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[TintoConCasera]

Couldn't wait any more, so I'm going to start today with the demo and transfer my save tomorrow.

edit: man the skybox in this game is pretty as fuck.

 

[nikos]

What's everyone's main character going to be?

I went Mage, as per the advice of a random video, and made Grius a Seeker. Hope I didn't screw up. I'm sure I can always change if necessary, specially early on.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

What's everyone's main character going to be?

I play games blind, but currently, he is a healer due to having warriors in the party. I put most of my points into magic and luck so far. I am working under the assumption that these are "bonus points" and it doesn't matter where they are assigned. Dude has literally 1 strength.

It's cool how you can assign skills from other archetypes into your current archetype. It reminds me of Blue Dragon!

 

[nikos]

I play games blind, but currently, he is a healer due to having warriors in the party. I put most of my points into magic and luck so far. I am working under the assumption that these are "bonus points" and it doesn't matter where they are assigned. Dude has literally 1 strength.

It's cool how you can assign skills from other archetypes into your current archetype. It reminds me of Blue Dragon!

I just unlocked Healer and skill inheritance in the demo! Definitely really nice to have.

 

[JokerMM]

Okay I'm a bit confused, I saw the launch trailer and thor is there
You can summon persona here?

 

[Krathoon]

Weeelll, my collector's edition is supposed to arrive tomorrow, but it is showing as not yet shipped in Amazon.

Hrrrrrmmm...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D6PYW7YK

 

[TintoConCasera]

Okay I'm a bit confused, I saw the launch trailer and thor is there
You can summon persona here?

There's a devil summoner class, I believe what it does is summon demons/personas from the other games.

 

[MagiusNecros]

There's a devil summoner class, I believe what it does is summon demons/personas from the other games.

Summoner archetype I believe summons SMT demons. Might be my main class as I've always loved Summoner jobs in RPGs. Though if we get a Dark Magic user I will swap to that.

 

[Danjin44]

There's a devil summoner class, I believe what it does is summon demons/personas from the other games.

That’s actually very cool. I’m curious what demons going to be in this games….we already saw Jack Frost and Thor.

 

[Hrk69]

That’s actually very cool. I’m curious what demons going to be in this games….we already saw Jack Frost and Thor.

I would laugh my ass off if Mara shows up

 

[Danjin44]

I would laugh my ass off if Mara shows up again

I want Naamah……

But I highly doubt any of Doi’s demons going to be in Metaphor.

 

[begotten]

Weeelll, my collector's edition is supposed to arrive tomorrow, but it is showing as not yet shipped in Amazon.

Hrrrrrmmm...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D6PYW7YK

I order from Amazon Japan all the time and this is normal behaviour for me.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Hope this demo never ends lol. Basically just starting off but anyway, just reached the fort and so far I'm liking both the writing and music quite a lot. Heard some complains about Gallica's attitude but so far I see no problems with her.

Hope I get to see some actual gameplay soon lol.

 

[Yoshichan]

30 hours later, max rank with every potential archetype in the game with the 3 available characters and a whole shit ton of 1000 archetype XP items later...

I can officially say IM READYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

 

[Shake Your Rump]

30 hours later, max rank with every potential archetype in the game with the 3 available characters and a whole shit ton of 1000 archetype XP items later...

 

[TintoConCasera]

Love the battle theme, reminds me a lot of Strange Journey's with the hee-ho chorus.

The dude singing before the chorus seems to really be into it.

 

[Danjin44]

Love the battle theme, reminds me a lot of Strange Journey's with the hee-ho chorus.

The dude singing before the chorus seems to really be into it.

There are people GAF who complained about battle theme and to me these people are fucking insane.....the music absolutely slaps here.

 

[TintoConCasera]

There are people GAF who complained about battle theme and to me these people are fucking insane.....the music absolutely slaps here.

Yeah I agree. Same with the visual stuff thing, I've seen people complain about it but I'm loving the battle UI, very dynamic and with a lot of style without ever getting in the way.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

There are people GAF who complained about battle theme and to me these people are fucking insane.....the music absolutely slaps here.

Banger battle theme. Can't wait for tomorrow!

 

[nikos]

The male vocal in the battle theme is complete garbage. They're definitely trolling us having to hear that shit in a 100+ hour game. It's one of the reasons I almost didn't buy the game.

The rest of the theme is good.

 

[TintoConCasera]

The male vocal in the battle theme is complete garbage. They're definitely trolling us having to hear that shit in a 100+ hour game. It's one of the reasons I almost didn't buy the game.

The rest of the theme is good.

I love that part lol.

Just found out there's different battle theme depending on how the battle starts, very nice.

 

[Danjin44]

The male vocal in the battle theme is complete garbage. They're definitely trolling us having to hear that shit in a 100+ hour game. It's one of the reasons I almost didn't buy the game.

The rest of the theme is good.

 

[nikos]

Consider me fucking insane because I don't like a lot of the VFX or some of the UI either. Thankfully, Lyall's mod gets rid of that horrible blur when sprinting and it looks like he may have figured out how to center the HUD in ultrawide. That'll alleviate a lot of the issues I have with it.

Consider me even more insane for buying the game anyway.

 

[nikos]

I love that part lol.

Just found out there's different battle theme depending on how the battle starts, very nice.

I went from hating it to sort of laughing it off, maybe I'll get there lol.

