isn't he said in the Nintendo direct video that all Turn based JRPG the same? But, it's a massive win, especially Metaphor refantazio and Persona 5 is the best turn based Jrpg the world have to offer right now
@@lolilol5346 But only because this game easily has content for hundreds of hours if you pour your heart into it, he may actually play it over the next few months or so but I doubt it
It's amazing how writing medieval people as they were, and not through a lens of modern sensibilities, makes the atmosphere infinitely better than most modern fantasy games.
I'm just baffled as to how easily he got through this I really hope he keeps playing this, as the entire game and its battle mechanics are very different from your typical turn based jrpg
@@MattMama-w2vI'm against all of that, but can you point out the things that are "woke" about this game? No, main character being brown isn't it- no, that famous line about the MC saying the city is diverse in reference to the fact that there's multiple FANTASY races isn't woke either. I'm as tired of it as you are, but we can't start thinking every single thing is "dirty" or whatever.
Been playing this for a while now. Metaphor is actually really fucking good. Its like they removed all the romance from Persona, Made it high fantasy and changed all that romance into political intrigue. They were also confident enough in the game to give you a fucking 5-7 HOUR DEMO for free, that carries over. This game is actually lit.
@@Heivrach only because majority of romance writing (especially romance manga/anime) in any media sucks ass. P5R did it really well, even though it was such a small portion of the game, here you could improve & spice up the plot by having the mc make a choice not only because "this one's hot & my type", but perhaps because it would aid him in his quest to gaining people favor, like boosting his tolerance when choosing paripus, three eyes or some other discriminated people, giving more & unique options when buying eq, and better prices because you decided to elope with some noble family that specializes in smithing, or has wast deposits of some rare ore, etc. It could be such an easy way to put something interesting with little effort to make it if they are so set on not having romance options with companions, and it's not like romance isn't optional in every rpg, or j-rpg.
@@Official_RetroMania You should just ignore that dude. Judging by his other comments on this channel he either hasn't touched much grass in his life or is just here to vent... because well, you just have those kind of people on TH-cam. 😅
Well, he played a lot in Granblue Relink and finished FF16 story, I guess Asmon is diggin' that rabbit hole for a while, guess next he'll be playing Dragon Quest 3 lol.
It didn't. I think this is the 3rd or 4th time this year that a game or some other video he reacted to "changed his life." Its his stupid editor who can't come up with a good title for the video so he keeps reusing old titles from other videos from Asmon.
@@TheOriginalDVKtbh I could see P5R going really hard because although it’s not a stream game, the Kamoshida arc is full of WTF and fucked up moments, that would be a very fun stream doing the beginning of the game until beating Kamoshida and seeing his reactions
Racism is fun when it is engaged in equally with the understanding that it's harmless fun. That's why friends of different races say racist shit to each other and laugh about it.
A few tips for new players in this smt/persona type games. Stock up on the most cheap healing items. When you are exploring dungeons, you use those items to top up your hps, don't use healing magic(only when is extremely necessary on battle). That way you save your mp for offensive magic/skills, doing so you can explore the dungeons more faster. Buffs and Debuffs only for Bosses and Mid-Bosses or special monsters(there are some in dungeons). They are a waste of mp otherwise. Its not bad to flee from a battle when you started ambushed and the odds are really against you. Is better to flee, restore your hp with items and try to gain the advantage agains that enemy, that way you consumed less resources(mp). MP is the main resource for you to explore the dungeons, and at the beginning and mid game the items that restore mp are rare to get to. Last but not least, it is not suggested that you play this game on Hard, these games start somewhat easy but the difficulty of the fights scalate after the first few hours. In this showcase it seemed easy, but he did not fight even a mid-boss, only a scripted Boss. Good luck to all
Except using Mage on the Protag allows you to have infinite MP. They made MP less of an issue imho. I went into the main dungon on day one (using some basic guide since I hate planning out the days myself) And leaving up the two spawn trance crystals allows you to easily gain full mp with some basic overworld grinding. I'm not sure if the devs did that on purpose. Might be since you only get 1 mp per mob kill so it takes time but still.
NO FUCKING WAY! I always wanted to see Asmon play a Persona or Shin Megami Tensei game. Never expected him to play Metaphor: ReFantazio which is all the combination of all the elements that makes Persona and SMT amazing. Have fun, Asmon.
@@zondor8123_Obviously_ he likes action and dislikes social bullshit But this game has barely more action and barely less social bullshit than Personal 5. The difference is just the style
@@hundvd_7 The style, and lack of high school sim... I feel the same honestly, I dont mind a little social stuff if it boosts my combat performance but man I do not want to play a high school dating sim.
Yeah i was getting tired of highschool drama on the persona games(i couldnt finish p5 because of that, although its a great game) Although this game has teenager esque protagonist and characters, it doesnt have that cringe drama. So is a welcomed change
Game is woke jokes aside, this is one of the few games that does a "diverse" cast correctly. Every character being from different tribes, all looking different / acting different due to that, and making them flow with the story well. Also they are designed well and not all just ugly for no reason
People who are complaining about it being woke are doing so because of localization changes. Idk how true that is but given what happened for royals western release and the gay guys who flirt with ryuji I would not be surprised but I haven't noticed anything so could be overexagerrated
@@Jarjarfunk You're probably right. I bowed out when I reached footage of the main character thanking someone for improving his tolerance stat and talking about how diversity is their team's strength. I couldn't tell if it was just a god-awful, cringe-inducing localization or the game being itself... but it was so on-the-nose and ham-fisted that I bowed out. Don't regret it, really. *shrug*
@@Lurker_Z its kinda hard to tell if you're a fan of JRPGs all MCs are femboys japanese ppl are obsessed with femboys so it could just be them, and the voice is a coincidence. but I'm very worried bc I love atlus games so I'm giving them slight leeway but if it starts being obvious, I'm out don't care how much I like their games. can you give me some good points for what is woke in this game I'm serious not trying to waste your time. as long as it's not 24/7 diversity and inclusion I'm fine as long as woke crap isn't the main focus.
