Lee Chaolan
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Wonder if we'll ever get that Enchanted Witch costume here. =/
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Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky |OT| Just Pretend it's Mana-Khemia 3
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RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Aww yeeeah. Perfect 1st report card! :3
Lee Chaolan
Member
Squee! Can't believe I haven't talked to you about the game yet. How are you enjoying it, who you playing first?
OniBarubary
Banned
Alright, as someone who has Platinumed every Atelier game since Rorona, Escha & Logy is the best PS3 Atelier game.
Like holy shit. Every game I loved almost everything about it, but one thing would drag it down for me. Loved Totori's plot and characters had issues with it's alchemy. Loved Meruru's alchemy and battle system, had issues with it's characters and plot. Loved Ayesha's alchemy, battles and time system, had issues with it's characters and alchemy (yeah, I know I listed it for both).
Escha and Logy? Goddam, I love the alchemy, the battles, the plot, the characters...man, this is the most solid Atelier game yet.
Loving this game.
Like holy shit. Every game I loved almost everything about it, but one thing would drag it down for me. Loved Totori's plot and characters had issues with it's alchemy. Loved Meruru's alchemy and battle system, had issues with it's characters and plot. Loved Ayesha's alchemy, battles and time system, had issues with it's characters and alchemy (yeah, I know I listed it for both).
Escha and Logy? Goddam, I love the alchemy, the battles, the plot, the characters...man, this is the most solid Atelier game yet.
Loving this game.
Man, I thought the link bonuses were only if you unlocked them at the same time. Cause of that, I missed like 5 trying to unlock more in my own...
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I'm playing Escha's route. I'm enjoying it a lot, but I kinda already knew I was going to as it's Atelier
and I've played a bit of the Japanese original so I kinda had an idea of what I should be doing in general.
I don't remember if bonuses are tied to doing them at the same time. I'll have to look it up. orz
Do you mean Adventure Equip? You can equip up to 5 spaces at first, when you unlock bonuses this increases by 5 and you can equip more.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
sorry dp
no, synthesizing 3 bombs or something at the same time. Let's say it takes 3 days for each bomb so it'll be 9 days spent after making 3 bombs at the cauldron.
I'm really loving the Adventure Equips. I just packed Escha and Logy with bombs and I can slay monsters for a while, go back to town and repeat. Reusable shit is really cool.
I'm really loving the Adventure Equips. I just packed Escha and Logy with bombs and I can slay monsters for a while, go back to town and repeat. Reusable shit is really cool.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Ah, yeah I'm not entirely sure on that one. Might be unlocked later but don't quote me on that.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Should have figured you had had the Japanese import.
I might have to wait a week or so to finally play this, but will be worth it. ^^
I might have to wait a week or so to finally play this, but will be worth it. ^^
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Should have figured you had had the Japanese import.
I might have to wait a week or so to finally play this, but will be worth it. ^^
To be honest getting the import was kind of a surprise. I have a buddy in Japan who sent it to me for my birthday last year.
I returned the favor this year by sending him the LE of Tales of Symphonia HD Collection for his birthday this year. It's his favorite game.
It's not, you can't make multiples at the same time
dakkumauji
Member
Only managed to play an hour cause my PS3 was crapping up for most of the night.
I guess my only impression so far is that I really do like the English dub. No one sounds annoying and I rather like Logy's voice. It's stellar~
Also, nice to see multiple barrel lines too.
Barrel!
Looks like a barrel.
B-B-B-Barrel!
I guess my only impression so far is that I really do like the English dub. No one sounds annoying and I rather like Logy's voice. It's stellar~
Also, nice to see multiple barrel lines too.
Barrel!
Looks like a barrel.
B-B-B-Barrel!
I didn't see a lot of character events during the second task either. I spent quite a bit of time making bombs and stuff, so I don't think I missed any.
You can't make multiple bombs/healing items at the same time, no.
Which is pretty anoying for two sepcific assignments, but you'll see.
There is a workaround later in the game. I'll just say: make sure to make a lot of requests from Solle.
Got it. Thanks for the heads up.
Just about finished with the Escha campaign and I'm curious if anyone has read anything concrete and specific about the differences between the two campaigns. I won't have time before I write my review to play through a large portion of the Logy campaign, I'll give it a few hours just to see any obvious changes and I wonder if anyone has been able to beat both campaigns and can go into detail on the differences.
