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Mollie Taylor

Metaphor: ReFantazio did surprisingly well on PC, says director, and that the number of desktop-based JRPG enjoyers is on the rise: 'The trend is evident'

Metaphor: ReFantazio character art.

Something I've really enjoyed over the last decade of PC gaming has been the shift in genres like JRPGs, going from console homebodies to multiplatform behemoths and even, in some cases, finding an even better home on our desktops.

We've even seen an increase in Japanese developers gunning for simultaneous console and PC releases—Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds was the first game in the series to do so, and Atlus blessed us with a simultaneous release for last year's excellent Metaphor: ReFantazio. It's a strategy the developer has only started dabbling in recently—firstly with spinoffs like Persona 5 Tactica, and then Persona 3 Reload—and it seems like it's paying off mighty well.

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