@@RageKage987 All I know about it is all I saw in the first 17 minutes of this video. The only anime-graphics game that I enjoyed was _Fire Emblem: Three Houses._ All I can tell you is that my gut instinct was this game was woke so I didn't even bother watching after the first 17 minutes.
It’s such a shame that he got banned from twitch the following day and ended playing it while he was banned. Not saying he shouldn’t have played it without recording or streaming it. It’s just that the timing of everything sucks to say the least. I hope he streams the rest of his playthrough now that he’s unbanned. I haven’t finished the game yet but after playing about 50 hours so far I honestly believe this is the magnum opus of atlus games and one of the best JRPGs. Which is why I think it was a waste of great content and that it’s such a shame I’ll never see his first playthrough of one of the best JRPGs.
There's no way Zack is beating this 80-100 hours turn based story focused game. But I respect him for even giving the game a chance in the first place.
To this day I'm waiting for a plot twist like: *Villain kills king* Officer: "The king is dead and has no heirs, what shall we do?" 2nd officer: "We could always ditch monarchy and start a republic." Everyone else: "Good idea. Let's make a constitution." Villain: "WHAT?"
@@andregon4366 Yeah someone finally went "Hey in a world of magic we don't have to pretend it works like the real world." So it's literally a magic election that reads the minds of the people directly so they can't be persecuted for their vote and prevents all major candidates from being harmed in any way so people can only win by campaigning.
@@Donovarkhallum almost every mechanic is similar to persona. they didnt rly do a new ip here. they slapped fantasy on it and its basically persona 6. i enjoy it. i love persona games. but its similiar in 90% of its content
I love how the fact that this game CLEARLY breaks the fourth wall a lot has tipped Asmon off to the fact that this game just might break the fourth wall. lol
@@AlmostSaDiK not really morality is not cut and dry there are many instances where life is less important than non-living things. I can give examples if you want but I really don't care that much to waste my time arguing about it, so I just left 1 comment. 100 bucks says someone calls me a sociopath bc I don't agree with what they consider normal morality even though morality is completely subjective.
In terms of JRPGS, seeing Persona or OCTOPATH would be awesome! NieR Automata is a great game too though, and I think the combat is a perfect fit for him.
@@TNTspazNot by a wide margin. Persona 5 has sold over 10 million copies. That is *more than Bloodborne.* Bloodborne is still more famous, of course. It's a console-locked game so the sales are surely going to be smaller. And it's one of the least "popular" games in the overarching franchise, while P5 is the best seller by far.
@@TNTspaz no SMT games are mainstream now dude thank persona 5. these games are not niche anymore dude everyone knows that. you're living like its 20 years ago when it actually was niche. " Capturing a niche doesn't make it less niche. "??? how does that work? if your niche game becomes popular it's not niche anymore smart one. lmfao. niche means its only popular to a dedicated group of fans I swear you can't make this stuff up. what an unintelligent thing to say.
8:18 As a long time Persona and anime fan, I *never* liked the look of the 2d cutscenes. They were slowly improving, but not a single one of them was "good enough" to me. But this game's are actually gorgeous
@@pspsmallzP5 definitely not. It had a very "pretty" look but it was just uncanny. Kinda like a hentai. Amateurish and low-budget, basically. Which is surprising considering they were made by A1 Pictures-the studio behind the visually perfectly acceptable anime adaptation. P3R was a step better, and it's on the border of acceptable. But not even close to this one.
Then you haven't played many games. _Hades_ does it too, the Sirens sing the song you hear while battling you and their music changes depending on the phase of the fight.
come on guys be nice it's his first time not everyone is playing hades or GTA. no need to act as if he's not a real " gamer " bc of it. lmfao. you both know this isn't common in games and he probably plays JRPGs mostly.
I love the hidden genius between Asmongold being the real person and Zack being the character he’s playing. He rolled a Nat 20 on Perception for this game’s themes.
People saying "garbage localization" have no understanding of Japanese. It's a pretty solid localization, with only a little bit of more flowery language thrown in for flavor and to make everything feel very "UK". Everything concerning the basics is 1:1.
This game's main theme is definitely based on equality and inclusion, but it uses fantasy "races", which in turn makes it less intrusive than games created with full blown DEI messaging.
You got that ass backwards; Altus changed JRPG. Shin Megami wasn’t approachable enough but layed the groundwork’s very well, Persona was niche but already getting truly refined, Metaphor however is a true magnum opus; 35y of experience condensed into an approachable and relatable piece of art, impressive at first glance, and once it successfully has your attention it just can’t stop piling on layers if details, intrigues, and interconnected mechanics. I’m clearly bias, Kabbalah, Jung, Machiavelli, Miura, this blends all my favourite interests carte blanche in a new and unexplored experience; that said, 140h in, this is 10/10 in my book. Easily the best RPG this generation. On a side note, it also highlights Square Enix’s decline by straying away from their roots; this is how you innovate turn based combat and tell a genre defining epoch, FF7’s re~butchery pales in comparison, both mechanically and by virtue that it fails to tell a complete story to date and for years to come..
"Easily the best RPG this generation" until expedition 33 releases next year. Also, would you say its better than SMT V vengeance? I'm still in the beginning of metaphor.
@@bigbosss7911 Definitely, all things considered SMT:V was a bit of a let down; certainly a great game in its own regard but a weaker outing amongst its peers. It being a Switch game was a mayor contributor, the expansion and subsequent widening of system availability rectified a great deal of its inherent shortcomings yet in scope it still pales in comparison to Metaphor. SMT:5V now proudly stands amongst its peers as a great continuation whereas Metaphor stands out on its uniquely own right, by virtue of treading new grounds and paving a familiar yet innovative new path. Not to mention that it single-handedly is the best introduction to Jung’s body of thought barring dedicated educational material. You might genuinely walk away a changed man once the credits roll, if not at least enlightened with new insight and perhaps interests.
