From hidden gem to potential blockbuster: Atlus’ best Xbox JRPG is still on sale for under $40

Last year, on October 11, 2024, Atlus, released its newest JRPG IP to the world, Metaphor: ReFantazio. This title quickly became one of the best games of 2024 for its dark and complex story, engrossing characters, and compelling gameplay.

This game's MSRP of $69.99 got slashed down to $15.96 on Amazon during the now-finished Amazon Prime Day event for October 2025. However, Walmart is still hosting a massive 57% discount for this game, meaning you can get a hold of this amazing game for the discounted price of $39.00.

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Metaphor: ReFantazio: was $69.99 now $39.99 at Walmart

"Metaphor: ReFantazio's fascinating gameplay and social simulation elements, combined with its engrossing world and unique (sometimes on the nose) narrative, won me over well before I've crossed the finish line." — Zachary Boddy

Windows Central review ⭐⭐⭐⭐½

✅Perfect for: Fans of turn-based JRPGs with a deep narrative, wild setting, intriguing characters, and addictive, in-depth combat and character levelling-up systems.

❌Avoid if: You prefer JRPGs with real-time or if you're not a fan of the game's Persona-like, visual-novel inspired story-telling.

👉See at: Walmart

💰Price Check: $71.60 at Best Buy | $69.99 at Newegg

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What's Metaphor: ReFantazio worth buying over other Xbox JRPGs?

Metaphor: ReFantazio tells the tale of a young man looking to break a curse slowly draining the life of his best friend, the displaced crown prince of Euchronia.

To save the prince and restore him to the throne, our hero must take a grand contest where citizens of Euchronia, from the wealthiest noble to the poorest peasant, must fight for the right to claim the kingdom's next king.

The story is a fascinating and epic adventure that will have you hooked with its action-packed moments, shocking twists, and in-depth themes, overcoming anxiety and using fantasy as an inspiration to overcome the cold harshness of reality.

Metaphor: ReFantazio also features a large cast of playable heroes that will have you root for them with their charming personalities and in-depth motivations, and villains you will love to hate for how confident and unapologetically evil they are.

Of course, a game's story doesn't hold weight without solid gameplay to back it up, and Metaphor: ReFantazio has it in spades.

This game feels like the perfect blend of Atlus' most famous JRPGs rolled into one package that celebrates the company's history.

It has the complex and challenging combat system of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, where one mistake could cost your life, and the Social Link systems of the Persona series, where you can learn more about the characters of the world and unlock powerful abilities.

To top it off, Metaphor: ReFantazio takes the Persona series' titular 'Persona' mechanic and remolds it into a Final Fantasy V-esque Job system where you can equip every party member with a mighty spirit called an Achetype.

Each Archetype offers varied playstyles with endless hours of customization potential, where you can create all kinds of unique party set-ups to devastate your enemies with.

You can even use your Archetype's abilities outside of battle to make dungeon crawling easier by eliminating weaker foes instantly or restoring your party's health and magic resources upon defeating enemies.

In short, Metaphor: ReFantazio is a fantastic game and one of my favorite Atlus JRPGs to date, alongside Persona 5: Royal and Persona 3: Reload.

If you don't mind Visual Novel-esque storytelling where you will spend potentially hours reading dialogue between action scenes, then I highly recommend this Xbox JRPG to heaven and back as it's one of the best games in the Xbox's catalog.

If you haven't played this game yet, then now's the perfect time to do so if you're playing on Xbox, as the Xbox version is still on sale for $39.00 at Walmart for an unspecified limited time.

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