Julius Posted September 25 Author Posted September 25 Demo is up people! Quote Your journey begins NOW! Play the Prologue Demo on [literally every major platform]. Saved data will convert over to the full game upon release on October 11th. Think I'll wait, with how long this game has been touted as being I think I might hold out until I'm off over Christmas.
Hero-of-Time Posted September 26 Posted September 26 Archipel are releasing a documentary about the game. Love some of their other work so it should be good viewing. 1
drahkon Posted September 26 Posted September 26 On 9/25/2024 at 6:10 PM, Julius said: Demo is up people! How did I miss this Does the demo let you farm indefinitely? 1
drahkon Posted September 27 Posted September 27 (edited) Just started the demo and have control of the main character for the first time. AND MY GOD, THE MUSIC! Incredible right off the bat. Edit: And that battle music Edited September 27 by drahkon 1
drahkon Posted September 27 Posted September 27 (edited) After an hour I can say that I've had enough. I love everything about this game Gonna savour the beginning again once the game gets its full release! Roll on, 11th of October. Edited September 27 by drahkon 1
drahkon Posted September 28 Posted September 28 21 hours ago, drahkon said: And that battle music I mean, just listen to it An instant classic! Crazy that this is just two weeks away. These last few months flew by... 😕 1
Happenstance Posted September 28 Posted September 28 Just tried the demo on PC and it's a complete mess. Felt like I was getting about 10fps. Not going near this again until I know it's been patched. Even the menus were chugging so it took forever to test changes (nothing fixed it anyway).
Julius Posted September 28 Author Posted September 28 (edited) 57 minutes ago, drahkon said: I mean, just listen to it An instant classic! It really is, I've popped on some of the tracks people have pulled from trailers between various rewatches of them (because I love a good trailer) and as someone who looooooooooves me some epic orchestras and vocals, this game's OST has it in spadefuls. Look, I know we knew Shoji Meguro was talented as hell from his other OSTs - I pop the Persona 5 soundtrack on in the background in my apartment at least twice a month - but it's crazy that he's gone from THAT to THIS. Like, seriously, it's such an extreme switch up in genres it's insane. It's like being one of the best snooker players in the world and then deciding to take up ice skating. Damn it I'm trying to be sensible and wait for this to be my Christmas game while I'm off work for a few weeks with how endless it seems to be but also I DON'T WANT TO WAIT AT ALL 57 minutes ago, drahkon said: Crazy that this is just two weeks away. Don't get me started – I remember this got announced the year I joined the forums, which was, uh, over 8 years ago now. Where the hell has the time gone? Project Re Fantasy was a silly project title then, but somehow Metaphor ReFantazio...is kind of incredibly epic as a title? If still a little silly there was that IGN First video with the cool concept art (still a bit letdown she didn't become our protag but whatever). There was also that time they released that really weird, high concept trailer with concept art, random people standing around in fantasy costumes and that guy in a set of armour. Is this game's entire existence a metaphor..? 57 minutes ago, drahkon said: These last few months flew by... 😕 Edited September 28 by Julius 1
Happenstance Posted September 28 Posted September 28 14 minutes ago, Happenstance said: Just tried the demo on PC and it's a complete mess. Felt like I was getting about 10fps. Not going near this again until I know it's been patched. Even the menus were chugging so it took forever to test changes (nothing fixed it anyway). Apparently it's an issue where the game defaults to CPU instead of GPU and can't be quick fixed for those of us with AMD chips. Awesome.
drahkon Posted October 1 Posted October 1 On 9/27/2024 at 2:03 PM, drahkon said: Gonna savour the beginning again once the game gets its full release! Nevermind, I'll keep playing. Now that I've dropped Echoes of GARBAGE ( just kidding, it's objectively not that bad but I hate it) and I don't want to/have time to start anything else, I'm gonna spend more time with the demo right up until I pick up my copy 1
drahkon Posted October 1 Posted October 1 (edited) Did I spend two hours farming exp? Sure did. And was I able to fight an enemy which my party recommended to avoid? Sure did. And was this fight super easy because I farmed a lot of exp? Sure was. Love this game Edit: And did I get a strong sword as a reward? Sure did. Edited October 1 by drahkon
Julius Posted October 2 Author Posted October 2 First sign of a review, per Famitsu and their weird review system: 37/40. This matches Persona 5 Royal (also 37/40), but comes in below the likes of the original Persona 5 (39/40). But yeah that means basically nothing. Of actual interest, though, in line with what we've heard recently about the length of the game, Famitsu are putting this down as 80 hours for the main story and 100 hours including extras. So yeah, a big ol' chunky boi of a game. 1
drahkon Posted October 2 Posted October 2 1 hour ago, Julius said: So yeah, a big ol' chunky boi of a game. I'm currently 7 hours into the demo, so...yeah. Granted, though...I did farm for about 5 of those hours and I will continue farming until the game gets released
drahkon Posted October 2 Posted October 2 9 hours 42 minutes in. Maxed out 3 Archetypes for the MC and one each for the other two. Might actually try and max out all Archetypes for everyone but that could take 5 hours, maybe even more.
