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Episode 375: Metaphor Your Consideration

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As promised, we welcome Jason, aka Kilgore Trout, to the podcast to spend far too long talking to Shane about one of the best games of 2024: Metaphor: ReFantazio. We get into the mechanics, the gameplay, the writing, the themes, and even spend some time talking about our favorite fast food meals. Contemporary? Kinda. Thorough? Definitely.

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    • Timestamps:

    0:01 - CamelStan
    4:21 - Who is this guy?
    6:10 - This week's episode
    13:37 - So what is Metaphor: ReFantazio?
    18:04 - How does this compare to Persona?
    32:24 - How we played it
    35:09 - Plot takes
    38:50 - The Archetype system
    44:50 - The combat
    53:39 - Friendships
    1:01:40 - Writing good
    1:03:40 - Using guides and managing your calendar
    1:11:30 - Politics & religion
    1:25:28 - Grief
    1:30:31 - What a twist!
    1:34:00 - Quick topics
    1:43:24 - Where this game ranks in our RPGs, and comparisons to other RPGs
    1:50:08 - Public comments: Our favorite fast food meals
    1:52:10 - SPOILER ZONE BEGINS
    1:59:46 - What's next?
    2:01:42 - Wrapping up

    Links from this week's episode:

    TenSquare3's amazing Metaphor guide: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/xbox-series-x/409958-metaphor-refantazio/faqs/81526/introduction
    Buy Metaphor for PS5: https://amzn.to/4g2nQZJ
    Buy Metaphor for XBOX: https://amzn.to/4gEacMv

    Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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