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Metaphor: ReFantazio has finally arrived, and it features the Follower system, which will look familiar to any fans of the developer’s Persona games. Followers are your social links, characters who you will want to spend time with to become closer to them, while unlocking benefits for doing so. Unlocking new Followers will open up a new Archetype tree, with the advanced Archetypes coming at higher bond levels. Some of these Followers will come as part of the main story, while others can only be found through side quests.
There are eight ranks to unlock for each Follower, which can become easy to track once you reach the second bond level with your companion Gallica. This unlocks the Followers’ Echoes ability, which lets you open the menu pressing the Y/Triangle button when you have free time and aren’t in a dungeon. This will show who’s available to progress and who isn’t. If someone can’t progress, speaking with them will tell you what’s blocking you from progressing. The blockers could be that a specific Royal Virtue–your social stats–isn’t high enough, or they need to be talked to on the Gauntlet Runner while traveling to a destination.
Followers are listed in roughly the order they are unlocked. Any Followers unlocked as part of the main story and more or less can’t be missed will be noted as story-based with a minimal amount of spoilers, but there will still be some. Each slide will also include some beneficial skills that you should focus on reaching.
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