The game is growing on me.

[Griever]

Honestly my attention span was burned by years of playing fast paced souls games and I didn't play a classic JRPG for a long time, so I was overwhelmed and at times bored by this dialogue and text heavy game.

But I've played 10 hours so far, just got to the Gauntlet runner part, and I'm slowly starting to enjoy the game, the world building, and the bonding with characters. I'm also appreciating the graphical style of the game, you can tell they built this world with love.

So yeah, this is a game for slow gamers, in the old school JRPG style. It's a real slow burn game but it's compelling if you try to switch your brain on (which let's be honest many of us gamers don't like to do).

Oh and the dialogue is interesting. It's often asking you to consider ideas, and giving good advice.

It's definitely not a game that will be enjoyed by the average gamer that wants action gameplay, it's a story & dialogue heavy game that makes even a Final Fantasy game look fast paced.

I've only met like 4 characters so far but I'm intrigued about where the story will go.
I think Hulkenberg is one of the coolest female characters in gaming so far. She's really badass.

[Comatose Dolphin]

Originally posted by Griever:

Honestly my attention span was burned by years of playing fast paced souls games and I didn't play a classic JRPG for a long time, so I was overwhelmed and at times bored by this dialogue and text heavy game.

But I've played 10 hours so far, just got to the Gauntlet runner part, and I'm slowly starting to enjoy the game, the world building, and the bonding with characters. I'm also appreciating the graphical style of the game, you can tell they built this world with love.

So yeah, this is a game for slow gamers, in the old school JRPG style. It's a real slow burn game but it's compelling if you try to switch your brain on (which let's be honest many of us gamers don't like to do).

Oh and the dialogue is interesting. It's often asking you to consider ideas, and giving good advice.

It's definitely not a game that will be enjoyed by the average gamer that wants action gameplay, it's a story & dialogue heavy game that makes even a Final Fantasy game look fast paced.

I've only met like 4 characters so far but I'm intrigued about where the story will go.
I think Hulkenberg is one of the coolest female characters in gaming so far. She's really badass.

Good to hear

[zero]

first time ive heard people can any souls game "fast paced" those things are like 30+ hour adventures

that said glad your having fun now

[Griever]

Originally posted by zero:

first time ive heard people can any souls game "fast paced" those things are like 30+ hour adventures
that said glad your having fun now

By fast paced, I mean that the gameplay itself is simplistic and pure gameplay.
It's basically all about movement, dodging, and hitting one button. The lore is not exposed at all and all in the background. It's basically going through levels, fighting bosses. It does not require you to slow down and read things like a JRPG does. For example FightingCowboy who plays exclusively souls games, couldn't play like over 1 hour of metaphor without quitting forever (and he skipped all dialogue). This game (even more so than Nier which is action heavy) requires you to sit down for a long time and read dialogue, that can be off putting to the majority of gamers that want a game that is 99% gameplay (like majority of games). Majority of games do not expose the story heavily through text. But Atlus does.

This is my first Atlus game and its definitely a new thing for me, but I'm enjoying it.
It's more art game than pure gameplay game IMO.

[Gray Knight]

Good for you buddy. i keep having to reload a save because i keep getting hit with "oh. I done goofed" hammer and have now trapped myself

[Griever]

Originally posted by Gray Knight:

Good for you buddy. i keep having to reload a save because i keep getting hit with "oh. I done goofed" hammer and have now trapped myself

I'm still at the ultra beginning of the game (just reached first town outside the main city) and I wonder if I will ever hit any difficult point. My party hasn't died once so far.

[REBirthTheEdge]

Wait until you meet Heismay.

[Fuhrer]

Metaphor follows Persona tradition by having an incredibly slow start. But unlike Persona, it also deviates by having a relatively poor start as well. From taking *way* too long to give you a full party, to being overly heavy handed with some plot elements, to having an exhausting lack of any levity at all for quite awhile, it's not at its best initially. It's a good game, but it gets even better as you progress. I'm at the third town and I nearly cheered when a certain scumbag got their punishment.

All in all, it definitely rewards you for sticking with it.

[Pencillus Sedatus]

it is like a palette cleanser for those who are rot in their brain playing gotcha games and mobile games or micro transaction games.