After directing Persona 3, 4, 5, and more, Katsura Hashino says Metaphor: ReFantazio helped the devs at Atlus' Studio Zero "go back to our basics" in an experience that "will really help us for future titles and projects we have coming up."
Speaking in an interview with Game Informer, Hashino talks about the experience of developing 2024 JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, which – as he notes – served as a "new IP" even if the team "did bring certain elements from past titles that we worked on and evolved them for this title." Think of the Persona calendar system and social links – those were both present in Metaphor even if its fantasy setting was completely different.
