The Atelier series

Except there's no evil wizard:

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your sister is trapped in the world tree

Also your mentor is a chain-smoking cynic and somewhat cryptic with his hints

Dusk is basically the Atelier version of a post-apocalyptic setting, what with the ruins of a fallen civilization everywhere.

 

Keith is best mentor. Also I wonder if he's the only male mentor in the series.

 

is logy from atelier logy the same logy in sophie?

 

no logy in sophie is fanservice. you know it when you meet loli escha and feed her sweets in firis.

 

Off-hand I can think of a few. Dornier in Salburg. Empel in Ryza is a discount Keith. There are a mixture of teachers in Mana Khemia (several are male).

 

oh right the monocle guy. my brain shut down itself somewhere around mashing buttons in rt combat and I blocked this game from my brain.

 

Heh, Logy's chad enough to hook up with two alchemists in this series.

 

yeah right.



we all know whos husbandu he is.

 

This game really needs a translation patch.

 

I played Totori DX (so like Totori +) and it changed my opinion on the game.

Not only I think Totori actress does best job in the series but game really became better and more beatiful compared to old version. It is surprisingly solid and also is not easy.

edit: also its arland game without that hag Astrid.

 

Oh my god
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Q6QBPsgXnc8zT-uddZdCVMHq5CbXg8xG
This hack fixes the horrible menu delay in Arland games, also includes some graphical improvements for the games that have locked resolution.

 

is everyone tired of me saying "this is my favorite atelier game" every time I pick up another atelier game?

well I finished 3 years of Rorona + and activated additional story.

I really like how mundane this game is. characters are so nice and rorona is such an adorable clutz. this game is so relaxing.

also something something never written article about how time limits save games, with examples from f1, nu x com, pk and atelier.

 

I liked scene where her master explains why she picked Rorona.

 

when u boot up game at 2 am and rorona tells you to go to sleep is what always gets me

one thing which always gets me is japanese attention to absolutely minimal details. the best example is when you craft, if your chance is low, rorona face expression changes to crying one, if chance is ok it's neutral and if 100% it changes to her being happey.

also behind her portrait is small circle with imagery rotating. I feel this is specifically to add movement to overall static screen of lists and picking ingredients and show that game is up and running.

western developers pay 0 attention to stuff like this.

 

Pretty morbid scene for an Atelier game there Gust...

 

this one is great:

 

Ryza is in RotTK now.

 

A whore is whored out, big surprise.

 

Back on topic, there's a 40% discount on Arland DX right now: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/koei-tecmo-publisher-weekend/?snr=1_4_4__118

 

I'm eyeing the Dusk trilogy next after Ryza. Y/N?

 

Considered by many to be the best Atelier trilogy, and the only games in the series to have me seriously interested to try them out.

Hope you try them out and let us know what you think.

 

Ryza final boss beat on Hard. I crafted pretty good equipment beforehand as well as some useful items, but not the top gear that is available as the recipes for those materials are locked behind the treasure hunt, which is locked behind doing every side quest. Ain't got time for that.

It was a good boss. Moderately difficult and a good spectacle, so just about what I expect from a final boss in a JRPG. So imagine my reaction when a quick search revealed people found her to be too difficult:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Atelier/comments/elbb30/the_final_boss_is_an_unreasonable_difficulty/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1121560/discussions/0/1643178512748182965/

These reek of misunderstanding of game mechanics, probably rushing the game with weak gear. She absolutely is not superboss tier, stop being dumb. She was merely a challenge after the game got easier in the second half. If I could have bumped up the difficulty, I would have.

I still intend to fight the elementals and I'll see about the hidden boss afterwards. I don't know if I'll bother with the story DLC - I'm not a fan of segregated content. Gametime as of now is roughly 50 hours when 30 hours seems to be the average - I'm guessing that's people playing on lower difficulties and paying minimal attention to the actual alchemy part.

 

lel is Ryza even a virgin?

 

Of course! If it's yuri - it doesn't count!