Metaphor: ReFantazio is just around the corner, the next game by the team behind Persona 5 that aims to differentiate itself with its high fantasy setting. It shares some similarities with the Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series, one of them being the incredibly stylish UI and aesthetics. Atlus has got a bit of a reputation to uphold in that particular area, and Nier director Yoko Taro already thinks the game has delivered.
When Metaphor: ReFantazio was first announced, all the way back in 2016, Yoko Taro actually made a fun little video for Atlus marketing the game. Now that the game is almost here, Yoko Taro was invited back to give his impressions of the game in a new video uploaded to the Sega Asia YouTube video.
It starts out in typical Yoko Taro fashion, claiming that the director is "pint-sized" to avoid heat stroke, as Lina voice actor Tomomi Isomura talks to his disembodied head on a chair. Obviously, Taro is talking to Isomura over voice chat or something - as eccentric as he is, I don't think he'd actually shrink himself down for an interview.
Taro is then asked what he thinks of the game after...
