Key Takeaways
- Metaphor: ReFantazio has plenty of cool characters, which has fans fuming that Catherina isn’t a proper party member.
- A lot of people are upset about how left out she looks after helping fight in dungeons and when you find her in Altabury.
- Some are also miffed that Atlus has “wasted” the character, and are bracing themselves for the Golden Royal Reload version of Metaphor to see her playable.
Metaphor: ReFantazio has one of the best casts of playable characters in a JRPG for a long while, possibly the best depending on who you ask. There’s a wide range of personalities and almost every one of them is likable in their own way, and Metaphor flexes even harder by having even more great characters that you can only interact with via social bonds.
One such character is Catherina, a spunky bounty hunter who is also vying for a place on the throne in order to help her people, the Paripus. You meet Catherina a lot of times on your journey, and end up in one or two scraps as a result, but her personality and design have made her a fan favorite among Metaphor’s non-playable characters, and many actually wish that Atlus had made her a fully-fledged party member.
Reddit user Hotstuffdesu kicked off the conversation on the Metaphor: ReFantazio subreddit by getting sad at how much it looks as though Catherina has been “left out” of the main party, sat on her little box in Altabury looking kind of sad before the main character shows up. That then brought in quite a few like-minded fans, such as Ale_Ruz_97, who felt even worse after leaving her behind after she helped out in a dungeon.
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That then led to many others talking about how much they would have loved to see Catherina become a party member, with users like Spidersteph thinking that she “fits right in with the main party”. Others are a lot harsher towards Atlus for leaving her out, such as user Silver6567, who claims that Catherina is “a waste of an epic character” for her to just be a social bond.
You also have a lot of people joking that Atlus might make her playable a few years down the line, once enough time has passed for the studio to release a super extended version of the game like it’s done with Persona 5 Royal, Persona 3 FES, Persona 4 Golden, and many others. If I have to pay another $60 just to make Catherina a party member, then so be it.
From the creative minds behind Persona 3, 4, and 5 comes Metaphor: ReFantazio, a unique fantasy world, where your protagonist will journey alongside his fairy companion, Gallica, to lift the curse from the kingdom’s lost prince.
Control your destiny, face your fears, and awaken magical Archetype powers that lie dormant in your heart. By awakening to an Archetype, you will unlock the power to channel and combine the abilities of unique job classes. Strengthen your bonds and build your party to take down powerful foes and discover the kingdom’s true nature.