Thank you, I keep trumpeting that the FF7 remake is utter dogshit (Nomura is a decent character designer but should have never risen above that), but there are so many people defending it. Square Enix hasn't made a GREAT game since FFX. FFXII was their last chance but they didn't let Matsuno direct it how he wanted it, and as a result the game is half-finished in so many ways. The Octopath games are a step in the right direction, but nothing like the old great RPGs: FF Tactics, FFVII, Xenogears, and so on.
@@CHHaywood Well I’ll be damned, I wholeheartedly agree! I will say tho, I do appreciate 12 and 13-3 in their own regard; both where, subjectively, surprisingly engaging. That said, as a whole, I do question their validity for baring the (once?) honorabel title of Final Fantasy. To his credit, and at the same time dismay, Nomura is one hell of a marketing man as well. Lightning genuinely became somewhat of a fashion icon, spouting multiple magazine spreads and covers with the biggest brands imaginable; sadly this niece positive bleaks in comparison with the negatives it brought about. A remarkable feat which I wish was achieved by someone else or at least more responsibly.. Yoko Taro’s Voice of Cards series, IMO, is also worth mentioning; novel in approach, quite stellar in execution, and with great writing. Very reasonably priced as well, solely wins in my book.
If you like the art style, you will like the Persona games, too. Same devs, same artists. Similar battle system. Just older and less refined. I recommend "Persona 3 Reload", closest to the superior PS 2 version, "Ps4 Golden" and "Persona 5 Royal." Three and Five are my favorites. As Action gamer you may also consider to buy the action spin off "Persons 5 Strikers" But keep in mind that half of the games is a school life simulator.
If anyone is curious: The art, the creature design, the theme of this game are heavily inspired - some even copied from Bosch's paintings "The Garden of Earthly Delights". If you're into art this is absolutely amazing. It was one of the early drawings of the finals days, how hell felt like. Highly recommend the video from "Great Art Explained" if you want to know more details about that.
@@TheOriginalDVK I mean it all depends on what he values, story wise p5 is the one with best pacing, p3's improves in September but before that not much happens honestly, p4 is better in that regard, but I honestly felt more engaged with p5's arcs
Jokes aside- I’m so glad it doesn’t have the high school setting like in persona. Also happy they ditched the teenage dating system. I like the hit before battle, too. The reason I bought this game is because it was not Persona in important parts, but took some of the good things and systems and improved on it basically.
Happened to me too when i decided to get seriously into gaming, i've tried every genre and while some i just can't stomach now i can finish way more stuff because of constant genre switching that leads to less burnout, finished my 160th game of this year just yesterday, and yes i do have a job.
Im happy to see Asmon playing a game from my favorite developer. They focus on more than just gameplay but music score, menu making, and freedom to goof off.
nah bro, he stopped playing right before the guts personarmor this is so sad. Asmon please play and finish this game you won't regret a single second. I can't believe he played more Veilguard than this, what a disaster
hey asmondgold, this has nothing to with the video, but my uncle yousto watch your videos and play wow, I recently started playing wow and watching ur content, my uncle passed away 1 year and 6 days ago, ur videos remind me of him.
It's crazy that people now see Homo, and think it means "homosexual automatically" Homo is the Greek word for "same" When you put it with Sapiens it means "Human being" or "Same Human" Oppo supposedly means "Opposite Number." To me, even though Homo means same. It appears that Homo Oppos actually means "Opposite Human." or "Un-normal Human" Also, I'm having a hard time believing this is a DEI game. People see DEI in it as healing, but before D.E.I. it was an entire word on its own, Dei means "God" or "God's" and it is Latin, I believe. Dei Gratia = "By the Grace of God." Agnus Dei ' "Lamb of God." This game seems more of a Religious undertones in a fictional story, as opposed to "Diverse Equity and Inclusion." going to need more proof to think this is a "D.E.I." game. Just because it has dark elves and big people and women isn't enough to convince me this is a woke game.
@@AvengingFossilx "@mokadelic4037 13 minutes ago (edited) Not gonna lie this game looked cool at first but it seems absolutely PLAGUED by DEI messaging and woke propaganda. And considering how much dialogue there is in these games... definitely gonna be a hard pass for me." A comment before me about this game being "DEI"
@mokadelic4037 13 minutes ago (edited) Not gonna lie this game looked cool at first but it seems absolutely PLAGUED by DEI messaging and woke propaganda. And considering how much dialogue there is in these games... definitely gonna be a hard pass for me. some people are going to think this is DEI because they see things like "homo" or "togetherness" or see a guy that looks a bit feminine or because the heals are named DEI, if you don't like me replying to people like this then don't read what I said.
People need to understand that just because a game has a story of "building a megopolis, or a utopia, doesn't make it DEI. That's been a plot point for fantasy games for decades.
This games English localisation has been apparently deified by infamous person who has ruined many things though, so waiting for the comparison videos between Japanese and English version.
@@Misbeliefz I will still be waiting for fans who speak Japanese to post those comparison pages, if those are ok then I will consider giving money to them.
Asmon changes his life more times than he changes his shirt.
😂😅
to be fair, literally every second of living is changing our lives
We do grow a new skin every month lol.
Underrated comment
Once a month?
Asmon started to like turn-based combat ever since he made that Elden Ring shield build
I thought it was from him being tricked into playing Honkai Star rail.
@@Utrilusit was, and he tricked himself too thinking it was HI3rd
Was from Honkai star rail
@@Utrilus Bruhhh no one should be subjected to gacha games 😅
isn't he said in the Nintendo direct video that all Turn based JRPG the same?
But, it's a massive win, especially Metaphor refantazio and Persona 5 is the best
turn based Jrpg the world have to offer right now
Not only did he play it, he played it on hard and did well because he enthusiastically engaged with the mechanics. Very fun watch.
And still wont ever play it again
He is playing it offline it seems as so it got him @@lolilol5346
Every SMT-like has to be played on hard, otherwise you ruin it.
@@lolilol5346 But only because this game easily has content for hundreds of hours if you pour your heart into it, he may actually play it over the next few months or so but I doubt it
Hard is way better than else
Playing an Atlus RPG was not on the bingo card
Well time to add it to the next year bingo card.
