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Two months later, finally posting about finishing Metaphor: ReFantazio. Looking back at my last Metaphor post I was only at the Dragon Temple on Virga Island, but looking at my notes on my phone I stopped writing anything down until near the end lmaoo.
So, thoughts overall: I enjoyed it. If you enjoy the format of a Persona game but would like it set in a fantasy world (dungeon crawling mixed with social links, turn-based battles with summon strategization) then you'll probably enjoy playing this too. The battles are fun but I think the characters are the real highlight of the game. Like with many RPGs, there's a colorful cast with lots of drama and heartfelt moments. I think Eupha and Basilio remain my faves, but I also really liked Hulkenberg and Junah too.
My biggest gripe is that things kind of fell off toward the end imo. That last month I feel like they gave you too much time, I just kept putting off playing the game because I didn't want to keep dragging through the days where I didn't have anything left to do. And the plot kind of fizzled out to me? Like it was obvious how it was going to end so I wasn't feeling like I HAD to hurry and finish. They did hit you with a little bit of a twist that was ultimately whatever in the end, which brings me to (spoilers start here):
Will being the real prince is soooo stupid. Also I hate his white hair design. But yeah I laughed at that reveal because like okay then, so much for anyone can be king lmao. "Everyone has the power to change the world" but the rightful heir to the kingdom most of all! I'm not even one of those people thinks every fantasy novel has to decry monarchy lmao but you cannot put in "anyone can wear the mask" messaging and then have Peter Parker reappear and fire Miles Morales.
Also no WAY was Will's dad ever that hot. Genuinely laughed at the More reveal too sdjhfksjdf that is not the same man!! Also did they name him after Thomas More, I literally didn't make the connection until he was talking about utopias at the very end and I was like ohhhh. That's good they can have that one.
Gameplay wise I also hated that they didn't give you any idea at the beginning what archetypes to be aiming for with which characters. Several characters in the end I had gone for completely different archetypes than what was needed for their final royal archetype which pissed me off. I had to do soooo much grinding to level stuff. (I mean I guess I didn't HAVE to unlock them, but I at least wanted most of them to make the endgame stuff easier.)
Anyway those are my petty complaints, I still liked the game despite that, and the epilogue did get me to tear up a little with Maria finally getting to go on her adventure 😭
After beating Metaphor I finally started playing Hades II! It's just as fun as the first game and I'm enjoying the new stuff they added to the gameplay. I think my favorite weapons are the axe and the knives and the skull....but they're all pretty good except for that mecha armor thing I used it once and was so bad at it sjdhfkjsdf never again.
Character wise I'm so happy to see my old faves back 😊 But the new additions are also very cool! Moros may be my fave romance option but I do love Nemesis too. Eris and Icarus haven't won me over yet... I think Scylla is my favorite overall new character haha she's so funny. They should let you toxic yuri with her. :/
I've only done about 35-40 runs so far, I've beaten Chronos a few times and the other boss just once. My hands were literally shaking when I beat him the first time because my whole strategy was "get very very strong and just wail on him close up with the axe" and I was shocked that worked lmao. But god the final Olympus level is sooo rough, I lose like all my health and multiple death defiances up there before I get to the boss and it makes me so mad!!
Unfortunately the past few weeks my free time for gaming has been taken up not by Hades but by Overwatch instead. 😑 Every time I think I'm free... And now they've released 5 new heroes at once and this damn Sanrio collab!!!
Look how cute everyone is. 😭 Of course I have barely any coins and I'm not paying Blizzard anything when they're charging SIXTY bucks for the whole collection. It sucks when your faves are also the cash cows because Dva, Kiriko, and Juno are three of my top played. (Has anyone noticed how they keep making their Asian heroes blonde. I feel like the Charlie Day conspiracy meme. Juno and Kiriko get like 50 new skins a month and I swear 90% of them are blonde.)
My initial thoughts on the new characters: 1) oh my god that's a cat, 2) the tank lady is hot, 3) don't care about these other guys.
After playing them all a couple times: the Jetpack Cat is definitely the most fun to play, I'm so glad Overwatch is returning to its incredibly stupid roots. People using her ult to just fling enemies off the stage is so funny. Mizuki's design is pretty boring but he was more fun to play than I anticipated, and he does a ton of healing so I assume they'll be nerfing him. Domina is still hot and thank god I don't suck with her, so I'll probably keep up with her. I've hated tanking since they dropped the second tank but I guess I can keep playing open queue. Anran I agree has been same-face-ified which is disappointing, but she's pretty fun too even though I'm a bad DPS. Emre I still don't care about, don't like his design, can't play him, boring. Sorry Emre!!
