One of Metaphor: ReFantazio's best upgrades over Persona isn't just a time saver, it's becoming my go-to get-rich-quick scheme

Metaphor: ReFantazio's protagonist looks ahead, appearing surprised.
(Image credit: Atlus / Sega)

One of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Metaphor: ReFantazio's subtle improvements on Persona may be better than you think, saving you time and actively earning you some dosh or recouping precious mag꧒ic points if you play your cards right.

Metaphor approaches combat a lot like Persona doe✃s – baddies potter around 'dungeons' until you run into 'em and fight through turn-based combat. What's neat about Metaphor, though, is that you can whack and insta-kill them if you're appropriately strong. No fuss, no fight loads, just a modest helping of experience points.

Now, that's not totally new to JRPGs and is an evolution of what we've seen in Persona – Ryuji 🐻could insta-flatten weak Shadows in Persona 5, and spooking fiends in Persona 3 Reload before fighting them gave you an advantage. But! Throwing all of that together and making it more accessible to your main character – suck it, Ryuji – got an approving nod from me when I played Metaphor's demo.

It doesn't stop there, either. Metaphor is like many RPGs in that you'll need cash – called Reeve – to buy stuff, though players are quickly finding ways to game the system. An early 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Metaphor Archetype you can unlock called The Merchant is  for making money despite&nbs💞p;actually spending money to use certain attacks, and it's all thanks to t♔hat combat innovation.

As plenty of other fans have , they have an ability called Alchemy that gives you a lil' bit of dosh when you stun or defeat an enemy on the field. The in-game text undersells it by saying there's only a chance of it happening, but it seems pretty consistent to most players. Essentially, go push over some weaklings in a dungeon, and you'll get pa🐓id.

As for which dungeon, plenty on picking up the 'Man's Not-So Best Friend' bounty to return to the Tradia Desert and put down dogs for dosh – I said the money-making scheme was effective, but I didn✤'t say it was moral.

It's not just money, either. If you find your MP drying up by the time you reach a dungeon's boss, you can swap to the Mage Archetype to earn a slither of 🔯MP for, you guessed it, going and pushing over some rube into the dirt.

It's no wonder our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Metaphor: ReFantazio review rates the JRPG so highly.

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Iain Harris
News Editor, Games

I joined GamesRadar+ in May 2022 following stints at PCGamesN and PocketGamer.Biz, with some freelance for Kotaku UK, RockPaperShotgun, an💫d VG24/7 thrown in for good measure. When I'm not running the news team on the games side, you'll find me putting News Editor duties to one side to play the hottest JRPG of꧒ 20 years ago or pillaging the depths of Final Fantasy 14 for a swanky new cloak – the more colourful, the better.