It's amazing how writing medieval people as they were, and not through a lens of modern sensibilities, makes the atmosphere infinitely better than most modern fantasy games.
I'm just baffled as to how easily he got through this
I really hope he keeps playing this, as the entire game and its battle mechanics are very different from your typical turn based jrpg
@@wickian9571 This game is so woke it makes me nauseous.
@@MattMama-w2vI'm against all of that, but can you point out the things that are "woke" about this game? No, main character being brown isn't it- no, that famous line about the MC saying the city is diverse in reference to the fact that there's multiple FANTASY races isn't woke either. I'm as tired of it as you are, but we can't start thinking every single thing is "dirty" or whatever.
Been playing this for a while now. Metaphor is actually really fucking good. Its like they removed all the romance from Persona, Made it high fantasy and changed all that romance into political intrigue.
They were also confident enough in the game to give you a fucking 5-7 HOUR DEMO for free, that carries over. This game is actually lit.
Should have kept the romance but yes to everything
@GlennElliottKeller
Nah man, romance ruins nearly everything.
What's up with jrpgs and bland mute protagonists? Do people really enjoy playing a story based game with a mute protagonist?
@@Heivrach only because majority of romance writing (especially romance manga/anime) in any media sucks ass. P5R did it really well, even though it was such a small portion of the game, here you could improve & spice up the plot by having the mc make a choice not only because "this one's hot & my type", but perhaps because it would aid him in his quest to gaining people favor, like boosting his tolerance when choosing paripus, three eyes or some other discriminated people, giving more & unique options when buying eq, and better prices because you decided to elope with some noble family that specializes in smithing, or has wast deposits of some rare ore, etc. It could be such an easy way to put something interesting with little effort to make it if they are so set on not having romance options with companions, and it's not like romance isn't optional in every rpg, or j-rpg.
@@nocebo5792 I wouldn't say P5R did it well because it does literally nothing for the game
No way he played this.
The A.I. is starting to get out of hand. It even smells like nothing just like he does.
I watched him played it on stream. Legit hahaha
He's playing every anime game except for genshin lol.
He's opening his mind.
The reality though is he's playing it because its a 94 on metacritic and people are going to watch by the thousands.
Ok, who wished on the evil monkey paw to get him to play a JRPG and what did it cost us?
He had to play a shitty Atlus game
@@MN-jw7mm Shitty? Sure bro and what are good JRPG's in your opinion?
@@Official_RetroMania I think he means another game which is shitty from Atlas.
I wished for this now I'm cursed to be a virgin forever it's not a bad trade actually
@@Official_RetroMania You should just ignore that dude. Judging by his other comments on this channel he either hasn't touched much grass in his life or is just here to vent... because well, you just have those kind of people on TH-cam. 😅
No way I lived enough to see this man playing an ATLUS JRPG
Asmongold begins his jrpg phase.
In his JRPG era
Well, he played a lot in Granblue Relink and finished FF16 story, I guess Asmon is diggin' that rabbit hole for a while, guess next he'll be playing Dragon Quest 3 lol.
@@OkaRin1 Maybe Dragon Quest 11, and not 3,
it's better for beginner.
also i'm still waiting for Asmongold to try Kingdom Heart
suddenly ......
@@OkaRin1 he'll play DQ3 when he plays genshin lol
Now that he played this, there's going to be 1000x more people asking him to play other turn based games.
If only they would....take turns 😂 😆
Oh no! Anyway...
Baldur's Gate 3 and Persona 5 Royal please!
I need him to play Nocturne
Still waiting for Asmon's playthrough for Chrono Trigger, FFVI & FFVII, and Lunar Silver Star Story, and Parasite Eve II.
Never imagined a JRPG would change Asmon's life
It didn't. I think this is the 3rd or 4th time this year that a game or some other video he reacted to "changed his life."
Its his stupid editor who can't come up with a good title for the video so he keeps reusing old titles from other videos from Asmon.
There's not much that doesn't change his life. The only variety he gets in his life is from playing games.
Fire the editor. Using the same titles for 50 different games
He played GB Relink for a good chunk of time, always mentioned how much he liked it
@@johnlinks It gets clicks. That's why he does it, even if it's a meme.
This is out of my 2024 Asmongold Bingo card.
I cant actually believe he played this. He would never play SMT or Persona, but I guess Star Rail changed him
I guess some games really changed his life frfr
I think him playing Persona 4 would be fun though.
The story is right up his alley , and he would enjoy it more then P5 i think
Wait, so he never played Strange Journey, SMT4 or SMT Nocturne? This man is missing out real bad..
@@TheOriginalDVK or p3r since it's new.
@@TheOriginalDVKtbh I could see P5R going really hard because although it’s not a stream game, the Kamoshida arc is full of WTF and fucked up moments, that would be a very fun stream doing the beginning of the game until beating Kamoshida and seeing his reactions
"Racism is supposed to be fun" lmao
The Elder scrolls series summarized
ngl, racism is lowkey fun
Racism is fun when it is engaged in equally with the understanding that it's harmless fun. That's why friends of different races say racist shit to each other and laugh about it.
@@Ulrna i suppose it depends
@@Pandamonium626 this
A few tips for new players in this smt/persona type games. Stock up on the most cheap healing items. When you are exploring dungeons, you use those items to top up your hps, don't use healing magic(only when is extremely necessary on battle).
That way you save your mp for offensive magic/skills, doing so you can explore the dungeons more faster.
Buffs and Debuffs only for Bosses and Mid-Bosses or special monsters(there are some in dungeons). They are a waste of mp otherwise.
Its not bad to flee from a battle when you started ambushed and the odds are really against you. Is better to flee, restore your hp with items and try to gain the advantage agains that enemy, that way you consumed less resources(mp).
MP is the main resource for you to explore the dungeons, and at the beginning and mid game the items that restore mp are rare to get to.
Last but not least, it is not suggested that you play this game on Hard, these games start somewhat easy but the difficulty of the fights scalate after the first few hours. In this showcase it seemed easy, but he did not fight even a mid-boss, only a scripted Boss.
