Atelier Ryza 3 Alchemist of the end and the Secret Key - Review

 Genre: RPG.

Developer/publisher: Gust/Koei
Platform: PC/PS4/5/Switch.
Official Site: https://www.koeitecmoeurope.com/ryza3/welcome.html
Release date: 24/03/2023

 

Okay so after a year break from atelier and skipping Sophie 2 i've decided to get Ryza 3.

Mostly because I wanted to see the hints the characters left in the prequel

plus the fact Ryza 2 left me unsatisfied! so I went into 3 with the hope of a proper ending.

and well in short it did just that and it was nice to see everyone again! 

I don't really recommend starting with this game since the Ryza games

are all direct-sequels of each other.  Also because Ryza ended up sitting on her ass

at the end of the second game her proportions have been uh thickened or so to speak.

 

 Sadly they seemed to have upped the amount of playable characters in this game

which is probably the only thing I wasn't looking forward to since the more members there are

the more likely characters end up getting benched. I'm usually fine with 6 or 7 but Ryza 3 has 11.

Yea I guess I should be used to this becuase of kiseki/trails but man... its kinda hell

to try and manage the equipment of so many characters.😅

I played on normal from start to finish, and my party ended up being Ryza,Klaudia 

and Bos for a good while till I switched the two of them out for Kala and Dian

 

Opening Movie.

Pro's

- Story and characters gets fleshed out and overall was a decent finish.

-  Plenty of optional content such as chara event, sub and world quest.

 

Con's

- Terrible Depth of Field making my eyes hurt.

- World's so big now its actually exhausting.

- For the love of Fi get rid of the core item system, it barely feels like an atelier game.

- RNG infested key system, want rare monsters? want to get past a barrier

or more quantity for synthing? go get a key with an effect that allows it!

My eyes...............

Also when I started playing there was a really bad depth of field and the motion blur

was pretty awful too that I had to turn off. They will fix this with a patch but man...

did it hurt my eyes and not even make me want to play. Graphics are on par with the

other games in the series though its just that why oh why is there so much blur???

The music was well okay? it made me nostalgic of Ryza 1 but at times it sounded like 

the type you'd hear in some old movie with no talking which just makes everything so ambitious

and it kinda is Ryza's last big adventure? atleast I think so I guess its okay.

Edit: I kind of want to add that in terms of music, gust hasn't really been the same

and I don't even remember what the final boss theme sounded like. While I still

remember how kick ass they used to be in like eschatology. Oh well time's change huh?

 

More rambles after the jump.

 

Atelier ryza 2 ~Lost legends and the secret fairy~ review

Genre: RPG.
Developer/publisher: Gust/KOEI.
Platform: PS4/Switch/PC.
Official Site: https://www.koeitecmoeurope.com/ryza2/ 

Release date:  12/03/20 (jp), 26/01/21 (eng).

 

Well the sequel to atelier Ryza is here... didn't hear much positive when it came out

in japanese but that didn't stop me from trying it out myself and for the most part I had fun!

unfortunately the type of story Ryza 2 is trying to tell is very hit or miss

and well I did have a few complaints about it this post isn't spoiler-free

can a sequel be worse than the original? yes it can.

 

Pro's

- Exploring is fun! story was interesting to say the least.

- Battle system is slightly more engaging than last time... I actually like it more sans core item.

- Fii a cute!

 

Con's

- While the story was interesting it felt like a forced sequel, the ending is to be desired as well.

- Big thicc brain energy, Ryza is bimbo countryside alchemist.

- Most of the NPC quests aren't really memorable.

- Lack of optional bosses.

- The way to relearn old recipies and the skill tree system was balls.

- Gust for the love of sterkenburg get rid of the core item system. :( 

 

Atelier Firis ~The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey~ - Review

Game: [フィリスのアトリエ 不思議な旅の錬金術士]

Genre: JRPG.

Developer/Publisher: Gust and Koei Tecmo.

Platform: PS Vita, PS4.

Official Site: http://social.gust.co.jp/firis/

Release date: 2016-11-02

Atelier is back to the way I like it! atleast for the most part.
I decided to make a post about it because why the hell not? :D

The 2nd installment of the fushigi(mysterious) arc/series of atelier games

 has everything I love about it, this game stars an energetic young girl named Firis who

 grew up in Eldona a mining town near the country border and yearns for the outside world 

which is full of adventure and she wants to go on a journey.

 One day Sophie an alchemist literally blasts her way into the town and Firis witnesses in awe.

 She learns Sophie is an alchemist and wants to try it out as well since its new and exciting

Sophie teaches her and Firis has potential so she asks her parents to let her out of the mine

but they decine because the people born in the mine aren't allowed to go outside unless
they meet certain requirements and Firis is still too young...
Her sister Liane however is allowed to go outside and understands Firis all too well.

 Yadayadayade... after a whole month Firis is allowed to go outside on one condition she must pass

the alchemy exam at Reizenberg so she can earn a alchemy license within one year from now 

and if she fails she must give up and stay in the mine.

If she passes she is allowed to do whatever she wants to do outside of Eldona and so

 Firis and Liane's journey begins in which Firis will meet many new friends along the way.