Despite being made by Atlus, Metaphor ReFantazio makes a number of design choices that differentiate it from the developer's Persona series.

Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei series already has a massive family tree at this point. Perhaps its most well-known offspring is the Persona series, which brought the company massive success. The most successful of these Persona games is the latest of the bunch,

A description for the demo leaked on the Hong Kong on the Xbox store earlier today, describing a prologue for Metaphor: ReFantazio that would show players its opening, and carry over their demo progress to the full game.