Atlus Metaphor: ReFantazio Thread - Atlus JRPG by Persona Veterans

[Lyre Mors]

Those Bosch inspired enemy designs are fucking glorious.

 

[Melmoth]

design shitmix

 

[Jermu]

incline

 

[REhorror]

This is a friggin' recline.

I can't think of a GOOD reason why a Fatlus game with hot girls not having romance.

 

[Elttharion]

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Maybe a fixed/canon romance? Or the devs looked at the fanbase and realized it needed a good purging.

 

[Athena]

Return to tradition (platonic relationships)

 

[d1r]

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Who's going to be their target audience now?

 

[Hobo Elf]

People who play SMT.

 

[REhorror]

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Maybe a fixed/canon romance? Or the devs looked at the fanbase and realized it needed a good purging.

Even SMT has some flirting.

It would be extremely WEIRD if everyone is suddenly platonic all games.

 

[Maxie]

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Maybe a fixed/canon romance? Or the devs looked at the fanbase and realized it needed a good purging.

Even SMT has some flirting.

It would be extremely WEIRD if everyone is suddenly platonic all games.

thankfully the player party doesn't seem to have any hot girls to lust for

 

[Puukko]

Return to tradition (platonic relationships)

Return to tradition (murdering your friends)

 

[S.torch]

Who's going to be their target audience now?

Good question. The game seems to be "romance but without romance". You will be forced to level up, talk, carry, and do everything for these guys that tag along with you, but you won't be able to develop any meaningful relationship. Basically a gacha system of shallow character developing.

Also, the same guys who are saying this is incline are probably the same guys who claimed FF16 was major incline. Not very good signal.

 

[Abu Antar]

Metaphor: ReFantazio details ‘Fast & Squad’ battle system, party formation, gauntlet runner, facilities, more

Lots of info and screens at the link.

 

[Tavar]

Is it just me or does the game look really bad in these screenshots? Just look at the ground, the sky or the hero model here:

And what is up with these character models? Catherina looks like some talentless modder slapped some animal ears on her and added some dirt:

Hopefully, the game will look better on a proper machine.

 

[Abu Antar]

It could indeed look better from a technical standpoint, but that goes for most Atlus games in 3D.

 

[d1r]

Is it just me or does the game look really bad in these screenshots? Just look at the ground, the sky or the hero model here:

And what is up with these character models? Catherina looks like some talentless modder slapped some animal ears on her and added some dirt:

Hopefully, the game will look better on a proper machine.

Shit character art style can not be fixed with 4k.

 

[Tavar]

Shit character art style can not be fixed with 4k.

Yeah, that's true. I'm not a big fan of the art style in general. To me it feels like a bizarre mix of different styles which don't work together. Some people in this thread seem to like it, though, so maybe I'm just missing something.

 

[d1r]

Shit character art style can not be fixed with 4k.

Yeah, that's true. I'm not a big fan of the art style in general. To me it feels like a bizarre mix of different styles which don't work together. Some people in this thread seem to like it, though, so maybe I'm just missing something.

Enemy design is completely fine.
It's just the characters that look ABSOLUTELY out of touch, tbh.

 

[REhorror]

I like the character designs, they hot.

Reading this new preview, it might not be that bad:
https://www.gematsu.com/2024/05/met...rty-formation-gauntlet-runner-facilities-more

The protagonist will meet and befriend various people over his journey. As he continues to deepen these bonds, these followers will become his strongest supporters. Interaction with these followers is also an important part of the journey, as the strengthening of these bonds can lead to Archetype awakenings as well as the acquisition of various other abilities.

Not sure if I should pre-order tho.

 

[Abu Antar]

 

[Assisted Living Godzilla]

 

[Falksi]

Love the fact they're incorporating a job system. Game has some real potential.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Looking better and better with every additional bit of footage we see. Getting genuinely excited about this.

 

[quixotic]

I’m surprised nobody posted this, if I’m remembering right some anon used inspect element on the rpg.jp website months ago and found the link to this. It’s basically a sample of some of the music. The last song is really Strange Journey-esque.

 

[Deflowerer]

Meguro is really awkward whenever he isn't doing rock or pop. Pretty awful instrument samples to boot.

It worked in Strange Journey because of the overall theme and vibe of the game, but now that he is translating it to something closer to big fantasy, it sucks.