sarkasmus Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 The Arland Series in the EU: used: depending on the store, about 6-10€ each game. new: about 40€ for the whole trilogy in one box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted April 5, 2015 Author Share Posted April 5, 2015 Those used prices are comparable to the US. Not terribly expensive. With the Plus editions out, those prices shouldn't be spiking anytime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 I can't wait to play it in 2017! Same here, but I actually own 2 games, it's just playing a game on my home console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I can't wait to play it in 2017! ...It's hard being not rich. At this point, I wouldn't know. In exchange, being a lynchpin employee at a difficult job is extremely stressful -_- Being an adult means tradeoffs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosakyun Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I don't have a PS3, so I was planning to play the series starting from Totori or something. Or Rorona. Or Meruru. Whichever comes first among the three. I planned to buy them in the PS Store for the Vita. That time's yet to come though. I've a lot to buy as well. I'll find a way to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I don't have a PS3, so I was planning to play the series starting from Totori or something. Or Rorona. Or Meruru. Whichever comes first among the three. I planned to buy them in the PS Store for the Vita. That time's yet to come though. I've a lot to buy as well. I'll find a way to buy it. Rorona comes first. I have both Rorona and Ayesha for PS3 on a shelf collecting dust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 If you play Rorona, please play Rorona Plus instead of the original version. It was released for PS3 and Vita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stray Cat Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 If you play Rorona, please play Rorona Plus instead of the original version. It was released for PS3 and Vita That's what I have. I got it the minute the price dropped down to $20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderfullyevil Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I'm playing Shallie now, and I love it. I'm just having problems raising my motivation. Also, I'm in Chapter 3, and I'm level 30+. Is that normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Hoh... apparently the Arland Atelier Trilogy Plus just came out in NA PS store for $79.99 https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/the-arland-atelier-trilogy-plus/cid=UP4108-NPUB50351_00-ARLANDTRILOGYPLUThe only time the games ever went on sale (at least digitally) was during Golden Week earlier this year for 24 bucks a pop ($72 total), $16 if you had PS+ ($48)What are the odds of this bundle ever getting a discount Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Doesn't seem like there's a strong Atelier following here but GRAGHGHGG Atelier Escha & Logy Plus is out!!! Legal 18+ Wilbell here I come ... if this game came out last month. Already spent $$ on Danganronpa1&2 ._. so I'll probably get this sometime later this year it was Flutterz... Canicheslayer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnip Sensei Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 4 hours ago, Eclipsed said: Doesn't seem like there's a strong Atelier following here but GRAGHGHGG Atelier Escha & Logy Plus is out!!! Legal 18+ Wilbell here I come ... if this game came out last month. Already spent $$ on Danganronpa1&2 ._. so I'll probably get this sometime later this year Oh Yeah! There hasn't been anything really exiting to play ever since I finished Gahkthun after Christmas, so I've been eagerly waiting for Escha & Logy. I need the cutesy stuff to heal my bored mind and having a main duo sounds pretty exiting, from a romantic standpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Nice, didn't know it was out; I'll be picking that up soon, in that case; after I finish Stella Glow, probably. Given the way Gust's Atelier release lag times have looked for the past games, I guess we should expect it to be another year or so before we can expect Shallie Plus. I guess it'll be a while before I can play a whole Atelier series (unless I go Arland, and Rorona just didn't grab me the way Ayesha did), but I guess that's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetpack003 Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 I'm waiting for Shallie Plus which is going to be out next year. I want those costumes!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawasumi Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Cant wait till I get good enough at jp to play Sophie. Or it gets translated ofc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solidbatman Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Kawasumi said: Cant wait till I get good enough at jp to play Sophie. Or it gets translated ofc Sophie will come. It will be announced pretty soon I would imagine, now that Escha & Logy Plus is out. Kawasumi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawasumi Posted January 21, 2016 Share Posted January 21, 2016 3 minutes ago, solidbatman said: Sophie will come. It will be announced pretty soon I would imagine, now that Escha & Logy Plus is out. hope so, wouldnt mind getting a ps4 for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewycool Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 On 23/12/2015 at 4:23 AM, Eclipsed said: Hoh... apparently the Arland Atelier Trilogy Plus just came out in NA PS store for $79.99 Guess EU chumps like me will stick to the default trilogy, since it doesn't look like it will be released here for awhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetpack003 Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Here's a family photo of the Alchemists of Dusk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 (edited) Reviving this thread for Atelier Firis, which came