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Metaphor: ReFantazio review - the quintessential Japanese RPG, with Atlus in epic, operatic form
Eurogamer's review of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the latest Japanese RPG from Atlus that sees the studio in epic, operatic form.
Of course it includes magical turn-based battles, cooking and fishing alongside a coliseum for monster fighting, hunt requests, mysterious outcasts, proud knights and tribal people, predictable story beats, and a Sephiroth-esque villain. Then Atlus brings trademark darkness to shock us and humanise its plot, with the twisted Dali-esque surreal designs of its big monsters - abominations ironically known as 'Humans' - as well as its narrative that draws on kidnapping, child abuse, and a corrupt church using faith as a political weapon to control the population and discriminate against those in need. And it's frequently funny, whether through eccentric characters, inspired British regional accents (a pair of Liverpudlian cat-boys had me chuckling), the stern knight Hulkenberg's constant desire for food undermining the drama, or simply the childish disgust at being shat out the back end of a giant sand worm.
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