The director of Atlus’ upcoming Metaphor: ReFantazio action JRPG, Katsura Hashino, has spoken up about the decision to omit romance options in the game. The upcoming Metaphor: ReFantazio is going to launch this October, and it features mechanics similar to the Persona series. These include building social stats, summoning guardian spirits similar to Personas, called Archetypes, and even building bonds with the available party members, similar to the Persona series’ social links system.