The destruction of the gates of Evin prison, where I was incarcerated, risks becoming a metaphor for the fate of the Iranian ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio sold one million units on launch day, so there’s a scattering of discussion about whether its two ...

“Metaphor” begins with a king’s assassination that creates a power void, yet it doesn’t result in the usual bloody game of thrones. His death instead triggers a series of events that force ...

But Metaphor isn’t that: it’s the opposite. It’s a fresh, improved take on Persona, but it's still Persona; and I love that about Metaphor, ...

It’s one way in which Metaphor delivers already compelling systems more effectively and efficiently. That incentivizes you to see its full message too, ...

I've played most of my Atlus games in English, mind, but something about Metaphor hits differently for me. The developer has done away with its all-American voice cast that I've become so used to ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio was, by many accounts, one of the best games of 2024. But it may or may not kick off its own series at Studio Zero.

But there’s a reason why Metaphor’s battle music is so arresting and it’s not just because of the musical stylings of a Japanese monk chanting in an invented language inspired by another ...

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. Before Metaphor, ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio is a tricky game to talk about. Atlus' newest RPG comes from some of the team who worked on the acclaimed Persona games, though aims to set itself apart. For starters, it ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio has received a lot of bad press for its music, but it's not all that bad. Suffice it to say that Persona fans have high expectations for Metaphor's score - it was composed by ...