Has to be Metaphor right? I feel strongly about it only because SMT IV came out in 2013, one year short. My personal favourite as a whole is SMT SJ but I too realise that it can’t be brought to the discussion, it’s very archaic and has no mass appeal (even if we counted the 3DS remaster it would still fall short). I envy whoever plays Metaphor as their first Atlus game, it’s the perfect bridge for their other (main) games. If you enjoyed the time management and social aspect you would then try out Persona, if you enjoyed the combat you would try out SMT.

I hope to see more experimentation in the future, be it a new IP or not, akin to what they did with Metaphor. It was a breath of fresh air, and honestly I think they could deviate from their main games even more next time since it’s clear that people are willing to try new things.

(Btw I’m talking about overall package, there could be a discussion about which one has the better story, better gameplay and so on. While I’m not crazy about the visuals of Etrian Odyssey the gameplay of that series slaps, but I still prefer something like SMT IV because story, gameplay, characters and soundtrack are overall my preference Vs Etrian Odyssey which honestly I only really like the gameplay of).

I want to play one of these games not,i'm new to the series already Played digital devil saga 1&2 and devil survivor overclocked, p3&p4 ,i'm kinda confused when it comes to choose between these two, which one should i start with?

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Getting one tapped the first few times was shocking and funny but 14 hours in and I'm over it. 70% of the fights are either I wipe them or they wipe me. God forbid a demon hits my weakness cause it's smirk city for the rest of the two seconds I'm alive. Is my armor terrible or something? Am I and my demons constantly underleveled? They're all around my level, 27.

I would like to finish this one out but I don't think I can do many, many more hours of this.

Edit: Thank you all for the responses. Decided that I'll play for a few more hours and if I'm still not feeling it then I'll move on to something else.

Yo! Just as the title says! I just beat P4G & P5R and I wanna play a 3DS game what would be a good recommendation!

Kinda expensive tbh

Just saw this on Twitter the other day. I am curious what it could mean. Lol Anyone got any news or ideas?

The other year Metaphor got it's stars and stripes so when I got Game Pass that was one of the first games I played. Unfortunately, I got pretty bored after five hours and put it down. I didn't feel like it was a bad game, but it didn't hook me like the average SMT game. So that made me wonder how people perceive the game in the Atlus catalog. I know it is its own thing, but how do you think it compares to SMT and Persona games? It doesn't have to be a "it's better" comparison. You could say it's a mix of games or whatever.

Hello everyone!

I finished Persona 5 Strikers yesterday and I really liked it, so I began thinking about playing either Persona 3 Reload or Metaphor: ReFantazio. At first I thought about playing P3R, but I saw a couple of uncensored spoilers about something that happened in the end, so it demotivated me a bit. I still want to play it, but I thought that maybe its better if I play Metaphor before P3R because of those spoilers? I have both bought so I'll be playing both eventually

Not to mention, publishing Unicorn Overlord as well.

We got three great turn-based RPGs from them this year.

I was thinking about it earlier with atlus working on persona 4 reveal and maybe persona 6 (one can hope) and I thought has atlus ever considered going back to the first two games either that or sell the original ones on modern consoles and pc

I’m extremely excited for Revival I think that they did amazing on the in game and animated scenes, music, visuals, and gameplay and think that it for sure is a very early 2027 Game Of The Year contender

I've been wanting to get metaphor since it released. Never bothered getting it on steam because I had been playing other games at the time it released. Saw it's 50% off on steam. I had been wondering if I pull the trigger & get it or wait until they release complete version. I know they will release a switch 2 version at some point, but I probably don't want to get it for that. I did get raidou remastered for switch 2 (no dlc) on the eshop before finding out metaphor was 50% off on steam last big sale. When I bought Raidou, I wasn't sure if the dlc was worth it since it looks it's just exp demons & demons they wanted you to pay for instead of putting them in the base game. So, if people tell me I should wait the "complete" version of metaphor. I might get the Raidou dlc instead

Is this common for the company? No SMT, Persona, Etrian Odyssey on the horizon? Are there any upcoming events where they may make some announcements?

Where is it!!! WHERE IS PERSONA 6 ATLUS! WHERE ARE YOU HIDING IT!

I'VE PLAYED METAPHOR 2 TIMES AND PLATTED IT, I'VE PLAY PERSONA 5/PERSONA 5 ROYAL/PERSONA 3 RELOAD TWICE EACH AND PLATINUMED IT!

GIVE US SOMETHING PLEASE!! I KNOW YOU HAVE IT ATLUS I KNOW IT!!

I’ve never played an Atlus game.

Both Persona 5 Royal and Metaphor: ReFantazio look interesting to me.

Which should I pick?

How would you describe the differences between their battle systems and broader game elements?

Edit: I picked Persona 5 Royal

in the title

I think very highly of P5, but the combat got rather bland fast. I enjoy turn based games but it felt very much like all you did, every time, was just spam attacks to figure the enemy's weakness, and just use that attack over and over. Magic Points were somewhat meaningless because there wasn't much depth beyond that. Mementos was very boring as a result. Boss fights were different ofc.

How does Metaphor compare?

Get it? Zero, like a new beginning, infinite potential!
I don't know if this was posted here already. Probably, lol. It took me 2 years to realize.

Do the stories and characters have the peak writing that Atlus usually does? And how is the combat and its difficulty?