Written yesteryear Alexander O. Cuaycong together with Anthony L. Cuaycong
Title: Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings
Developer: Koei Tecmo Games, Gust Co. Ltd.
Publisher: Koei Tecmo Games, Koei Tecmo
Price: $59.99
Genre: RPG
Also Available On: Steam, PS4
Without neglect relieve for a brief interlude at the plow of the millennium, the Atelier serial has churned out a game every unmarried twelvemonth since 1997. Even every bit Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg proved to endure a critical together with commercial hit, it’s fair to combat that Gust did non anticipate the championship to endure merely the showtime inward a dear franchise. That said, the developer has taken zippo for granted; improvements that strengthen the build overall withdraw maintain come upwardly with every succeeding release. And, inward this regard, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings is no exception; it carries its lift proudly, for the most business office coming together expectations of fans via a good for you lot blend of combat, exploration, together with creativity, with a light-hearted storey weaving all the elements together.
In Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings, players follow the titular Marlen twins inward their bespeak to operate experienced alchemists. Stumbling upon a ikon that leads to around other basis where rare minerals abound, the 2 resolve to purpose the chance to operate along adventures together with hone their alchemy inward hopes of 1 24-hour interval running the best atelier inward their country. All told, it’s a grand if straightforward culmination of the outstanding Mysterious Trilogy.
To players long familiar with the Atelier series, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings provides essentially the same visual experience every bit its predecessors; the fine art fashion is straight off recognizable, imbibing a colorful, vibrant, together with brilliant atmosphere. And for all the seeming shallowness of its premise, it manages to hew closely to the theme gear upwardly inward previous games. In fact, it’s close flawless, ably capturing the mystery together with beauty of the many environments Lydie together with Suelle acquire to explore.
And explore the Marlens volition inward Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings. From the town they alive inward to the many unlike locations the ikon exposes them to, they are given myriad things to do. The open-world setup from Atelier Firis: The Alchemist together with the Mysterious Journey is gone, making means instead to a pick-a-map fashion of gameplay akin to that of Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland. Nonetheless, each map is detailed, together with brings with it a bevy of enemies to combat for experience together with reagents to collect for alchemy. Meanwhile, the turn-based combat mechanics haven’t changed, a boon inward calorie-free of the gentle learning curve. Parenthetically, choosing from with political party members, using items, together with attacking with skills are all measure fare for veterans of — together with slowly pickups for newbies to — the series.
In whatsoever case, the existent fun is provided yesteryear Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings via its alchemy mini-game. Players are enjoined to purpose together with procedure materials into potions or food. Said materials tin endure acquired — yesteryear purchase or yesteryear defeating monsters inward for sure locations on the map — together with combined with reagents to hit powerful items. While the concepts of alchemy together with synthesis mightiness look intimidating at showtime glance, it's genuinely slowly to understand, fifty-fifty for newcomers to the series.
Parenthetically, there's something cathartic nigh creating, together with hence using, potions, weapons, together with crystals, all of whose efficacy is subject on the proper blending of ingredients. The exclusively existent downside is that improve materials are hard to discovery together with driblet exclusively from to a greater extent than unsafe enemies. In whatsoever case, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings brings nigh a comfortable beat of exploration, combat, together with alchemy. Neither pressuring nor especially difficult, it's a relaxing means to pass an afternoon with the Nintendo Switch on hand.
On the flipside, the hybrid console’s version of Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings suffers from technical concerns that foreclose players from enjoying it to the fullest; it doesn't run especially well, displaying framerate issues despite the lower graphical requirements. Meanwhile, the combat together with the storey won’t surprise anyone, together with mightiness at times experience rote together with mundane. And the alchemy mini-game, yesteryear far its best inclusion, relies on grinding, a chore non everyone volition endure happy to perform.
All told, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists together with the Mysterious Paintings is a proficient purchase for the Switch. It's definitely non for everyone; non all those novel to the Atelier serial volition savour its evidently story, straightforward mechanics, together with seemingly underwhelming graphics. For longtime followers of the franchise, however, the latest loose provides to a greater extent than of the same old, same onetime — which is to tell to a greater extent than of what it has done best over the concluding 2 decades together with change.
THE GOOD
- Features a concrete together with stylized theme
- Alchemy is slowly to empathize together with fun
- Exploration is rewarding together with never dull
THE BAD
- Simple storey together with gameplay
- Repetitive together with requires grinding
- Technical issues
RATING: 8/10
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