After playing Metaphor Refantazio for 135 hours, Yeah its Overrated!
First of all Overrated DOES NOT MEAN ITS A BAD GAME! So Atlus fanboys just relax and let me show you my argument why I think its Overrated! and SPOILER!!!
Metaphor Refantazio is definitely OVERRATED! for this following reason:
- Dungeon design range from Serviceable to Boring LAZY design!
Compare to Dungeon Design for Persona 5, The main dungeon in Metaphor is just range from serviceable to a downgrade! And the side quest dungeon is Boring and Lazy! I have seen Dungeon design in the ps 1/ps 2 era that have more interesting layout and gimmick!
Case in point the 3 Dragon tower dungeon is just a reuse asset with a slight change in layout! No interesting gimmick. And the Ice Forest dungeon is the same Forest you explored in the beginning of the game but change the color to white! They did not even bother to put a simple gimmick like floor should be slippery or something! (I can still go on on this example!)
If Souls Hacker 2 got heavily criticize for having boring dungeon design, Why the heck metaphor is getting a pass????
Your choices does not really matter! ( Yeah I know there are choices that lead to bad ending but if you compare it to atlus other games like Devil Survivor its just disappointing in metaphor!)
Confidant/Bond Moments should be ALL have VOICE ACTING! (Atlus made a lot of money in P5! where's the money go??? This is not a Nihom Falcom game!)
Louis is a TERRIBLE VILLIAN (At the last arc, he gave you 30 DAYS to prepare! and what he did in those 30 days??? He just sit his ass and do nothing!!! Louis is touted to be a Great military general! What kind of great general let his enemies prepare to fight him for 30 days??? As a result the final act have no real Tension!
He can easily should send people to atleast sabotage the gaunlet runner of the mc, or kidnap neuras so that they cannot get to him in the floating castle! (This could be a cool quest!)
And Zorba reappearing again is just to lazy! No foreshadowing or anything! He is just a Plot convenience!
Conclusion:
Its Crazy Metaphor have a higher Metacritic score than Persona 5! Does gamer nowadays only consume product and do not question it???