Yeah but with the millions they made from Persona you'd think they could afford to make it more graphically competent. It doesn't even run that well either
What a year Atlus have had! Persona 3 Reload, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance & Metaphor: ReFantazio! Unicorn Overlord as well seen as they published that and we know Vanillaware are basically unofficially part of the Atlus family!
@@mattspeer01 yeah it seems every game always starts with a small point boost that drops arounds 3 point by the end, probably because the small reviewers upload first
This game is like the Elden ring for Atlus. A studio that has consistently been putting out top tier games in a specific genre finally realises it’s full potential and unleashes it all with no hurdles in its path into this magnum opus and it is simply glorious.
@@r.lr.l yeah true, there’s also soul hackers as well. Not to mention that this game also has the same year-based progression and social link system as persona. Also afaik every SMT game has the core system of hitting enemy weaknesses for extra turns,
@@experience_point6233 more like Asia year, with so many games has very good quality while western games is kind of meh, too many "AAAA" games and Sweet Babystill around them😅
@@Jpcraquenot when it gets 10 from everyone, cod is highly rated on ign but not everyone outside. Most games of the years were rated 10 by ign and everyone else as well
@@y0av359 Octopath Traveler 2 and Triangle Strategy are pretty good but they’re definitely not better than Persona 3 Reload and SMT5 Vengeance. FFVII Rebirth and FF16 are both mid. Pretty graphics, but gameplay and story are offensive to the classics of the PS1 era.
Never played an atlus game before, the metaphor demo did not only sold me on metaphor, it also sold me on other atlus games like persona 5 royal already.
Actually both Griffith and Louis take clear inspiration from many traditional depictions of Lucifer, the Fallen Angel so the comparison isn’t really a poor one.
Can't wait for the "keep politics out of games" folks to not find real issue with this because it's actually about politics rather than what they've been told is "political"
JRPGs are infamous for feel-good platitudes about "le society bad" and "rich people evil". let's see if this game has anything noteworthy to say besides conveniently lumping all the world's problems into some god for a bossfight
Yeah because you being disingenuous with their meaning proves your point right? You know good and well what they mean when they say that. It's stupid crap like this that makes yall battle rather than conversate, and in turn get nowhere.
@@roddny444 If they're not saying what they *really* mean, they're the ones being disingenuous. If we 'know what they mean' when they say something is too political, why don't they just say it with their chest? It's a coward's approach to discourse.
Clean and fast then based combat that’s also challenging and needs people to learn from it? Solid Engaging characters and narrative? Solid AN ACTUAL VOICED PROTAGONIST. Super solid
I'm definitely getting this game... ...eventually. Still got to finish other RPGs and Sparking Zero, Undisputed and Mario Party Jamboree got this month already for me.
@@coyote9448 Atlus stated that Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengance would be their last upgraded version of a title. They will be making a Persona 4 reload or somethin along those lines still, but Metaphor marks the start of a new game line. If you look it up there is information about stating how Metaphor will not get an enhanced edition
This game without a doubt Game of The Year! Atlus really did so much effort to what the game really looks like and it looks amazing! So far they've been crushing this year with Persona 3 Reload Unicorn Overload and SMT V Vengeance 🔥
so basically he concluded the review with that the game " delivers a message " and therefore the game is good sounds too familiar these days ... i will have to see other reviews
Don't be scared of it's size guys, it will be some of the best 80 hours of your life that you may have otherwise wasted scrolling on your phone or playing a thousandth meaningless match on your shooter of choice.
Thank you for getting into the general and gameplay quickly. Much more concise than that GameSpot review. Thanks for focusing more on the “game” and than its themes.
They've stated before they're going away from that and multiple Insiders have backed it up all lol Seems like going forward. They're going the DLC rought
@@danielmales123 Because it was a huge push to bring it to other consoles That's actually what most of their second versions of games (other than PS2 but DLC wasn't a thing) P5 is actually a pretty big outlier in that sense would make sense to move to DLC instead
@@danielmales123that’s because smtv vengeance was already in development before they made the decision. if they stick to their word then we will be seeing dlc and no re-releases moving forward
How has my man not Oded JRPGs after reviewing all those!? My question: is this an ok game for people new(ish) to the genre? I got Ni No Kuni recently cause I wanted to try JRPGs out but I just can't get past the grind...I've wanted to try one of these for awhile. though.
they are annoying, everythings always flashing and taking attention away from the text or the characters in frame. In the battles its dizzying because the menus are twisting, it looks neat, but while playing it's dizzying. I'm sure its fine for a lot of people.
