Atelier Ryza Review | Thicc Thighs, New Highs, & Very Much Advised 

it's not so much an issue, but the game require a lot of button to play so people are having a hard time mapping the button. The game is highly recommended to be played with a controller, unless you are familiar with Emulator game and can put up with it.

Ya I just played last night and first thing I realized is that there is no mouse option and I had to map quite a bit of keys. It took me a good hour to finally find a comfortable/easy to remember key binds. This could be an issue when the game will require to use a lot more keys during combat so I did purchase a Xbox one controller today which feels a ton better. It’s unfortunate but it’s still worth it cuz.. thighs.

Man that's a nice figure hahaha (pun intended) but too rich for my blood.

Koei Tecmo and Gust: We're going to ruin Game Freak and Nintendo's career!!!

Hey looking for advice last aleteir I played were on ps2 dont remember much. I plan on starting with this one would you recommend getting on ps4 over the switch. And if I like it and want to collect the other games on the switch or ps4. I love playing RPGs but have never played some of the recent entry of this series.

remind me of logy and escha....im reached last level fighting a semi final boss i think the dragon boss but my level is sooo fucking low and weapon also not that great.....in the end "fuck it" i end up sold it....logy and escha is the only atelier series i loved because one of main character are badass male alchemist.

This game any good?

Tbh, I would have liked that it had time limit. I really liked that mechanic in the Arland plus games , especially in Meruru which you had time limit but it was somewhat forgiving.

Im so slow and dumb i woldnt can play if it had lol

Outside of the first half of firis, there hasn't been a time limit since shallie

lmao! XD

You can get aroushed pretty much 😅

A girly tomboy which is like no tomboy at all

We can add than into tom as thomas or tom as raider or was catatomb 🤪

Very abnormal tomboy, lol

time limit would be a game killer for me

読めねぇぞこりゃ

@@___xyz___ It says EXTRA THICC...

Neon Dawn I agree, she’s thicc but her limbs are thin, where some guys like me feel chicks should have some meat over the body, better to cuddle 😆

@Neon Dawn I said her limbs, her arms are thin

Neon Dawn yup, both limbs, her arms are thin to me 😆

Same I'm busy with DQXI atm and I Haven't even finished Astral Chain, Daemon X Machina, Link's Awakening etc.

Atelier Ryza and Outer Worlds are fresh from the oven... But I still need to start Indivisible at some point...

Same man... adult life sucks.

Same, tryna finish FE Three houses and DQ11 is next

A gamer's backlog is always insane, man. I have so many games I own, but have never played, or only played a little bit of before getting distracted by something prettier.

Admit it. You bought this game because Ryza's a huge meme.

​@@philithegamer8265 I bought it because the gameplay looked colorful and smooth, and Ryza was easy on the eyes, which is important when she's gonna be on the screen the whole time. The massive thighs and booty shorts definitely helped too. I'd rather play an attractive cute girl than some flat loli.

​@Phili the Gamer what meme ? thigh ?

​@@philithegamer8265 to be honest i never heard of this series or even seen any stuff of her

@@kingdomsoul8968 Everyone in the JRPG community has heard of Ryza at least once in their life...

This is truly a masterpiece, thank you for sharing.

I also want the statue.

Just remember that the jiggle Physics only work on the pc Version 😔 so keep that in mind

"practical adventuring attire"

roger lapp wait what?! What about the PS4?!

Finally someone being honest about why they're interested in this series now. Lol.

Silver MrE how was the story?

Honestly if you’re not a fan of slice of life anime, you won’t like this series.

It’s my first Atelier game and the thighs were what caught my attention and was my main reason to purchase, but after playing for a few hours it really is fun. Just be aware that you’ll probably want a controller if playing on PC. There is no mouse option and you’ll have to bind keys that represent the controller buttons.

The game system is pretty hardcore, and needs time for grinding and gathering materials...if you are not a fan of it i'd say dont pick it up

i love slice of life anime, i need a game to grind while i watch anime, and i love me thicc thighs. my order is coming tomorrow

Same here. Maybe it's those thighs...👀

I love jrpgs, so I never understood the hate.

This is not that part you should start acquaintance with the series. Believe me! Trilogy of the dusk much better.

@@Ultra-Niche-Gaming Just because he's not interested doesn't make him a hater of jRPGs

@@RebellonRM Does Troligy of the Dusk have timelimits? I've only ever played one, that being Totori + on the Vita... and it's sort of ruined my entire view of every Atelier game.

That have been other Atelier games with no time limits...

@Final Fantasy XIII They really do look super cute lol. Seemed like the closest art style to a Tales of game at the time I first played an Atelier game

Mk1 and mk2 are the best, the battle system and the environment, still the best in atelier series imo

Debatable. Iris had a better story than either MK 1 or 2 and Shallie has MK2s combat almost 1 for 1 (mk2 had better frame rates, but that won’t be an issue any more once the Dusk remasters are out) The only thing mk2 has going on is the school setting.

mana khemia was so good, argh. I want more of that game type.

Speak it into existence

While I support the idea since I really loved the game, I highly doubt (like 99% doubt) they're gonna do it considering how bad Mana Khemia was received in Japan. The PTSD they got at that time was too strong that they won't dare touch it ever again, especially with how kinda badly the "Atelier series" is doing in the passing time. But now that THICCNESS has come to save the day, the chance of it happening may probably rise in the future, probably.

@@rockapartie Are the 'downgrades' in handheld mode resolved somehow in docked or no? Not that I'd base my purchase on that, but I am tempted to get the PS4 version if only for the trophies lol

The Atelier games didn't had any time limits for some time now about 5 years now I think, so the games are Atelier Shallie, Sophie, Lydie & Suelle, Lulua and Ryza those 5 games don't have any time limits.

