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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 9 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

[zokie]

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

"Walk the forbidden path, no matter where it leads." Traveling across a ruined continent, Yumia embarks on a journey to uncover its lost history. March 21, 2025

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In the upcoming alchemy JRPG "Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land" available March 21st, a collaboration with "Tales of Graces f Remastered", an RPG from Bandai Namco Entertainment, has been confirmed

A collaboration costume from "Tales of Graces f Remastered" will be available as a free DLC in "Atelier Yumia". Please look forward to further information on the timing of its release.

Also, to commemorate this collaboration, a special illustration by the illustrator Benitama was released today. The illustration features "Yumia", the protagonist of "Atelier Yumia" and "Asbel", the protagonist of "Tales of Graces f Remastered", standing side-by-side wearing the collaboration costume.

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 8 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

[adamsapple]

Game locked.

 

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Game locked.

Two long games on rental. Say goodbye to all your free time, lol!

This week's Famitsu review scores are in.

• Alter Age (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – 8/7/7/7 [29/40]
• Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – 9/8/8/9 [34/40]
  • The game takes around 50 hours to clear, or 80 hours with side activities.

Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1890

This week’s Famitsu review scores are in.

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[mèx]

I guess the game is still heavy on crafting, right? That's the only thing stopping me from trying an Atelier game. Everything else seems up my alley though.

Is this one a good starting point?

 

[adamsapple]

Two long games on rental. Say goodbye to all your free time, lol!

I was able to score a 12 month GF for just $100 from someone selling it on Era. That's like one game's deluxe edition for a whole year lol.

I'm done with game purchases through March 2026 now

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 7 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 6 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 5 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

[zokie]

this is demo gameplay , at least you can pet cats and dogs in the demo unlike some other game which is glitchy as hell

 

[Unknown Soldier]

this is demo gameplay , at least you can pet cats and dogs in the demo unlike some other game which is glitchy as hell

Those are, uh, some quality textures there...

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 4 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

[rotorfire]

Looks like the Demo is now available, will check it out on PS5 this evening

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 3 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

[JayK47]

Dang. Bad timing if Xenoblade Chronicles X comes out on the same day. I will be playing this game and skipping Xenoblade. I never got into that series.
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[adamsapple]

Pre-install for the full game is up on Xbox.

Only 16GB.

 

[Pejo]

I like the character designs in this game, but they didn't hit Ryza tier. Though, I guess that was lightning in a bottle that you can't predict/replicate.

I'd love to buy this at launch, I just don't have the gaming time right now with other games I'm playing. Mainly MonHun, but XBCX is right around the corner too. This late winter/early spring has been brutal with interesting releases already.

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 2 Days Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

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Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 1 Day Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

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Looks like they'll be making a collab with Tekken 8.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Atelier Yumia Countdown Illustration - 1 Day Left

Source - Gust Twitter account

They sure know how to sell a game.

 

[adamsapple]

Probably won't be able to start this before finishing AC Shadows, but it's coming!

 

[Skifi28]

Looks like they'll be making a collab with Tekken 8.

That was hilarious.

 

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Atelier Yumia Launch Day Commemorative Illustration

Source - Gust Twitter account

 

[adamsapple]

The game is now officially out.

 

[Mikado]

Tried the demo again on steamdeck and it holds a steady 30 on Mid settings so it falls within my acceptable steamdeck performance margins (runs fine on desktop ofc).

But that broken jittery camera - it's like the worst out-of-the-box Unreal student-project-grade implementation ever. Insane that they'd even consider releasing it in that state. I don't know how much they know about Game Camera Development Culture, but I'm an expert; honor and shame (etc...)

As soon as they fix the camera (which they apparently have stated they will), I'll pick it up.

 

[JayK47]

Steam reviews are not off to a good start. Seems the game could use some patches. Lack of video settings and some other issues. Not a lot of fans of the new combat and alchemy. I pre-ordered and have installed on PC and Steam Deck. Less than 20 gigs? Yet they say 40 gigs needed? Did they forget hi res textures? I have other things to play and will wrap those up and get to this in a few months when hopefully some of the issues have been fixed. I always played these games on PS previously and this is my first game of the series on PC. On PS, these games worked great out of the box on release day.

EDIT: I also think the release date of this game really hurt sales. Nobody seems to give a shit about this game. I do not think they will see anything near Ryza sales.

 

[Mikado]

Why are so many people salty over the battle system? I guess it's based on nostalgia for Turn Based battles or so?

In my case, I never liked turn based combat, even as a lad playing stuff like FF2 (née 4) back in the SNES days so this suits me fine

 

[Diseased Yak]

My PS5 copy arrives today! (kinda wrapped up in AC Shadows but still excited)

 

[Isa]

Looking forward to diving in and carrying on from the demo. I wasn't going to preorder since some changes kind of put me off, but after giving the demo a chance I had quite a lot of fun, rare for me lately so I had to get it.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Few things: camera is jerky as fuck all in close quarters, no English dub, open world reminds me of BotW at first impressions, and normal difficulty is ridiculously easy. Seems to be a good game, but lacks polish for a $70 title. One thing I hate is after every battle, the camera swings in front of Yumia while she grabs her foot, then swings rapidly behind her when environments allow. Are they trying to give me motion sickness?

 

[Mikado]

One thing I hate is after every battle, the camera swings in front of Yumia while she grabs her foot, then swings rapidly behind her when environments allow. Are they trying to give me motion sickness?

I like what they're trying to do with all the "dynamic" portraits. I love the pause menu animation of everyone walking into the scene actually; I think it's really adorable.

 

[March Climber]

One thing I hate is after every battle, the camera swings in front of Yumia while she grabs her foot, then swings rapidly behind her when environments allow. Are they trying to give me motion sickness?

