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Koromari is indeed a DAWG

I personally just wish for smt 6

I would put akihiko and makoto on S tier yukari probably b

I find it interesting that the fashion in this game is heavily inspired by the 1960s. Feeding into the themes of a vision for radical revolution and optimism about the future of society. Also, the music being heavily inspired by religious music but not of any specific religion, and its heavy use of choirs and chanting, all invokes a sense of collectivist ideals. If music is literally magic in this game, then this music meant to inspire the protagonist, is all about the magic of a group of people coming together. These are the two ways I see the game designers carefully crafting their world to their theme. I’m sure someone more knowledgeable about art could find the many ways that the art in the game tie into its themes. I’m specifically interested in its use of maximalism as opposed to the persona games which are very minimalist. The art deco in it.

Get the gun and i ain't using that for summoning my persona

I'll be honest, I reflexively dislike Yukari and find her really selfish, but that may be largely from playing FES and watching her heal herself for the millionth time when other party members desperately need it. If I had played Reload first, I'd probably find her a lot more tolerable, lol

Im the only one that thinks persona 6 won't be green and it would be hilarious how everyone represents it as green?

Amazing and important video, looking forward to the next part and subscribed!

Yanderegogeta's definitely gonna have things to say

I think fuka in fes (reload) has a little more personality but aigis episode is... a "thing"

Junpei!!? He is definitely NOT the best "best friend" character. Boy was jealous of the MC the whole game and literally pointed fingers at him every time there was a problem. And THEN he avoids us for like a weak because hes insecure about being weaker and i dont remember ever having a real heart to heart with him about it. just a "hey sorry." Cant argue with his ranking but that jerks no friend of mine

I love the past of atlus but god DAMN if im not excited for metaphor refantazio 2 or them doing a new type of project again they really out did themselves and should be extremely proud of themselves this may be the new best atlus game it my new favourite RPG of all time

guys wait wait wait he probably put him there cuz d for dog, if he didn’t…he won’t get to make another tier list

The fact that the game opens and closes with the question of whether or not fantasy can influence reality is the game's thesis statement, genuinely. The fact that the game ends with calling "you" the "true seeker" and saying "With all my heart, I hope that fantasy gives you strength." shows how earnestly the creators believe in the power of fiction. It also implies that you were willing to open up to the truths the game is offering, being a "seeker" of different paths. I also love how Louis, despite having a horrible history, looks at the sanctists who burned his home down with in a very non judgmental way. He recognizes that they did that out of the need to alleviate their anxiety, thus relying on the church to overcome their fears and doing horrendous acts in their name, which is really the root cause of the greatest atrocities in history, the need to quell your fears by surrendering to a higher power, or an other to blame. It's sad in a way that the MC and Louis genuinely strive for the same thing. The party also wants to help the people struggle with their anxieties, but they want to do so in a way that creates a more equal, tolerant world where people can be happy. They genuinely want the same thing - a world where people are unshackled from anxiety, but just go about it in totally opposite ways. Also, when you mentioned the gesture the sanctists make with their hand covers their eye, it made me realize that their "amen" - Closurei, is saying "Close your eye". Seriously great writing. Thanks for the thoughtful video.

The game will probably be announced this year, but the release is probably gonna happen in 2026, maybe to celebrate the 30th year of the persona series

3:26 Namaah Caught his ahh lacking

I need the songs used in this video

20:19 papyrus?!? skellington race

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Ehhh i dont like yukari byt thats just my opinion if you like yukari then ill respect your opinion

To me OG Junpei was like B tier because of him being a salty jealous jerk in the summer. But he was good for dungeon crawling and his story with Chidori was good. To me, he didn't truly become a crit god until Reload. I'd put him in S tier there for sure 😅

Man Bluemori really sounds like Josh Busker, the old Really Freakin Clever guy lol. Also great video guys.

