Metaphor: ReFantazio's Protagonist Is Called Will By Default

Metaphor: ReFantazio's Protagonist Is Called Will By Default

From TheGamer (Written by George Foster) on | OpenCritic

Metaphor: ReFantazio's protagonist has a customisable name just like most other Atlus games, but the default option in most parts of the world is "Will".

One of the staples of Atlus' games is the specific way it handles its protagonists. Most of them are meant to be somewhat blank slates for the player to attach themselves to, which includes giving them a name that is used for text dialogue. That's par for the course for most RPGs, but an interesting twist is that almost all of them have a default canonical name.

Don't mind me, I'll just be over here starting the fan club for the Magnus brothers.

For example, Persona 5's Joker is canonically known as Ren Amamiya, while Persona 3 Reload's hero is Makoto Yuki. While Atlus' latest game, Metaphor: ReFantazio does do some things differently with its hero (including giving them fully-voiced lines for the first time), it too has a default name option for the protagonist.

As confirmed by RPG Site, Metaphor: ReFantazio's default player name can be revealed by changing some settings in the configuration menu. If you change your text language, then Metaphor will default the name for the player and protagonist's...

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