Excellent for any fans of giant JRPGs with an incredible cast of characters and the best writing I've seen in a game since Disco Elysium.
I don't get the hype. If you don't have heavy nostalgia for PS1-era RPGs, I'd skip this. I played it for ~10 hours and then decided to pass on the rest.
Graphics are awful, gameplay loop is slow and not very compelling, characters are fine but nothing special
I don't like Persona 5. That was the one red flag going into this game. I was cool with the dungeons and combat, but I hated Persona 5's social life sim sections. It all felt tedious with no payoff as I found most of the characters annoying, gross, or boring.
I am certainly not an Atlus enjoyer so take my review with a grain of salt. I did enjoy this game immensely more than the multiple times I tried to engage with Persona games. I thought the world and overall art direction were excellent. The combat is ok turn-based combat
Cost - 3/3
Gameplay - 2/3
Progression - 3/3
Innovative - 2/3
Technical - 2/3
Support - 2/3
Самая душная боевка в играх, что я встречал, особенно в самом конце, когда каждый соперник, если не получил стан, обольет тебя дебаффами, а себя баффами и будет избивать твою команду ногами. При этом, если первым нападешь ты, то бой будет самым легким испытанием в вашей жизни. Не слишком ли большая
A deep and incredible RPG, with great music and artistic ties to both the novel Utopia by Thomas More, and the incredible art of Hieronymus Bosch. Fans of Persona and SMT will find a lot of similarities, and the Archetypes system is deeply satisfying.
Metaphor is hamstringed by a lack
The last few years have been weak for me as a Final Fantasy fan but Metaphor truly captures the spirit.
The romance is non-existent so I dinged it half a star but the relationship between Eupha and Will is so adorable I hope it gets expanded on.
Archetypes act as a job
Gameplay: AWESOME.
Graphic: GREAT.
Story: GREAT.
Music/Sound: AWESOME.
Dialogue/Voice Acting: AWESOME.
A far better option than any Persona and a great new effort. However, playing this after FF7 Rebirth really makes the game feel weak in many aspects: Very fragmented worlds, time limits, a tottaly uninteresting main character, lower scale and scope, repetitive social interaction, dated visuals.
On the great side:
Atlus makes a masterpiece with all the knowledge gained from making the Persona series.
Game of the year for me! Beautiful game in many ways from the visuals to gameplay loop, music, voice acting and story. Definitely got the best aspects from the other Atlus games. Highly recommended for turn-based RPG fans.