Metaphor: ReFantazio "ATLUS Exclusive" Showcase - Story 

So we now know the stakes of this tournament. The two leading competitors have their own ideals that would taken to great extremes if either becomes king. Forden is the leading representative of the religion that created the notion of "superior" and "lesser" races and therefore is responsible for the now rampant discrimination and abuse of the "lesser" races. Louis is a ambitious military man who would eliminate members of the royal family to achieve his goals. So basically no matter who wins the kingdom will be forever changed for the worst. If Forden wins the kingdom will become a place where "superior" races rule over everything while the "lesser" races are their livestock/slaves. And if Louis wins the kingdom will become a militarized dictatorship. The protagonist's main goal may be to save the prince but it's also good to think that he's also preventing these two extremists from taking the throne and transforming the kingdom based on their warped ideals.

Thank god im watching this at 3 am, gonna forget everything

I love the artstyle. Atlus never disappoints

Junah definitely seems to be a *interesting* character so far.

2:12 damn. Tha MC got KABE-Donned

This game has Final Fantasy vibe with Megaten elements.

Heismay and Junah are my favorite characters so far. They said there will be 7 playable characters but they only mentioned 6, unless im counting wrong

I really like Heismay. I enjoy when people make characters look more animal than human. I also respect that he has a deep voice instead of high-pitched, squeaky one like you'd expect.

I love the mod fashion inspiration, what a unique choice for a fantasy setting

Looks like door kun and Aigis had a secret love child

Its fascinating to see the thinking and inspiration behind such a cool looking game that turns a lot of tropes on their head. Cannot wait!!

Heismay and Junah are instant favorites of mine already. Heismay's voice sounds similar Cidolphus from Final Fantasy XVI. And Junah is Waifu material!

Nice to see that they've fixed the aliasing issues. That was driving me wild.

this is gonna be huge

I cannot wait for this.

12:00 - I Know More Now.

This game and DQ3 os my most wanted games this year

ohhhh can't wait

"Humans" as the enemy, a literal monster in this world, i can't wait to know if there are any story behind the name

Louis reminds me Reinhard Von Lohengramm :)

Cant wait for it! 😊 Very Interesting Characters und Tribes! Story Drama interessting so far. Will play IT day one!

Magic is made out of anxiety, goddamn

Yes!!!

This looks amazing

Day one for me. Thanks Atlus.

so hyped cant wait for this game

PERSONA! 8:53

im gonna name my protagonist.."Legoshi". heismay is gonna be a favorite of mine.

Okay so basically the magla anxiety magic particles are basically Minovsky particles from Gundam/Magatsuhi from SMT right?

This game comes out about a month before the American election where anxiety is quite high. We must seek our inner archetypes and vote or something like that😌

I have spent almost a 100 hours on SMT5: Vengeance and have beat Persona 5 a couple years back, if this game is a good mix of both of them while pushing the Atlus JRPG style forward then it's going to be a genuine masterpiece.

Awesome Metaphor: ReFantazio "ATLUS Exclusive" Showcase Story Video.

Junah-chan ❤❤❤❤

Is the prince a secret or something? At one part of the trailer, they say that the aging king has no heir, and then later they talk about the prince being the heir to the throne. Anyone else catch that?

Louis means business damn

please i want the switch 2 right now so that this game comes to it i realy hope it's true that they release it on switch 2

Red Elf is best girl

Tiene muy buena pinta. Ya quiero jugarlo en mi xbox 💚

When she Re on my Metaphor til i wake up and realise it was a Fantazio

Future me. Check back after you finish this game. See if Louis has a last name. Maybe something like “Eifer”

Junah working her way up to best girl status iktr

Akademeia was said so zesty

Cant wait for fall and winter!! I am loving this game so far

had to end at 3:51 cuz I wanna go in fresh

I guaranteed you that 1. Gaius going to die early. 2. Plot twist mid game is "Louis is not the one that cast Cursed on prince"

Let me guess Catherina is Rin(Catherine) easter egg. Loise is Lucifer reference. Chihaya(P5 fortune teller) isekaied as Junah. Gallica is SMT3 pixie. Nice

Nice hope they stay a bit more vague and dont show to much

Got a feeling the prince and the MC are gonna get shipped a lot. Dunno why.