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An important addition I’d like to make is that the game is not saying anxiety has to be challenged unaided. That’s Louis’s ideology, and the game explicitly condemns it. It’s perfectly valid to rely on outside help to overcome anxiety, be that friendship, family, ideology, religion, or so on. This is the point Rella makes: not everyone is strong enough to handle everything life throws at them (especially since some people get more than their fair share of adversity), and that’s okay. In fact, most people will not be able to cope with adversity alone, which is why Louis’s vision is essentially apocalyptic. The problem comes when government, religion, family, friends, etc.- basically any outside force- are used as a wholesale substitute for personal growth. It is almost always necessary to rely on these things for assistance, but they can’t replace the need to take action yourself.

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Okay first of all, pretty cool podcast. I came from dogma's channel, hello. Interesting that you mentioned Tokyo Xanadu. I absolutely love that game, it hits a lot of the same notes as persona, you know, urban setting, kids with super power fighting monster with magic who also gotta explore the city and meet new ppl and so on and so forth. After playing Tokyo Xanadu it kinda made me lose my interest for persona in general, not that I hate it now or anything, but the way hashino does things is just too formulaic, too samey for me. Yeah the graphics are dated but I could care less about that. It just felt so fresh to me and the more I played it the more I realized this is the kinda of thing I wanted from persona. I played the demo for metaphor and I saw the calendar system, social links and the fact that you basically just use personas and characters even have an awakening scene that looks like it came right out of P5, specially considering that this was supposed to be a brand new IP, well all my hype just turned into disapointment basically. Edit: I just realized that my comment doesn't make for a very good first impression huh?

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48 :) cool to hear other people's opinion on metaphor after mostly seeing people saying its the best thing ever. i agree with the criticisms and comments on possible stagnation, as an smt fan i honestly wasn't too impressed with the continual reuse and heavy lean on persona elements especially.. also glad the music was brought up because i feel like it provides so much for a game's atmosphere, and most of the time it just didn't do the job or was memorable (like at all). ty for the discussion and all the excellent atlus vids!

2 hours of metaphor content?! Count me in. I hope yall enjoyed it as much as I did

You were this close to being executed

Thanks for having me on the show Bluemori! Looking forward to growing together!

3 minutes and no likes :| I am going to change that cuz it is sad to see to such a great content creator not having any likes. :)

This is my exact list honestly. Yukari and Junpei are easily the best first characters you get to meet in the entire series with some of the best development and dialogue in the game.

Compared to most other games, this whole cast is an S tier

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I wasn't totally sold on the Persona-but-fantasy angle of Metaphor but your sensible and astute analysis decided me to give it a try. I should've learned a long time ago to give Atlus' old heads the benefit of the doubt, their games are always digging much deeper than what their colorful presentation would let believe.

Koromaru fans stay winnin

While playing P3R, I found Yukari a bit monodimensional tbh. But then I reached Episode:Aigis ending and, well... I must agree with the S tier.

Both Yukari and Junpei in S tier? … more like stupid fa-

Beautifully put together video of a beautifully crafted narrative, I felt like tearing up at some point. Great work!

@34 seconds. Hah, OH, OHHHHHH! I think I might know of another youtuber who made that argument.😂

Would be really cool if atlus would have adapted this into p3r as dlc or something

Aoki was such a prodigy, it's such a shame he passed away so young, also at 11:11 you mixed up eurythmic battle and evolution, not that it matter tbf

i legitimately forgot i had a personal training session with 2 clients because of this game, i was more time crunched in the game than real life. gg

this was an amazing analysis. ideals really are powerful

Tbh I don't really care about the story when it comes to atlus games, I'm to impatient so I walked away with "I'm a badass, it's okay to live in a fantasy but not really or fiction us reality or what ever and racism bad" I just wanted to get back to fighting 70% of the time

The Optimist might get hurt, might find themselves experiencing pain from having their hopes dashed. The Optimist's position is perilous because they might suffer The Pessimist, the one who never dares hope, is permanently suffering, permanently defeated and has lost before the bell has even rung. The Pessimist's position is hell and will always be hell.