@@everythinganime1140 Awesome! thanks for the info, I stopped playing Atelier because of those damn time limits. then failing missions.

I really like Time-management in this series. It's one of the main reason why I liked this series. But it seem like soooo many people hate time-management. I dont know why I don't think it's that hard. I can finished all Atelier game without much pressure.

YEAAAH

I don't understand. What do you mean by time limit? I'm looking to try this game out

Mr. Rogue in most of the atelier game, there’s time limit in each chapter or when you moved to new main quest. Meaning we’ll be given days/hours to finish the quest or main event. The time passes when we travel to the areas, when battling and also during alchemy. The more complicated the alchemy recipe, the more time it takes. In atelier rorona, the time passes even when you move to the next frame even in the same area. But you’ll eventually be able to create items that can reduce the amount of time passes. In some instalments, you can only choose certain events so you’ll need to choose which characters you want to know more and you won’t be able to view everyone’s story. I’m not sure how the other players feel but it really stressed me out. I feel like I can’t do anything carelessly because I won’t have enough time. I played atelier ryza and I enjoyed the freedom the game give me. I can also feel the depth of each characters because they have many interactions with each other as they traveled together. Each characters are great and I just in love with Ryza. She’s strong willed and fun which is different from atelier’s usual naive mc.

If you’ve played other atelier series before, you’ll enjoy atelier ryza. But if it’s your first time with atelier, I hope you’ll have a good time playing it because for me, atelier is one of my favourite instalments because the concept intrigued me

@@niafarquem5402 thank you very much for the explanation. I haven't played any of the titles in this series but this one caught my eye with all the Ryza for Smash talk lately. The time limit stuff sounds pretty stressful cause I'm big dumb when it comes to deep craft/alchemy/synthesis stuff. lol

But with no limit, I am infinitely more interested now and i'll probably pick it up.

i'm french it's easy to prunonce lol bcuz it's french word lol

Always has been lol

Indeed, Ryza has gone full anime...

I miss time management

Same gonna get it on my switch

Wait, a couple of hours?

@@sergeanttailsrko4589 doesn't unlock till 3am for me. Actually i mispoke its less than an hour.

@@Makoto03 Oh, thank god, I was sitting here at midnight hoping it would unlock my preorder. Didn't know I was gonna be waiting until 2.

I'd totally be down for a Shield Hero game

@@joeldowell5059 Better not be a fighting game. Demon Slayer had so much gore potential

Same! No problem at all. Still not finished but lately I play it the whole time since exam phase and graduation is done now and I need to wait until October to start visiting the university. Eldenring will keep be busy too now

You should throw greedfalls in there. It was honestly a pretty good game and from your backlog list I feel you'd like it

I though I was the only one staring at the sky in the morning haha

@@alrrruunoda7955 You can literally even see the clouds moving. Why is that impressive? Cause it even shows up on the explorer map at times how the clouds float over the island like you a actually look from above.

It's hard to compare Atelier to other series because it's one of the only series like it that regularly gets localised, it's most like what the Shining series has become over the last decade (Shining Resonance Refrain being the latest localised title). Atelier occupies this spot in between smaller scale/lower budget JRPGs and mid-upper tier JRPGs like Tales. They generally have a development cycle of 12-18 months with budgets on the lower end of adequate so you do have to go in with the right level of expectation. They mostly tell smaller scale, personal stories focusing on the main protagonist and a handful of other characters. The stories have somewhat of an open-structure, with optional scenes triggering in certain locations at certain times, and the expectation that you'll get distracted throughout by the main gameplay elements: Alchemy (crafting), Collecting, and Combat. Combat is turn-based and was pretty standard until Ryza which really changed it up a lot (for the better), Alchemy has been getting deeper and deeper as the series continues, and collecting (for materials and ingredients) has mostly stayed the same but functions like a dynamic treasure hunt - different tools can give you different materials from the same object (e.g. hit a tree with your weapon and get fruit, slice it with a farming scythe to get some bark, and chop it with an axe for wood.) The main sacrifices the series makes is in world size, graphics (on a technical fidelity level only - the art-style is fantastic), and the OST which I would normally describe as "fitting but largely forgettable" (with a couple of exclusions that fair better, including Ryza).

@@JRPGGaming Awesome - thanks for the quick response and vids!

100% agree. Skyrim is THE GAME.

I didn't have footage of the PS4 version. Koei Tecmo provided PC B-roll and I played the Switch version; the entire review is based on the Switch version with the PC version only being briefly mentioned in the graphics bit because it's the one I had footage of. It's good to know that the PS4 version looks almost as good though!

Noooo, whole lot different. Especially with adding reshade. If a game is released multi platform either go switch for the portability or PC for crispiness.

@@brosplit pretty much.. Rho graphics shouldn't make the game. -_-

@Lekzie69 everything is fixable on PC. Nier is already fixed a few days after release with Special-K. And no I am not talking about game selling, I am talking about playability x experience : if it is released across multiple platforms, you go to switch for mobility & to PC for fidelity. E.g : Why would I play doom on PS4 when I can play I can experience all the graphical capability on PC or play it anywhere I can on switch?

Whenever you hear somebody say shit like: "nah I go for couch option 10ft away on my 65" oled using a wireless controller instead of staring at the monitor in front of ur face" Just ignore that person's opinion, they have never experienced PC gaming in their lives and are completely ignorant of it. Because you can do all the stuff they just mentioned on a PC with no problem, they are standard features for PC. The only people who don't know that, are willfully ignorant console only people like this guy. So you like your console and don't want to play on a PC? Great. Don't be ignorant of the facts of the other platform you're trying to downplay to justify your choice though. It just makes you look stupid to people like me who have all the platforms. I automatically assign you to the special bracket, for people you talk to as slowly as possible. When you spout such BS.