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10 games like Dragon Age to get swept up in when you're ready to leave Thedas

These 10 games like Dragon Age are here for you - whether you're holding out on Dragon Age The Veilguard, or you're looking for similar adventures

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I've not stopped thinking about Metaphor: ReFantazio's perfect ending since I rolled credits, and I'm not sure I ever will

Opinion | Metaphor: ReFantazio's ending makes the JRPG's story truly phenomenal

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One of Metaphor: ReFantazio's hardest optional bosses has a glaring weakness – itself

This is a great way to cheese one of the hardest late-game side quest fights

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JRPG fans are eating good - as if Metaphor: ReFantazio wasn't enough, another Persona 5 spin-off seems to be getting a Steam release soon

A mysterious playtest has emerged

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Metaphor: ReFantazio director Katsura Hashino is already working on a new game

Atlus' Studio Zero knows no rest.

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Undefeated JPRG grifter Yoko Taro congratulates Metaphor: ReFantazio developer, immediately asks fans to buy Nier Automata too

Yoko Taro has been very forthright in suggesting Metaphor fans' next game

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In a post-Baldur's Gate 3 world, was Metaphor: ReFantazio right to ditch romance?

Opinion | The GamesRadar+ team discuss how romance is only one way to build a strong relationship with your party members in an RPG

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'Metaphor: ReFantazio' Has 'Very Positive' Reviews on Steam, 4.7 Stars on Google

Find out what gamers have to say on Steam and Google Reviews about Metaphor: ReFantazio, which was released on October 11, 2024.

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Just one week after Metaphor: ReFantazio's release, Persona director Katsura Hashino says he's already cooking up his next JRPG

It's not Persona 6, though

GamesRadar

After Metaphor: ReFantazio, I'm not sure I can go back to Persona

Metaphor: ReFantazio features so many quality-of-life improvements that make it a must-play Atlus RPG.

Tom’s Guide

Metaphor: ReFantazio breathes new life into Atlus’ tried and true RPG formula — and it's the perfect post-Persona 5 evolution

Atlus took a lot of risks veering off the beaten path with Metaphor: ReFantazio but its bold, fantasy-inspired experiment has managed to pay off.

Tom’s Guide

Metaphor: ReFantazio's director does the smart thing, avoids reading comments as much as possible: 'Constantly looking at reactions isn’t good for your mental health'

Everything in moderation.

PC Gamer

Metaphor: ReFantazio lets you snag thousands in fantasy dosh pretty early on, all you have to do is smack some dogs and worms around with an abacus

Makin' that Merchant moolah.

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Does Metaphor: ReFantazio have romanceable characters?

Please say I can take a break from all the racism to smooch someone.

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New Metaphor: ReFantazio patch aims to resolve game-breaking progression bugs in the JRPG, with a PC release coming "at a later date"

Patch 1.03 is available now on PlayStation and Xbox

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Atlus brings the hammer down on Metaphor: ReFantazio spoilers with a new rule prohibiting video thumbnails and titles from ruining the JRPG's story

Keep those spoilers hidden, please

TechRadar

Metaphor: ReFantazio review: truly a turn-based RPG for the ages

With Metaphor: ReFantazio, Atlus builds on its challenging turn-based combat formula amidst the backdrop of a politically-charged fantasy world, and it rules.

PC Gamer

Metaphor: ReFantazio lets you snag thousands in fantasy dosh pretty early on, all you have to do is smack some dogs and worms around with an abacus

Makin' that Merchant moolah.

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Metaphor: ReFantazio's turn-based combat excels, but its brief action-based fights are what's made me fall in love with the JRPG grind all over again

I forgot how fun it was to kick back and wail on weaklings in the same dungeon for hours on end.

GamesRadar

Director of stylish JRPGs Metaphor: ReFantazio and Persona 5 isn't excited by "highly polished games that look like they were designed by a bunch of people in a CEO boardroom"

Atlus' Katsura Hashino clearly values originality and creativity

PC Gamer

Metaphor: ReFantazio's director looked to classic fantasy like Lord of the Rings before deciding doing that 'would lack that originality that defines us'

Atlus decided to "abandon" its fantasy research during development.

PC Gamer

Games that 'look like they were designed by a bunch of people in a CEO boardroom' aren't exciting or interesting to Metaphor: ReFantazio's director

Katsura Hashino wants a game "to give me a glimpse of the humanity behind it".

GamesRadar

Metaphor: ReFantazio is yet another 80+ hour JRPG from Atlus, but its director says the studio "didn't want to bore our players by keeping it the same the entire time"

The game is admittedly "pretty voluminous"

GamesRadar

Lord of the Rings initially inspired Metaphor: ReFantazio, before Atlus "threw out" all its fantasy research to preserve "the originality that defines us"

Katsura Hashino decided that Atlus' own ideas are what makes its games special

GamesRadar

Metaphor: ReFantazio's original fantasy world gave the Persona 3, 4, and 5 director "freedom" to work on ideas "that we couldn't put into other games"

Persona's high-schooling setting put a "limit" on what was possible for Atlus

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