re: Metaphor ReFantazio: Anyone else playing?

i wouldn't spend too much time grinding xp there. if you have the ability that gives u mana every turn that you are buffed and the item that applies a buff to you at the start of combat and the doll that gives u 2 turns back to back u can just stack infinite mana tho.

i've seen others that were annoyed by that dungeon too, but i was able to get some great loot there. If u really want u can just take 2 calendar days to clear it tho. this game isn't really one where you have to min/max.

Yes

just saw it won Best RPG. well deserved. I still haven't played Astrobot so I can't judge the Game of the Year decision.

So I’ve been playing on hard and pretty much rolling through with no issues. I got to the tower of blind faith last night which is the side quest dungeon before the dragon temple that has all bird enemies and a bird boss. I’m getting absolutely wrecked. I’m not sure if I’m under leveled or if I’m rolling with the wrong archetypes. I’m level 41 which would seemingly be good enough but the boss is 55 which seems like a really steep jump for this part of the game.

I’ve been using in order from top to bottom:

Protagonist- Wizard (mastered)
Magic Seeker (lvl 10)
Warrior (lvl 13)
Brawler (lvl 1)
Healer (lvl 8)
(Mage mastered)
(Seeker mastered)


Strohl-Samurai (mastered)
Sniper (lvl 3)
Cleric (lvl 1)
Seeker (lvl 10)
(Gunner mastered)
(Warrior mastered)
(Healer mastered)

Junah-masked dancer (lvl 13)

Hulkemberg-Pugilist (mastered)
Knight (mastered)
Faker (lvl 10)
(Brawler mastered)

Heismay- Assassin (lvl 18)
Treasurer (mastered)
(Theif mastered)

And haven’t had any issues. I believe my first mistake was not developing a cleric so a couple people can have the medium heal ability. I’ve been getting by with just Medi. I aquired the sniper once I knew this tower has to be fought from the back row. Do I suck or is this tower supposed to be this hard? It seems like a huge jump up. I can’t even clear the lower floors without exhausting all my resources. It took 3 days to get here so I’d rather not go back to town. I can grind the Skeletons on the 2nd to last floor if I need to. I also have been saving the “leafs” that help level the archetypes. I guess this may be the time to start using them

Yeah if that’s the one you have to take the boat to I believe it always has the heat forecast. I don’t even think you can get edeni to clear it because it takes three or so days just to get there

Got through it without dropping the difficulty.

Grinded a couple levels off the over world skeletons on the 2nd to last floor and switched up my archetype strategy. Went faker for Hulk to constantly debuff, mastered masked dancer for Junah to get her high damage fire attack, went wizard with protag and learned medica for higher healing, and went sniper with strohl to attack from long distance and also taught him medica for healing. Made sure nobody was weak towards wind, and kept everybody on the back row to not give the boss more turn icons. Wasn’t doing big damage but kept chipping away and eventually killed it.

On to the dreaded dragon temple

Bruh have you never played an atlus game before?

I get the way the story and settings and themes are way more fantasy and not in the real world and not nearly as “adult” or M rated as persona or SMT but it’s basically the same. P5 Royal will make you think you’re fighting the last boss like 4 times.

As far as length I best metaphor blind in 90 hours maxing out confidants and social stats, etc. that’s the shortest by far for any of their games for me.

P5 royal for someone like me who knows exactly where to go, what to do and when, and what to say still takes 120-130 hours. I imagine blind you can bump that up to 160-170

It could be the general gameplay loop of their games that has you feeling fatigue.

Basically once the game is established itself it becomes 3-4 weeks to do mission, do mission, spend time until that window is up boosting social stats or confidants or random things you can do.

It could also be the setting, story, and fantasy element. I agree the writing at times is very cheesy and your main character at times seems overtly positive.

I’d recommend trying persona 5 royal. The game is set in modern day Japan, it’s M rated and far more interested in dealing with more adult topics like suicide, sexual abuse, the complexity and corruption of politics, etc. The way you answer in conversations when you hang out with confidants actually matters as well, as certain answers give more points to you being closer to their next rank up.

I am addicted to this game now.

One of the best games I have played in a loooong time.

Woke, sure, but so well written

I missed games giving you reasons to care about party members

I died laughing at Catherine's metal armored Whale Tail



10/10 game.