In a couple years, Persona 6 will come out and OJ will come out and say that game will be his favorite Atlus game, this company always loves to one up itself!
@@manospherehalloffame1682 it’s definitely possible. Atlus always amazes everyone. If they take what they did right and wrong with Metaphor they can definitely make a way better game with Persona 6.
I enjoyed playing Metaphor coz it is very similar to Persona and I love modifiable class system in my Jrpgs which is actually bad thing coz it shows how this game is not innovative or original enough to be memorable. People are glazing the game so much disregarding the fact that dungeons have been reused so much with less than 10 variety of non boss monsters! Not to mention the art style is less creative compared to Atlus previous titles with graphics of Ps3 era! I know people like it coz to them its so edgy with its racism theme but tbh the story fell off as another cliche anime story I thought would be deeper compared to its contemporary!
I have a 6 month old and a pretty intense job and only on 25 hours. Had the game for almost over a month. Really want to get myself back on it but just depends on time😂 before hand would’ve finished it in a week or two
I played it for over 200 hours finished it twice all achievements on Steam and is easily my GOTY in 2024 but best Atlus RPG? Maybe... Definitely top 3.
@@UltraPvnk Hmmm... Persona 3 Reload would probably be place 1 for the other 2 places I don't know... Metaphor would be place 2 or 3 together with Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology.
Thanks, OJ. Reviewing games has become somewhat of the industry. Professional reviewers have to rush the first few hours of a game and move on to the next project. I'm more interested in listening to people who dedicated hundreds of hours into the game.
It’s a masterpiece game no doubt but best Atlus RPG ever? Maybe wait a few months and calm down from being super hyped at the moment. It’s definitely a 10/10 game but I don’t know about best ever
Yeah it’s definitely hard to say but as for best ATLUS RPG it’s only competition on the modern stage is SMTV:Vengeance and Persona 5 Royal which are both top tier RPG’s for me
Easily my GOTY. The twist and turns in this story were crazy. I loved it! I love p5r but I was burnt out on it and had to push to make it to the end but this game I haven’t gotten tired of it at all.
After finishing this on PS5,I wasn’t impressed with the graphics(looks like a launch PS3 game,many of its textures are hard to look at and distracting),stylish menus,gameplay was pretty unique with the two combat styles,a nice battle system,music is pretty good with some hit and misses,character designs are basic,story is definitely weird but interesting,its a good RPG,but not my game of the year! My rating:7.5/10
This is the same level of love for persona 3,4,5 and shin Megami Tensei 3,4,5 and Digital devel Saga 1,2. I have played those multiple times in my life.
As a long time player of Atlus games I’m hesitant of buying this knowing there might be a better version down the road like Smt v and Vengeance, Persona 5 and Royal, Strange journey and redux you get the idea 😂
just ordered it on black friday sales; but please don't ask atlus to do golden royal editions, i want to buy their games only once, it's not a good direction to give the industry
What would an enhanced version even bring to the table, we even got to see what happens to the party post final boss. A Sequel with a new cast and setting is what Studio Zero should prioritise
@@ZephyrK. And technically we only know about one island in a world (UK?) Metaphor 2 can be easily done within another region (although we need to explore some other core problem than racism, imo) Also Catherina can become a reacquiring character, cause now she travels beyond Island! And she also mentioned that the world outside is completely different
I am gonna be honest here. It’s a great game, but I just don’t vibe with it along with some others I have seen. The gameplay, the setting, and vibes are just not my style. No hate here, but I am kinda tired of people comparing it to Persona and acting like it is superior when they are fairly different.
My Game of the year! And better than Persona 5... The only elements of P5 that are better than MRF, is the music and cast of characters...in my opinion... But in all other areas, MRF is best.
Bro, I tried playing this game an its definitely not the best atlus jrpg of all time. Stop the cap brutha 😂 love your vides man but I think you're over hyping this lol
160 is definitely too much, I finished the game in like 110 with every side quest and almost every side boss done (there is one dragon in a book I didn't know about)
I thought it was quite bad. Very messy, and probably lacked some sort of coherence. Didn't understand how the main character took the prince's form. Then the humans aspect was a bit too much, and then the back story for Louis came too late, turns out he wants to adopt monster evolution... then the kings memory helping you out. The game started very poorly with no backstories at all. Mid game was ok, majority of the locations were never explored. They didn't even do a dungeon for magical academy, which I felt was integral to the plot. I felt the game was rushed and they ensured it was as long as persona 5. I felt metaphor was a poor game, having beat it, I didn't like it. Even the cast of the characters... I never felt any attachment to them. The only segment I liked was the monster baby and evil mom segment... but even that, you never really know how and why humans turn nasty... It had a lousy story, good structure, short gameplay loop and forgettable characters. I maxxed out all relationships and defeated the dragons. My view is this was a poor release. They ought to have meshed the story a bit more and needed more dungeons.
