Dawg the story from 9/8 onward Had me on the edge of my seat the whole time

Long Live the King!

10/10 and well worth the 100+ hours
if i do a ng+, i might do a tycoon run and break the game lol

I didn't want this game to end, man.....thought we'd go out & sack another dungeon the way the end scenes went
Me & my niggas....we did it

& F*** that final boss God s*** took hours...hard mode gang we out here

Shout out to Lady Hulkenberg for taking them hits....shout out to Lil Euphasia that's canon bae, bringing that stick, bopping it on niggas heads....shout out to Big Basilio, s***ting out big damage that's my guy fr...shout out Songstress Junah for holding the team down fr & putting the weaknesses on the opps.......

until the sequel

I was down when I realized that Catherina wasn't gonna clique up with the gang but once Basilio came in the picture I understood....bro needed to be here

How far am I at this point?

Just about to enter the Dragon Temple

maybe halfway? this is the mustari island correct?

Yeah. Did a couple side quests on the Island so far.

yeah id say around the middle of the game

The prince reveal in the Elda village was insane

Hold up

(Junah voice) Behold, this power

no one tell me if im right im just gonna put this out there regarding 9/24

the louis fight is gonna be the second to last major boss fight isnt it? No way in hell they expect anyone to max out basilio within ten days. Placing my bet on it being the day before the day of kings (10/26)

If Geoff Keighley does not invited this man to the Game Awards I am going to be livid

I was able to max out Basillio. In fact one of my unpopular criticisms is that its way too easy to max everyone out imo. i don't feel that same stress i get from Persona

Devour of Stars and Elegy of the Souls were the most challenging fights in this game, had me on the edge of my seat

Out of boredom i randomly checked the Metaphor reveal trailer from last year and I genuinely couldn’t believe they showed Basilio holding Fidelio’s body

Got to 10/24…

Holy s***

I was exactly right LETS GOOOOOO

After finishing I can say this was a nice starting point for a new branch of Atlus games that was definitely limited by engine and maybe even budget (although I’ve heard this was their most expensive game?)

I think there were a lot of honeymooners saying it was better than P5 and SMTV but I’d say it’s just a bit behind both of those and significantly behind the enhanced versions.

The two biggest things I want to see going forward in the metaphor series

1. Enemy variety. We need a lot more. All there really is to say.

2. Dungeon design. Another area that needs more variety. More interesting layouts and mechanics and more in number as well.

Overall a great game and I’m looking forward to the enhanced version and sequels.

for me i would say there are A LOT of things that i like better than the Persona series.

• Louis is a way better villain than any Persona villain imo
• I would say it has one of their best stories in a game
• The Architype system i found to be more fun to play with than Personas
• I thought the battle system was as good or better than both Persona and SMT

But the Cons for me keep it from being better for me

• this one is unpopular, but i thought it was too easy to max out every single social stat, and friendship. I know a lot of ppl enjoy that, but i find the struggle to do everything in one playthrough an appeal of Persona.

• A lot of the "dungeons" felt way too short, and barely like dungeons. to me. 3rd dungeon was challenging, sure. but it needed to be longer. that, and most didn't hit Persona 5's worst dungeon. Would say the 1st 2 dungeons were generally very well designed though

Still love the game though

I realize I didn't say anything positive in my post lol but yes I agree

1. Battle system is great as always. I have no problem with them going with press turn over one more

2. Archetypes are definitely interesting and I hope they expand on the system (sub archetypes, swapping mid battle, etc)

3. Story and characters aren't too important to me personally but I'll say the setting and world was interesting. Characters were cool too although I wish everyone wasn't so humanoid. Would've been nice if they leaned more into fantasy and had more "races" like the eugief

4. Louis and his theme are great

5. JPN voice acting was great as always. The short sample I heard from the english VA seemed really good too. I hope Atlus eventually has enough money to voice the majority of their dialogue

But yea I wouldn't mind followers going up to rank 10, put more pressure on you to manage your time. More interesting follower perks. I like that stuff too