Koji Ise, lead UI designer on hit 2024 JRPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, joined Atlus in 2018 after spending a while working on website design in the advertisement space, as he explained at a GDC 2025 talk.

RPG maker Atlus has become celebrated for the unique UI designs in its games, from the Persona series to the more recent fantasy epic Metaphor: ReFantazio. I spoke with Metaphor's UI designer Koji ...

Experimental user interface design is something worth admiring. When done right, a game’s UI can not only serve the vital role of communicating important game mechanics to the player, but convey ...

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Koji Ise, lead interface designer on Metaphor: ReFantazio, talks about creating the RPG’s UI and menus.