The director of Persona 3, 4, and 5 has been talking more about the fantasy setting of his new upcoming JRPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, and how it gave Atlus "a lot more freedom to explore various things" in comparison to the beloved Persona series.
Even if it's coming from the same developers, Metaphor: ReFantazio – as its name suggests – is set to boast quite a different setting from Persona. Unlike a modern-day Japanese high school setting like fans know and love in Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload, Metaphor takes place in the United Kingdom of Euchronia – a land filled with a diverse population of people from different tribes, like the horned Clemar and animal-eared Paripus. In an interview with GamerBraves, director Katsura Hashino says that the Persona series is "fairly limited or fixed" in its setting when compared to the studio's upcoming release.
