Unfortunately, this is the first Atelier that I have to drop. I really dislike some changes here, and overall it's just...rough.
The time limit is gone, fine, but it also lacks a clear main goal that drives you. (yeah the dragon hourglass, but it's such a back-of-the-mind thing because it rarely gets brought up)
I dislike that you now have to physically collect materials. It's good in the modern games, but the super janky movement makes it kind of annoying.
It's VERY unclear on how to progress your alchemy. It's unnecessarily difficult to even find new places to go. You can't even complete requests with items from the container - it HAS to be in your basket.
So much inconvenience now for some reason. Some of this might be just me being dumb, but I really tried. My Japanese is decent.
I will of course try Viorate (the sequel) eventually but I don't have high hopes for it if it's the same as this one.
The time limit is gone, fine, but it also lacks a clear main goal that drives you. (yeah the dragon hourglass, but it's such a back-of-the-mind thing because it rarely gets brought up)
I dislike that you now have to physically collect materials. It's good in the modern games, but the super janky movement makes it kind of annoying.
It's VERY unclear on how to progress your alchemy. It's unnecessarily difficult to even find new places to go. You can't even complete requests with items from the container - it HAS to be in your basket.
So much inconvenience now for some reason. Some of this might be just me being dumb, but I really tried. My Japanese is decent.
I will of course try Viorate (the sequel) eventually but I don't have high hopes for it if it's the same as this one.