Metaphor: Refantazio is a spiritual successor to the Persona series which, just like Atlus' previous JRPG franchise, contains mythical entities that grant the player supernatural powers. Called archetypes, there are a total of 47 of them in Refantazio, so choosing one over the other can be tough as any character can learn any archetype.

The Metaphor ReFantazio Archetype system gives you different skills and abilities from the embodiments of various heroes from the game’s distant past, their hopes and virtues, that your party will be able to unlock and equip.

Sometimes the optimal play is to not play optimally at all. In Altus’s Persona-like RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio, there are the class options you’d expect from the genre, so you might expect to be told the best possible choice to most enjoy the game.