Persona 5 was a ridiculously lengthy recreation, and it seems like the subsequent title from the devs behind it, Metaphor: ReFantazio, will take up simply as a lot of your time.
There are a selection of causes I have never performed Persona 5, however simply one of many largest is simply how lengthy the rattling factor is. I’ve heard individuals say “yeah it is like 100 hours minimal” and I shrugged that off as individuals exaggerating how lengthy it really takes, solely take a peek at How Lengthy To Beat and see, oh my, this factor actually is like 100 hours lengthy. To be clear, that is individuals simply logging the principle story, with completionist hours coming in at 173 hours (Atlus wept) – although Persona 5 Royal clocks in at round 142 hours for completionists, regardless of having extra content material, so your mileage could differ there. And now, the director of Persona 5 and the upcoming Metaphor: ReFantazio Katsura Hashino has mentioned the brand new JRPG shall be roughly simply as lengthy.
Talking to Spanish web site Vandal in a now seemingly deleted put up (later shared to Reddit), Hashino famous how Persona 5 was a “very cumbersome recreation” and that Metaphor: ReFantazio will be capable of catch as much as its size. On prime of that, he shared that even after the credit roll there will be quite a few causes to maintain exploring the sport’s world, Eucronia, noting that the group has tried to make a well-paced recreation as greatest they’ll (a welcome bit of reports contemplating the pacing points the Persona collection is understood for).
Funnily sufficient, Hashino did additionally say that the group thought Metaphor was going to be somewhat shorter, however because of the sheer quantity of content material they added to it, it is coming as much as the identical size as a title like Persona 5. These of you that like “animated cinematic sequences” will even be completely happy to listen to there will be roughly the identical quantity of Persona 5 too.
Our personal Dom obtained to speak with among the group behind Metaphor final month, which you’ll learn right here.
Metaphor: ReFantazio is due out October 11, and shall be accessible on PS4, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC.
