Poll: What Review Score Would You Give Metaphor: ReFantazio?

I obviously rated it 1, as is tradition for these polls 😂

Outstanding 10. For a fantasy game, everything is just so realistic, the game manages to explain everything that'd look unrealistic why it's possible, that's how I like my games. Soundtrack is just awesome!

I haven't played the game so I rated it a 1 or a 10 depending on how outraged or not the majority of people are about some aspect of it.

Wanted to get into it, but I can’t get into the story.
Didn’t give a rating, but happy for all who are enjoying it 😎

Yeah can't wait.
First wanna start with P5 though, since I heard that's better for beginners.

9.5.
I wish it allows button remapping and may be slightly more polished graphics/environment in dungeon.

Other than these minor issues, I really can't think of any complaint.

I will let you know in two years when the inevitable better version comes out.

I've not beaten it yet, so I'm not gonna rate it just yet, but if I had to put a score on what I've played so far (up to the fourth town/big dungeon, haven't done much there yet) it's probably a 9 tho.

Takes all the good stuff from persona and gets rid of all the things I dislike about that series with a HEALTHY portion of SMT in the sense that the game will punch you in the lower regions, repeatedly, if you don't pay attention to what it tells and teaches you.

Basically fixed all my issues with persona. Story is way more interesting, dungeons are better designed, and every character so far has been fantastic. Honestly a 10 for me. This is this year's Baldur's Gate 3 in my opinion.

For me is a 6, story ok, gameplay ok, it happens at times that i am in between dialogues for an hour or so before starting a fight which is really time consuming, battles can be unfair at times. It has same mechanics from persona. Not for me unfortunately. Music is the best part of the game.

Can't rate it, since I don't have it. With so many incredible game releases right now, some games have to be marked for a later time to buy.
But I definitely want to get Metaphor at some point, it looks so appealing.

Easy 10. There's nothing I don't like about it, they've now perfected the gameplay and aesthetics to such an incredible degree.

Haven't finished it jusy yet, easily a 9 for me so far. Only detracting part is the stiff/clean/floaty graphics imo.

I would go 8.5. Its missing the flair and style that Persona 5 had and personally think character designs no bad but again weaker than Persona 5 greatness.
Might play in spurts over time and maybe throw in a second game while playing it 15 hrs in

I'd give it a 9 so far. This game keeps you on your toes with the combat. The gameplay is quite strong for a JRPG. Presentation and soundtrack is excellent also. And finally the story and characters are engaging.

Haven't played it so I can't give it a score.

I'm about 30 or so hours in and I am completely in love with it. Where do I start? The presentation? The music? The gameplay? The characters? The story? It's all there, and it's all incredible.

This is Atlus at their best, and when Atlus is at their best, it's the very best the industry has to offer. Easy 10.

Outstanding. Outstandingly paced game and combat. I’m all in on this one.

You're asking a little too early.

Based on the 10 hour demo, I'd give it an 8. I felt compelled to keep playing, even though I thought I'd quit a few times. I did feel like I was struggling to latch on to the characters and overall point of the story, but I do want to play the full game eventually.

I'm super slowly meandering through it and only got past the dungeon from the tutorial and wandering around town. Haven't had the big "sit and play for hours" sessions I thought I would, but it's just fantastic all the way around. I didn't have extreme hopes for it, but it's really just that good so far. Punishing, that's the SMT way, but so good.

I have to play deeper into it to really know what score I'd give it, but a 10 isn't out of the question. It addresses the significant difficulty balancing issues Persona 5 had while retaining almost all of its strengths.

Very much a top GOTY contender for me.

I’m not very far in the game so my opinion could change, but from what I’ve played so far I’d rank it a 10/10. I love everything about this game - the fantasy story, OST, characters, combat, and the pacing. Everything is top tier stuff, and with the story moving along fairly fast, I’m curious to see how the story unfolds considering I’m only 8 hours in and a ton of stuff has happened.

It's a 9/10 so far from me, the only negative is the graphics.

40 hours in, I am liking it so far but I wish it was a greater departure from the persona formula and it is really, really…really technically underwhelming- I think beautiful visuals really are part of the magical videogame equation. The archetype system is so much better than fixed personas for your party members. Solid 7,5.
Edit: wait, the OST is genious, let’s make it a solid 8.

I can't say I am enjoying it much from the demo, don't really like the character designs, characters, the world, or even its music. It will be a skip for me until Persona 6

@themightyant There are always nutters out there - I see at least 2 have done so 😂 I haven't actually played but it looks worthy of high praise!