So yeah in conclusion, please support me in manifesting Domina/Vendetta lesbianisms. I wish Domina was older (with great trepidation I looked up her age thinking they made her 25 or something. She's 32 which isn't what I wanted but better than in her 20s I guess) so we could really get some toxic yuri going but that's okay I'll take what I can get.
So, thoughts overall: I enjoyed it. If you enjoy the format of a Persona game but would like it set in a fantasy world (dungeon crawling mixed with social links, turn-based battles with summon strategization) then you'll probably enjoy playing this too. The battles are fun but I think the characters are the real highlight of the game. Like with many RPGs, there's a colorful cast with lots of drama and heartfelt moments. I think Eupha and Basilio remain my faves, but I also really liked Hulkenberg and Junah too.
My biggest gripe is that things kind of fell off toward the end imo. That last month I feel like they gave you too much time, I just kept putting off playing the game because I didn't want to keep dragging through the days where I didn't have anything left to do. And the plot kind of fizzled out to me? Like it was obvious how it was going to end so I wasn't feeling like I HAD to hurry and finish. They did hit you with a little bit of a twist that was ultimately whatever in the end, which brings me to (spoilers start here):
Will being the real prince is soooo stupid. Also I hate his white hair design. But yeah I laughed at that reveal because like okay then, so much for anyone can be king lmao. "Everyone has the power to change the world" but the rightful heir to the kingdom most of all! I'm not even one of those people thinks every fantasy novel has to decry monarchy lmao but you cannot put in "anyone can wear the mask" messaging and then have Peter Parker reappear and fire Miles Morales.
Also no WAY was Will's dad ever that hot. Genuinely laughed at the More reveal too sdjhfksjdf that is not the same man!! Also did they name him after Thomas More, I literally didn't make the connection until he was talking about utopias at the very end and I was like ohhhh. That's good they can have that one.
Gameplay wise I also hated that they didn't give you any idea at the beginning what archetypes to be aiming for with which characters. Several characters in the end I had gone for completely different archetypes than what was needed for their final royal archetype which pissed me off. I had to do soooo much grinding to level stuff. (I mean I guess I didn't HAVE to unlock them, but I at least wanted most of them to make the endgame stuff easier.)
Anyway those are my petty complaints, I still liked the game despite that, and the epilogue did get me to tear up a little with Maria finally getting to go on her adventure 😭
After beating Metaphor I finally started playing Hades II! It's just as fun as the first game and I'm enjoying the new stuff they added to the gameplay. I think my favorite weapons are the axe and the knives and the skull....but they're all pretty good except for that mecha armor thing I used it once and was so bad at it sjdhfkjsdf never again.
Character wise I'm so happy to see my old faves back 😊 But the new additions are also very cool! Moros may be my fave romance option but I do love Nemesis too. Eris and Icarus haven't won me over yet... I think Scylla is my favorite overall new character haha she's so funny. They should let you toxic yuri with her. :/
I've only done about 35-40 runs so far, I've beaten Chronos a few times and the other boss just once. My hands were literally shaking when I beat him the first time because my whole strategy was "get very very strong and just wail on him close up with the axe" and I was shocked that worked lmao. But god the final Olympus level is sooo rough, I lose like all my health and multiple death defiances up there before I get to the boss and it makes me so mad!!
Unfortunately the past few weeks my free time for gaming has been taken up not by Hades but by Overwatch instead. 😑 Every time I think I'm free... And now they've released 5 new heroes at once and this damn Sanrio collab!!!
Look how cute everyone is. 😭 Of course I have barely any coins and I'm not paying Blizzard anything when they're charging SIXTY bucks for the whole collection. It sucks when your faves are also the cash cows because Dva, Kiriko, and Juno are three of my top played. (Has anyone noticed how they keep making their Asian heroes blonde. I feel like the Charlie Day conspiracy meme. Juno and Kiriko get like 50 new skins a month and I swear 90% of them are blonde.)
My initial thoughts on the new characters: 1) oh my god that's a cat, 2) the tank lady is hot, 3) don't care about these other guys.
