The Atelier Series - Addictive alchemy RPG

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I cannot express the love I have for this series. I loved the arland series and the dusk wold series the best. Unfortunately I feel like the storytelling has gone down in recent generations, and yeah, maybe it's the lack of time limits, but I don't think it is. It feels like in pervious generations the words were still cute and beautiful, but there was something kind of...mysterious about them? And maybe a little bit....dangerous? Like with the newer games, I feel like no matter how hard the difficulty, the girl is going to save the world and things will be alright. But in the earlier games, I always felt like there was a real possibility that the heroines would fail, or if they succeeded, that there would still be dire consequences to their actions. And I loved that. That's well written conflict and it was so fun!


Also rorona 4life. Rorona is my girl!
 
This is actually a really good question, and I'm not surprised that you were unable to find .adequate answers by googling game play. This particular series is a bit unlike your typical RPG or even JRPG. It's all about item creation, so the typical format for the pre 2010 games were: one city with different characters and locations you could visit and interact with, and dozens and dozens of small gathering/combat locations out in the world. Combat was (and is) turn based, with heavy emphasis on usable items. Post 2010 (Rorona was the last of the "old" format, I think?) there were multiple cities you could visit, but your starting city still acted as a central hub. The game is NOT open world, but you can run and jump around your environment. It's kind of weird and old fashioned and clunky, but that's what I like about it! It's super unique, but I'd nevrr judge anyone for disliking it. It's definitely not a game for everyone, but if you like turn based combat and item creation, I'd recommend it!


EDIT: sorry, ment to reply to @jellycar
 
littlebiscuits said:
This is actually a really good question, and I'm not surprised that you were unable to find .adequate answers by googling game play. This particular series is a bit unlike your typical RPG or even JRPG. It's all about item creation, so the typical format for the pre 2010 games were: one city with different characters and locations you could visit and interact with, and dozens and dozens of small gathering/combat locations out in the world. Combat was (and is) turn based, with heavy emphasis on usable items. Post 2010 (Rorona was the last of the "old" format, I think?) there were multiple cities you could visit, but your starting city still acted as a central hub. The game is NOT open world, but you can run and jump around your environment. It's kind of weird and old fashioned and clunky, but that's what I like about it! It's super unique, but I'd nevrr judge anyone for disliking it. It's definitely not a game for everyone, but if you like turn based combat and item creation, I'd recommend it!


EDIT: sorry, ment to reply to @jellycar
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So would the trilogy on Switch be the best ones to get into first?
 
jellycar said:
So would the trilogy on Switch be the best ones to get into first?
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Oh, absolutely not! Definitely not! In fact, those are probably the weakest of all the games....sadly they're probably going to kill the series, that's how trash they are. I mean, they have their moments, but compared to the rest of the series ,it's just sad. I - and the rest of the long-time fans- would recommend starting with Ronona/Totori/Meruru (in that order) OR Aysha/Escha&Lodgy/Shallie (in that order). Those are the arland series and the dusk series, respectively.I believe all of those are available on the PSN store snd PS now, or whatever sony's shitty monthy service is called. And if you want to get old school and play the ps2 games, be my guest, but they are HARD!!! I wish the switch had decent atelier games, I really truely do....but that seems as unlikely as unicorns and zero calorie cupcakes!


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littlebiscuits said:
Oh, absolutely not! Definitely not! In fact, those are probably the weakest of all the games....sadly they're probably going to kill the series, that's how trash they are. I mean, they have their moments, but compared to the rest of the series ,it's just sad. I - and the rest of the long-time fans- would recommend starting with Ronona/Totori/Meruru (in that order) OR Aysha/Escha&Lodgy/Shallie (in that order). Those are the arland series and the dusk series, respectively.I believe all of those are available on the PSN store snd PS now, or whatever sony's shitty monthy service is called. And if you want to get old school and play the ps2 games, be my guest, but they are HARD!!! I wish the switch had decent atelier games, I really truely do....but that seems as unlikely as unicorns and zero calorie cupcakes!


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The Arland trilogy is on Switch, though, and it’s probably the one @jellycar was referring to, since it’s the only full trilogy that’s seen a Switch release thus far.
 
Human Flesh said:
Honestly Ayesha is the only one worth playing.
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I liked Escha&Logy more, maybe because it is more forgiving with time constraints - and there is a nice character dynamic.

However, I still couldn't get to the end in neither: received one ending in Ayesha, was disappointed, but couldn't perfect it on the second run either, in Escha&Logy I failed to save my successful run in the middle... Maybe those games are not for me, I keep trying to do everything perfectly on the first try, but only get overwhelmed in the process.

My question to the fans of the series: is Dusk trilogy related in some way to Arland trilogy? Are they set in the same setting, but in different time?
 
Friendly_AI said:
I liked Escha&Logy more, maybe because it is more forgiving with time constraints - and there is a nice character dynamic.

However, I still couldn't get to the end in neither: received one ending in Ayesha, was disappointed, but couldn't perfect it on the second run either, in Escha&Logy I failed to save my successful run in the middle... Maybe those games are not for me, I keep trying to do everything perfectly on the first try, but only get overwhelmed in the process.

My question to the fans of the series: is Dusk trilogy related in some way to Arland trilogy? Are they set in the same setting, but in different time?
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It's much easier to 100% Sophie and Firis.

Just make a save state towards the end when you pick an ending and just reload to watch all the endings.
 
Marissa Moira said:
It's much easier to 100% Sophie and Firis.

Just make a save state towards the end when you pick an ending and just reload to watch all the endings.
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I agree, the games become more forgiving that even the brief time limit in Firis (where you need to earn your alchemy license) isn't too bad as long as you know what you're doing.

Personally, I kinda liked the Mysterious trilogy (the one Sophie, Firis and the twins are in), but that's just me.
 
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