Between Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Baldur's Gate 3, romancing party members is a big deal in so many RPGs nowadays. Atlus is no stranger to love: the studios' games have featured chaste romance in the past, with no journey through high school feeling complete without some thoughts of awkward romance and confessions.
With Metaphor: ReFantazio being set in a much grimmer fantasy world, many were curious as to whether this element would receive a bit of an overhaul. After all, Final Fantasy 16 took a similar turn to chase a Game Of Thrones vibe. Was this Atlus striking out with a similar aim? Yet, it turned out that while building relationships was vital to powering up your spectral archetypes in the class system, Metaphor: ReFantazio featured no romanceable characters at all.
