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Summon Sign, Episode 42 | Is Metaphor: ReFantazio the best RPG of the year?

🕑 Added 2024-10-15 16:00:14 +0000 UTC

Comments

Jacob Lesperance

I dint think their is an "ick" to Xbox like Matty says. I just think people even think about them. Which might be worse.

Aaron B Vick

That, coupled with an enthusiast parent, chef's kiss, you've got your spoiled gamer right there lol.

Jared Ketner

I lover Persona but agree that something with Metaphor's visuals and UI is off. I think the overdone effects and menus fit in Persona but really pull me out of the fantasy world that I'm supposed to be in. I also very much dislike the MC's design.

MrFreundly

Ooof Matty’s unprovoked digs at FE: Three Houses was out of line 😂. It’s a fantastic FE installment. Does Atlus do social better? I’d say yes, but dang dude. Don’t do FE: Three Houses dirty like that haha.

Adam Barnes

I bet Ben is glad he came on for the Metaphor podcast

Alan Wake 2 - Alan WOKE

This is Jason Polansky erasure. We heard about that TCG simulator game in episode 39 lol.

Bartevious

Well yes, but I specified buying talent, not buying turds 🤣🤣🤣

JR

The Mets also have the highest payroll in the MLB

Roger

So I think my problem was that I played it on my Portal. After replaying the first bit on my tv, I enjoyed it much more, the music is great. I’m still not crazy about the busy interface with stuff always moving, but I can get past that.

Yeti ATL

Well think about most kids probably watch games like Fortnite or mobile games with high frame rate so they notice like 15 fps

Yeti ATL

Gaming needs salary caps😂

Toiea

Felt bad for Ben having to sit out the first hour of the pod basically

Bartevious

I had the same issues with demo progress on both PC and steam deck

Zeke

since video game books came up, shoutout to the Paleblood Hunt. real ones know Bloodborne is goated

Bartevious

Matty the Xbox podcaster complaining about sports teams buying their talent 🤣🤣 Edit: love ya Matt no hate just funny

Pianopower

The game imo is really that good, and I prefer it over both P4 and P5. That said, you don’t have to click with everything nor you really need a reason to justify that. I mean it’s good to articulate the why, but sometimes it really is as simple as “I’m just not clicking with it”.

Pianopower

I loved it, but I think it’s fair that people took a look at it and said “nah”.

Special Needs Cannon

I mean I’m kinda on Matty’s side. I’ve tried DeathStranding but even after a few hours I got bored. I really wanted to like it though

Roger

This encapsulates my thoughts on the visuals perfectly. I like everything else so far but the visuals certainly aren’t my style.

Directional Joy

To Ben, on the Alarmo, I pulled the trigger and bought it, as a single person (NOT a child, except in my ❤️). 😉

Robbie Agnew

Refantardio

Joseph Gedgaudas

I keep hearing Silent Hill 2 is scary. I just finished it and I didn't find it scary at all. Not in the typical sense or even in an existential dread kinda way.

Joseph Gedgaudas

I'm playing it now as an adult and I still can't tell.

Tristan Kimball

That is wild that Ben’s son said something about the fps in the new zelda lmao. I don’t think i could have been able to tell as kid. We r spoiled by great frame rates today

Derek Hart

Yeah I agree, but I do think that it was fairly ignored. Super weird concept for a videogame. If it wasn't for Kojima, I doubt that I would have bought it. Glad I did though!

Supes

I find the visuals really distracting as well, and I'm just about the world's biggest Persona fan. Some of the backdrops have this grainy low quality aesthetic that I find really unappealing in places. I dunno, I'll probably still grit my teeth through it, but I think it's straight-up ugly at times (the brown color palettes and weird noisy particle effects especially), and in a series that's all about visual style that's a massive turn-off for me. Glad others are enjoying it, though.

Yeti ATL

Sparking Zero is surprisingly hard you gotta get into the tutorial for sure

Walker Simmons

It's time for Matty to play Death Stranding it's the perfect fall/winter game with the cold lonely haunting atmosphere and music. Such a special game that's unfairly ignored often

Jimbo

Matty is a fake Sonic fan if he doesn't know Shadow loves Latinas

Eric the human

play through the entire demo then you should know for sure if it's for you or not

Joseph Santana

Tales of crestoria mention is crazy.

J Reid

I liked things about persona but just couldn't get fully into it. I was hoping the same that metaphor would suck me in as I love fantasy and liked the vibes of persona. Now you're making me second guess getting it lol.

Roger

What am I missing with Metaphor? I've given the demo a couple tries and I just can't get into it. Something about the visuals and UI that really turns me off. I really want to like it since everyone on LSM seems to be loving it, should I power through or just leave it off my already-too-long backlog of games? I really thought I would like this more than Persona since I love fantasy, the FOMO is real for this game, is it ok to not like it or is this game really that good?