Metaphor: ReFantazio’s elaborate menus are designed to heighten your emotions
Lead interface designer Koji Ise talks about Atlus’ latest role-playing game.
How Metaphor: ReFantazio's UI escaped the shadow of Persona
RPG maker Atlus has become celebrated for the unique UI designs in its games, from the Persona series to the more ...
Metaphor: ReFantazio had to dial back an early battle system inspired by a notoriously brutal 2003 JRPG, because 20 years later, players found it "irrational" an…
Metaphor: ReFantazio originally had a much more brutal battle system that took notes from the notoriously challenging 2003 ...
Metaphor: ReFantazio wanted to fix the JRPG grinding problem, but Atlus went too far at one point and accidentally broke the whole combat system
"We made it clear within the team that action only exists to smoothly get the player into the heart of the game, which is the ...
PlayStation Spring Sale has 15 must-play PS5 and PS4 games under $20
The "deals under $20" section of the sale currently has more than 2,400 titles. So, to help you spend more time gaming, and ...
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Metaphor: ReFantazio Guide Book Unboxing - Game Rant Mailbag
Game Rant Editor-In-Chief Anthony Taormina unboxes the FuturePress Metaphor ReFantazio Guide Book. This thread is open for discussion.
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Metaphor ReFantazio Team Worked Hard To Make Game’s UI Different
While a certain awards show went for a game with a cute robot, others looked to the latest Atlus RPG, Metaphor ReFantazio, and gave it the highest of honors. It’s not hard to see why they did so ...
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“Couldn’t figure out which was correct”: Metaphor ReFantazio’s Combat Struggled, and Atlus’ Attempt to Fix It Backfired Spectacularly
Altus just wanted to solve the monotonous grinding problem in Metaphor ReFantazio but it proved detrimental to the original ...
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RPG Fans 'Very Sensitive to Feeling Like They Wasted Time,' Says Atlus Battle Designer
Goto spoke on the subject, in reference to Metaphor, which is quite a bit harder than the average Atlus fare: "We wanted ...
I didn't expect to say it, but Doom: The Dark Ages adding a shield and a parry somehow makes it feel more Doom than ever
The Dark Ages is enough to convince me these less-than-obvious additions to the series are incredibly creative, and simply ...