Topic: Metaphor: ReFantazio Thread

@Tjuz That is good to know, thanks!

I've not used the exchange for awhile now, but have been spending MAG quite liberally when buying skills.

The Merchant archetype is good to use if you are short of cash.

I'm having a break from the game, hopefully only in the short term. I think I'm quite near the end too. I've tried to get through the cut scenes after the opera house, but real life has gotten in the way.

I am at Brilehaven, still working through the introductory cutscenes - I am guessing there will be lots of side quests here once I am let off the chain. I've been playing 35 hours and I'm level 26-27. Really enjoying it tbh! Hope I don't bounce off it...

Forgot there was a thread for this.

I'll be starting it up shortly.

I was thinking of replaying Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne but remembered I'd bought this a couple of months ago so... Here's hoping it grabs my attention (Been a bit fickle lately so I hope it does stick)

@HallowMoonshadow You should probably like it. Feels like Digital Devil Saga and Persona had a baby together.

I'm gonna replay it soon as well! I never actually finished it because I got distracted by life stuff, but I'm in much more of a gamer mood lately.

I probably will love it @Ralizah.

_Hopefully

I need to give SMTV:V another shot at some point as well and see if it was just me at the time or that I really don't gel with it all that much.

@HallowMoonshadow Enjoy! I finished it late last year and had a good time with it. Since you're already used to the Atlus philosophy of making games, this should fit right in for you. Especially after I just read on the Mass Effect thread you're more of a fantasy than sci-fi gal, so this should scratch that itch for you! Let us know how you get on with it.

@HallowMoonshadow SMT V isn't a perfect game, but at least in the case of Vengeance and the new story route, it's sort of the game I wish Nocturne had been. I absolutely adore it.

But it's also a game some people just don't love. I think it heavily depends on how you feel about the level design and gameplay loop.

I'll definitely keep the thread updated and give you a tag too if you like when I actually make some worthwhile progress in Metaphor @Tjuz~!

Considering how much I adore Nocturne... You wound me with that Ral 🥲

But yeah I did not jive with the "Level" design all that much the first time around in SMTV:V. Doesn't help that the first two areas are mostly desert and ruined buildings so it was kinda boring visually.

I stopped shortly after getting to the... hidden fairy forest in the second area? I think that was it? 🤔

@HallowMoonshadow lol it's my least favorite mainline SMT. Even including the first two. I love the vibe of Nocturne, but the dungeons and story, ugh. Also not a fan of Meguro's soundtrack beyond a few tracks, as heretical as I know that sounds to people who worship the PS2 era of Atlus.

Kinda funny how this one even mirrored the Nocturne trajectory of requiring a re-release to fix the story. Although Vengeance had a LOT more work put into it than Nocturne Maniax. And pretty much all of Atlus' other re-releases. They pretty much remade the campaign from the ground up, which is why it's one of the few times I'm not all that annoyed by a Director's Cut version of the game existing.

Is this game worth to get now for $33 on Amazon, or should I wait till it drops even lower or even when a Royal type of edition releases like Atlus did with Persona 5?

@BeyondKnight I mean, it was worth getting at full price, so certainly for $33 if you like Atlus JRPGs!

I'm glad Sega seems to be clueing in that doing remasters for recently released games with no upgrade paths is scaring off consumers.

Falcom games will follow if they keep up with the Ys X shenanigans.

@HallowMoonshadow Definitely do so! And that goes for anyone who decides to revive this thread by diving in! I had a complicated, but ultimately positive relationship with it myself, so I'm intrigued to see what you all will make of it.

...Why? Why do you keep twisting the knife Ral? 🥲

Alright so I haven't made a lot of progress in Metaphor. Just done the mines but... I have a nitpick.

A very minor one.

Why did they only change some of the skill/spell names in Metaphor?

I don't mind that they changed them, in fact I wouldn't mind if each sub series had unique names... But why still have light as Hama? Patra as the status clear? Dekunda to remove debuffs?

But then half arse Dia and Media to Dei and Medi or completely change Agi, Bufu, Zio and Garu to Bot, Blizz, Kande and Cyc? 🤔