I was a bit suspicious of Nelke and the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World ahead of its release. I love Atelier, but a lot of the pre-release marketing made it look more like one of those depressing mobile city-builder games—you know, the ones that are less about city …
One of my biggest complaints about the otherwise delightful Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland DX was its time limit system. With every action moving you closer to a strict deadline that’ll force the story forward—or send you to a game over, if you aren’t careful—there’s little room to just …
I’m a latecomer to the Atelier series. I played dabbled briefly with Atelier Iris 3 back in the day, but it wasn’t until a couple of years ago with Atelier Firis that I really got into Gust’s heartwarming JRPGs. From that perspective, going back to Atelier Rorona—which first came out …
Good news, everyone! Koei Tecmo announced today that the Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack will be getting a Western release on December 4 this year, bringing three more delightful JRPGs to Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC. Atelier Arland Series Deluxe Pack combines the full Atelier Arland trilogy into one pack, including “many of the previously …
I wasn’t a big fan of Nights of Azure when it first came out. I liked some of the ideas behind it, and the art direction and character designs are fantastic, but I felt that clunky gameplay and poor storytelling held it back. In the years since, I’ve come to …
Atelier Firis gives the Atelier series a new focus on a connected world and a transitory story, perfect for a delightful coming-of-age story like this. I haven’t played an Atelier game since a brief stint with Atelier Iris on PlayStation 2. It’s not that I don’t like the series; I …