out a few weeks ago. After really enjoying Ayesha Plus a while back, I've been periodically jonesing for an Atelier game. I tried Rorona Plus a while back, but it didn't really click with me (I think the time pressure of its assignments felt a little too stressful), and when I saw this one had come out I decided it was time to give the series another go. Just started the game and got through the tutorial time period last night, and it's looking to be a lot of fun. JRPGs filled with cute girls are nice and all, but really, it's the gather-and-create alchemy gameplay that makes me burn through the time on these games, and Firis really looks to have nailed that both by changing some things up and by adding some more little twists to the alchemy process (unless the feature I saw was present in Sophie or something, which is possible, since I skipped a few entries in the series). At any rate, looking forward to sinking a lot of time into this. With Persona 5 coming out so soon, starting this game may not have been the best decision, but Persona will just have to wait while I travel the world cooking up ALL the recipes. Edited March 28, 2017 by Fred the Barber Turnip Sensei 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvertMouse Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I tried Rorona quite a few years ago on the Vita. Once in a while, I am in the mood to just chill even if I know the game loop is kind of samey, and everything feels like a sidequest. The mellowness did bore me after a while, and I ended up not finishing the game. That said, every time a new title is released, I feel drawn just because of how pretty everything looks . Is the Atelier series one of those cases where you play one, you've played them all? Do they have to be played in any particular order? If not, what would be regarded as the best one so far? If there is one that has more of a story that would be cool. I am keen to give it another go, though often I just end up quitting way too fast. Thanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 2 hours ago, InvertMouse said: I tried Rorona quite a few years ago on the Vita. Once in a while, I am in the mood to just chill even if I know the game loop is kind of samey, and everything feels like a sidequest. The mellowness did bore me after a while, and I ended up not finishing the game. That said, every time a new title is released, I feel drawn just because of how pretty everything looks . Is the Atelier series one of those cases where you play one, you've played them all? Do they have to be played in any particular order? If not, what would be regarded as the best one so far? If there is one that has more of a story that would be cool. I am keen to give it another go, though often I just end up quitting way too fast. Thanks . I'm not an expert, so I'm going to summon His Saltiness to help out answering this, since I think he's played more of these than I have: @solidbatman what do you think? I'll take a stab at it, but keep in mind my answers aren't going to be that well-informed, since I've only played all of Atelier Ayesha, a little bit of Atelier Rorona, and even less of Atelier Firis. Ayesha, while it does have an overarching story (she's trying to find and save her sister) feels mostly like you're doing side-quests. It's a very laid-back game, except if you get really into the time management aspect, which I think the game system simultaneously encourages without being too pushy about it. Yes, you have to get a lot of stuff done within the game clock time, and if you really like crafting ALL the things like I do, then you'll have to be a little bit careful with your time to make sure you don't screw up and miss one of the goals. But it's not like you have to try that hard, and you certainly will have plenty of time to do all of the stuff you want to. From the ones I've played, they do all feel kind of the same at a high level, but in the little details they're pretty different. I felt much more free to explore and go on self-assigned missions in Ayesha than I did in the time I spent with Rorona, but it's possible that's just because I never really got out of the early game in Rorona. We'll see how it is with Firis, since I'm intending to stick with this one. InvertMouse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvertMouse Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Thanks Fred! Cool, maybe we will see if His Saltiness has anything to add . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) So, actually, after a few more hours with Firis last night, the experience of traveling feels really different from Ayesha: Ayesha had your typical world map with little areas you had to clear to move on. In Firis, for the first major traveling step at least, you actually walk through a big, contiguous area, full of monsters, gathering points, and points where you can pitch your tent-cum-atelier and either synthesize or rest to recover HP/MP but also LP, which is consumed both when you gather and slowly just when walking around. That probably doesn't sound like that big of a change, but it actually feels really different, for a couple reasons: you get to take a break and craft stuff whenever you feel like it (you no longer can only synthesize at a home base), since it's super easy to find a place to pitch your tent. you can also drop off your materials very easily (just find a spot and pitch a tent), so you're no longer as tightly constrained by your basket size it makes the world feel a lot bigger, since you end up spending "weeks" of game-time (and no small amount of actual time) traveling across these big field areas. I actually resumed last night at the start of the first field area, played for about 2.5 hours, gathering, monster-hunting, crafting, and basically exploring every nook and cranny, and I still haven't quite gotten out of the first field area o_O Edited March 29, 2017 by Fred the Barber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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