How the main character took the prince’s form was that the prince was using a real life technique called “Bi-location” where you can be in two places at once. In order to use “Bi-location” you need to first understand how to exist outside of the body. Desperation can force one outside of the awareness of the body and thus the prince’s desires for a fantastical better world fueled his desires to partake in this forging of a new world. When Bi-Locating it is normal to not remember intellectually that you are who you are and thus you will find yourself creating a new body and adopting a temporary identity that fits the current task at hand. I recommend researching the many saints who achieved Bi-Location in our own history, Buddha did so as well and would use different patterns on his feet to showcase the quirks of such an act. Jesus Christ within the Bible used Bi-Location to address his disciples after going into hiding after his “resurrection”. Krishna allegedly Bi-Located over hundreds of thousands of times to spend time with each of his wife’s who each had particular taste in men and so he adjusted each and every Bi-Location avatar for each and every one of them, at the end of every night Krishna would have each Bi-Location fuse back into them as if they had become one person. Don’t assume just because you don’t understand a concept you can just call it bad. It’s very much a normal thing and surprisingly common even in our own world. Nothing messy about this game from my playing, I was able to follow along quite simply.
Also “you never really know how or why humans turn nasty” did you pay attention to the story they explain it pretty plainly. The anxiety of their own agency as the sole agents of change in their world turned them into monsters as they spent more time arguing over what was right and wrong as opposed to just working with their anxiety and banding together. They literally explain this in the Elden Sanctum
@@phillemon7664 Yeah, apparently 'modern' humans doing something, I think there is a dungeon in the dragon tower that suggests this, along with the wall murals etc. I still think the link is very very poor. In fact, what the heck is that supposed to mean? Humans did an experiment, unleashed magic given the particles that keep flying about etc. Whatever they did, the story stank the whole thing up. Didn't like it one bit.
@@phillemon7664 Again... whatever it may be, I feel that the protagonist turning 'human' after enough stimulation by Louis's staff.. and then being a manifestation of the prince himself... was a bit too completing the loop moment for me. I couldn't appreciate this 'plot twist'.
In a couple years, Persona 6 will come out and OJ will come out and say that game will be his favorite Atlus game, this company always loves to one up itself!
I seriously don't know what P6 can do to top this game
@ I upped atlus tries a persona game with adults. Metaphor shows it can work. Try something other than a school setting
@@manospherehalloffame1682 it’s definitely possible. Atlus always amazes everyone. If they take what they did right and wrong with Metaphor they can definitely make a way better game with Persona 6.
I enjoyed playing Metaphor coz it is very similar to Persona and I love modifiable class system in my Jrpgs which is actually bad thing coz it shows how this game is not innovative or original enough to be memorable.
People are glazing the game so much disregarding the fact that dungeons have been reused so much with less than 10 variety of non boss monsters! Not to mention the art style is less creative compared to Atlus previous titles with graphics of Ps3 era!
I know people like it coz to them its so edgy with its racism theme but tbh the story fell off as another cliche anime story I thought would be deeper compared to its contemporary!
Persona no longer has Katsura Hashino working on it so don't get your hopes up
Crazy bro. 160 hours with a full time job and kids. threading that needle
I thought he was a UA-camr and an editor
I could never, i have like 20 hours and i have been playing since launch 😂
@@Janfey I just made it to the entrance of the final dungeon with 69 hours
I have a 6 month old and a pretty intense job and only on 25 hours. Had the game for almost over a month. Really want to get myself back on it but just depends on time😂 before hand would’ve finished it in a week or two
Get a PS Portal
Heismay is one of the best written characters ive ever seen in a game, 2 minutes into his first conversation i knew he was layered. Truely great
So glad you enjoyed it. I finished it last week and now is my mission to collect Metaphor related stuff
Atlus knows how to make RPGs
I played it for over 200 hours finished it twice all achievements on Steam and is easily my GOTY in 2024 but best Atlus RPG? Maybe... Definitely top 3.
And what’s ur top 3?
@@UltraPvnk Hmmm... Persona 3 Reload would probably be place 1 for the other 2 places I don't know... Metaphor would be place 2 or 3 together with Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology.
@@UltraPvnk Oh yeah there is also SMT IV... Wait... Let me think... Is between SMT 4 and Radiant Historia.