The prologue demo totally sold me on this game. It feels like a culmination of everything Atlus has put out so far.
@@Jpcraque why the hate?
@@Jpcraque did you play the full demo?
@@AwsmNixyes
Same-put 10 hours into the demo. So good!
@@Jpcraque ok you want attention ooohooo
Atlus is the Chef of JRPGs
And the sous-chef of graphics
Chef of turn base jrpg
@@TitansSoul Fr, Persona 3 Reload was fire too!
Chef of pretty boring demos too!
Of course
The demo for this game is longer than many AAA titles 😂
people already sinked over 90 hours in the demo lmfao
@@user-zl1vf4me1p do they spam dungeons, the game authomatically ends after a certain amount of days
The first AAAA type demo
U mean call of duty games u could have used kratos line
AKA Silent Hill 2 Remake 🤦♂
Art direction > graphical fidelity. Word.
@@tylerh3378 I'm literally at the point now that graphical fidelity is semi likely to break me out of the illusion in the first place
@@lobsterboy2020 Same, give me something oozing with style
Eh, it's no excuse for blurry textures and zero anti-aliasing.
Yeah but with the millions they made from Persona you'd think they could afford to make it more graphically competent. It doesn't even run that well either
@@JakkisleI kind of like blurry textures. Grew up on ps one and ps2 games so there’s an element of nostalgia there
What a year Atlus have had! Persona 3 Reload, Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance & Metaphor: ReFantazio! Unicorn Overlord as well seen as they published that and we know Vanillaware are basically unofficially part of the Atlus family!
Atlus has no hand in development of Vanillaware games, so no.
so are you just commenting this on every review?
Only if they had competent translators.
Dickriding for a company is crazy
Can't wait to get persona 3 reload and shin megami tenesi eventually . I'm like halfway done with persona 5 royal
95 on open critic, tied with astro bot
Woah!
Player reviews over critic reviews
91 on Open Critic now.
@@mattspeer01 yeah it seems every game always starts with a small point boost that drops arounds 3 point by the end, probably because the small reviewers upload first
it's at a 91, might want to edit that comment
Game has 94% on Metacritic. Buy it.
Or be smart and wait for a sale since the demo had performance issues that ATLUS is trying to fix👍
it has a 94 on ps5. average is 91 on opencritic
@@JpcraquePretty sure they already fixed it
Buy it or we gonna get High School drama until the end of time
@@Leonheart039 hahaha that's true. if this does not sell well, every game from atlus will be like persona
A new ‘Game of the Year 2024’ contender has entered the conversation!!
Mid of the year
@@Anstreki323 comment of the comments
@@Anstreki323 that goes to wukong
@@Anstreki323 1% of the people who just says things without giving context 🤣
@@AP-hn8wd Persona 3 reload was better
This game is like the Elden ring for Atlus. A studio that has consistently been putting out top tier games in a specific genre finally realises it’s full potential and unleashes it all with no hurdles in its path into this magnum opus and it is simply glorious.
Don’t compare Atlus to From Trashware. They ain’t been lazily churning out the same thing for the last decade.
@@OtakuUnderground92 dude soulsborne games have more variety between them than persona games lmao, I'm a fan of both.
@@OtakuUnderground92L take
@@ramen3643 Well you should compare between SMT, Persona not Persona it's like saying comparing Darksouls 1 to 2 or 3
@@r.lr.l yeah true, there’s also soul hackers as well.
Not to mention that this game also has the same year-based progression and social link system as persona.
Also afaik every SMT game has the core system of hitting enemy weaknesses for extra turns,
2024 is the year for Atlus.
Yeah, really, it's been insane!
Year of Square Enix to with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Visions of Mana, Romancing Saga 2 and Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D.
Atlus is owned by Sega. Don't forget to thank Sega.
Like a dragon
@@experience_point6233 more like Asia year, with so many games has very good quality while western games is kind of meh, too many "AAAA" games and Sweet Babystill around them😅
Haven't been this excited for a turn based game since the original Persona 5.
13 hours in the demo lol… I’m sold
Uhm you can finish it like 5 or 6 hours.
Did you just replay the demo?!
Any idea if progress will carry over?
@@lobsterboy2020 it does
13 hrs? Damn! How long is just the demo itself?
This game had me sold from the amazing 10hr demo they showed. Can't wait to pick it up this Friday the 11th. Easiest perorder of my life!
@Karacis Will progress from the demo carry over to the actual game?
