{"id":5134,"date":"2024-10-15T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T11:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldclassservers.net\/blog\/2024\/10\/15\/metaphor-refantazio-was-originally-planned-as-a-lord-of-the-rings-style-rpg\/"},"modified":"2024-10-15T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T11:53:50","slug":"metaphor-refantazio-was-originally-planned-as-a-lord-of-the-rings-style-rpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextlevelnews.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/10\/15\/metaphor-refantazio-was-originally-planned-as-a-lord-of-the-rings-style-rpg\/","title":{"rendered":"Metaphor: ReFantazio Was Originally Planned as a Lord of the Rings-Style RPG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Metaphor: ReFantazio arrived from the creators of Persona 3, 4, and 5 as a twisted take on a medieval fantasy, but it was originally planned as a more traditional role-playing game akin to Lord of the Rings.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/article\/202410\/20753\">Famitsu<\/a> translated by <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/metaphor-refantazio-was-initially-supposed-to-be-a-conventional-tolkien-inspired-high-fantasy-but-the-team-couldnt-get-into-it\/\">Automaton<\/a>, director Hashino Katsura said the development team went as far as creating concept art for the more traditional fantasy version of Metaphor but found it a bit boring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the early stages we were considering a high fantasy setting with elves, dwarves, and the like,&#8221; Katsura said, adding that the team rewatched The Lord of the Rings trilogy for inspiration. &#8220;We had [Persona series\u2019 artist Shigenori Soejima] come up with a bunch of sketches, but it kind of felt ordinary. 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