mad Titan]

Louis low-key could be a sepiroth tier villain popularity wise depending on the future of the series.


He's probably the best written villain in a very long in any genre of gaming. He became somewhat generic of a villain towards the end but the hero needed to seem like a hero lol.


Dude was swagged out and 100 percent confident though, I would have love for the game to have taken a different turn with his character arc but who knows.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Actually I'd love a metaphor game

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that took place prewar

that was the science /sci-fi.

 

[Water]

Found a spot to grind in the dragon temple. Maxed out a few archetypes and farmed 100 mp potions. I'm ready

 

[Animal House]

I finally finished a few days ago and I’m still thinking about this game. The plot was pretty simplistic but that didn’t matter with the charm and style only Atlus can pull off in the jrpg scene imo. I’m torn between this and FF7 Rebirth for goty.

I definitely had the most fun with SMT Vengeance though but i guess that game doesn’t qualify since it’s a rererelease.

The archetypes were definitely dope as fukk and I didn’t even experiment with all the synthesis abilities, I need to do that soon lol. The companions aren’t as good as P5 but they’re definitely good enough to not bore me, the final one that joins seemed like a throwaway but whatever. Extremely enjoyable game overall it’s one of my favorites this year, if you haven’t played this out it in your queue

 

[winb83]

I finally finished a few days ago and I’m still thinking about this game. The plot was pretty simplistic but that didn’t matter with the charm and style only Atlus can pull off in the jrpg scene imo. I’m torn between this and FF7 Rebirth for goty.

I definitely had the most fun with SMT Vengeance though but i guess that game doesn’t qualify since it’s a rererelease.

The archetypes were definitely dope as fukk and I didn’t even experiment with all the synthesis abilities, I need to do that soon lol. The companions aren’t as good as P5 but they’re definitely good enough to not bore me, the final one that joins seemed like a throwaway but whatever. Extremely enjoyable game overall it’s one of my favorites this year, if you haven’t played this out it in your queue

That final companion is worse than Haru. They're a whole 10 levels lower than the rest of my party so I hardly use them. I finally got the royal archetypes for everyone but them and Heismay.

The masked dancer lineage breakers the game. I gave them the accessory from the magic shop in the capital that gives you 2 turns and they can brute force a weakness on any enemy. My protagonist has damn near 100 magic attack in the mid-70 levels. I pile on debilitate have a weakness added and use the protagonist with his power boosted and wreck bosses without even prepping for them anymore. Party is Hulkenberg, Strohl, Protagonist, and the 5th party member. Sometimes I rotate the 6th party member in.

Hulkenberg is God tier. She has both magic counter and physical counter and a weapon that boost her counter rate so when all these bosses use soul scream and add 4 more turns they hit her and she cancels all their turns with a counter.

 

[Microfracture]

That final companion is worse than Haru. They're a whole 10 levels lower than the rest of my party so I hardly use them. I finally got the royal archetypes for everyone but them and Heismay.

The masked dancer lineage breakers the game. I gave them the accessory from the magic shop in the capital that gives you 2 turns and they can brute force a weakness on any enemy. My protagonist has damn near 100 magic attack in the mid-70 levels. I pile on debilitate have a weakness added and use the protagonist with his power boosted and wreck bosses without even prepping for them anymore. Party is Hulkenberg, Strohl, Protagonist, and the 5th party member. Sometimes I rotate the 6th party member in.

Hulkenberg is God tier. She has both magic counter and physical counter and a weapon that boost her counter rate so when all these bosses use soul scream and add 4 more turns they hit her and she cancels all their turns with a counter.

Having the accessory that cancels turns on a dodge won the game for me. Heismays Royal archetype gets it as a skill so I was cancelling with 2 characters

 

[The Mad Titan]

Having the accessory that cancels turns on a dodge won the game for me. Heismays Royal archetype gets it as a skill so I was cancelling with 2 characters

Yup I was playing on hard mode, and this was a game changer.

Heismay kinda stole hulk spot as tank. He essentially was a agility tank that I'd taunt with. Towards 90 plus AGI and and eva gear he basically would rarely get hit.

Id would go

Quick taunt, which blocks strikes or Knights proclamation which drew attention...or both depending on the situation. I also had The berserk with the item that made syn cost 1.

End game I pretty much physical attacked everyone down with Strohl, Protag, and The berserk plus Heismay.

 

[The Mad Titan]

 

[Hyperion]

Ended up being busy for a bit, but I just reached the middle of September.

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Fidelio
Rella
Louis taking a spear to the ribcage and STILL survived.

I hope they nail the end, and I feel like they will. This is absolutely fighting for GOTY for me, it's either this or FF7 Rebirth.

 

[winb83]

Beat the game. I'm still picking Persona 5 Royal over this. This is a great game but the guts of it came from a great game. The stuff changed here wasn't really enough to give the game a unique identity. Deep down it just feels like another Persona game. Feels like it's a spinoff rather than it's own thing. I hope for Studio Zero's next game they don't do a sequel to this and go a different route. I question if we really need Persona and then this series if they both feel so much the same. SMT and Persona are different enough that some people could really be into one and not the other but ReFantazio and Persona if you like one you'd be almost guaranteed to like the other.

 

[winb83]

Best moment in the entire game is from the ending.

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