Good luck to all
Thanks for the heads up
Except using Mage on the Protag allows you to have infinite MP. They made MP less of an issue imho. I went into the main dungon on day one (using some basic guide since I hate planning out the days myself) And leaving up the two spawn trance crystals allows you to easily gain full mp with some basic overworld grinding.
I'm not sure if the devs did that on purpose. Might be since you only get 1 mp per mob kill so it takes time but still.
@@DieKao Knight archetype gets a cheap aoe heal in the overworld too. Can heal to full with 2 mana
Nah these are basic RPG strats 😊
@@DieKao This becomes WAY less effective later on. You only get 1MP per enemy stunned/defeated in the overworld.
I believe this life changing events are getting us closer to him cleaning his room event again
Now, don't get too excited here. Room cleaning events are incredibly rare events happening once in a decade or two!
aged like fine wine
NO FUCKING WAY! I always wanted to see Asmon play a Persona or Shin Megami Tensei game. Never expected him to play Metaphor: ReFantazio which is all the combination of all the elements that makes Persona and SMT amazing. Have fun, Asmon.
He hates persona but loves this game. So based on my point he likes action but dislikes social bullshit
@@zondor8123_Obviously_ he likes action and dislikes social bullshit
But this game has barely more action and barely less social bullshit than Personal 5. The difference is just the style
@@hundvd_7 The style, and lack of high school sim... I feel the same honestly, I dont mind a little social stuff if it boosts my combat performance but man I do not want to play a high school dating sim.
Yeah i was getting tired of highschool drama on the persona games(i couldnt finish p5 because of that, although its a great game)
Although this game has teenager esque protagonist and characters, it doesnt have that cringe drama. So is a welcomed change
@@zondor8123he doesn't hate persona he never even played it
"I thought racism was supposed to be fun."
Quote of the year that changed my life.
Why is that?
He hates Diablo but likes this game what a joke😂. Crazy u take advice from asmongold.
@@wavyhermit52302 different games buddy and...grow up.
@@2genders-tk2ue doesn’t matter lmao ones actually fun the others is a weird over hyped turnbase anime harem😂🤦♂️
@@2genders-tk2uei think the guy is just baiting
Game is woke jokes aside, this is one of the few games that does a "diverse" cast correctly. Every character being from different tribes, all looking different / acting different due to that, and making them flow with the story well. Also they are designed well and not all just ugly for no reason
People who are complaining about it being woke are doing so because of localization changes. Idk how true that is but given what happened for royals western release and the gay guys who flirt with ryuji I would not be surprised but I haven't noticed anything so could be overexagerrated
@@Jarjarfunk You're probably right. I bowed out when I reached footage of the main character thanking someone for improving his tolerance stat and talking about how diversity is their team's strength. I couldn't tell if it was just a god-awful, cringe-inducing localization or the game being itself... but it was so on-the-nose and ham-fisted that I bowed out.
Don't regret it, really. *shrug*
>feminine guy MC
>man-voiced flat fae
"Guys, stop lying about it being woke, you're embarrassing yourselves."
@@Lurker_Z its kinda hard to tell if you're a fan of JRPGs all MCs are femboys japanese ppl are obsessed with femboys so it could just be them, and the voice is a coincidence. but I'm very worried bc I love atlus games so I'm giving them slight leeway but if it starts being obvious, I'm out don't care how much I like their games. can you give me some good points for what is woke in this game I'm serious not trying to waste your time. as long as it's not 24/7 diversity and inclusion I'm fine as long as woke crap isn't the main focus.
@@RageKage987 All I know about it is all I saw in the first 17 minutes of this video. The only anime-graphics game that I enjoyed was _Fire Emblem: Three Houses._ All I can tell you is that my gut instinct was this game was woke so I didn't even bother watching after the first 17 minutes.
It’s such a shame that he got banned from twitch the following day and ended playing it while he was banned. Not saying he shouldn’t have played it without recording or streaming it. It’s just that the timing of everything sucks to say the least. I hope he streams the rest of his playthrough now that he’s unbanned.
I haven’t finished the game yet but after playing about 50 hours so far I honestly believe this is the magnum opus of atlus games and one of the best JRPGs. Which is why I think it was a waste of great content and that it’s such a shame I’ll never see his first playthrough of one of the best JRPGs.
There's no way Zack is beating this 80-100 hours turn based story focused game. But I respect him for even giving the game a chance in the first place.
2 months later, he has done two full playthroughs.
@@johnnysmith5923 Glad to be proven wrong on this one. Refantazio is amazing.
Now if only he'd finish his Cyberpunk playthrough...
@@ThwipThwipBoom Oh yeah I agree, there's a lot of great games he really has to get around to actually playing/finishing.
"Hard it is"
They ain't lyin'
Almost couldn't even finish the demo on hard
Same, I got stuck on the last fight
@@K3Vz0dude that damn last fight traumatized me
@@Tvdvidro For me it was Guptaurus, but the Merchant Archetype is well worth it
@@ChazzItUp6714 guptarus I had more mp, so it was much easier, since the last demo fight I had no mp whatsoever and no items
@@Tvdvidro What last fight are you talking about?
To this day I'm waiting for a plot twist like:
*Villain kills king*
Officer: "The king is dead and has no heirs, what shall we do?"
2nd officer: "We could always ditch monarchy and start a republic."
Everyone else: "Good idea. Let's make a constitution."
Villain: "WHAT?"
that's literally the plot of this game.
@@keithfilibeck2390 What?
Instead of officers it's a magic that invokes an election
@@RaVVen.P Added to my wishlist.
@@andregon4366 Yeah someone finally went "Hey in a world of magic we don't have to pretend it works like the real world." So it's literally a magic election that reads the minds of the people directly so they can't be persecuted for their vote and prevents all major candidates from being harmed in any way so people can only win by campaigning.
No fucking way dude. Asmon is playing an Atlus game 🤯
I never thought I'd see Asmon play an Atlus JRPG.
