Metaphor: ReFantazio on PS5 is like fantasy Persona

Metaphor: ReFantazio hits PS5 on October 11th. This achingly stylish JRPG from Atlus and Studio O - the team behind the Persona series - is everything we'd want and more. Check out this brand new Metaphor 4K PS5 gameplay as Rob talks us through the battle system, story, archetypes and hanging out with your party members.
Let us know what you make of the game in the comments!
#metaphorrefantazio #jrpg #ps5

[@SwiftGuyver.]

What a year Atlus have had! Persona 3 Reload, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance & Metaphor: ReFantazio! Unicorn Overlord as well seen as they published that and we know Vanillaware are basically unofficially part of the Atlus family!

[@VanillaLoaf]

I gotta say, it looks rather stylish. I think Rob dropped the ball by not talking about how stylish it is.

[@tomclark2284]

Definitely very stylish. Very stylish indeed

[@laterferaligatr2947]

Stylish AF. I really wish he'd at least touched on how stylish it is😢

[@JohnL1984]

Rob just sold me on it pre ordering now, ready for Friday. I am a massive persona and jrpg fan but wasn't too sure about this, but Rob and I have similar taste in games, so I know it is going to be an amazing game and going to take me on a fantastic journey

[@pradlark]

There is a demo out now BTW, u can carry progress over to full game after too

[@blakefenslerjr4858]

Play it for yourself dude 😂

[@Ghues]

I am so excited for it! I genuinely think this has the potential to be one of my favourite games, certainly my favourite game of the year, and I enjoyed the heck out of Astro Bot.

[@otterpoet]

Tried the demo and it's already well on its way to being one of my favorite jrpgs ever. Like _Persona_ and _Tales of Arise_ had David Lynch's lovechild XD

[@Heroina_sekiracije]

Yes, that IS a comment!!!

[@dyelahn1392]

been waiting for this. you guys put me onto persona 5 back in 2017 when i was only playing action rpgs and it’s become my favorite series of all time.
very very excited for this

[@soldier_4th_class]

I totally not played the demo for 40 hours already

[@fulmination88]

Loving the demo so far.

[@MrSPW93]

Currently sitting at highest rated game of the year on Metacritic and Opencritic. Could well change but that's indicative of a truly special game. Persona team have done it again 👏

[@guilherme-not]

i really need to finish persona 3 and then get this

[@afcb_z8131]

YES I’ve been waiting for this video for so long, after having just platinum’d Persona 3 reload I immediately pre ordered this! More than happy to support the quality that Atlus produces

[@piratingPirate]

I can not wait for this game!

[@ashleywalker8111]

Wasn't feeling it too much just finished persona 3 and thought I'd have a break from atlus games for a bit... then I played the demo and now I've preordered it 😅 fantastic demo and just left me wanting more!!

[@springer1786]

4 days! 4 DAYS! Ohmygodicannotwait!

[@PleasantSkulman]

Was always going to get it but the demo was really fun. It is just like Persona with a job system which I love in JRPGs.

[@James-gj8rn]

I REALLY wanted that Collectors Edition for this but i didn't want to get it through Atlus, what a shame, i'm really excited though

[@Quis000]

It has a very elegant demo.

[@Akiyama_Shun]

Strhol kinda reminds me of Vincent Brooks ❤

[@EricSnellESnellDesign]

I knew after Persona 5 I was gonna buy Metaphor. But after the demo I had to get that pre-order. I can't wait!

Hope this has Japanese audio. I would be surprised if it didn't, but the PS Store description strangely didn't say what audio languages there were. Usually that information is included in the listing. Downloading the demo now to check it out, but given Rob's review I'll almost certainly enjoy this game. Thanks Rob for all the info on this. I wouldn't have looked at this if it weren't for PS Access, as is the case with so many other games.

[@MrSPW93]

After you play the demo you won't care for Japanese audio the English dub goes so unnecessarily hard! Top notch English voice cast

[@stupid3814]

@@MrSPW93true, id think english even goes harder than japanese ngl

[@laterferaligatr2947]

I played the demo with Japanese audio (as I do all Atlus and RGG games, as well as Ghost of Tsushima). I just can't with the English voices (no disrespect intended for the VAs though, just not my cup of tea)

[@blakefenslerjr4858]

Weebs

[@MrSPW93]

@@stupid3814 yeah I tried both and have to say the English just went harder haha, people will be doing themselves a disservice by going for Japanese audio this time around imo. And British accents are obviously more suited to this high fantasy medieval-esque genre of storytelling

[@nutsymcgregor]

Should Rob have restricted “cool” instead of stylish? Would that challenge have been easier or harder?

[@subaruxkamui]

Why does that snake have balls on it's chin

[@DavidCowie2022]

Rob says you can call the protagonist whatever you like.
You can't call him Cloud.

[@NdarathiWaweru]

Best demo ever.

[@cutemat75]

The GOTY?

[@JoaLoft]

It’s not just fantasy Persona, Access.
It’s so much more. RPG of the year.

[@DIEFORME173]

Agreed

[@frido7939]

the base social aspects of the game is literally persona social sims copied to the core barring exam and studying of course, so like people calling persona game with smt combat system is justified because unless there are new gameplay system not shown on demo

[@ChiDante]

Me Want!

[@shrinewitch]

GANG GANG GANG GANG GANG GANG GANG GANG

[@nyarlathotep.mythos]

I love everything about it except the main character. I really want to like it, but wow, they really dropped the ball with the blue-haired girly dude with the headband. Yuck.

[@kcwonder99]

Wish you guys gave a rating on the game, but I'm pretty enticed by this

[@SwiftGuyver.]

Check Metacritic average score of 94/100 based on 31 professional reviews so far!

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

Looks fine, is this also on PC so i can have proper graphics?