Like most Atlus RPGs,Metaphor: ReFantaziowill have quotes spoken over and over in the game that become earworms stuck in your head. There are also just well-written, great lines of dialogue and narration throughout the game, as to be expected.
Fans of the Persona series will already have some of the more famous quotes stuck into their vocabulary (lookin' cool, Joker!), but this game has its own plethora of quotes that you’ll find yourself repeating before long.
8"Now, How Far Do I Run Her, Then?" - Neuras
One of the new mechanics in this game from previous Atlus RPGs is the travel system. You are able to fast travel between the major cities in the game (after you’ve been there once), but in order to travel anywhere else, like nearby towns and dungeons, you will have to use the Gauntlet Runner to travel there. This can take anywhere from one afternoon to several days.
When you click on the route map in the strategy room aboard the Gauntlet Runner, Neuras, your engineer and pilot, will ask you “Now, how far do I run her, then?”. With how often you will be traveling to various dungeons and nearby settlements, as well as your quest across the continent, this will be a quote you hear quite often.
7"Is That A Book?"
In the world of Metaphor: ReFantazio, the world is full of clan prejudice and class disparity. In spite of this, the protagonist carries a book he received from the prince, in which a fictional Utopia is described, in which all people live together without prejudice and in a fair world. This book is also incredibly rare and was banned by the Sanctist Church.
It becomes a running theme that every time you get a new follower or are alone with one for the first time, they inevitably ask you about your book and ask to read it. This then leads to a scene of the follower reading a chapter and giving their thoughts. While these scenes are really nice, it does become a bit funny, as you begin to predict when these scenes are coming every time you are alone with a new person.
6"What A Finale! Keep It Up, Everyone!" - Gallica
For those who are fans of the Persona series, you will be familiar with the post-battle report. Like in the other games, Gallica will comment on your performance, and one of her most said lines is, “What a finale! Keep it up, everyone!”.
Eventually, you will most likely be in a dungeon, where you’re able to just clear through enemies very easily. When this happens, you’ll hear this quote from Gallica very often, and this line will get stuck in your head the same wayMorganaorTeddyhave in the Persona series.
5"O Worthy Heart, Who Tempers Anxiety Into Strength"
Another variant of a staple of the Persona series, Archetypes are this game’s version of Personas. When you learn a new Archetype, you will go through a cutscene of the character gaining the power with the mechanical heart. Each Archetype has its own dialogue based on what it is, but they all begin with the same quote.
Since you will be learning and gaining many, many Archetypes throughout the course of the game, the quote “O worthy heart, who tempers anxiety into strength” will become etched into your memory before long.
4"GALLICA, THE SOUND OF YOUR WINGS KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT!" - Hulkenberg
This is arguably one of the funniest moments in the whole game. Your crew is trying to lure out the wanted bandit, Heismay, and have learned that he has an acute sense of hearing. To lure him, you and your party go to a trench and begin banging pots loudly and shouting to try and lure him over.
What follows is Strohl lightheartedly making fun of Hulkenberg and airing out his grievances about her…questionable food taste. Hulkenberg then responds in kind by shouting “GALLICA, THE SOUND OF YOUR WINGS KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT!”. This is not only hilarious on its own but also begs the question of how Gallica sleeps. Does she sleep flying? Or do her wings keep fluttering even when she lies sleeping? This is a moment we will remember from the game for years to come and solidified the party as a great group of friends.
3"I Relaxed With My Friends, All Of Us Sharing A Brief Moment Of Peace…"
After a long day of adventuring and slaying monsters, Gallica will prompt you to return to town and have a nice meal with everyone. This will start to become routine as you make your way through the game, and the same quotes are used to finish them off.
Each dinner will have some unique dialogue between different party members, discussing the events of the day or the current plan and deadline. But the dinner will always end with Gallica saying that you’ve all earned your rest, and then a black screen with, “I relaxed with my friends, all of us sharing a brief moment of peace…”. This is a really sweet way to end the day, especially given how intense the story of the game is and a memorable quote that you will be seeing often.
2"I Really Do Believe You Have The Power To Change Fate Itself." - Strohl
This quote byStrohloccurs at one of the pivotal moments in the game. By this point, you have been through hell and back with your friends and forged bonds with them, and you are about to either accomplish your goal, or it will all come crashing down.
Strohl, and the other members, have already been candid with you many times by this point, but this line from Strohl still hits really hard. It shows just how far you have all come and just how much of an impact you have on both the world of the game and your friends that call you captain.
1"Time Marches On, And The Age Of A New King Draws Nearer…" - More
This is probably the line of dialogue that gets repeated the most out of any other in the game. After you end and begin a new day, you will get a cutscene featuring the sleeping prince, the calendar changing, and More narrating that, “Time marches on, and the age of a new king draws nearer…”.
This quote has already become a meme in the community, and those who have not even played the game will likely be familiar with the phrase before long. We will be asleep in our beds, and as we wake up to start the day, long after completing the game, we will always remember that time marches on.
