The trick to beating any monster or boss in Metaphor: ReFantazio is knowing exactly what you're up against. Knowing the attacks of an enemy will help you bring skills or items to counter any ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio's bonds will occasionally have a quest that will need to be completed in order to continue with the bond's ranks. One of these examples is Bardon, whose bond is stopped after ...

Credit: Atlus / Sega Metaphor: ReFantazio was developer Atlus' first original game since 2011's twisted love triangle Catherine, but its world might extend further than just a single game as ...

That’s exactly the experience we had playing through Metaphor: ReFantazio. Metaphor: ReFantazio is charged with social and political commentary and wastes no time introducing them to the player.

That might be a big part of why Metaphor: ReFantazio hit so damn hard with its epic journey of ordinary people overcoming a broken system to unite the world on a path towards a better tomorrow.

Metaphor: ReFantazio was developer Atlus' first original game since 2011's twisted love triangle Catherine, but its world might extend further than just a single game as director Katsura Hashino ...

Cameron Faulkner (he/him) is Polygon’s commerce editor. He began writing about tech and gaming in 2013, and migrated from The Verge in 2023. Gallica is a pretty great companion in Metaphor ...

But Metaphor: ReFantazio has pulled me right back in and reminded me why I adore this genre so much. The game feels like an adult Persona—swapping out high school for high fantasy—crafting a ...

That comment shouldn’t come as a major surprise to most Metaphor: ReFantazio fans; after all, Studio Zero was founded in the first place with the goal of creating a new RPG franchise.

WASHINGTON — It’s been a rough year in the world of video games, which reeled from some high-profile flops (sorry, Suicide Squad and Star Wars fans) and a relentless series of developer ...