The very first review of Metaphor: ReFantazio is in, and it's glowing. Long-running Japanese magazine Famitsu has awarded the upcoming JRPG a 37/40. That's the exact same score it gave Persona 5 Royal back in 2019, so it looks like the Persona veterans behind it all are keeping up their impressive pedigree.
Famitsu assigns four reviewers to each game it scores, and those reviewers all assign scores from 1 to 10 which are then added together for the final review verdict. As Gematsu reports (thanks to the Japanese summary from Ryokutya2089), the Metaphor: ReFantazio scores were 9/9/10/9, for a final total of 37/40. (The magazine also reviewed the Silent Hill 2 remake in this issue, which received 8/9/9/9 scores for a final tally of 35/40.)