Nice I’m interested! Haven’t played any of those👍🏾
I've only 30 hours so far but I'd say it's behind persona 5 and persona 4
It's my GOTY. I was so gun-ho about it being FF7R until Metaphor COMPLETELY took over my gaming for like a month.
Unfortunately JRPGs never win GOTY because it's less popular but I hope it wins this time
Just beat it as well! Absolute Masterpiece!
Thanks, OJ. Reviewing games has become somewhat of the industry. Professional reviewers have to rush the first few hours of a game and move on to the next project. I'm more interested in listening to people who dedicated hundreds of hours into the game.
Same!
One of the best games I've ever played. It really should sweep at the goty awards but mostly likely won't.
I just picked it up. Love it so far
I've never played an atlus game but this has to be game of the year and these guys know how to make an epic rpg
I’m still playing right now & loving it! And enjoying that it gave me a challenge right from the start!
It’s a masterpiece game no doubt but best Atlus RPG ever? Maybe wait a few months and calm down from being super hyped at the moment. It’s definitely a 10/10 game but I don’t know about best ever
Yeah it’s definitely hard to say but as for best ATLUS RPG it’s only competition on the modern stage is SMTV:Vengeance and Persona 5 Royal which are both top tier RPG’s for me
First Metaphor review I’ve watched, only channel I can trust 100% to not contain spoilers. Great job!
It’s incredible I beat a while ago it was amazing!
Easily my GOTY. The twist and turns in this story were crazy. I loved it! I love p5r but I was burnt out on it and had to push to make it to the end but this game I haven’t gotten tired of it at all.
After finishing this on PS5,I wasn’t impressed with the graphics(looks like a launch PS3 game,many of its textures are hard to look at and distracting),stylish menus,gameplay was pretty unique with the two combat styles,a nice battle system,music is pretty good with some hit and misses,character designs are basic,story is definitely weird but interesting,its a good RPG,but not my game of the year!
My rating:7.5/10
This is the same level of love for persona 3,4,5 and shin Megami Tensei 3,4,5 and Digital devel Saga 1,2. I have played those multiple times in my life.
The persona team is truly goated. Reminds me of From Software, they have literally never missed.
Shame about the bad shimmering & aliasing on consoles, such a easy fix for atlas to implement like they did on pc but just can't be bothered
I couldn’t get all the friendship on time. Damn you Atlus!
Let's gooo! Nice review.
This game is exactly what I wished FF16 was. More ppl deserve to play this game.
I just finished it yesterday, I really enjoy it but in my eyes is P5R still my favourite Atlus game 🐈⬛
Incredible game!
Looking forward to the switch 2 version
I’m in love with this game so far!
great review!!
just finished it, like 1 hr ago and I already miss it (I love バジリオ the most!!) I hope metaphor wins GOTY
To be honest, it is not as good as I expected, but still an 89/100 for me.
This game is the definition of peak.
As a long time player of Atlus games I’m hesitant of buying this knowing there might be a better version down the road like Smt v and Vengeance, Persona 5 and Royal, Strange journey and redux you get the idea 😂
Let's gggooooooo! Metaphor Refantazio is not just game of the year, it's game of the generation.
160 hours, WHOA!
Please vote for Metaphor for the Game Awards
just ordered it on black friday sales; but please don't ask atlus to do golden royal editions, i want to buy their games only once, it's not a good direction to give the industry
155 hours baby. Great game!
LFG!!!
I'm waiting for the royal version
Don’t think there will be one for this game. Besides Mage Academy not having anything I don’t think they can add too much
What would an enhanced version even bring to the table, we even got to see what happens to the party post final boss.
A Sequel with a new cast and setting is what Studio Zero should prioritise
@@ZephyrK. And technically we only know about one island in a world (UK?)
Metaphor 2 can be easily done within another region (although we need to explore some other core problem than racism, imo)
Also Catherina can become a reacquiring character, cause now she travels beyond Island! And she also mentioned that the world outside is completely different
I am gonna be honest here. It’s a great game, but I just don’t vibe with it along with some others I have seen. The gameplay, the setting, and vibes are just not my style. No hate here, but I am kinda tired of people comparing it to Persona and acting like it is superior when they are fairly different.
Fantastic game, i prefer royal tho.
The demo left me very skeptical. Ok, I will wait for the "Royal" version on Switch 2 ;)
Atlus confirmed that they’re not gonna do any rereleases any more in the future.
Still prefer Persona 3 but this game is really good.
Wow I thought heismay was one of the worst characters. Really thought Eupha was the best bar none.
You're spoiling bro
Okay dude, Eupha is best girl but still ain't no way you disrespecting my boy Heismay like that???