Hell yeah Asmon playong persona 6
heeho
It's not at all oersona 6
@@Donovarkhallum somepeoplo dont caro, thoy just say stoff they loke to believo
@@Donovarkhallum almost every mechanic is similar to persona. they didnt rly do a new ip here. they slapped fantasy on it and its basically persona 6. i enjoy it. i love persona games. but its similiar in 90% of its content
@@Sir_Bratze only the battle system.
Metaphor!
I love how the fact that this game CLEARLY breaks the fourth wall a lot has tipped Asmon off to the fact that this game just might break the fourth wall.
lol
Refreshing to see somebody say in the game that something can be more important than one life.
Only when that thing is another persons or multiple persons' lives.
@@AlmostSaDiK not really morality is not cut and dry there are many instances where life is less important than non-living things. I can give examples if you want but I really don't care that much to waste my time arguing about it, so I just left 1 comment. 100 bucks says someone calls me a sociopath bc I don't agree with what they consider normal morality even though morality is completely subjective.
Did you know Asmongold owns the game Nier Automata?
We're so close guys😂😂😂😂
In terms of JRPGS, seeing Persona or OCTOPATH would be awesome! NieR Automata is a great game too though, and I think the combat is a perfect fit for him.
Bro actually liked a turn based persona game, hell froze over. BG3 incoming?
Nah too much reading for him
He basically said the only way he'd play it is with 3 others doing a coop playthrough. Basically an impossible set-up, so it's not gonna happen.
BG3 will never happen bcs it is to high of a commitment. stop asking for it
He played the beta, it's just not for him.
Gooner game
This was a great stream to watch and I know he said he'll only do the intro on stream but I'd watch a full playthrough for sure.
Ye that was really entertaining
fr same
Zack’s first Atlus game? That’s whacked.
Suddenly I can hear P5R jams ringing in my ear
@@TNTspazit sure isn't a mainstream title like Pokemon, Fortnite or a sport game but is Atlus still considered niche after P5?
@@TNTspazNot by a wide margin.
Persona 5 has sold over 10 million copies.
That is *more than Bloodborne.*
Bloodborne is still more famous, of course. It's a console-locked game so the sales are surely going to be smaller. And it's one of the least "popular" games in the overarching franchise, while P5 is the best seller by far.
@@TNTspaz there was nothing niche about atlas games or persona just because you lived under a rock
@@TNTspaz no SMT games are mainstream now dude thank persona 5. these games are not niche anymore dude everyone knows that. you're living like its 20 years ago when it actually was niche. " Capturing a niche doesn't make it less niche. "??? how does that work? if your niche game becomes popular it's not niche anymore smart one. lmfao. niche means its only popular to a dedicated group of fans I swear you can't make this stuff up. what an unintelligent thing to say.
8:18 As a long time Persona and anime fan, I *never* liked the look of the 2d cutscenes. They were slowly improving, but not a single one of them was "good enough" to me.
But this game's are actually gorgeous
L take ngl. P5's animated scenes were great
This is a new one most people take issue with the bland in game cutscenes with the 3d models
P5 and P3 reload even more so had pretty good ones
I still think the original Persona 3 cutscene on the rooftop is the single coolest cutscene in SMT.
@@pspsmallzP5 definitely not. It had a very "pretty" look but it was just uncanny. Kinda like a hentai. Amateurish and low-budget, basically.
Which is surprising considering they were made by A1 Pictures-the studio behind the visually perfectly acceptable anime adaptation.
P3R was a step better, and it's on the border of acceptable. But not even close to this one.
Just Finished the game, Absolute Cinema
This absolutely surprised me
The funniest thing will be if he plays Fate/Samurai Remnant
He is more likely to play samurai remnant than a jrpg...
how good is it? was looking to play it but the wonky movement threw me off a bit when watching some gameplay
@@inuyasha.mp3 Samurai? Try out the demo, it's free and will answer your question
@@inuyasha.mp3Try the demo, it's a good place to gauge out any optimization or any other issues you have
@@inuyasha.mp3 it's solid imo. One of the better jrpgs based on an anime. Fun combat (it's made by the Dynasty Warriors/Musou games.
This game changed my wife
This game changed his pants
How's your husband doing now?
which one? 💿
Btw, this game doesn't have waifu system like persona, you are forever alone
She divorced you? I get it
Everything at this point everything changes his life
You cry about it but you click so shut it.
that's the meme yes.
The amount of money he gets from this ad 100% changed his life
@@serpico1m you don't know what an ad is do you?!
i mean he doesnt have a life so yes anything can change his life 😂
I like how he showcases these kind of games but will never finish them.
This is one of the best RPGs I've ever played
Yooo the fairy just turned on the background music. Holy crap I've never seen a game add the BGM as an actual story mechanic
Then you haven't played many games. _Hades_ does it too, the Sirens sing the song you hear while battling you and their music changes depending on the phase of the fight.
My man has never turned the radio on in a gta game
come on guys be nice it's his first time not everyone is playing hades or GTA. no need to act as if he's not a real " gamer " bc of it. lmfao. you both know this isn't common in games and he probably plays JRPGs mostly.
Funny that he named the player Asmongold and the character Zach, it's like a metaphor
I love the hidden genius between Asmongold being the real person and Zack being the character he’s playing. He rolled a Nat 20 on Perception for this game’s themes.
People saying "garbage localization" have no understanding of Japanese. It's a pretty solid localization, with only a little bit of more flowery language thrown in for flavor and to make everything feel very "UK". Everything concerning the basics is 1:1.
"I can take a lot of punishment", said the dude who got one-shot killed about 20 minutes ago in the desert 😂
This game's main theme is definitely based on equality and inclusion, but it uses fantasy "races", which in turn makes it less intrusive than games created with full blown DEI messaging.
You got that ass backwards; Altus changed JRPG. Shin Megami wasn’t approachable enough but layed the groundwork’s very well, Persona was niche but already getting truly refined, Metaphor however is a true magnum opus; 35y of experience condensed into an approachable and relatable piece of art, impressive at first glance, and once it successfully has your attention it just can’t stop piling on layers if details, intrigues, and interconnected mechanics.
