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[Draugoth]

RELEASES IN 2024

Welcome one and all to the inauguration of the tournament for the throne! The epic fantasy, Metaphor: ReFantazio, becomes a reality in Fall 2024!

 

[Laieon]

 

[CoreyFlawless]

Looks very interesting.

 

[Danjin44]

I knew Hashino would deliver.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[TheDarkPhantom]

Day 1

 

[graywolf323]

Fall? drat, I was hoping it’d come out in the Summer

 

[NanaMiku]

Japanese trailer:



YES MY FAVORITE VA IS IN THIS GAME.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Looking good, PS5 or Steam purchase likely day 1.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Praise the sun

 

[Barakov]

I'm ready.

 

[Fake]

Japanese trailer:



YES MY FAVORITE VA IS IN THIS GAME.

Much better. I in.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt Looky here, I think they're using the Kuro no Kiseki mix of action RPG in the field for mobs and then turn-based for bigger fights.

 

[OCL]

I fucking love Persona but i find nothing that pick my interest here, the vibe is really weird

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Japanese trailer:



YES MY FAVORITE VA IS IN THIS GAME.

Much better trailer with the Japanese VA this time round.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Here's a high res version of the key art used for this trailer .

 

[MudoSkills]

I've been waiting to see more of this - looks fantastic.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Fantasy Persona is exactly what I need

 

[Labadal]

Looked like action, not turn-based?

 

[Danjin44]

Looked like action, not turn-based?

It’s both, in field we saw fighting mobs in real time then when he was fighting bigger enemy it turn from real time to turn based.

 

[NanaMiku]

Looked like action, not turn-based?

Still turn-based. Probably you can wipe lower level enemies directly

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

I'm betting on September for release.

 

[Astray]

I'm betting on September for release.

Yeh September or August looks like the date for this.

Really hyped for this game!

 

[Little Chicken]

To me this looks far more interesting than the Persona games.

 

[Robb]

Looks kind of rough to me, but I’m not getting it either way. Not my cup of tea.

 

[Isa]

2024 is going to be soooooooo good! I will drop everything for this on day 1!!

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Looks kind of rough to me, but I’m not getting it either way. Not my cup of tea.

Are you referring to the visible frame rate drops from the trailer? Those should be ironed out by the time the game releases in fall of next year since optimization is one of the last steps in game dev.

 

[Exentryk]

So Action-RPG and Turn-Based combat both? Interesting.

I do hope it doesn't have the Persona time constraints.

Edit: RIP

 

[Robb]

Are you referring to the visible frame rate drops from the trailer? Those should be ironed out by the time the game releases in fall of next year since optimization is one of the last steps in game dev.

That and the texture work. Looks kind of muddy in a lot of places to me.

But yeah, they’ve got a lot of time left to tidy things up I guess.

 

[mejin]

Seems ok.

 

[RoboFu]

This looks really good! Let’s just hope it does not have a BS padded break/stagger fest battle system.

 

[EDMIX]

I knew Hashino would deliver.

I need dat steel book before I can say they delivered lol

 

[LordCBH]

Day fucking one. Will slap an Amazon preorder whenever ps5 CE’s go up.

 

[NanaMiku]

For fun, I tried searching the Japanese VA for this game. From left to right

1st row:

• Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro in Demon Slayer, 9S in Nier: Automata): Main character with the blue hair.
• Yoshino Nanjo (Eli in Love Live, Kiria in Tokyo Mirage Sessions)
• Yuichi Nakamura (Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen, Malos in Xenoblade 2)
• Tohru Furuya (Amuro in Gundam, Bryce in Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth)

2nd row:

• Sumire Morohoshi (Emma in Promised Neverland, Tiki in Fire Emblem): Gallica, the fairy with the blond hair
• Misato Fukuen (Toga in My Hero Academia, Miyabi in Xenoblade 3)
• Miyamoto Mitsuru (Roger Smith in Big O, Ultima in FF XVI)
• Yui Ishikawa (Mikasa in Attack on Titan, 2B in Nier: Automata)

3rd row:

• Kensho Ono (Yuri in Spy x Family, Serenoa in Triangle Strategy): Strohl, the silver haired guy with horn
• Hosoya Yoshimasa (Reiner in Attack on Titan, Welt in Honkai: Star Rail)
• Noriko Hidaka (Dominator in Psycho Pass, Noriko in Gunbuster)
• Tamaru Atsushi (Nirvana Initiative in AI: The Somnium Files, Mikihiko in The Irregulars at Magic High School)

4th row:

• Saori Hayami (Yor in Spy x Family, Lora in Xenoblade 2): Hulkenberg, the red haired elf
• Inada Tetsu (Nappa in Dragon Ball, Dromarch in Xenoblade 2)
• Megumi Ogata (Shinji in Evangelion, Ken in Persona 3)
• Yoko Hikasa (Pencilgon in Shangri-La Frontier, Ivy in Fire Emblem Engage)

5th row:

• Kazuhiko Inoue (Nyanko-sensei in Natsume Yuujinchou, Siegfried in Granblue Fantasy)
• Mamiko Noto (Rin in Inuyasha, Fuuka in Persona 3)
• Satoshi Mikami (Olcott in Gundam Witch from Mercury, Ocelot in MGS V)
• Ai Fairouz (Jolyne in Jojo Stone Ocean, Ayre in Armored Core 6)

6th row:

• Akio Otsuka (Adachi in Yakuza Like a Dragon, Snake in MGS): Heismay, the rabbit-like creature with sword
• Banjou Ginga (Gihren in Gundam, Reeve in FF VII)
• Tomokazu Sugita (Lizard Priest in Goblin Slayer, Yusuke in Persona 5)
• Kenji Hamada (Patrick in Gundam 00, Dee Jay in Street Fighter 6)

Metaphor: ReFantazio | ATLUS

Metaphor: ReFantazio Official website, a new creation from ATLUS and STUDIO ZERO

asia.sega.com

 

[Renoir]

Still turn-based. Probably you can wipe lower level enemies directly

look like like an active battle system too.. im hyped

 

[VectorVictor]

RELEASES IN 2024

Dang…that looks good. Day One on Xbox for sure.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

look like like an active battle system too.. im hyped

The talent behind the game and time its been cooking is enough to make me confident of saying day-1 already. So much imagination in the concepts and on display, which is what the best JRPGs have like FF7, Xenoblade etc... Which is why its the best genre.

 

[Dr. Kitty Muffins]

This is my most anticipated game of 2024 and my favorite of the game awards.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Here are the character artworks in higher res:

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[The Cockatrice]

Excited for this to be honest.

 

[PanzerCute]

This game will be insanely good.

2024 might be the most exciting year for japanese video game since PS2/DC era.

 

[Fake]

Art direction is supreme as usual.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Jfc the team doing Metaphor is stacked!!

Top creators are participating in “Metaphor: Refantasio,” the latest work by “Persona 3,” “Persona 4,” and “Persona 5” creators!

Concept artist Kazuma Koda [Representative work] NieR:Automata

“Armor tank” design by Iku Yamashita [Masterpiece] Neon Genesis Evangelion

OST snippet from atlus' website:

 

[Feel Like I'm On 42]

That and the texture work. Looks kind of muddy in a lot of places to me.

But yeah, they’ve got a lot of time left to tidy things up I guess.

It did to me too. Image quality looked kinda shite too

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Something happening

 

[Hudo]

So just as a general question. The latest trailer made me reconsider my initial impression of the game. I initially thought that this was going to be an Isekai. Now I think it's not. I am fine with both approaches, I am just confused.

 

[NanaMiku]

Something happening

Most likely only recapping what has been revealed along with the appearance of the VA

Additionally, ATLUS will host a special YouTube live broadcast in Japan (Japanese language only) for the game on December 11 at 3:30 a.m. PT / 6:30 a.m. ET / 20:30 JST, that will feature guests from the Japanese voice actor cast including Natsuki Hanae as Protagonist, Sumire Morohoshi as Gallica, Kensho Ono as Strohl, and Saori Hayami as Hulkenberg.

Metaphor: ReFantazio launches in fall 2024

Metaphor: ReFantazio will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in fall 2024, publisher ATLUS and developer Studio Zero announced.

www.gematsu.com

 

[MudoSkills]

They showed some more gameplay/combat footage and it is looking pretty fucking stylish. Hyped for this.

 

[MudoSkills]

There seems to be more story/character details here: https://asia.sega.com/metaphor/en/