Lord of the Rings initially inspired Metaphor: ReFantazio, before Atlus "threw out" all its fantasy research to preserve "the originality that defines us"

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Tolkien and his Lord of the Rings book as a touchpoint.

So we did a lot of research."

“It wouldn’t really feel original to us.

It would lack the originality that defines us.

There was a stopping of research and a starting of this original creative endeavour.”