I’m clearly bias, Kabbalah, Jung, Machiavelli, Miura, this blends all my favourite interests carte blanche in a new and unexplored experience; that said, 140h in, this is 10/10 in my book. Easily the best RPG this generation.
On a side note, it also highlights Square Enix’s decline by straying away from their roots; this is how you innovate turn based combat and tell a genre defining epoch, FF7’s re~butchery pales in comparison, both mechanically and by virtue that it fails to tell a complete story to date and for years to come..
"Easily the best RPG this generation" until expedition 33 releases next year. Also, would you say its better than SMT V vengeance? I'm still in the beginning of metaphor.
@@bigbosss7911 Definitely, all things considered SMT:V was a bit of a let down; certainly a great game in its own regard but a weaker outing amongst its peers. It being a Switch game was a mayor contributor, the expansion and subsequent widening of system availability rectified a great deal of its inherent shortcomings yet in scope it still pales in comparison to Metaphor.
SMT:5V now proudly stands amongst its peers as a great continuation whereas Metaphor stands out on its uniquely own right, by virtue of treading new grounds and paving a familiar yet innovative new path.
Not to mention that it single-handedly is the best introduction to Jung’s body of thought barring dedicated educational material. You might genuinely walk away a changed man once the credits roll, if not at least enlightened with new insight and perhaps interests.
Thank you, I keep trumpeting that the FF7 remake is utter dogshit (Nomura is a decent character designer but should have never risen above that), but there are so many people defending it. Square Enix hasn't made a GREAT game since FFX. FFXII was their last chance but they didn't let Matsuno direct it how he wanted it, and as a result the game is half-finished in so many ways. The Octopath games are a step in the right direction, but nothing like the old great RPGs: FF Tactics, FFVII, Xenogears, and so on.
@@CHHaywood Well I’ll be damned, I wholeheartedly agree! I will say tho, I do appreciate 12 and 13-3 in their own regard; both where, subjectively, surprisingly engaging. That said, as a whole, I do question their validity for baring the (once?) honorabel title of Final Fantasy.
To his credit, and at the same time dismay, Nomura is one hell of a marketing man as well. Lightning genuinely became somewhat of a fashion icon, spouting multiple magazine spreads and covers with the biggest brands imaginable; sadly this niece positive bleaks in comparison with the negatives it brought about. A remarkable feat which I wish was achieved by someone else or at least more responsibly..
Yoko Taro’s Voice of Cards series, IMO, is also worth mentioning; novel in approach, quite stellar in execution, and with great writing. Very reasonably priced as well, solely wins in my book.
@@TeQxktcg I thought about trying the Voice of Cards series but decided not to as it looked (a) extremely easy and (b) very short on plot. Am I wrong?
If you like the art style, you will like the Persona games, too. Same devs, same artists. Similar battle system. Just older and less refined.
I recommend "Persona 3 Reload", closest to the superior PS 2 version, "Ps4 Golden" and "Persona 5 Royal."
Three and Five are my favorites. As Action gamer you may also consider to buy the action spin off "Persons 5 Strikers"
But keep in mind that half of the games is a school life simulator.
If anyone is curious: The art, the creature design, the theme of this game are heavily inspired - some even copied from Bosch's paintings "The Garden of Earthly Delights". If you're into art this is absolutely amazing. It was one of the early drawings of the finals days, how hell felt like. Highly recommend the video from "Great Art Explained" if you want to know more details about that.
It's so over
he'll play persona 5 royal next
Bet he play 3 remake first
I dont think he would like P5 as much as P3 or P4 tbh.
@@TheOriginalDVK why not that game is masterpiece
@@cristianoducceschi3547 P3 and P4 have a faster pace imo, P5 is amazing yes but its also considerably slower after Kamoshida's castle
@@TheOriginalDVK I mean it all depends on what he values, story wise p5 is the one with best pacing, p3's improves in September but before that not much happens honestly, p4 is better in that regard, but I honestly felt more engaged with p5's arcs
hope he continues this
He's been playing out of stream, at least that's what i hear
@Autumnnm great pfp btw
Nanao is great
3:28 "I'm so confused" is like a trademark moment for Atlus games 😂
This is the goty
Last time he had his steam account up on screen he had like 320+ hours into this.
I love turn based RPGs , knew this game was gonna be a banger when it was first announced.. Atlus are the goats of the jrpg... Love the game
I can’t believe he played metaphor
Holy! Asmongold really played Persona 6!
One of us!
Jokes aside- I’m so glad it doesn’t have the high school setting like in persona. Also happy they ditched the teenage dating system.
I like the hit before battle, too.
The reason I bought this game is because it was not Persona in important parts, but took some of the good things and systems and improved on it basically.
You played too much Atlus when you notice signatures of Atlus
Getting ambushed in this game on hard is a death sentence, I'm glad that they offered no mercy when it comes to the difficulty settings.
"Time marches on, and the age of a new king draws nearer..."
12:33 „I‘m aSmOnGoLd, i‘LL pLaY 0n hArd!“ 😂
I cant believe even Asmon is playing this. Im only 8 hours in and its already peak, im so happy he will experience peak himself 🙏
i'll say it once, i'll say it again. asmon is now opening his mind to playing other genres asides from the unga bunga action games he used to do.
Star rail corrupted him. He got tricked into playing turn based games, and now he's playing one willingly. He's not the real Asmon!
Happened to me too when i decided to get seriously into gaming, i've tried every genre and while some i just can't stomach now i can finish way more stuff because of constant genre switching that leads to less burnout, finished my 160th game of this year just yesterday, and yes i do have a job.
@@Utrilusgod bless mihoyo
What's next? Fighting games?
Persona 5 next, that one game that will level up his social life
Im so happy that he is playing. Just a few minutes ago, I completed P4G
p4g is the goat
@yunG127IE yessir
The music is so good 54:00
This game did not chane you, you learned NOTHING from this game.
