Metaphor: ReFantazio

If you like Persona games you’re probably going to like this. I get a Persona meets early Final Fantasy vibe out of this one. The setting so far seems to be more of a feudal medieval setting instead of a bit of high school BS. However the calendar system, social bonding and collecting archetypes (instead of personas) are all extremely reminiscent if you’ve played persona. There is a gameplay mechanic where you can defeat weaker enemies in real time that is awesome instead of going into a turned based battle to wasted 2-3 minutes defeating said enemies. That is a top notch addition in my opinion. Long story short, if you like jrpgs, especially of the persona variety, like Nike, just do it! Especially when it’s more than half off in a sale!

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☑ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☑ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☐ Average ☑ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☑ 9 ☐ 10

~도전과제 100% 완료 후 쓰는 후기~ JRPG 장르에는 스토리가 좋은 게임이 많지만, 메타포: 리판타지오의 스토리는 그중에서도 특히 좋은 편이라고 생각합니다. 전체적인 틀은 정석적인 왕도물이지만, 스토리가 전개되는 과정에서 여러 번 등장하는 반전이 특히 좋았습니다. 게임하면서 웬만하면 호들갑을 잘 떠는 편은 아닌데, 반전을 보고 4~5번 정도는 입틀막 하면서 호들갑 좀 떨었습니다... 게임 시스템은 페르소나 Ver.2라고 해도 될 정도로 페르소나 시리즈와 유사합니다. 어느 정도냐면 페르소나에 있는 스킬들이 효과뿐만 아니라 이름까지 그대로 이 게임에 등장합니다. (ex - 히트라이저, 랜더마이저, 소환사가 소환하는 소환수가 잭프로스트 등) 이렇게 비슷한 점도 있지만, 개인적으로 느낀 차이점 중 하나는 전투에서의 아이템 활용도였습니다. 페르소나 시리즈를 할 때보다 메타포에서는 아이템을 훨씬 적극적으로 사용했습니다. 아이템만으로도 다양한 버프와 디버프를 걸 수 있다는 특색이 있어 아키타이프(페르소나 시리즈의 페르소나 개념)의 스킬 구성을 짤 때 선택지가 많이 넓어집니다. 아이템 사용에서도 차이가 있었는데 예를 들어 메타포에서 상태이상 해제 아이템을 선택하면 페르소나 시리즈에서 어시스트 버튼으로 적의 약점을 찌를 수 있는 스킬을 자동으로 찾아주는 것처럼 현재 해당 상태이상에 걸린 아군을 자동으로 지정해줍니다. 이러한 점을 포함해 개인적으로는 정식 넘버링 최신작인 페르소나 5 더 로열, 그리고 가장 최근에 나온 페르소나 3 리로드보다도 편의성이 좋다고 느꼈습니다. 페르소나에서는 원하는 페르소나에 원하는 스킬을 넣으려면 합성 루트를 어느 정도 계산해야 하지만, 메타포에서는 딸깍으로 다른 아키타이프의 스킬을 바로 계승할 수 있는데 GOAT입니다. 종합적으로는 페르소나 시리즈를 좋아하신다면 강력하게 추천하고 싶습니다. 페르소나를 한 번도 해보지 않으신 분들이라도 JRPG나 턴제 RPG 장르 자체를 싫어하지만 않는다면 충분히 추천할 만한 게임이라고 생각합니다. 출시된 지 시간이 조금 되었기에 할인율이 꽤 높아(저는 60% 할인 때 구매) 할인 때 구매하시는 걸 추천합니다.

要跟p5来比的话肯定各方面除了战斗系统的简化和剧情侧重点不同之外那肯定是全方面的不如，但对于没玩过p5的或者jrpg爱好者来说绝对是值得一玩的佳作

Peor que el Final Fantasy 2

O lodestar, whose light reveals the king's own path... Awaken!

I think it's kind of impossible to talk about this game without the comparing it to Persona. I will say that I enjoyed this game more! I think what is most interesting about the combat style is the fact that all of your party characters get the chance to learn any Archetype, unlike with Persona 5 (the only one I've play so far, so will be my basis of comparison) where each character has their 1 Persona giving them a kind of concrete strength and weakness. This forces you to strategize a bit more. What type of Archetypes best suit a character? Where do you put in your efforts in making specific Archetypes stronger? What Archetypes and party members do you select for different dungeons? As such, battle doesn't feel as repetitive and is a constant flow of making new decisions. From my own experience with P5, I remember I felt like at a certain point, using basic physical attack didn't feel important, and I had a lot of MP available. I didn't feel the same way about Metaphor since I feel like I was more careful about conserving MP and would use a basic attack or strategize otherwise in order to conserve for bosses. All in all, I just felt like I had to think a little more for this game, and it made it more fun. The only downside I would say is that in my own gameplay, I didn't really use the party members that get unlocked later as much. Junah was helpful for some certain specific scenarios, but because I had spent some time unlocking and leveling up more Archetypes of the earlier members, the latter ones didn't get as much playtime. I do think I like the maps of P5 castles a bit more because they had those fun puzzles and mazes, but it's not like Metaphor's were boring and plain. I also really liked the flow of this gameplay as well. I don't really know how to explain it, but it just felt very rewarding to me. Since there are multiple side quests and dungeons to do, you can't really do all the combat stuff in one in-game day. But you are given an appropriate amount of days to do the things that you know you need to get done. I liked this more in comparison to like Momentos for example. The visuals of the world building were whatever. I didn't care much about it and rarely did I go, "Wow, this is so beautiful!" while running around. The character design and drawn art is stunning though. The story, I am a really huge fan of. Louis is such an intriguing and well done villain. Not surface level at all, and honestly a great representation of how a leader who has done objectively horrific things can still obtain support from the masses. I think it's really great overall, with some minor pacing issues from the second half of the game. I love the characters and care about them, which I think is obviously important in any story focused game. Strohl, you are so charming and awesome... Heismay's social link lowkey made me cry multiple times. Overall, A NEW FAVORITE!