@@DanceswithCoreans yes
94 in Metacritic. GOTY candidate with Astrobot and Final Fantasy Rebirth 🔥
@@RanmaSaotome1_2 RPG smorgasbord bäby!!
seems like ass bot isnt winning game of the year after all
This year is chalked full of great games. It's gonna be tough
@@scoop3142 sounds like someone is mad they don't own a ps5, metaphor is a masterpiece tho
Nah. FF7 Rebirth is very mediocre. It shouldn't be in conversation.
Never before have so many words said so little.
That blond guy with horns gives me Griffith vibes. He looks like pure berserk-Ian evil.
Alucard vibes
Both Griffith and the villaim of tbis game have design based on Lucifer so he maybe similar
@@ezelalia5739 his name is literally Lucifer
He looks more like reinhard von lohengramm
Current year Atlus is essentially the new Squaresoft. They're making banger after banger.
Except 1/100th as popular because they're not unique 🤷♀️
If IGN gave a JRPG a 9, it's actually a 10/10. Let's gooooo.
Gamespot gave it a 10, and they're usually extremely harsh.
More like if it's IGN it's more like a 7 or best 8
@@Jpcraqueit's 94 on metacritic sitting in 5th place in all time sit this one out
@@Jpcraquenot when it gets 10 from everyone, cod is highly rated on ign but not everyone outside. Most games of the years were rated 10 by ign and everyone else as well
They did that with Persona 5 Royal.😂😂😂 Honestly tho my favorite JRPG ever.
SH2 remake ended up being good; this one as well; dbz looks packed with content... it's a good time to be gaming
Im shocked IGN reviewed the actual game and didnt make the whole video about Persona like last time.
As persona fan this is a must play.
combat is more SMT though.
@@bloodyair269 ☝️🤓
@@bloodyair269 tbf besides 5-Reload almost every persona games combat has been pretty different from the last
@@Abobus101 😎☝
@@KNXCKLE dunno about spin off but the mainline game never use press turn system.
Thank you Atlus for making games like this!!!
0 Wokeness from the west...
thank you japan and ATLUS!!
Easily a GOTY Candidate
Really? Never played any of these games. Worth trying for first timer?
@@livetohelpothers8401You can download the demo
@@livetohelpothers8401 Absolutely. Start with Persona 3 on Gamepass, and work your way up from there. You shan't forget it.
@@livetohelpothers8401It's cool but I'm getting Romancing SaGa Revenge of the Seven instead.
It's not
Atlus is today what Squaresoft was in the 90s.
@@zimon85 so truuuuuue saving the industry
Atlus of the 2000s, yeah. The dialog in their games today is too mid
@@y0av359 hell no
@@y0av359 totally disagree with both of those things
@@y0av359
Octopath Traveler 2 and Triangle Strategy are pretty good but they’re definitely not better than Persona 3 Reload and SMT5 Vengeance.
FFVII Rebirth and FF16 are both mid. Pretty graphics, but gameplay and story are offensive to the classics of the PS1 era.
This year hss been the year of atlus, no the year of jrpgs as a whole. Absolutely phenomenal
Never played an atlus game before, the metaphor demo did not only sold me on metaphor, it also sold me on other atlus games like persona 5 royal already.
Now buy a 3DS and see how far the rabbit hole goes
@@Clichevix P5 Royal is peak ATLUS!!
PS5 Royal was phenomenal. One of my favorite JRPGs of all time (and my first Persona game)
@@scottfrenzthen my freind you started very well!!
best game from ATLUS by far!!(including Metaphor)
ATLUS = Peak
Peak atlus
Peaklus
@@Outsider0_0JRPGS= ATLUS
P5 Royal was peak ATLUS
@@Jpcraque stop talking brody
Atlus been killing it omg.
Is that Griffith?
Oh just wait u will be in for a surprise regarding the parallels…
Yep. Andy
Actually both Griffith and Louis take clear inspiration from many traditional depictions of Lucifer, the Fallen Angel so the comparison isn’t really a poor one.
JRPG fans have been eating well this year.
Can't wait for the "keep politics out of games" folks to not find real issue with this because it's actually about politics rather than what they've been told is "political"
JRPGs are infamous for feel-good platitudes about "le society bad" and "rich people evil". let's see if this game has anything noteworthy to say besides conveniently lumping all the world's problems into some god for a bossfight
Never forget: Fallout New Vegas: "Light political themes." That's all you need to know about those people 😂
Yeah because you being disingenuous with their meaning proves your point right? You know good and well what they mean when they say that. It's stupid crap like this that makes yall battle rather than conversate, and in turn get nowhere.
They didnt say "for modern a audience" so we good 😅
@@roddny444 If they're not saying what they *really* mean, they're the ones being disingenuous. If we 'know what they mean' when they say something is too political, why don't they just say it with their chest? It's a coward's approach to discourse.
