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How Metaphor: ReFantazio both is and isn't a Persona game
By James Daly published
Opinion Opinion | Atlus' new RPG sets itself apart from previous titles
Metaphor: ReFantazio borrows Persona's iconic calendar system, but devs say players don't need to "worry about missing out on activities due to time constraints"
By Anna Koselke published
News The team "didn't want players to feel limited by time"
For fantasy JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, Persona director gave himself a crash course featuring classics like The Lord of the Rings, but "if we tried to copy that it would just be a copy"
By Jordan Gerblick published
News Director Katsura Hashino wasn't as familiar making fantasy worlds, so he studied the best
Persona director and JRPG veteran says the amazing menus in Metaphor: ReFantazio were "really annoying" to make, just as Persona 5's were "impossible to read at first"
By Dustin Bailey published
News Never underestimate the power of a good menu
Metaphor: ReFantazio Metacritic score confirms a new certified JRPG banger, as the Persona devs' latest effort ties with Astro Bot as one of the best games of the year
By Catherine Lewis published
News It looks like we have yet another Game of the Year contender on our hands
Metaphor ReFantazio review: "An evolution of Atlus' best RPGs"
By Catherine Lewis published
Review
Persona studio realized it "didn't need to be so strict" about medieval conventions when making its new fantasy JRPG
By Kaan Serin published
News Metaphor: ReFantazio's world is more in service of its story rather than historical conventions
The only perfect video game is finally a JRPG thanks to a new indie channeling a 31-year-old cult classic SNES Tetris game that never left Japan
By Dustin Bailey published
News Tetris Battle Gaiden lives in Flowstone Saga
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