 

[Danjin44]

Consider me fucking insane because I don't like a lost of the VFX or some of the UI either. Thankfully, Lyall's mod gets rid of that horrible blur when sprinting and it looks like he may have figured out how to center the HUD in ultrawide. That'll alleviate a lot of the issues I have with it.

Consider me even more insane for buying the game anyway.

 

[TintoConCasera]

I went from hating it to sort of laughing it off, maybe I'll get there lol.

Yeah, it might end up growing on you. I didn't like Strange Journey's battle theme at first either.

Thing is I just spent +100 hours on SMT V and while I love it's music, Metaphor's is a welcome change of pace.

 

[Krathoon]

I order from Amazon Japan all the time and this is normal behaviour for me.

Yeah. I suspect it will show up tomorrow out of the blue.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Deep dive interview with Katsura Hashino on the Xbox YT channel.

 

[yogaflame]

After Silent hill 2, I might get this game for Ps5.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Lyall's mod gets rid of that horrible blur when sprinting and it looks like he may have figured out how to center the HUD in ultrawide

Just checked on his github and VOILA

Uploaded 10 mins ago

[Fix HUD]
; Fixes stretched HUD.
Enabled = true

 

[Aenima]

My PS5 copy arrived earlier today, decided to start the game from the beginning instead of continuing from the demo save.
Have to say my hype about this game was pretty low, was not in my day 1 purchase list, but the demo changed my mind. The art style keeps growing on me the more i play it, combat and some mechanics are very persona like, English VA is pretty great and a killer OST.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Is there no penalty to rewinding time in battles? Seems like a very generous thing to have.

 

[Danjin44]

One thing I'm happy to see is there is no day one DLC here like we usually get with Atlus these days.

 

[Aenima]

One thing I'm happy to see is there is no day one DLC here like we usually get with Atlus these days.

My game actually came with pre-order DLC, but its just some consumable items and exp booster pack for the Archtypes

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Since the official release is fast approaching here's the original concept video of the game back when it was called Project Re Fantasy:



Bonus, some of the OG concept art:

 

[Vyse]

The game releases tomorrow in my place, the wait is gonna kill me!

Funny how I can’t wait to play a game that I will most likely play for 80+ hours. Can’t wait!

 

[Danjin44]

My game actually came with pre-order DLC, but its just some consumable items and exp booster pack for the Archtypes

Retailers might have some but Atlus are not really advertising it like they did with P3Reload and SMT5 Vengeance.

 

[Topher]

Do trophies not pop during the demo? Just looked at my trophy list and realized Metaphor ain't there.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

GameStop called to say my copy is waiting. I was hoping they would call P to confirm, since I noticed that the PS5 edition is sold out.

Do trophies not pop during the demo? Just looked at my trophy list and realized Metaphor ain't there.

I don't think any demos award trophies. The full game should trigger them when you load your save file.

 

[Topher]

GameStop called to say my copy is waiting. I was hoping they would call P to confirm, since I noticed that the PS5 edition is sold out.


I don't think any demos award trophies. The full game should trigger them when you load your save file.

Ah....ok. Never really paid attention before. I'm starting a new playthrough when my games comes in but was just curious.

 

[Shake Your Rump]

I'll be loading my save for sure. It would feel weird to do all that stuff over again.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I thought this was out yesterday!
Here I go again, rehyping!
Let’s do this shit. Everything paid. Leaving work soon. Food coming, shower, meditation then balls to the walls.

 

[Chuck Berry]

I’m glad a demo exists because I’m really not feeling everything I’m seeing so far. The clearly androgynous to please everyone main character to the battle music? Hell fucking no.

Eventually I’ll get to it. Certainly not at $70 though.

On the bright side the positive word made me finally buy the PS5 version of P5 Royal (third time buying total). $24 on PSN currently

 

[Danjin44]

The clearly androgynous to please everyone main character

??? I really I don’t understand what you mean by this because this not only JRPG with “androgynous” main character.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

There are people GAF who complained about battle theme and to me these people are fucking insane.....the music absolutely slaps here.

LMAO I thought it was cool for the first 5 minutes but then it quickly started to grate

100+ hours of listening to that is insane tier

I actually turned the music down in the demo, I have literally never turned the music down in an Atlus game ever before

 

[Danjin44]

LMAO I thought it was cool for the first 5 minutes but then it quickly started to grate

100+ hours of listening to that is insane tier

I actually turned the music down in the demo, I have literally never turned the music down in an Atlus game ever before

Different taste, I can listen to this music all day, I fucking love it.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Different taste, I can listen to this music all day, I fucking love it.

I'm actually thinking about buying some of the DLC's so I can change the battle music to the Persona themes

This might be their plan, make the base music annoying so you'll buy the DLC's

Clever girl Atlus

 

[Danjin44]

I'm actually thinking about buying some of the DLC's so I can change the battle music to the Persona themes

This might be their plan, make the base music annoying so you'll buy the DLC's

Clever girl Atlus

Thats mostly your taste, there are people like me who do enjoy it....I'm sorry you didn't.

 

[Chuck Berry]

??? I really I don’t understand what you mean by this because this not only JRPG with “androgynous” main character.

He looks more like a dude though

I love you man but you won’t convince me

Like I said I’ll buy it eventually. And I just bought fucking Persona. Please forgive me and give me your blessing.

 

[Danjin44]

He looks more like a dude though

people did same complain about him, we exact same compensation every time new JRPG comes out.

People did same thing when SMTV came out.....every fucking time.