Lmao so true
0:11 That line didn't age well
It didn't age at all. It wasn't a line, even. You could more say "that statement sucked"
What happened??
@@jeremiahchambers6025 damn straight
He should’ve named the protagonist Asmongold. Zack goes for player name.
Im happy to see Asmon playing a game from my favorite developer. They focus on more than just gameplay but music score, menu making, and freedom to goof off.
Asmon playing an Atlus game was not something I expected to see today
nah bro, he stopped playing right before the guts personarmor this is so sad. Asmon please play and finish this game you won't regret a single second. I can't believe he played more Veilguard than this, what a disaster
he played it off stream, he has like 200+ hours on it.
@@fartlordsmellytoe3690 oh my bad, didn't know that. I'm glad at least he got to enjoy the game offstream
This game is so good it's already the 4th installment in the series.
TURN based game... this is going to goood. 0:21 "racism is supposed to be fun"... HERE WE GOOOO :DDD
Man I cannot wait to watch this man play Persona 3 Reload, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 5 Royal.
asmond: how much?
fairy: bro you fool
asmond: 5 min later its fake
where to watch the whole stream???
on twitch, on his alt account named, Zackrawrr
@@Meowdy-do thx, when does he usually stream?
Never would have thought he'd play this, but yes, absolute cinema
hey asmondgold, this has nothing to with the video, but my uncle yousto watch your videos and play wow, I recently started playing wow and watching ur content, my uncle passed away 1 year and 6 days ago, ur videos remind me of him.
Sorry to hear about your uncle dude, may he R.I.P
@@makefoxhoundgreatagain842 thanks man I was fully breaking down when I wrote that lol, appreciate u replying
@@antex7320 hope you're good! You got this 👌
Watching this has been fun keep pumping em out
This really feels like a Persona x Fire Emblem crossover that we needed which isn't Tokyo Mirage.
This Man just called my girl Gallica a "Stupid little pixie"
:shakingmyhead:
7:10 oo ooh! That's got to be the dimensional merge Chris Chan was talking about!! 😂
If Concord was made by Atlus (and gave it a semblance of Persona vibes somehow) it would have 50k 'people' playing it to this day
Ye
I think Atlus could never develop something so ugly as Concord 😂
But I agree, 2024 has been a fantastic year for them, and SEGA as well.
@@caduhidalgo4996 yeah atlus is absolute top tier, up there with fromsoft.
true
I did NOT expect him to play this
Damn, this special to see. Hope he finishes it cause this game is good 🔥
Shouldve just played this instead pf giving super hot takes on geopolitics and getting banned
My diabetes changed my life
I can feel it in my toes
he aint ever finishing this game
Bro, these games are degen grind games. Asmon's favorite kind of game.
@@SuperRamos619then he woudhv played previous atlus games, atlus games have always been rated very high and have been extremely popular.
@@SuperRamos619 i mean they can be especially since hes playing on hard
I wouldn't either, respect for playing more than 5min
Prolly right. It’s like 100 hours
that beggar got the this is sparta kick.
I fell asleep while watching this stream and woke up him playing this. I must've woke up on a different timeline.
i cant believe he said "it's asmonin time!" and then proceeded to asmon all over the place.
Don't bring your fantano style meme here lol
@@Jbayz i cant believe he said "it's fantano time!" and then proceeded to fantano all over the place.
It's crazy that people now see Homo, and think it means "homosexual automatically"
Homo is the Greek word for "same"
When you put it with Sapiens it means "Human being" or "Same Human"
Oppo supposedly means "Opposite Number."
To me, even though Homo means same.
It appears that Homo Oppos actually means "Opposite Human." or "Un-normal Human"
Also, I'm having a hard time believing this is a DEI game. People see DEI in it as healing, but before D.E.I. it was an entire word on its own,
Dei means "God" or "God's" and it is Latin, I believe.
Dei Gratia = "By the Grace of God."
Agnus Dei ' "Lamb of God."
This game seems more of a Religious undertones in a fictional story, as opposed to "Diverse Equity and Inclusion." going to need more proof to think this is a "D.E.I." game.
Just because it has dark elves and big people and women isn't enough to convince me this is a woke game.
Bro they’re joking.
Bro wtf xD
@@AvengingFossilx "@mokadelic4037
13 minutes ago (edited)
Not gonna lie this game looked cool at first but it seems absolutely PLAGUED by DEI messaging and woke propaganda. And considering how much dialogue there is in these games... definitely gonna be a hard pass for me." A comment before me about this game being "DEI"
@mokadelic4037
13 minutes ago (edited)
Not gonna lie this game looked cool at first but it seems absolutely PLAGUED by DEI messaging and woke propaganda. And considering how much dialogue there is in these games... definitely gonna be a hard pass for me.
some people are going to think this is DEI because they see things like "homo" or "togetherness" or see a guy that looks a bit feminine or because the heals are named DEI, if you don't like me replying to people like this then don't read what I said.
😂 go touch grass if you don't like the content don't watch it
He's reading, actively, on stream, that's awesome.
Its evidence its an ai! 😂
I love that asmon is playing this game right now. Guaranteed he loves it and starts playing persona after
Standing in line all day to get your shit is the most realistic take of the military I’ve seen in a video game.
People need to understand that just because a game has a story of "building a megopolis, or a utopia, doesn't make it DEI. That's been a plot point for fantasy games for decades.
This games English localisation has been apparently deified by infamous person who has ruined many things though, so waiting for the comparison videos between Japanese and English version.
@@RyuSaarva, the localization is fine. Everything feels good and natural.
That's what It'll come down to. Localizers butcher translations on purpose for political bs. @RyuSaarva
@@Misbeliefz The problem is that the localization removes "problematic" things that you'll never know about
@@Misbeliefz I will still be waiting for fans who speak Japanese to post those comparison pages, if those are ok then I will consider giving money to them.
a new atlus ip?
AAAA visual novel goes crazy
Unironically in visual novel communities atlus games are really popular
never would imagine asmon playing this
Rubs hands together menacingly
"star Rail was just the beginning"