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# There Are Infinitely Worse Things You Can Do This Week Than Watch A Documentary About The Making Of Metaphor: ReFantazio
- URL: https://aftermath.site/metaphor-refantazio-documentary-atlus-archipel-making-of/
- Published: 2024-11-15T15:24:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-27T17:10:56.000Z
- Author: Luke Plunkett
- Tags: Video Games, archipel, atlus, documentary, metaphor: refantazio, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-27 13:00

Oh, hi there. I just got back from drinking a coffee, during which I relaxed on the couch and watched a 34-minute documentary about the making of the excellent *Metaphor: ReFantazio*.

Made by the [ever-wonderful team at Archipel](https://www.youtube.com/@ArchipelDocumentaries?ref=aftermath.site), it focuses on the three people you'd most want an Atlus making-of documentary to focus on: Katsura Hashino, Shoji Meguro and artist Shigenori Soejima. Visiting Atlus' HQ just ahead of the game's release and interviewing everyone extensively, it focuses on the team's decision to take a break from *Persona*, and how they went about adapting their tried-and-tested formula for a new setting and a new era.

It's *really* good. The whole thing is in Japanese, of course, but it's got official subtitles throughout (not the dogshit auto-generated ones), so just make sure you have captions enabled before watching.

Oh, and if you were wondering/worried, "This video does not include any spoilers from the game's storyline".