The artistic crew behind the Persona video games revealed its subsequent undertaking at Sunday’s Xbox Recreation Showcase, Metaphor: ReFantazio, the primary recreation from Atlus’ Studio Zero. On Thursday, Atlus confirmed that, along with Home windows PC and Xbox Sequence X variations of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the fantasy role-playing recreation can be sure for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Affirmation of Metaphor: ReFantazio seems to have come sooner than Atlus (or Microsoft) anticipated. Atlus has since deleted a tweet, noticed by Gematsu, that outed the PS4 and PS5 variations of the sport.
Metaphor: ReFantazio is pitched as Atlus’ “first ever, full-scale fantasy RPG” and it was first teased greater than six years in the past beneath the title Challenge Re Fantasy. That undertaking was initially introduced in 2016 as “a whole departure from the [Shin Megami Tensei] and Persona collection, and a return to the roots of the place the Japanese video games trade started with fantasy role-playing video games.” Atlus and Studio Zero mentioned they have been growing a “conventional fantasy RPG with distinctively Atlus taste.”
Recreation director Katsura Hashino, character designer Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shoji Meguro are main improvement of Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Based mostly on Metaphor: ReFantazio’s first trailer, that “Atlus taste” is definitely evident, however whether or not it’s a “full departure” from SMT and Persona appears controversial. Metaphor appears to be like like a Persona recreation, not less than by way of its fashionable playable characters, bizarre-looking creatures, and ornate person interface.
Metaphor: ReFantazio seems to place gamers accountable for a blue-haired character named Travelling Boy, who leads a celebration that features characters like Strohl, Hulkenberg, the fennec fox-like creature Heismay, and the fairy Gallica. Every character appears to have a job — or Archetype — like knight, fighter, thief, or seeker. Like Persona, it seems the principle character will kind bonds with others, maybe to progress story parts and stage up teammates.
Right here’s Atlus’ quite imprecise official description of what gamers can count on in Metaphor: ReFantazio:
Write your future and rise above worry as you step right into a fantasy world not like something you’ve seen earlier than. Fraught with unsettling thriller, the dominion stands on a precipice. Now, it’s essential to embark on a journey, overcoming obstacles and forging bonds with mates.
In a separate video, recreation director Katsura Hashino mentioned, “Taking over excessive fantasy will probably be a contemporary new problem for Atlus. We’re excited to share our distinctive imaginative and prescient for the style, crafting a fantasy expertise not like some other.”
Metaphor: ReFantazio is slated for launch in 2024.