This sounds like a leftover remnant of a former turn-based developer. Hopefully they'll patch the game over time. I'm looking forward to whatever this becomes next year.

 

[Mikado]

Few things: camera is jerky as fuck all in close quarters, no English dub

We will never see a dub in an Atelier game, but I agree that camera is a fucking warcrime.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I like what they're trying to do with all the "dynamic" portraits. I love the pause menu animation of everyone walking into the scene actually; I think it's really adorable.

The tune after battles reminds me of Persona 4, and the little menu dings sound like old FF.

 

[Mikado]

Heartily recommend trying Hard mode. It definitely makes the battles take longer which at least means there's a chance to interact with the mechanics. Feels pretty good compared to the Normal mode where everything just insta-dies before you can even get a combo off.

 

[March Climber]

Heartily recommend trying Hard mode. It definitely makes the battles take longer which at least means there's a chance to interact with the mechanics. Feels pretty good compared to the Normal mode where everything just insta-dies before you can even get a combo off.

Let us know if this changes later in the game. Sometimes normal mode in JP games will trick players by being too easy at the start and then having a difficulty spike after a certain amount of time.

 

[JayK47]

So I installed it and played it quick to make sure it works on my Steam Deck. Loaded up fine and immediately asks you to change any settings. So the people complaining that you can't change settings must be blind. It then dumps you into the beginning of the game with a tutorial. I didn't play more than 15 minutes. But it ran fine on the Steam Deck in my opinion. With mostly standard settings, it ran at between 30 and 60 fps. The combat did not impress me so far. Like all action games, you can hardly see what is going on. The most annoying thing so far is they are doing the area transition animations that are so common and ridiculous in games. Squeezing between doors, crawling under debris, etc. That stuff has never looked natural and I would almost prefer a load screen from time to time.

 

[Mikado]

Let us know if this changes later in the game. Sometimes normal mode in JP games will trick players by being too easy at the start and then having a difficulty spike after a certain amount of time.

So as expected, I broke down and got the full game lol.

Started on Hard this time. It's definitely a better experience. It's not just about damage sponging; mobs now chain cast the tankbuster/dodge-required attacks so it feels a bit like We-Have-Bayonetta-At-Home. Spamming your own abilities will leave you on cooldowns at critical times so you need to pace yourself. I didn't really understand how to equip Support Items from the demo playthrough (need to equip them in the Party menu, not the Battle menu but you can only do it in the base).

Enjoying it a lot actually. If it gets too grindy later I can always change the difficulty whenever, which I'll probably do for steamdeck cozy material-gathering and turn it back up for actual combat when I'm at the PC.

 

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To celebrate the release of "Atelier Yumia,"we are releasing celebratory illustrations by six past illustrators of the Atelier series! We will be releasing special illustrations of Yumia and the previous protagonists every day.

Atelier Yumia Illustration Celebration - Day 1 (Gust Twitter Account)

 

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Atelier Yumia Illustration Celebration - Day 2 - Ryza x Yumia (Gust Twitter Account)

 

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Atelier Yumia Illustration Celebration - Day 3 - Resna x Yumia (Gust Twitter Account)

 

[adamsapple]

Got the game in the mail today, but sadly it's gonna remain unopened until I finish Shadows.

A cutesy JRPG is probably gonna be a nice change of pace after a serious game like that.

 

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Atelier Yumia Illustration Celebration - Day 4 - Valeria x Yumia (Gust Twitter Account)

 

[Mikado]

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land - Regarding Feedback and Solutions② - Steam News

Thank you for playing “Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land”. Regarding the "Feedback and Solutions" we informed you about on March 18th, we would like to update you on the current status. ■Updates scheduled for the near future 1. Camera behavior ●Adjustment to the...

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Some more QoL updates inbound. Looks promising mostly though I actually like the Battle Results screen.It's kinda weird they're going to default it to OFF after the patch rather than just letting people turn it off? But it's also easy to turn it back on if I want to so can't complain really.

 

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Still waiting for mine to arrive, but I have been playing the digital version for a few days now. Love the game very much so far but yeah definitely turn the difficulty to VERY HARD mode or at least HARD mode to appreciate the game and the combat properly.

Taking my time as I'm waiting for the patch to skip/fast forward the starting synthesis scene.

 

[Skifi28]

The demo was very enjoyable despite some issues, definitely buying with my next paycheck. It's also the kind of game that doesn't seem to get big price cuts so there's little point waiting.

 

[mayham2199]

So as expected, I broke down and got the full game lol.

Started on Hard this time. It's definitely a better experience. It's not just about damage sponging; mobs now chain cast the tankbuster/dodge-required attacks so it feels a bit like We-Have-Bayonetta-At-Home. Spamming your own abilities will leave you on cooldowns at critical times so you need to pace yourself. I didn't really understand how to equip Support Items from the demo playthrough (need to equip them in the Party menu, not the Battle menu but you can only do it in the base).

Enjoying it a lot actually. If it gets too grindy later I can always change the difficulty whenever, which I'll probably do for steamdeck cozy material-gathering and turn it back up for actual combat when I'm at the PC.

I had to change Ryza to hard as well (wish there was a trophy attached to that) and it made the game way better. The only time I had to turn it down was for the extra bosses for the trophy. Other then that I completed the whole game on hard.

The demo was very enjoyable despite some issues, definitely buying with my next paycheck. It's also the kind of game that doesn't seem to get big price cuts so there's little point waiting.

This series is very stingy with price cuts. They just recently had a sell on all the games as well so I doubt we see one for a while.

 

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Almost forgot. Here's the latest illustration:

Atelier Yumia Illustration Celebration - Day 5 - Alvina x Yumia (Gust Twitter Account)