Maybe this further solidifies they're effectively based in Europe fully for non-Asian output.Or great timing for PAL land... It is released months before those games come out
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Atelier Ayesha: Alchemist of Dusk |OT|
- Thread starter Rarutos
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yup, basically gonna use the free $10 for the DLC. Though Im not sure if $10 will be enough since I want the extra dungeon, the swimsuit (yes!) and the music DLC too.
Also, is there a chance that we get Atelier Ayesha PSN avatars?
Dreamer RD
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Sounds weird. Means player can't just farm exp and do whatever he wants?
archnemesis
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No, that's the charm of the series. If you could do that then there would be no challenge to it at all. You need to balance your time between fighting monsters, gathering ingredients, mixing alchemy, and fulfilling quests.
Or you get Iris. And I found that kinda boring. But maybe if I actually seriously dug into these newer games I'd feel the same, though I think the problem with Iris was failing to stand out from a gameplay perspective, alchemy was more like a neat gimmick on the side.
Impeccable
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I'm not going to lie, as fun as the game was... I used a guide on my second playthrough for Meruru and still had great fun.
I might even "spoil" myself and use a guide on my first playthough on Ayesha. The game is still really fun with a walk through and I guarantee myself a Platinum.
I might even "spoil" myself and use a guide on my first playthough on Ayesha. The game is still really fun with a walk through and I guarantee myself a Platinum.
There are a bunch of spoiler free walkthroughs out there IIRC. And I used them a lot for my second/third playthroughs too.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
And what I usually do as well.
I'm picking up the game, the voice work thing is disappointing but hopefully if anymore Atelier games are made/released here T-K will add back in Japanese voices.
(Watch them do the opposite and release download only versions with only a JP voice track. =/)
I never finished Mereru... oh well. I'll get back around to it someday, but the Rorona thing in that game pissed me off.
(Watch them do the opposite and release download only versions with only a JP voice track. =/)
I never finished Mereru... oh well. I'll get back around to it someday, but the Rorona thing in that game pissed me off.
Which bit? The fact that she was
made a child
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
The Atelier Facebook page just announced UK preorders will get a limited edition art book while supplies last,
Eternal Flame
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Rarutos said:
Really No Punis? That's kinda disappointing, thought they were the ultimate mascot. Its Like having a FF with no chocobos. Anyways I'll probably pick this up. Even though I haven't beat the Arland series (even though I own all of them) yet.
archnemesis
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Yep, it's probably an excellent starting point. I never played any of the PS2 Atelier games and I was able to jump in with Atelier Rorona without any problem.
Exclusive to GAME -_- no thanks, as nice as it'd be, I'm sticking with Shopto. (I hate retailer exclusive incentives... meh)
Honey Bunny
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I'll buy it just for the cover
I will probably be ordering this thanks to a free $10 voucher that Sony gave me a week ago and the current spend $50, get $10 back offer on PSN.
Did they go with an older girl with this entry? Some people refuse to play games starring girls at all for some reason, but this title might be a good one to recommend to jrpg fans if it stars a slightly older lead and has less fanservice.
Did they go with an older girl with this entry? Some people refuse to play games starring girls at all for some reason, but this title might be a good one to recommend to jrpg fans if it stars a slightly older lead and has less fanservice.
archnemesis
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Ayesha is supposed to be 17. That's a bit older than the girls in the Arland trilogy. In the original Japanese releases Rorona was 14, Totori was 13, and Meruru was 15 years old.
yeah it's a good game to jump in at, some people will say totori and meruru are better games but they require playing the other games to fully enjoy them, this one is a new thing so it's a good place to start
The excuse. That's why things like that loli thread exist.
I'm in day 1 for this, I expected more of the no dual audio no buy brigade but I guess all of them are off doing who knows what by now.
Doubtful that it will sell bad because the games always sell overtime anyway. Also has marketing for these games ever really mattered? Its usually you already know about them by being an NISA fan or you don't. The only thing that is required is that they make the game known which they have done.
Doubtful that it will sell bad because the games always sell overtime anyway. Also has marketing for these games ever really mattered? Its usually you already know about them by being an NISA fan or you don't. The only thing that is required is that they make the game known which they have done.
SpaceDrake
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It hasn't disappeared entirely, but there's nothing like the onsen scenes or whatnot. The worst is the beachware DLC that seems mandatory for every JRPG at this point.
And unless they did something overtly unappealing with it it'd also be the one I would've jumped at immediately, rather than either get it later (Totori, Rorona at an extreme) or not get it at all (Meruru, though I did get it later from a GameStop that still had the artbook so I guess that's half of an example.) I wonder if it'll even have a manual, I'm sorta considering going with PSN especially with this month's promo but I do have $10 credit from Hyrule Historia being screwed up, and it sounds like Tecmo Koei's still one of the better ones about manuals.Well, NISA isn't doing the publishing this time around, so there is no LE. I'm pretty sure they would have done one if they were.
nintendoman58
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This looks interesting....Is there any trailer of any kind for this game? I'd like to see how well the turn-based battle system works in this game. I'd also like to hear the english voices.
Did a search on Youtube, and there's gameplay footage of the Japanese game but nothing on the English game far as I can see. Just shows how completely absent Tecmo Koei is with marketing this, to be honest I'm vaguely stupefied by them having the game displayed for digital pre-order.
Here is a Now Playing by Gamespot, beware of spoilers though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96G73WGlzXE
Not really spoilerific tbh, but still. Its japanese footage btw.
It actually does look plausible that they'd only do some (light) marketing upon release, but failing to do anything beforehand.Yup, there is no English trailer out and there isn't likely to be (unless one goes up on Monday) which is a little sad
Can't wait to play the game though
nintendoman58
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After seeing a bit of that Gamespot footage (thanks by the way), here's a general consensus.
-Battle system looks a bit slow, but not tedious, as enemies seem to go down quickly.
-Characters look interesting, and I'm interested to see how the story is going to go down with the whole "missing" sister plot.
I'll wait for more footage and English voices before I make my purchase decision.
-Battle system looks a bit slow, but not tedious, as enemies seem to go down quickly.
-Characters look interesting, and I'm interested to see how the story is going to go down with the whole "missing" sister plot.
I'll wait for more footage and English voices before I make my purchase decision.
man their character models are so fucking nice
just wish they can beef up the backgrounds in bigger increments
maybe next gen
along with visible armor changes
ambientmystic
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The ability to play dress up with your RPG characters should be a mandated feature for next gen RPGs.
Very few of the AAA JRPGs released this gen allowed you that option.
Well this not being part of the Arland series means you can play it without worrying about missing anything
no need to play Totori first.they also posted a 30 second trailer...with no voice acting, hmm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEfDtDtoKJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEfDtDtoKJg
Disappointed at the shortness of it but oh well.
Time and money probably play a larger factor, things which GUST probably doesn't have a lot of. I don't think you'll see in-game costume changes where you previously didn't only due to hardware.
Cornbread78
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I have to hide my wallet, I have to hide my wallet..... please, someone steal my wallet, my backlog is crying....