The Atelier Series Carves a Special Niche in the JRPG Genre 

my question about multiple versions like these are what about the performance? is the PC a lot better than the Switch? or is it another botched japanese PC port? :D wonder if there are any mods as well for the steam versions

@@kephalai some of the games performs bad even compared to ps4 counterparts is what I read in steam review but I am used to 30 fps so yeah

@@kephalai Honestly - All Atelier games (yep - I bought them all over the years) perform very well on the PC. I have played them on several systems throughout the years, and never had any bad performance. I guess some people with bad configured or below specs components will have some trouble. Especially people that use a laptop and think the card number on their laptop preform the same as the PC counterpart. Then you get complaints like "my 1050 performs terrible while it's recommended in the specs". Well yeah - a laptop 1050 performs way worst than a PC 1050 version. And the recommendations are for PC versions. I guess that's the source of those complaints about bad ports and bad performance.

I respectfully disagree. I own all Atelier games from Atelier Rorona, and in my humble opinion it's the worst starting point imaginable. It gives you the complete wrong impression what the Atelier games are all about. The Alchemy system is reduced to a mere joke, and exploring, what is a big part of the Atelier games, is almost non-existent. And then there is that terrible gacha mechanics, that honestly have no place in a Atelier game. If you look at the Steam score for this game it gets a 48% positive, while ALL other Atelier games hover around 85% to 95% positive. I guess that say's something. Of course this is just a personal opinion, and I don't want to offend, but I would rather recommend one of the other arcs as a starting point. Maybe the best is the Atelier Ryza (Secret series) or Atelier Sophie (Mysterious series).

@@jclosed2516 Most people going into a F2P game know what to expect though. Especially mobile games. I have never, ever, ever played a F2P/Mobile game version of any property and assumed the entire series perfectly reflected that game. For the most part they play differently from console games. The only exceptions I can really think of are games like Genshin Impact and Wuthering Waves but I hate playing those on mobile. My hands always end up cramping up. If it's open world I want to be at my computer I also ended up buying a few "mainline" games after trying Resleriana and, even while on sale, they are still pretty expensive. I also didn't manage to "stick" with any of them yet (I haven't given up on them, but I'm just struggling to get into them, which feels a lot worse after I've paid money). While the gameplay mechanics are simplified, the world and characters and presentation feel pretty on point Atelier and I think that's where it matters. I was really bored with the story on launch but eventually I "got" the appeal and I think the next time I try to go through the mainline games I'll appreciate it more now. It's honestly a really solid entry for a mobile title. Far better then what the franchise has offered before. They are actually trying for once on this platform, even if it means it's become a "mainline" title.

@@Annoyer999 You have your opinion, and that's fine, but I (as said respectfully) disagree. Sure - They tried a new direction with this game, but most people think it's a way to monetize the Atelier series top to bottom. Their opinion, that I share by the way, is that a strongly reduced game play with monetization on top, is not the way to go for that Atelier series. Most people are begging Gust to give them a "traditional" game that's not free, has a good and fleshed out game play, and is also not monetized front to back. And seeing the Steam scores (you cannot deny they are extremely bad for a Atelier game), and bad reviews (The Kiseki Nut did a good, but harsh one), reflect that. I get that you like this type of game, or have a high tolerance for simplified game play connected to monetization, but that is not a view the majority of the "traditional" Atelier fans share. On the contrary... Still - It's nice you enjoy this game, and gacha lovers in general will probably have a good time with it (I don't really know about that, because this game is the only gacha game I ever tried). I hope you will have a lot of fun with this game for the time to come! 🙂

@@jclosed2516 Not sure if you are aware, but Gust has already said they'd be releasing another full priced Atelier game next. Seems this will be similar to FE:Heroes or AC:Pocket Camp where the mobile game exists alongside the full-priced releases, not replacing them outright. Ironically enough, the next full priced Atelier game is likely going to be the highest in terms of budget and scope thanks to profit/newcomers Resleriana has brought in (though I'm sure the majority of that success will be attributed to Ryza, which still continues to be a hugely influential boost to the series) I'm also not sure if you're aware of this, but the Atelier series has already tried having a gacha game in the past and it ended up failing. That's probably why they went with the approach of releasing one as part of the main series and putting some serious effort into it, which I think it's paying off. Atelier as a franchise should only continue to get better from here