It's mainly just events, certain events are specific to each character
That's kind of what I figured, the PR was always that the Logy campaign was more focused on exploration than alchemy but I couldn't see how that could be possible without completely revamping the usual Atelier formula which seems ridiculous. It's obvious Logy has his own twist on things and many events end with Escha thinking to herself about what happened which I assume will be replaced with Logy, but by and large the general gameplay and flow of the campaign would be the same.
edit: also I forgot, but thank you very much for the help and the information ^^
dakkumauji
Member
Logy's
Escha's
Escha's other one
Reading fail.
There was a special PSN theme for preordering it on PSN ways back. But no bonus costumes.
So, I'm slightly getting bored on the 9th assignment.
I finished everything I could do in like 50 days.
Only thing I'm missing is
I finished everything I could do in like 50 days.
Only thing I'm missing is
the Elixir Source. I've been searching for it for like 100 days now, where the heck is this thing? Is it even doable in the first playthrough? Because the other assignment "use 60 different items in combat" is not doable in first playthrough, I'm still missing 5 objects (Escha's bombs I'd guess)
Forgot to place my pre-order through Best Buy, and now it's sold out.
Atelier games usually have very limited stock in places that aren't Amazon, but it's certainly not that limited so it should be back in stock soon, or just order it here http://waa.ai/AUf
I beat the hell out of him on my first run, just don't fight him when they first give you the chance and use the item that Reyfer tells you to make and fight him later on when Duke says it's becoming a problem again (make sure you have up to date equipment at that point and it should be easy as pie)
Did anyone else read that link as "waifu" or was it just me?
Maybe not when you first meet him.
But on year 4, go for it, he's really really easy. The two bosses at the end of the world are far far harder.
But on year 4, go for it, he's really really easy. The two bosses at the end of the world are far far harder.
So, finished Logy's side. I'm just missing Lucile's end I think, not so bad.
Only think I'm a bit sad about is I don't know when I'll find the time to do a second walkthrough to get the true end... Oh well.
I've gotten perfect on all but the one I mentioned earlier (report card 4
).I like to try and do all the main objections aka ones that unlock the bonuses at once meaning when I report to Marion, I get notices about unlocking/receiving x,y and z lol.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
I've gotten perfect on all but the one I mentioned earlier (report card 4
I like to try and do all the main objections aka ones that unlock the bonuses at once meaning when I report to Marion, I get notices about unlocking/receiving x,y and z lol.
I as well! XD
Sithlord77
Banned
I wanna get a Atelier game but I'm always put off by the time limits in them. I just wanna explore at my leisure. I'm guessing this has a time limit too?
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
It does. Time management is one of the core engagements of the games.
I originally thought I wouldn't enjoy it waaaaaay back when I tried Atelier Rorona. Now it's practically my favorite feature. XD
Basileus777
Member
The time limits in these games aren't really that strict. They aren't as constraining/stressful as you might think.
dakkumauji
Member
If you are really worried about the time limits, try checking out one of the PS2 games (Iris 1, Iris 2, Iris 3, Mana Khemia 1, Mana Khemia 2).
The time limit is less strict (or non existent), it's more like a jRPG with item synthesis thrown in and a decent place to be exposed to this series.
The main caveat, is that most Atelier games aren't like those.
The time limits aren't that big of a deal once you get used to them, and this is coming from someone who despised them at first (there really needs to be an Atelier community thread)
Elaugaufein
Member
Well, that kinda depends what you're going for. The True Endings tend to be nightmarish to get on a first playthrough. Just getting a non-bad ending is usually pretty easy though.
There will be soon I'm sure.
I'd throw one together myself if I had the photoshop skills for it
Basileus777
Member
Nightmarish? That certainly wasn't the case for Ayesha. Totori's wasn't hard, it just required tedious grinding for money. Meruru's wasn't possible on a first playthrough at all.
RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
There will be soon I'm sure.
You know I keep forgetting to do that. >_>
I'd do an Atelier Community thread if I wasn't so lazy, people have been nagging me to for a while now. To be honest, I've always been afraid of someone doing one and it being Arland focused or something and forgetting about Mana-Khemia or not even mentioning the Salburg/Gramnad games or something.