Emerging from a team of developers at Atlus responsible for the legendary Persona JRPG series, Metaphor: ReFantazio is an all-new, tremendously promising genre effort that both embraces and iterates upon everything that made the Persona series so beloved in the first place.
With that in mind, from release date to PC specifications and demo details, here’s everything you need to know about Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Metaphor: ReFantazio Release Date
Metaphor: ReFantazio has been officially confirmed for a full release on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series S/X and PC via Steam on October 11, 2024. Metaphor: ReFantazio will not release for Nintendo Switch or Xbox One platforms as of this writing, while an Epic Games Store release date also remains unannounced at this stage.
Metaphor: ReFantazio Demo
Before Metaphor: ReFantazio lands on digital store shelves, players will be able to get stuck in early thanks to a special prologue demo that is available to download now on all platforms. Not only does the Metaphor: ReFantazio demo allow eager players to tackle the opening act of the full game, but any progress made in the demo will handily carry right over into the finished article, too.
Metaphor: ReFantazio Atlus 35th Digital Anniversary Edition – What Do You Get?
In addition to the standard version of Metaphor: ReFantazio, folks with deeper pockets can also plonk some additional stacks down for the, wait for it, Metaphor: ReFantazio Atlus 35th Anniversary Edition. And breathe. This fancy edition raises a glass to the long, storied history of developer Atlus and provides the following goodies to that effect:
- Digital Base Game
- Digital Artbook
- Digital Soundtrack
- Atlus 35th Digital History Book
- Atlus 35th Digital All-Time Best Soundtrack
- Over 50 DLC costumes, Battle BGMs, and Jingle Sets including:
- Shujin Academy School Uniform
- Golden Yasogami High School Uniform
- Gekkoukan High School Uniform
- Seven Sisters High School Uniform
- St. Hermelin High School Uniform
- Jouin High School Uniform
- Samurai Garb
- Etrian Odyssey Series Classes Costume
Metaphor: ReFantazio Pre-order Bonuses
No matter which version of Metaphor: ReFantazio you pre-order, you’ll nab a whole host of digital treats which will encompass the following:
- Archetype EXP Chest Set containing:
- 10x Hero’s Incenses (Increases Archetype Experiences by 100)
- 5x Hero’s Fruits (Increases Archetype Experiences by 500)
- Adventurer’s Journey Pack containing:
- 30,000 Reeve (In-game currency)
- 5x Expensive Medicines (Restores 200 HP to one ally)
- 5x Revival Medicines (Revives an ally)
- 3x Magical Breads (Gradually recover MP while in a dungeon)
- 2x Stale Blackbreads (Deals 300 Almighty damage to one enemy)
Metaphor: ReFantazio Story
Opening on the fantastical United Kingdom of Euchronia, Metaphor: ReFantazio kicks off its story in earnest as the assassination of Euchronia’s King causes a tidal wave of chaos to sweep through the realm. Casting players as a young lad belonging to the Elda tribe who, thanks to his inheritance of forbidden arcana, finds himself shunned by wider society, Metaphor: ReFantazio sees players meet with Gallica, an enigmatic, yet powerful fairy that aids him on his journey.
Clearly something of a kind fellow, the player protagonist’s main quest is to lift a mysterious curse on his childhood friend, who just so happens to be the crown prince of Euchornia that the world believes was assassinated a decade ago. Also, cue lots of twists, and turns, unveiled mysteries and, of course, a whole bunch of super memorable companion characters each with their own personalities, motivations and fates. Bring it on I say.
Metaphor: ReFantazio Gameplay
Metaphor: ReFantazio is a JRPG that comes from many of the same creative talents that worked on the Persona series so it’s clear that there is some degree of shared design DNA on display here, but nonetheless, Metaphor: ReFantazio still elects to do things somewhat differently in various ways.
Metaphor: ReFantazio boasts a great deal of world exploration and this is achieved in two main ways. The first is through wandering around local environments and will be familiar to anyone who has played a JRPG in the last twenty years, in that you guide your characters around a fully 3D world from a third-person perspective, talking to NPCs, kicking off battles, going into shops, taking on side quests and all that sort of business. Secondly, when you’re looking for wider-scale travel, the nattily named “gauntlet runner” is a great big stonking base on legs that can whisk you away from one city to the next.
Elsewhere, Metaphor: ReFantazio embraces a somewhat unique class-based system where once each character becomes powerful enough, they can awaken an ‘Archetype’ which allows them to synergise the abilities of different job classes in a way that wasn’t possible previously, leading to some rather neat party compositions as a result.
Aside from a more straightforward visual presentation that deliberately eschews the popping comic design panels and colours of the most recent Persona games, perhaps the biggest way that Metaphor: ReFantazio separates itself from its more well-known older stablemate is in the combat system. Turning away from the exclusively turn-based combat system of the Persona series, Metaphor: ReFantazio instead goes for a blended real-time and turn-based approach to smashing up baddies where Squad Mode provides turn-based battles for harder enemies, while Fast Mode allows players to dispose of lower level foes in quick fashion, keeping things trucking along at a decent pace as a result.
Fans of the social elements seen in the Persona games will also find much to love in Metaphor: ReFantazio. Much like the Persona series, time management is paramount here, as players have to balance diving into dungeons, hunting for bounties and completing quests during the day, with the need to build bonds, bolster virtues and strengthen friendships with party companions – all of which can empower your group in different ways depending on what you choose to prioritise.
Where Can I Watch The Latest Trailer?
The latest trailer for Metaphor: ReFantazio is available to watch right now and you can catch it directly above. Focusing in on the Metaphor: ReFantazio prologue demo which is available to download now, this trailer provides a kaleidoscopic view of everything that this morsel offers, showing off everything from some story beats, exploration, pre-rendered cutscenes and a whole heap of combat to boot.
PC System Requirements
Much like the Persona games before it, Metaphor: ReFantazio certainly doesn’t require a beastly PC rig to get an attractive technical presentation. Put simply, if you have a CPU, GPU, and RAM combo from the last seven years or so, you should be able to run Metaphor: ReFantazio rather comfortably. You can catch the latest PC system requirements for Metaphor: Refantazio below.
MINIMUM:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-6300
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti, 4GB or AMD Radeon R7 360, 4GB or Intel Arc A310, 4GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 93 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 720p @ 30 FPS. A CPU with AVX support is required.
RECOMMENDED:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 or Ryzen 5 2600
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 480, 4GB or Intel Arc A380, 6GB
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 93 GB available space
- Additional Notes: 1080p @ 60 FPS. A CPU with AVX support is required.