drahkon Posted October 4 Posted October 4 On 10/2/2024 at 9:39 PM, drahkon said: Might actually try and max out all Archetypes for everyone but that could take 5 hours, maybe even more. Definitely more...13 1/2 hours in now Unlocked a total of 5 Archetypes now and got them at max rank for the MC. Still only got one Archetype maxed out for each of the other two party members. Farming all that A-Exp also brought in some sweet sweet cash. Currently sitting at 100k reeve (that's what the United Kingdom of Euchronia's currency is called). Also got about 100k of the other "currency" which pretty nice, as well. I would assume that once I sell the "Consider selling it"-items, I get another cool 15k reeve. No way I'm leaving the current dungeon anytime soon
Shorty Posted October 4 Posted October 4 On 10/1/2024 at 7:33 PM, drahkon said: Did I spend two hours farming exp? Sure did. And was I able to fight an enemy which my party recommended to avoid? Sure did. And was this fight super easy because I farmed a lot of exp? Sure was. Love this game Edit: And did I get a strong sword as a reward? Sure did. Hate to break it to you but I beat that boss just by buying the Ice items and no grinding at all 😜 Just pre-ordered this, because I actually enjoyed it a fair bit. Hope the full game lives up to the demo. It's basically Persona in a new skin, and I'm all for that.
Glen-i Posted October 4 Posted October 4 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Shorty said: It's basically Persona in a new skin, and I'm all for that. I've been meaning to ask some of you this. You say it's Persona with a new skin, but how much of that is applicable? Does this still have lengthy social sim aspects in between dungeons that are time-limited. Because I like the Shin Megami Tensei style battle system, but I hate that part. Edited October 4 by Glen-i
drahkon Posted October 4 Posted October 4 4 minutes ago, Glen-i said: I've been meaning to ask some of you this. You say it's Persona with a new skin, but how much of that is applicable? Does this still have lengthy social sim aspects in between dungeons that are time-limited. Because I like the Shin Megami Tensei style battle system, but I hate that part. Given from my experience with the demo so far, I'd say: Yes, it's Persona reskinned but without the monster collecting aspect. There's something similar in place but it doesn't seem like there are 192 "Personas" to collect. Social links are still there, same as certain characteristics that you can level up with activities that progress time. 1
Julius Posted October 4 Author Posted October 4 28 minutes ago, Shorty said: It's basically Persona in a new skin, and I'm all for that. ...aaaaaaaand this now has me questioning whether I still plan to get to Persona 3 Reload before this or just leave it until another time and have Metaphor be my fill of Persona for the year. Thanks Shorty 20 minutes ago, Glen-i said: Does this still have lengthy social sim aspects in between dungeons that are time-limited. Because I like the Shin Megami Tensei style battle system, but I hate that part. 1
Glen-i Posted October 4 Posted October 4 4 minutes ago, Julius said: Because I looove me some dungeon crawling and random battles with great battle systems. You should know, you've played PMD. To be fair, I hated Fire Emblem when it did a similar thing, so at least I'm consistent. 1
Happenstance Posted October 4 Posted October 4 (edited) I'm still waiting for a patch to fix the demo before I even think about preordering the full game. They've acknowledged the PC issues and released 1 patch but it fixed nothing for me. Edited October 4 by Happenstance
drahkon Posted October 4 Posted October 4 Reaching the 20 hours mark... Aside from maybe the PS1 demo discs back in the day, I don't think I've ever spent this much time with a demo Steam Deck + remote play via chiaki4deck + YouTube or Bundesliga = best farming set-up. 1
drahkon Posted October 5 Posted October 5 On 10/4/2024 at 1:36 PM, drahkon said: No way I'm leaving the current dungeon anytime soon I'M STILL THERE. One more Archetype to max out. Will I leave the dungeon then? Probably not. Once an Archetype is at max level, it still gains experience. And for every 1000 A-EXP you get an item that grants that amount to an Archetype of your choosing. Which means: I will grind out a few of those items before full release. Also managed to gather 200k of each currency now. Not sure if I'll reach the end of the demo by next Friday 1
Julius Posted October 7 Author Posted October 7 (edited) Reviews and impressions are going live, and it's sounding like a banger: It's early doors for reviews, but after 20+, the game is currently sitting at 94 on Metacritic and 95 on OpenCritic, making it one of the best reviewed games of the year. What a year it's been for JRPGs, seriously. Hope those hopping in now enjoy it!! Edited October 7 by Julius
Hero-of-Time Posted October 7 Posted October 7 Looks like Atlus delivered again. I'll probably pick this up just before Christmas. Got a few weeks booked off from work over the festive period and so it will give me time to dig into it. That's providing I've got through the other JRPGs sat in my backlog. This year has been insane for releases. 1
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