Definitely a 9 out of 10.word up son

Going off the demo, I was extremely bored in the beginning. Super long cutscenes with nothing interesting happening. They throw you into 2 maps where you can't kill anything and it punishes you for trying. It's confusing going from soulslike gameplay to turn based, I mean what is the point? Pick one and refine it. The turn based combat was boring for the most part, I dint understand the hype this game is getting.

Also, the main character is lame AF. I can see maybe insecure emo teenagers relating to him but not someone who is confident. What an insane let down.

@Nepp67 Strange that the demo is a bit of the game but it didn't really do it justice. I read some critic saying the same thing, that the demo might turn people off and yes it almost turned me off. Full game is different, trust.

I'd like to provide an honest review, but as I have no interest in playing the game, I'll give it a 3/10. That's how these things work, right!?

It's buried so deep in my backlog that the full version I plan on buying on sale hasn't come out yet. I enjoyed the demo though.

I love it. The only game this year that can compete against Rebirth IMO.

It's odd to see so many Jrpg fans complain about graphics. Outside of Square Enix, most Jrpg's have outdated graphics. I thought we'd all be used to this.

I'm really enjoying it. The characters are likeable and the story is wonderfully crazy.
The combat seems to be a bit tougher than persona so far, about 20 hours in. Monsters are already appearing that are immune to everything my party's got equipped. I guess that's why the class system is so easily customisable. I've even died to random monsters sometimes, usually when they get the ambush advantage, you really want to avoid that.
9/10 so far.

@Cloud39472 I know what you mean but this game is on a whole different level of bad graphics. The low polygonal models, the terrible textures, the nausea-inducing visual effects, the poor frame rate...it's not an exaggeration to say that it looks like playing a not particularly good PS3 game through a poorly working emulator.

While I do wish there were more big budget JRPG (I would love Sony to produce one) my expectations are around something like Granblue Fantasy or the HD-2D games...not this mess.

I'll let you know when the game is actually released.

My wife has been playing it so I let her score it. She gave it a 9 as well.

She does disagree on pretty much every con that was listed in the PushSquare review. She thinks Architype Conveyance was poor to the player and she feels like not enough dialog is voiced in story segments. Everything else is exactly what she wanted.

From the demo, i'll give it at least an 8/10.

My only cons are it feels like a Persona game than a complete new IP. I could understand the similarity if it's a Persona spin-off just like Persona has plenty of similarity with SMT because it's a SMT spin-off. But Atlus market this as a brand new IP.

And there's some bad frame drop as well plenty of loading screens. I don't mind with the graphics though considering the art style looks nice.

The full game probably offer better experience but I'll wait for complete edition.

@Nei Maybe I'm just easier to please but I think you make it sound so much worse than it really is. You make the game sound absolutely hideous which just isn't true. It looks far better than a Trails or Ys game so that's good enough for me.

Enjoying this immensely. Playing on hard difficulty, I'm not minding grinding and I am defeating every boss (outside of the Demo) unscathed. My goal is to go through the game without receiving any damage on all the boss fights. I tinker with my accessories and my inherited skills till I find a pattern that works. I love the way I need to think about the strategy.Usually I never do new game plus but this might be the first game I do. Plus, I am loving the story and characters.

Fantastic game! I really wish I had more time, though. This is going to take me ages to beat.

The core systems all function well, but that atrocious visual aesthetic bumped a ‘Great’ vote down to just ‘Good’. I can only stomach the awful menus and UI for so long before I have to stop playing. I detest the frenetic, splatter menus more than anything in the world—give me a clean, legible, concise menu system any day over this Jackson Pollock haphazard design. It’s like a monkey threw menus at the screen instead of its own you-know-what.

Awesome game but wish people didn't associate it with persona , it's a completely different gane just like SMT, DevIl summoner, spill hackers etc . Closer to SMT than persona. Love berserk vibes

@Cloud39472 I think Trails and Ys look better and for sure they run better. I find Metaphor particularly hard on the eyes, its beautiful static art only exacerbates how bad the game actually looks and runs. But I am glad you and other persons have not this feeling and don’t get me wrong, I do like the game! I just wished it had better graphics or at least a decent framerate.

@Nei That is absolute crazy talk to me but I won't go into it too much. The way you seem to feel about Metaphor is the way I feel about Falcom games, they're hideous and bland and Metaphor looks better by a long shot but I'll just have to agree to disagree. I'm glad you like the game overall 👍🏻

It's a good game but it doesn't do anything I haven't seen a hundred times. If you've played all the persona games, this just feels like a copy and paste.

Whoever rated it a 1 most likely didn't play. I didn't play yet, so I can't say anything.