I am not usually in a rush to publish advertising movies through which builders discuss how nice their new recreation is, however I would like all the assistance I can get in understanding Metaphor: ReFantazio. The brand new RPG from the makers of Persona seems to be trendy, dense, thrilling, and virtually fully baffling in its trailers, so 14 minutes of the parents from Atlus simply describing it’s welcome.
This is the video:
The video above options character designer Shigenori Soejima, director Katsura Hashino and composer Shoji Meguro, all of whom beforehand labored on Personas 3, 4 and 5.
Metaphor: ReFantazio appears to function lots of the core concepts of the Persona collection – turn-based battles, get together customisation, a personality affinity system – however places them to completely different makes use of in a brand new excessive fantasy world. For instance, you will nonetheless kind relationships with characters you meet, however these bonds can result in your protagonist being impressed and thus unlocking a brand new archetype, a fight kind they will then use throughout fights, akin to “Warrior” or “Knight”.
There are many variations in fight, too, as gamers can select for themselves whether or not to interact an enemy in a turn-based “command battle” a la Persona or whether or not to whack at them in a real-time battle. The latter is designed particularly for enemies you deem as decrease degree than you, so you’ll be able to dispatch them shortly and never waste time.
The story takes place in a kingdom the place the king has not too long ago died, prompting a magical election by way of which anybody can turn into the subsequent king in the event that they turn into the preferred individual within the land. Hey, it beats divine proper. You will be travelling round attempting to boost help in mentioned election. Magic additionally impacts different components of the world, with characters capable of utilise it through instruments that it’s important to buy – though there appears an apparent twist teased within the video.
I am already enamoured by the thought of competing for reputation in a fantasy, magical, royal election, however there’s lots extra touched upon within the footage above that’s simlilarly interesting. These land boats you are driving round on, for instance, are literally referred to as Gauntlet Runners, and had been designed by Neon Genesis Evangelion mech designer Ikuto Yamashita.
Metaphor: ReFantazio bought a brand new trailer final week throughout The Sport Awards, which made it look nice whereas additionally giving me little concrete to say about it apart from that it is due out in autumn 2024. Thank goodness I now have just a few extra paragraphs of exposition.