After playing them all a couple times: the Jetpack Cat is definitely the most fun to play, I'm so glad Overwatch is returning to its incredibly stupid roots. People using her ult to just fling enemies off the stage is so funny. Mizuki's design is pretty boring but he was more fun to play than I anticipated, and he does a ton of healing so I assume they'll be nerfing him. Domina is still hot and thank god I don't suck with her, so I'll probably keep up with her. I've hated tanking since they dropped the second tank but I guess I can keep playing open queue. Anran I agree has been same-face-ified which is disappointing, but she's pretty fun too even though I'm a bad DPS. Emre I still don't care about, don't like his design, can't play him, boring. Sorry Emre!!
So yeah in conclusion, please support me in manifesting Domina/Vendetta lesbianisms. I wish Domina was older (with great trepidation I looked up her age thinking they made her 25 or something. She's 32 which isn't what I wanted but better than in her 20s I guess) so we could really get some toxic yuri going but that's okay I'll take what I can get.
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Oh no, it's my #1 least favorite trope of all time! Why do people keep doing this!!
Hades II is so good. Have you gotten the onesided Scylla > Melinoe song that Scylla insists she didn't write?
The new Overwatch patch almost got me to reinstall. Lucio Kerropi looks so good T_T
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I haven't gotten it in game but I did look up all the songs and listen to them lmao they're so good.
Haha come baaaack it's fuuuun.
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James really likes the Black Coat - I found some aspects of it are better than others but it's not for me, either. My favourite is the Twin Flames with the Aspect of Eos!
Moros is my favourite romance option, too. I haven't got my head around writing them yet but nghhhh love them. I keep semi-joking that I'm not enough of a bottom to be into Nemesis. I understand the appeal but like. Not for me, I'm afraid, lol. I liked Icarus's romance route way more than I thought I would - I was like, 'Nah, he's a baby,' but the more I talked to him the more I actually fell for the story and their romance.
The final bosses are HARD. It took me ages to get past Chronos, let alone the upstairs.
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I just unlocked Eos on the Flames, I like that one too! Basically the Staff and Black Coat are the only two I don't use much, but I'll give them another chance later I'm sure.
Moros is so cute, they hooked me at the very start with his design lmao I never stood a chance. I don't understand the Nemesis hate from (some of) the fandom at large because she's basically Megaera? I do like Meg a little bit more but that's just my ThanZagMeg bias talking probably haha. I'm mostly just disappointed they gave us 2 nice boys and 2 mean girls (again) like where is the variety... Icarus seems sweet, I've only given him a couple nectars so far and he only just came back to the Crossroads so I haven't gotten deep into his story yet.
It's funny how Chronos is kind of easy now that I've beat him a few times haha like damn how did he kill me so many times before this shfhjsds
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I'm so glad I'm not interacting with fandom because the whispers of hate I hear on the winds sound so stupid. I like Nemesis as a character a lot, I'm just not Into that. I love Meg/Zag though - I like that dynamic with a puppy dog himbo boy but in f/f I'm just not as interested.
Chronos got difficult again with the Vow of Rivals! But yeah it's wild how much you can tip the scales.
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Despite its flaws, goddamn how I loved the world and atmosphere so much. I'm thinking it did well enough to warrant a second game in the same universe (since it even got nom'd for GOTY) sooo I'm hoping that happens in the future... after/while we are enjoying Persona 6, of course.
I also wouldn't complain about a Brigitta romance simulatorI don't play Overwatch but *shakes fist* the collab's so damn CUTE. If I did though I'd be weak as hell and would buy the whole event, SIGH. However if you didn't tell me that some of them are Asian in here I'd have no idea lol. No way would I be able to tell who's Dva... (also, this cute af art on their blog aaaa)
If it does well enough I'd love to see another event showcasing more of the guys too, who cares if they're cute! Chococat, Badtzmaru, Tuxedo Sam, Pochacco, Pekkle... (there you go Blizzard I just did half the work for you)
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yeah I complain but I'd still play a sequel or whatever lol. (I love Brigitta too I forgot to mention her!! She's so pretty...)
it's probably a good thing they're so pricey because if they were maybe like, 40 bucks for the whole collection I might give in sjdhfksjhf but 60 is just crazy, for dumb video game cosmetics.......... that said I might maybe pay a little for one of them 😐 the hard part is deciding which one 😔
ahhh I'd love to see more even if I'd just complain I can't buy them lmao. they've done new skins in old collabs before (the Le Sserafim collab reran with a new set of skins) so maybe!! I want a Chococat one....