October 11, 2024 – SEGA is thrilled to announce that Metaphor: ReFantazio, the newest RPG from ATLUS’s Studio Zero, has launched on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5.
About Metaphor: ReFantazio
・A New Endeavor That Captures the Essence of ATLUS
ATLUS is a console sport developer that was fashioned in 1986. It has garnered recognition throughout the globe, with its Persona collection reaching 22 million* items offered worldwide. ATLUS will rejoice its thirty fifth anniversary this 12 months.
*As of March 5, 2024
ATLUS has labored on many modern tales, resembling Shin Megami Tensei and Persona, and supplied gamers with its personal distinctive worlds and experiences. After the immense success of Persona 5, ATLUS is now set to discover the realm of traditional fantasy.
A fantastical story that might not have been explored inside the framework of modernity. This anniversary mission affords a contemporary new tackle the fantasy RPG style. Fairly than in search of solace up to now, this new journey has been pushed by a philosophy of creativity and empathy and goals to interrupt new floor.
・A Groundbreaking Challenge Helmed by Famend Creators and Artists
A crew of internationally acknowledged creators, who’ve earned accolades at varied sport awards, have assembled for this mission to develop a very new fantasy RPG, together with director Katsura Hashino, character designer Shigenori Soejima, and composer Shoji Meguro. The crew behind Metaphor: ReFantazio has an illustrious historical past, having developed Persona 3, Persona 4, and Persona 5. Notably, Persona 5 has change into the franchise’s greatest success, with 10 million items offered worldwide.
*As of December 22, 2023
Creators:
- Director: Katsura Hashino (Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne, Persona 3, 4, 5)
- Character Designer: Shigenori Soejima (Persona 3, 4, 5)
- Composer: Shoji Meguro (Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne, Persona 3, 4, 5)
Becoming a member of this unimaginable crew of creators is a crew of equally distinctive artists, all united of their purpose to ship an out-of-this-world manufacturing.
Artists:
- Idea artist Kazuma Koda (NieR:Automata)
- Gauntlet runner designer Ikuto Yamashita (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
・The Story, the Artwork and Sound, the Mechanics, All Distinctive
Story:
Lose monitor of time and immerse your self. Mysterious and unpredictable occasions unfold in a realm replete with the anxieties and aspirations of its inhabitants, calling you on a grand journey with lots to expertise.
Artwork and Sound:
Distinctive and charming character designs. Stunning and fantastical background artwork all through the sport’s world. With trendy UI based mostly on Western portray custom, even simply shopping the menus offers a way of pleasure.
As well as, the sport offers a brand new musical expertise with a mix of orchestra, world music, choir, and chants, a sound developed from a reinterpretation of spiritual music.
Mechanics:
A novel battle system combining fast motion with turn-based fight. An unbelievably comfy play tempo and exhilarating graphics. Gamers are given a excessive diploma of freedom and skill to strategize, realized by way of Archetypes, a mechanic on the pinnacle of occasion customization.
Trip gauntlet runners on a journey to vary the world. The Every day Life mechanics current within the Persona collection have advanced, permitting you to expertise a completely new sort of journey.
The Sport’s Story
・Setting
A world separate from our personal, inhabited by 8 totally different tribes.
Inside one nook of this world exists the Kingdom of Euchronia.
The dominion is an alliance of countries that started with its valiant first king and noticed unification and governance over the ages by the highly effective royal bloodline in its immense magical prowess. Nonetheless, the dominion started to decay over the lengthy years, now deteriorating right into a land with out advantage divided by prejudice and disparity.
Along with the vicious animals roaming its huge territory, the land is inundated with mysterious creatures generally known as “people,” which means not even the smallest of secure areas stays outdoors of the cities.
Then, the dominion’s prince and king are assassinated, bringing even additional confusion and nervousness to its residents who now haven’t any ruler.
・Prologue
A younger man embarks on a journey to elevate a curse, with a fairy by his facet
The Elda are a minority tribe shunned within the Kingdom of Euchronia.
The protagonist, a younger Elda, is touring alongside his fairy companion, Gallica, to elevate the curse positioned upon the dominion’s prince.
There is just one solution to elevate the lethal curse that eats away on the prince:
Take the lifetime of its caster.
Because the younger man travels throughout the huge continent, he could have many likelihood conferences, type bonds, and finally study the reality of the dominion.
The curtain unfolds after a horrible incident shakes your complete kingdom..
・Introduction
A race for the throne determined by majority vote, imposed by the ability of magic.
Simply over ten years have handed for the reason that Kingdom of Euchronia’s crown prince was assassinated. Then, the king himself is reduce down, leaving the dominion in chaos with none ruler or inheritor to the throne.
Who would be the subsequent king? The sanctifex serving as head of the state faith, a lord or woman of a close-by nation, or maybe a pacesetter of the navy…? Because the royal funeral is carried out with varied highly effective events all vying for the throne, a spell is unexpectedly solid on the funeral web site.
Time is finite earlier than my soul departs this benighted world… Come October, there shall be a reckoning. A Day of the Hero. Upon that day, whosoever hath actually earned the best religion of the citizenry… shall ascend to throne and crown by proper of kings.
Ringing within the sky was the voice of the king who had been declared useless. He had a grand spell set to activate upon his dying that might pit each one in all his residents in opposition to each other in a race for the throne, to be determined by widespread vote.
The individuals descend into utter chaos on the considered electing their very own king for the very first time. Nonetheless, our protagonist decides he should throw himself into the fray with a purpose to accomplish his mission.
And so begins the nice race for the throne, to be carried out all throughout the dominion. Over the course of his journey, he finds varied allies to affix him. What awaits them is a grand journey that can change the world as they realize it.
Characters
・ The Protagonist Elda and His Fairy
・Allies of Differing Backgrounds
Inside this society rife with discrimination, allies belonging to varied tribes come to affix the protagonist. Every of them has their very own purpose for wanting to vary the world, and after they come into contact with the protagonist’s woke up energy, Heroic Embodiment (Archetype), they change into ready to make use of it as nicely.
▼ATLUS Unique – Metaphor: ReFantazio Archive
ATLUS Exclusive – Metaphor: ReFantazio 4.23.2024
ATLUS Exclusive – Metaphor: ReFantazio | Archetypes
Metaphor: ReFantazio ATLUS Exclusive Showcase – Story
Metaphor: ReFantazio ATLUS Exclusive Showcase – Character
Metaphor: ReFantazio ATLUS Exclusive Showcase – World Tour
*English subtitles shall be supplied.
Demo for Metaphor: ReFantazio Out Now!
Play by way of the start of Metaphor with the brand new demo! You’ll be capable to carry over your save knowledge to the complete sport when you’re executed! To choose up the demo, merely head over to your platform’s retailer to obtain it.
*The demo’s content material could barely differ from the launch model.
*You possibly can play the demo as many occasions as you want.
*All screenshots and photographs proven through the broadcast are from the Japanese version of the sport, which remains to be underneath growth. English help shall be accessible at launch.
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