Only negative were the visuals in dungeons wasn't that great. Compared to P5 the Metaphor dungeons were ight
My Game of the year!
And better than Persona 5...
The only elements of P5 that are better than MRF, is the music and cast of characters...in my opinion...
But in all other areas, MRF is best.
Shin Megami Tensie 2 on SNES 😊🎉
Persona 3 join the chat
hi OJ
Bro, I tried playing this game an its definitely not the best atlus jrpg of all time. Stop the cap brutha 😂 love your vides man but I think you're over hyping this lol
For someone to put 160 hours in a game that came out a little over a month ago to dog on someone else for their Platinums. 😂
Best Atlus rpg of all time? Really bro it may be good but best?
It's definitely up there though
160 hours well guess I can never play it would take me 2 years
It benefits from stretched out playthroughs anyways
@ I’m thinking of getting a handheld so I can play it casually while doing something else
He did 2 playthroughs I think. Im 65h in and looks like I have 20h left top.
I just finished it and my in game time was 87 hours. My actual time was 101 hours.
160 is definitely too much, I finished the game in like 110 with every side quest and almost every side boss done (there is one dragon in a book I didn't know about)
its not
I agree this is definitely the best atlus game too date it's my second choice for GOTY my first is FF REBIRTH
1st??? 😮
Totally agree, Atlus at its best
I thought it was quite bad. Very messy, and probably lacked some sort of coherence. Didn't understand how the main character took the prince's form. Then the humans aspect was a bit too much, and then the back story for Louis came too late, turns out he wants to adopt monster evolution... then the kings memory helping you out.
The game started very poorly with no backstories at all. Mid game was ok, majority of the locations were never explored. They didn't even do a dungeon for magical academy, which I felt was integral to the plot. I felt the game was rushed and they ensured it was as long as persona 5.
I felt metaphor was a poor game, having beat it, I didn't like it. Even the cast of the characters... I never felt any attachment to them.
The only segment I liked was the monster baby and evil mom segment... but even that, you never really know how and why humans turn nasty...
It had a lousy story, good structure, short gameplay loop and forgettable characters.
I maxxed out all relationships and defeated the dragons.
My view is this was a poor release. They ought to have meshed the story a bit more and needed more dungeons.
How the main character took the prince’s form was that the prince was using a real life technique called “Bi-location” where you can be in two places at once. In order to use “Bi-location” you need to first understand how to exist outside of the body. Desperation can force one outside of the awareness of the body and thus the prince’s desires for a fantastical better world fueled his desires to partake in this forging of a new world. When Bi-Locating it is normal to not remember intellectually that you are who you are and thus you will find yourself creating a new body and adopting a temporary identity that fits the current task at hand. I recommend researching the many saints who achieved Bi-Location in our own history, Buddha did so as well and would use different patterns on his feet to showcase the quirks of such an act. Jesus Christ within the Bible used Bi-Location to address his disciples after going into hiding after his “resurrection”. Krishna allegedly Bi-Located over hundreds of thousands of times to spend time with each of his wife’s who each had particular taste in men and so he adjusted each and every Bi-Location avatar for each and every one of them, at the end of every night Krishna would have each Bi-Location fuse back into them as if they had become one person.
Don’t assume just because you don’t understand a concept you can just call it bad. It’s very much a normal thing and surprisingly common even in our own world. Nothing messy about this game from my playing, I was able to follow along quite simply.
Also “you never really know how or why humans turn nasty” did you pay attention to the story they explain it pretty plainly. The anxiety of their own agency as the sole agents of change in their world turned them into monsters as they spent more time arguing over what was right and wrong as opposed to just working with their anxiety and banding together. They literally explain this in the Elden Sanctum
@@phillemon7664 Yeah, apparently 'modern' humans doing something, I think there is a dungeon in the dragon tower that suggests this, along with the wall murals etc.
I still think the link is very very poor. In fact, what the heck is that supposed to mean? Humans did an experiment, unleashed magic given the particles that keep flying about etc.
Whatever they did, the story stank the whole thing up. Didn't like it one bit.
@@phillemon7664 Again... whatever it may be, I feel that the protagonist turning 'human' after enough stimulation by Louis's staff.. and then being a manifestation of the prince himself... was a bit too completing the loop moment for me.
I couldn't appreciate this 'plot twist'.
@@phillemon7664yuh, that's crazy, bro probably skipped through cause it was literally explained in the main story
persona 2 better
Obviously
Maybe, we need some kind of remake to judge
Cause even if story is better ain't no way it holds up with modern JRPGs in other aspects