ATLUS still giving some of the very best jrpg in last decade , impressive portfolio
94 on metacritic holy!
Also the batlle bgm is phenomenal!
TL;DR
10/10 would buy again
They gave it a 9
No!
They gave it a 7+2
@@Jpcraque Why did they though?
@@lambasted6886lol
damn can you explain why?
It's IGN it always need to have a 7 somewhere
Clean and fast then based combat that’s also challenging and needs people to learn from it? Solid
Engaging characters and narrative? Solid
AN ACTUAL VOICED PROTAGONIST. Super solid
This could be my next favorite game
Probably goty material
Honestly can't wait for this one! Atlus never misses & Meguro always cooks for the OST
The second they asked “you, you who is controlling this character, what’s your name?” They had me lol
And when your 'controlling character name' appears in the scroll in More's Akademeia (not spoiler as it's mentioned early on), it hooked me even more.
It's a 9 babyyy
According to IGN, metaphor is the same quality as Pokémon sword and shield
@@Tw0tsonthey've done worse
No!
More like a 7+2
@@Tw0tson it’s almost as if different reviewers give different scores. Almost like it’s just an opinion. Crazy right?
@@kud_dukan oh brother
JRPG fans been FEASTING all year and I'm still not full~ Can't wait for this, yo!
Would be cool if Metaphor's writers and FF14 writers collaborated on a project together. Nice review, Michael!
Was that a Big K.R.I.T. reference?
I’ve been so stoked for this, so glad it’s getting great reviews
Will we be able to transfer demo progress to main game?
@@AbsoluteKidder yes
Yes
Yes you can bud.
Yes.
Many already xp farm up to lv30 in the demo
This game needs a 10
Who's with me😁
Me
Me
It's indeed the year of the JRPG.
2024 has been an amazing year for JRPGs!
@@rezwolf83 Fr
The year of jrpg remakes perhaps. None have bothered to bring any real innovation to the genre.
@@threestars2164this is a new JRPG game dude
I'm definitely getting this game... ...eventually. Still got to finish other RPGs and Sparking Zero, Undisputed and Mario Party Jamboree got this month already for me.
Romancing Saga 2 Remake it's another JRPG coming this month that looks pretty good and fun.....hope you can catch up eventually....
The demo alone took me 9.5 hours to finish.
Wow that English dub has got to be the best I've heard in a while.
I'm going to wait for the Metaphor Refantazio Royal edition or Metaphor Refantazio Golden edition or whatever.
@@coyote9448 lol probably true
@@coyote9448 Atlus stated that Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengance would be their last upgraded version of a title. They will be making a Persona 4 reload or somethin along those lines still, but Metaphor marks the start of a new game line. If you look it up there is information about stating how Metaphor will not get an enhanced edition
@@coyote9448 apparently they aren't doing that this time; persona 3 reload got a dlc expansion as well 😊
@@robertreynolds5694not saying you’re wrong but keep in mind P3R is a remake so of course they will add the DLC as intended
They aren’t gonna be doing that
The triple A market may not be at it's peak right now, but there are still enough great games being released. Atlus alone released 3 hits.
Atlus out here carrying the turn based action genre on its back.
A mature JRPG? I'm in.
Not sure if the protagonist being named Charlie here was a deliberate nod to the old Giant Bomb Persona 4 Endurance Run. But if so, major props!
This game without a doubt Game of The Year! Atlus really did so much effort to what the game really looks like and it looks amazing! So far they've been crushing this year with Persona 3 Reload Unicorn Overload and SMT V Vengeance 🔥
Meh!
Pretty mid....with a pretty boring demo af...
Persona 3 Reload was better than this
@@Jpcraque Ok bruh
@@Jpcraquepersona 3 is for casual noobs 😂
@@JRPG_Master This game is Persona 😂
It's not winning goty
ATLUS are at it again! PEAK gaming at its best indeed
Cant wait to pick this up on Friday!! I'm trying to speed through SW Outlaws to focus on this one!
ITS GONNA BE GOTY
oooh yeah we got a real one on our hands. wasn't expecting Berserk vibes from an Atlus game...
My GOTY for sure!
Gotta love people calling something GotY before they even have a chance to play it themselves….
Have you played it already ?!
@@wowguytc there’s the demo which offers at least 4 hours or more of gameplay
@@mattspeer01 People are just hype machines. They don't even enjoy things for what they are but what they want them to be.
