2010-03-26, 10:17 | Link #1 |
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Atelier Totori, Alchemist of Arland 2 for PS3 (June 24th release) JP
Official website: http://atelier-ps3.jp/totori/ More Images: Spoiler for images:
Info from Famitsu/neogaf: Totorie (...Totouria...? Helmond), age 13 is aiming to become an adventurer to find her mother who was an adventurer of significant reputation. Lives with father and older sister, but no artwork for them yet. Gino Knarve, age 14. Childhood friend of Totorie. Mimi (Mimi Ulie von Schvailzrung or w/e) age 14, tsundere, condescending, wears hot pants. Basically takes the role of Cuderia from Atelier Rorona from what it sounds like. Takes place 5 years from Atelier Rorona Adventurer License System Significant improvement in graphics The 3D models were revamped to closer replicate Kishida Mel's 2D character art. Game concept is (again) returning to the Atelier series roots. There were comments mentioning Rorona was too easy so difficult has been increased. Able to venture in the entirety of the Arland continent Same atmosphere as previous Ateliers. Rorona is 22. Searching for Hom & Astrid while spreading the knowledge of alchemy. Meets Totorie during this time. Totorie's attire is based off of Rorona's tastes. As your Adventurer's License class increases, your range of travel increases and is somewhat similar to Atelier Viorate. Whether there's a deadline to complete the game is a secret at this point, but there is overtime. Development is more or less done. All's remaining is polishing it up. 1.25x the voiced dialogue of Atelier Rorona Battle system's been revamped. Visually similar to Grandia in how the attack order is displayed on an icon graph. Aside from HP, there's now MP and LP. Cut content and improvements based on gamer input has been added. More events Everyone's support of Atelier Rorona has made Atelier Totorie possible. Last edited by ElvenPath; 2010-07-14 at 20:51. Reason: Added thumbnails. |
2010-07-14, 15:40 | Link #6 |
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Wonder if anyone else is playing this game. My copy arrived yesterday. The game feels really nice. There is a nice feeling going between Totori and her elder sister. The gameplay is Atelier re-hashed.
I'm only about 3 hours in so I'm not bored of it yet. |
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2010-07-15, 22:19 | Link #9 |
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I just got my copy this week, been playing it a little bit (going to read that post in a sec).
Seems fun, though I haven't played any Atelier games before. I like the gameplay and the characters are okay, but I'm close to turning the voices off because they went WAYYY overboard on the high-pitched scale (I get that Totori is about 12-13, but why does a 20-something woman ALSO need to sound like a baby?) |
2010-07-16, 02:34 | Link #13 |
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Totori's voice is..... I think it is not perfect. It sounds like a 20 something year old imitating a 13 year old's voice rather than a legitimate 13 year old's voice. She is trying too hard to make herself sound younger. I would rather something more natural sounding.
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2010-07-16, 02:39 | Link #14 |
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Yes...that's mostly my problem with it. The voices are very strained and unnatural. But that's hardly a unique thing with Japanese VAs... just that they took it to extremes on this particular example.
Anyways, the main point is that the game is cool! I tried to order Rorona at the same time but it looks like Gust took it out of print temporarily in order to release a budget/Greatest Hits version in September. From the sounds of people in this thread, I guess it's a better thing that I save $30 or so since it's probably not as good as Totori. |
2010-07-31, 08:10 | Link #16 |
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I am about 20 hours into the game. I think I am at a point when The quest system becomes less 'Tight'. You start reaching a point when you don't know what to do and you end up wasting a lot of time. The traveling system is pretty neat but the penalty for travel is too high imo. I found it more productive to just stay in one town and do quests that are around that area. You're leveling your character's fighting abilities. If you are close to town you can get frequent heals. And being near town means you're doing each and every alchemy quests that gets sent your way. Great for leveling alchemy. The story is also weakening. All the skits basically de-evolve into simple stereotyped scenarios that are played out for every character combination. The beautiful thing is that I never feel too strong or too weak because there are always monsters that are stronger than you. Beating those strong foes becomes a motivation for your effort. You want to do lots of alchemy so that you have the items needed to defeat bosses.
All in all, I'm really enjoying it. Great game. It is purposeful, It's design is very polished, nothing less from a game that has re-iterated seventh billioth time. |
2011-10-11, 18:19 | Link #18 |
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Once again I am forced to ask for personal opinions of this game because I can never trust review sites, and I feel uneasy paying $49.99+tax on a basic whim.
I can say that I bought my PS3 mostly in order to play solid JRPG titles. I currently own and love Eternal Sonata, Disgaea 3 & 4, Valkyria Chronicles, and a couple others like Uncharted 2 and Black Ops (but that's besides the point). From my list of current games, does anyone think that I would enjoy this game? Also, I have a really hard time getting used to dubbed English voices, so it's much preferred if the audio can be switched to Japanese. I won't let it be a deciding factor, but I know my overall experience with it will be somewhat diminished if I can't switch. Many thanks in advance.
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Can't really say about the gameplay. Never been into Atelier series before. What I know is that the game, instead of battles, empashizes in forming relationships with other characters and also crafting.
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2011-10-11, 18:44 | Link #20 | |
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If you liked eternal sonata i don't see why you won't like this. If you played any previous gust games then you will like this too. I currently started playing this, i'm slightly worried about the time limit due to the fact that time goes past so quick in the game. One thing i hate is how Totori jumps but i love the new characters apart from gino ~.~ |
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