Metaphor: ReFantazio
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Persona dev says splitting the Atlus team to work on Metaphor: ReFantazio was "for the better" and will help the studio's future JRPGs stay "on the right track"
By Anna Koselke published
News The future looks bright for Persona 6
Nier creator Yoko Taro says Persona devs' new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is "so stylish I almost wet myself," and no, he "didn't get any money" to say that
By Catherine Lewis published
News Those menus really are stunning
Metaphor: ReFantazio feels like Persona and Fire Emblem had a baby, and after 1 hour I'm already dying to find out what happens next
By Catherine Lewis published
Preview Preview | The opening of Atlus' new JRPG is so good it almost brought me to tears
Metaphor: ReFantazio is shaping up to be far larger than Persona, and I've already fallen in love with its high fantasy twist on traditional RPGs
By Scott White published
Preview Preview | Archetypes are developer Atlus' answer to the genre's usual job systems
Atlus' new JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio won't include romance, but its bonding system will "give you a new experience unlike any you have had" in the Persona series
By Hirun Cryer published
News Some Archetypes only unlock via the bond system
Metaphor: Refantazio and Persona studio isn't a "rival" to other JRPG devs trying to break through: "It's more a feeling of cooperation"
By Iain Harris published
News Ys and Trails head Toshihiro Kondo says the more the better
Metaphor: ReFantazio is one of the few JRPGs I want more than Persona 6, and it might have one of the coolest job systems in years
By Austin Wood published
Feature Hands-on | Shin Megami Tensei and Persona creators take on a JRPG staple with unsurprising style
Persona and Shin Megami Tensei lead reveals you won't be able to see every dungeon in Metaphor: ReFantazio in just one playthrough as the new JRPG offers "a lot more freedom"
By Anna Koselke published
News You simply "can't do it all"
You can't date your friends in the new JRPG from the Persona 5 devs because it isn't a game about flirty teenagers: "It's part of the realism of the setting"
By Catherine Lewis last updated
News Metaphor: ReFantazio brings a different tone to your party
"It's not like we wanted to distance ourselves from Persona": How Metaphor ReFantazio turned years of work on JRPG icons into what's now my most-wanted game of 2024
By Austin Wood published
Feature Interview | Director Katsura Hashino and character designer Shigenori Soejima, both Persona 5 veterans, dive deep on Metaphor: ReFantazio
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