Episode 375: Metaphor Your Consideration

As promised, we welcome Jason, aka Kilgore Trout, to the podcast to spend far too long talking to Shane about one of the best games of 2024: Metaphor: ReFantazio. We get into the mechanics, the gameplay, the writing, the themes, and even spend some time talking about our favorite fast food meals. Contemporary? Kinda. Thorough? Definitely.

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Timestamps:
0:01 - CamelStan
4:21 - Who is this guy?
6:10 - This week's episode
13:37 - So what is Metaphor: ReFantazio?
18:04 - How does this compare to Persona?
32:24 - How we played it
35:09 - Plot takes
38:50 - The Archetype system
44:50 - The combat
53:39 - Friendships
1:01:40 - Writing good
1:03:40 - Using guides and managing your calendar
1:11:30 - Politics & religion
1:25:28 - Grief
1:30:31 - What a twist!
1:34:00 - Quick topics
1:43:24 - Where this game ranks in our RPGs, and comparisons to other RPGs
1:50:08 - Public comments: Our favorite fast food meals
1:52:10 - SPOILER ZONE BEGINS
1:59:46 - What's next?
2:01:42 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
TenSquare3's amazing Metaphor guide: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/xbox-series-x/409958-metaphor-refantazio/faqs/81526/introduction
Buy Metaphor for PS5: https://amzn.to/4g2nQZJ
Buy Metaphor for XBOX: https://amzn.to/4gEacMv

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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