Synopsis: ReFantazio has been updated on PC with a patch that compensates for a critical flaw

Atlas released last night Annex 1.03 for PC version of Imagination: ReFantazioIt fixes some bugs, improves some menu settings, and adds a few more as per popular demand Alternate replacement filters.

As the name suggests, to mitigate aliasing, an annoying effect whereby diagonal and curved lines on the screen appear jagged or jagged due to low resolution and roughness caused by the shape of the pixels. Imagine drawing a curved line using only small squares). Anti-aliasing filters have been used in video games for decades, but unfortunately, the PC version of Metaphor: ReFantazio does not.

What's new in Metaphor patch 1.03: ReFantazio on PC

Also explained in Digital Foundry's Technical Analysis, Substitution is one of the problems that most affects visual quality To control the game and it (except for mods) you need to set a high resolution or use 4K with a render size of 200%, which apparently is out of reach for many configurations.

More specifically, Metaphor: ReFantazio patch 1.03 added an option to choose whether to activate the filter. FXAA (fast approximate anti-aliasing) o MSAA (multi-modal anti-aliasing). In our case, the second was activated by default once the game was launched after installing the update.

In addition to this welcome change, improvements have been made to the enable or disable settings Continuous movement of the cameraA Rearranging the audio mix Fixed an issue related to the creation of a save required to start New Game+ mode and other minor issues.

Patch 1.03 for consoles made no mention of the progression issues that were fixed. It is not clear whether these bugs are not present in the system or in this version as well, but will be resolved in the next update. When in doubt, it is always advisable to create multiple saves just in case.