I wrote a review of Metaphor on my backloggd. I think it has an okay start and then never really improves beyond that. I don't really recommend it. www.backloggd.com/u/ChipCheezu... - ThreadSky

chipcheezum.bsky.social • 37 days ago

I wrote a review of Metaphor on my backloggd. I think it has an okay start and then never really improves beyond that. I don't really recommend it.
https://www.backloggd.com/u/ChipCheezum/review/2358809/

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gee-man.bsky.social•36 days ago

Vindicating to see more people pointing out Metaphor's issues after the initial shine wears off. It's a game I really wanted to like, I think it's heart is broadly in the right place, but I constantly felt a sense of the game not having enough to say when it really mattered.

gee-man.bsky.social•36 days ago

And thanks for pointing out that Metaphor's OST is kinda mid. The highs are astronomical but the average is quite low. It's kind of criminal the game doesn't have a single truly great boss fight track.

chipcheezum.bsky.social•37 days ago

Another crit I have of Metaphor is that it does the same thing Persona 5 does, which is adding more party members too late into the story. They end up not having the time to feel like a part of the group in the same way the intial 4 do.

cahuengah.bsky.social•36 days ago

Last character was one of my faves, and they're super helpful late game so I felt like I spent a lot of time with them, and they're around for a lot of story moments beforehand. Timing made sense to me from a narrative sense, but unless you go all in I can see how it would feel insufficient.

ablueslime.bsky.social•37 days ago

I thought they did a much better job with him than with Haru since he’s a significant presence in the story before he joins, though a lot of the other pacing problems are just the same as Persona’s I think

nyanlathotep1.bsky.social•37 days ago

Thats fair. Part of what i liked with running p5r was getting to focus on those late characters since they were smarter about sprinkling the new characters into the main games story. Hopefully if metaphor gets an expanded version they give more time to those late additions too.

begemot.bsky.social•37 days ago

Yeah, the last guy feels really absurd

Should've just had him join when you first meet him

igrat.bsky.social•37 days ago

There's also basically no inter-party conflict. Everyone's just on board with everything once they join the party.

friegolit.bsky.social•37 days ago

I played through the entire game and my two biggest pet peeves was how you never really feel like you bond with your crew as you do in the Persona series and I also hated how there is shiny motes of Magla bloody EVERYWHERE…

planetarial.bsky.social•35 days ago

Also I ran a team of four Merchants after a while because I got super lazy and their build requirements arent very strict (also you get three skill slots super early). But it manages to make the game more mindnumbing cause you’re just holding down A button for every fight lol

planetarial.bsky.social•35 days ago

Played this and thought it was mid. I’m amazed it gets the amount of praise it does. I did like the Dragon Temple though, mainly for the EO references and the scenery at least felt like a nice change of pace compared to all the brown caves

slapula.bsky.social•37 days ago

It clings way too hard on patterns perfected in the Persona series and refuses to make itself stand out from them. I tried putting in a handful of hours playing it but could never find anything fun or interesting to keep me going.

slapula.bsky.social•37 days ago

Also, while this may be a nitpick, they really need to tone down the hyper-stylized menus. It was cute and fun the first couple times in the Persona series but here it just feels very over-the-top.

dianethepunk.bsky.social•37 days ago

I feel a little bit less crazy for not liking Metaphor

antonvuk.bsky.social•37 days ago

I've been sleeping on it because I can't really trust Atlus with serious stories after every single one of their I've played had some form of queerphobia, but I guess I'm just gonna skip this one, since it just sounds a little dull.

begemot.bsky.social•37 days ago

I came down on it in a similar way, but I wanted it to be MORE of a dungeon crawler

It's like 75% of the way to an Etrian Odyssey game, but the calendar system ruins it!

friegolit.bsky.social•37 days ago

And I wouldn’t even have touched it if it was a Strange Journey/Etrian Odyssey dungeon crawler style of game since I adore the Persona style time management gameplay 😆

Different strokes and all that.

dianethepunk.bsky.social•37 days ago

I've got great news for you about Soul Hackers 2

rshunter.bsky.social•37 days ago

reading your review crystalized some of the things i was already feeling after finishing the first big dungeon. it just wasn't doing it for me

mattheww1991.bsky.social•37 days ago

I liked Metaphor a fair bit but never really fell for it in the same way as Persona. The last few hours are particularly rough.

zafrazaleska.bsky.social•37 days ago

I think you covered everything I noticed about the game from an audience perspective watching people play it.

jamesmarion.bsky.social•37 days ago

eggcorm.bsky.social•37 days ago

bailed on the game after ~40 hours this week and your review has got me feeling extremely vindicated

partajoonas.bsky.social•36 days ago

I have only played the demo of Metaphor and I got the same feel for the game as you did. SMT’s indeed are where its at and I have heard that Raidou games are being remastered and those games are fucking great. I think they might even handle the hack ’n slash mechanic better than Metaphor ever did

dectilon.bsky.social•37 days ago

I got to about the half way point (I think) and stopped, feeling similarly.

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