After a brief, but loaded tease during Summer Game Fest, Atlus is back at The Game Awards with another Metaphor ReFantazio trailer and even a release date frame. This time, we get a much bigger glimpse of what to expect – sort of.
The trailer, which you can see below, opens with a clear reminder that this is a fantasy, though we really wouldn’t need it. Metaphor has big fantasy adventure vibes, with characters who look like they would be at home in a Studio Ghibli movie, talking animals, outlandish monsters, and a world-changing war.
Metaphor ReFantazio takes place in a world that someone spilled Shin Megami Tensei all over. It’s a blend of what looks like real-world settings and fantasy architecture with a dash of surreal otherworldliness like you’d expect from Persona 3 and a walking boat that seems like it jumped right out of a Ghibli movie. The story seems to center on the contest to become the realm’s next ruler, something that apparently requires “the faith of the people.”
Multiple factions vie for that faith, evil spirits lure people astray, and your ragtag party of sword-wielding mice and other misfits fight for your beliefs in class-centric, turn-based battles.
Metaphor ReFantazio is due out for Xbox Series X|S and PC in fall 2024. It’s a busy year for RPGs and for Atlus in particular. The studio is also publishing Persona 3 Reload on Feb. 2, 2024.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
