That’s what makes Metaphor: ReFantazio so powerful, resonant, and in every sense of a word that’s unfortunately been bastardized into meaninglessness, woke as fuck.

Metaphor: ReFantazi-go to the polls ... will tell you that we need to get back to a time when games weren't 'woke', and were instead about simple, grizzled tough guys tackling straightforward ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio ponders these questions ... but before I knew it, I’d wake up with the melodies of the battle and town themes stuck in my head, humming along to them as I got deeper into ...

But here, with Metaphor, and with its story of a small heterochromatic boy and his fairy pal on a quest to end apartheid and wake up his boyfriend (or something, I haven't finished it yet), the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook This image was taken from the official press kit for Metaphor: ReFantazio, distributed by Atlus.

It’s no surprise that Atlus explicitly references Bosch in the not-at-all subtly-named Metaphor, because it’s doing the same thing. And it does it so well. It’s controversial. And weird.

Make yourself a metaphor that inspires others ... emphasized that empathy is not weak or “woke”—it means you genuinely “give a damn about people.” She asked her peers if they’d ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Metaphor: ReFantazio, the new fantasy RPG from Atlus’ Persona team, is out today. It’s an excellent game that builds upon its predecessor’s ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. The greatest strengths of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the latest roleplaying game from the minds behind Persona, come from the freedom the developers ...

That is the self-eating serpent at the centre of Metaphor: ReFantazio. The Kingdom of Euchronia is a world of kings and magic, curses and dragons, all put together by a supergroup team of ...