@@trollingisasporti remember people calling Reynatis "GOTY" hahaha
so basically he concluded the review with that the game " delivers a message " and therefore the game is good
sounds too familiar these days ... i will have to see other reviews
The game we don’t deserve but desperately need.
Don't be scared of it's size guys, it will be some of the best 80 hours of your life that you may have otherwise wasted scrolling on your phone or playing a thousandth meaningless match on your shooter of choice.
After playing the demo this game became my favorite atlus game. The story and side characters are absolutely amazing. Buy it
Forgot the best part! The Merchant! What an amazing job.
WHEN THE METAPHORS ARE REFANTAZIO 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
Happy Console Gamer called this back months ago about how great this was shaping up and he’s 100% spot on.
Definitely a GOTY contender. Played the demo and will buy when it gets discounted a bit.
So you saying this game is about JUSTICE!
This and Sparking Zero on the same day 😂😅 I haven’t even finished P5 Royal 😂❤
Damn dude the opening of this review was beautiful
Hopefully this comes to Switch 2 someday. Something about it makes me want to play in portable mode in comparison to the big screen.
PC handhelds are the best way to play it portable / handheld
Steam Deck. This is the way.
@@SeducedMonk3y Nah. Steam deck and PC handhelds are terrible devices. Switch is the King.
@@hododod246 you must have never used one. PC handhelds can play switch as well
PC and steam version is supposed to be rough I'd stick to ps5 if you have one it's runs perfectly on there
Contemplating on getting this. Knowing their trend, arent they going to release “royal” or “vengeance” better version later 🤔
Wait is this berserk?
Huh?
GRIFFITH!
Not a fan of the genre but the Art direction and music are 10/10! this a GOTY24 contender, easy
We’re finally here y’all
Thank you for getting into the general and gameplay quickly. Much more concise than that GameSpot review. Thanks for focusing more on the “game” and than its themes.
Was never big into the persona games, played the demo HEAVY. This is an instant cop
Atlus is GOATED they got me back into JRPGS
GOTY between Astro Bot and this game.
Nice💙
GOTY between wukong , Astro bot and this , sparking zero
@@goofy4wukong? Hell nah
P3 Reload was better
@@ErenTheWarcriminal🤣👉🤡
Here's hoping that Persona 6 protag will have SPEAKING LINES
This is a good ass review
This year has been surprisingly great for my ps5
I’m still waiting for the inevitable extended version
They've stated before they're going away from that and multiple Insiders have backed it up all lol Seems like going forward. They're going the DLC rought
@@middlethenerdshin megami recently got its new version you never know atlus miles their fans
@@danielmales123 Because it was a huge push to bring it to other consoles
That's actually what most of their second versions of games (other than PS2 but DLC wasn't a thing)
P5 is actually a pretty big outlier in that sense would make sense to move to DLC instead
@@danielmales123that’s because smtv vengeance was already in development before they made the decision. if they stick to their word then we will be seeing dlc and no re-releases moving forward
@@izayaryunosuke9067 sounds good to me not fun having to buy new versions all the time
Atlus is just all that when it comes to turns based RPGs
GOTY contender right here
Now this is a good IGN game reviewer
I'm conflicted about buying it now because Atlus has a history of releasing an enhanced edition a year or two later.
this seems a bit too out there for me, I’ll stick to Persona for now
You do you man, I’m excited for this beauty
Atlus cooked and us JRPG lovers are eating well 🤌
How has my man not Oded JRPGs after reviewing all those!? My question: is this an ok game for people new(ish) to the genre? I got Ni No Kuni recently cause I wanted to try JRPGs out but I just can't get past the grind...I've wanted to try one of these for awhile. though.
Forget the game - this review itself is so well done
Picking the trailer over the movie huh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Forget the review - this game is so well done
Atlus cannot be denied.
Those Textboxes look annoying tho
They aren’t annoying at all in game
@@user-wp7zc1np9x it's constant flickering while you wanna read a text
they are annoying, everythings always flashing and taking attention away from the text or the characters in frame. In the battles its dizzying because the menus are twisting, it looks neat, but while playing it's dizzying. I'm sure its fine for a lot of people.
This will be good one to come into, literally on last hour if BG3
Before watching gonna guess 10
Damn was wrong 😂
But only by 1 point.
One of the best demos of recent years imo
Waiting for the Royal version
Funny, they said they will not be doing that anymore, SMT V Vengeance was their last, but still it's still better fitted than Persona 5
Atlus has said they will focus on only doing dlc from now on. No more repackaged games like royal, golden, fes, vengeance.
Metaphor Rise of the King edition. New female character with extra boss fight at the end. $70
You know the music will be GOAT if its Shoji Meguro