Metaphor: ReFantazio
Last updated: 2025-03-25
- Exceptional art, music, and story create immersion.
- Deep, flexible combat system allows strategic play.
- Helpful quality-of-life features improve experience.
- Strategic Archetype system offers class customization.
- Poor pacing and excessive length can frustrate.
- Repetitive dungeon design lacks inspiration.
- Reviews
(sample size) - 2000
- Helpful reviews
- 67%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 32%
- Protest reviews
- 1%
- 82%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 18%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 4454
- Negative points
- 3137
- Gameplay points
- 1293
- Perf. points
- 190
- Rec. points
- 1414
- Misc points
- 340
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| Exceptional art, music, and story | The game excels in its art direction, music, and story. Reviewers consistently praise the visuals, soundtrack, and narrative depth, noting the immersive world-building and compelling characters. The game's aesthetics and story create a captivating experience for players. | 97% |
| Deep, flexible combat system | The combat system is praised for its depth, flexibility, and engaging mechanics. The archetype system allows for character customization and strategic team building. The ability to adjust difficulty and retry battles enhances the player experience. | 56% |
| Improved Persona-like experience | The game improves upon the Persona formula with streamlined mechanics and a more relaxed experience. Reviewers appreciate the absence of high school settings and the more mature themes. The game offers a more accessible and enjoyable experience compared to previous Atlus titles. | 31% |
| Strategic Archetype (class) system | The Archetype system offers strategic flexibility and dynamism, allowing for diverse character builds and combat styles. Reviewers appreciate the ability to customize characters and create unique team compositions. The system adds depth and replayability to the game. | 17% |
| Excellent and memorable soundtrack | The game features an excellent and memorable soundtrack that enhances the overall experience. Reviewers praise the music's ability to capture the mood of each scene and create a strong fantasy atmosphere. The soundtrack is considered a highlight of the game. | 11% |
| Helpful quality-of-life features | The game incorporates quality-of-life features such as a rewind system and the ability to retry battles. Reviewers appreciate the forgiving mechanics and the strategic depth added by these features. The game offers a balanced and enjoyable experience for both JRPG veterans and newcomers. | 10% |
| Gorgeous and stylish user interface | The game features a gorgeous and stylish user interface that enhances the overall experience. Reviewers appreciate the attention to detail in the UI design and the smooth, responsive controls. The UI is considered a work of art and contributes to the game's immersive atmosphere. | 9% |
| Explores mature, relevant themes | The game explores mature themes such as racism, corruption, and social inequality. Reviewers appreciate the narrative's depth and its ability to resonate with real-world issues. The game's themes add philosophical depth to the story and prompt reflection on society. | 9% |
| Combines elements from Atlus games | The game combines elements from past Atlus games to create a unique and engaging experience. Reviewers appreciate the familiar yet distinct feel of the game and its ability to showcase Atlus's expertise in RPG development. The game is considered a culmination of Atlus's learning and growth as a company. | 8% |
| Unique and detailed world-building | The game features a well-crafted and unique world with detailed races and a dystopian setting. Reviewers appreciate the incorporation of real-world political and social issues into the fantasy setting. The world-building contributes to an immersive and thought-provoking experience. | 8% |
| Surprising design and story twists | The game's design includes surprising moments and a well-developed villain. Reviewers appreciate the unexpected twists and turns in the story and the game's ability to encourage item usage. The game's narrative is engaging and keeps players intrigued. | 7% |
| Innovative blend of RPG elements | The game innovatively blends elements from Persona and SMT, adapting and adding to its own unique formula. Reviewers appreciate the well-developed world and the engaging gameplay. The game is a synthesis of what a good modern turn-based RPG should structurally present. | 7% |
| Thought-provoking themes and messages | The game explores concepts and themes in a less pretentious way, prompting reflection on the protagonist's actions. Reviewers appreciate the thought-provoking dialogues and the game's ability to convey meaningful messages. The game is an interactive experience filled with thought, effort, and creativity. | 6% |
| Personally meaningful experience | The game helped the reviewer come to terms with personal issues. While this is a positive sentiment, it lacks specific details about the game itself, reducing its constructiveness and specificity. Therefore, the importance score is reduced. | 6% |