Brutal it's the trifecta law, neutral, chaos again 😂. Not against it but it's obvious and will be interesting. Louis isn't unfamiliar either especially with how it's helel lucifer in design

Least you don't get a Game over if the MC dies in battle.

This looks pretty decent.

Whenever Atlus makes games like this, I'd only recommend hard mode and max difficulty rather than normal more cause i've had my own hardships to endure longer than everyone else.

I hope they'll finally release it for Switch 2.

The art and graphics seem worth it. Even though this game looks so different and strange.

😍😍

i know he's the enemy but can we like... smooch Louis...

My GOTY.

Where is the demo

0:02

Oh gOD is ThAT gRIFFITh

Where is the thing where "are world is there fantasy" is that plot in their or not

Junah is my favorite 100%. I doubt it is true that there is no romance in this game.

I can't pre order it cuz it's not available in the playstation store

Luise looks like the guy who did no wrong

so does the protag have an actual political platform or does he just want to kill louis

One more playable char who

Louis huh?….Are they related to Louisafair by any chance?

Knowing Atlus I'm sure there'll be a "definitive" edition in three years with +20 hours of gameplay or so. I'll wait for it to play it

Louis, a beautiful blonde charismatic leader who manipulates things behind the scenes. This team couldn’t help themselves by injecting “Louis Cypher” into another game huh? At least make it less obvious next time.

god i hope that this game REALLY revolves around some battle royale for the throne. People with different philosophies of how to lead, or what they deserve. And I hope it STICKS TO THAT. Please don't turn into 'all other king-candidates become my friends and together we kill god' simulator

Looks great but if the bunny girl isn't a party member I'm going to be very disappointed. That would be a huge oversight seeing how popular bunny girls are and how often she appears in trailers.

This is more like a presidential election simulator rather than a fantasy rpg hahaha

Can't wait to play this on my PS5. Thanks for doing the marketing for Sony too, Microsoft.

Gallica feet 🤤

The protagonist looks A LOT like Makoto Yuki. Humans being the enemy makes sense. Guarantee you this is a secret Persona universe game.

need more waifus

I've never wanted to buy a game less.

were we supposed to know that Louis is a traitor?

damn Atlus, yall ain't gotta embarrass Squreenix this damn bad. I'm kidding yeah you do, show those idiots people aren't over turn based combat, they just need it to be good.

Seems to me like one of those projects where the effort clearly exceeds the appeal.

gonna wait 3 years for the better ver 🤡

Thanks for the spoilers, atlus lol this story sounds fantastical

Pertamax 👻

Okay we get it, im already copping this day 1, no need to put the whole game out there

Okay we get im already copping this day 1, no need to put the whole game out there

I don't think the animated cutscenes look that great sadly. But the art direction and in game visuals look amazing.

Damn the guy least stop talking during character dialogs

so its a linear story after all? It would have been a perfect chance to state otherwise

Okay so you can romance June’s and Gallica-who else?

Why no romance options?!

bro, let us clap the lil fairy cheeks atlus PLLEAASEEEEE!! peak fiction!!😩😩😩

this looks like a switch game

Do not buy until they release the enhanced version. You are warned!

They haven't betrayed their style; visually, it still looks like a PS3 game. And you can't look at the facial animation without feeling pain.

Just give us a 2 hour demo already all this showcase is ruining my interest in this game

Emmm... plot in its base is like flashback to b-tier games of 200X. We are shown the main antagonist from the very beginning and, somehow, it seems only we know who is to blame in entire game universe))))) Some nonename guy discovered thuth from the beginning))) and the rest of the game we struggle to reach this guy.... Where is intrigue, where are plot twists? What a bullshit

I think they tried too hard on some enemy/boss designs, and they look more goofy than scary or cool

I hate the MC voice

This game is DOA. Perfect for gamepass.

This game is woke af