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Metaphor ReFantazio demo (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Anyone tried it? Thoughts?

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Looks like it is gonna be your typical Persona type game with element based turn based combat and social links. Don't mind that though. Always welcome fresh Persona slop.

There are some mechanic changes which seem nice.

The game kinda turns the concept of fantasy around where the protag holds dear a fantasy book, but the fantasy is essentially a story of our (human) world. And the powerful boss monsters in the game are called humans. Personally I don't like this. I find it a bit immersion breaking. But maybe it will grow on me.

And yeah the performance on my laptop feels a bit lacking. Only a gtx 1650 and i5 processor but the game cannot consistently maintain 60 on low or intermediate graphics. I will try it on PS5 later and see if it runs well.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Regarding the performance, I tried the demo on PS5 and it ran pretty well. I haven't finished it yet but got about ~2 hours in and liked it a lot. The whole "monsters are called 'humans'" thing was a bit on the nose but I don't mind that much. There's something about the art style of the game that I can't quite describe; it almost feels like a watercolor painting but also cel-shaded? Either way it's unique and the UI is pretty striking as well.

Like you I will shovel into my mouth whatever Persona/SMT slop they give me so I'll probably get it when it comes out.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I thought about mentioning in the post but what these games do with the UI aesthetics is pretty revolutionary. This game takes it a step further with incorporating mediaeval style oil paintings and it looks very classy and polished.