TL;DR: Weakest Ryza game, but left a legacy. Positive and negative points of this journey:
✅Ryza's biggest point is how perfect a lighthearted story it is. There are no dangerous conflicts or anything that makes the world suffer. It makes me chills to say that. We've consumed so many stories where characters fight to save the world, save those they love as if their lives depended on it, all for that peaceful tomorrow for the rest of their lives... that peaceful tomorrow is like the whole story of Atelier Ryza, the world has never been in conflict, but a beautiful plot has managed to be created with simplicity and showing us how we can evolve as a person, in addition to valuing the time we spend together with those who are precious to us. Like you're with your friends at school, and that time is so much fun that you'll remember it for the rest of your lives, you realize "ah, those were the best days of my life"
✅Franchise's best entry in slice of life and comedy. The characters are well explored as if they were alive. It's a coming of age as if we were actually accompanying a life.
✅ Not exactly a plus point, but something that draws attention. The game is focused more on slice of life and everyday life than on the plot itself. And ironically, it's still the Atelier with the most creative and well-done story.
✅Ah, the soundtrack. Of course, this is the BIGGEST positive point right here. This game is a dream of any music nerd who is a gamer. These are compositions that should be known throughout the world. For those who understand, they are highly complex with very peculiar and out of the ordinary time signatures, 5/4, 7/8, 6/8, a music lesson within a game, and this is VERY OUT OF THE NORMAL. Believe me. Rare.
❌The sides are inferior to Ryza 2. In Ryza 2 they were more interesting and deeper, where you explored more deeply the places related to the main plot and about the universe of that game. Most of Ryza 3's are just random sides around the map.
❌The game doesn't look better than Ryza 2 in graphics. Yes, it's a bizarre case where the graphics of a game from 2-3 years ago are superior to the current one. As much as the map is bigger and more open, the draw distance is very reduced.
❌Another loss for Ryza 2 itself, the artistic direction has gone downhill. It was one of the strongest points of Atelier Ryza, its artistic direction, which became less clear in 3.
❌ In narrative it loses to Ryza 1 (and Ryza 2 ofc), and also for being a sequel. The credit will always go to the first game for having created and presented everything, a sequel will always have to bet on a deeper narrative to be better than the first game, but Atelier was always mediocre in its story, so obviously Ryza 3 wasn't better in narrative than the previous games. I kneel to the epilogue after the last boss though.
❌ Honestly speaking, this game was the weakest Ryza in almost all aspects, including the soundtrack.
🌐 PERSONAL OPINIONS:
🌐 Didn't beat Ryza 2 for me, which is the most emotional Atelier of all. That journey was awesome, so Ryza 2 still my fav Atelier. It also doesn't beat Ryza 1, responsible for creating the world and introducing summer and characters in a way that no other Atelier does.
🌐 I can't believe they didn't put Clifford and Serri in this game, who were two of my favorite Ryza characters. It was a sin, I swear.
CONCLUSION
The ending is beautiful and still a worth journey. I love Reisalin Stout and her character progression. Empel plot also surprised me. Ryza was the Atelier of my generation and I should be proud that my generation had the best Atelier in the history of the franchise. And it's from here for the better. Thank you, Koei Tecmo for the experience. I don't even know what to say here, but damn, didn't make such a big review like this in a while. See you again someday, Atelier series, in another summer!
✅Ryza's biggest point is how perfect a lighthearted story it is. There are no dangerous conflicts or anything that makes the world suffer. It makes me chills to say that. We've consumed so many stories where characters fight to save the world, save those they love as if their lives depended on it, all for that peaceful tomorrow for the rest of their lives... that peaceful tomorrow is like the whole story of Atelier Ryza, the world has never been in conflict, but a beautiful plot has managed to be created with simplicity and showing us how we can evolve as a person, in addition to valuing the time we spend together with those who are precious to us. Like you're with your friends at school, and that time is so much fun that you'll remember it for the rest of your lives, you realize "ah, those were the best days of my life"
✅Franchise's best entry in slice of life and comedy. The characters are well explored as if they were alive. It's a coming of age as if we were actually accompanying a life.
✅ Not exactly a plus point, but something that draws attention. The game is focused more on slice of life and everyday life than on the plot itself. And ironically, it's still the Atelier with the most creative and well-done story.
✅Ah, the soundtrack. Of course, this is the BIGGEST positive point right here. This game is a dream of any music nerd who is a gamer. These are compositions that should be known throughout the world. For those who understand, they are highly complex with very peculiar and out of the ordinary time signatures, 5/4, 7/8, 6/8, a music lesson within a game, and this is VERY OUT OF THE NORMAL. Believe me. Rare.
❌The sides are inferior to Ryza 2. In Ryza 2 they were more interesting and deeper, where you explored more deeply the places related to the main plot and about the universe of that game. Most of Ryza 3's are just random sides around the map.
❌The game doesn't look better than Ryza 2 in graphics. Yes, it's a bizarre case where the graphics of a game from 2-3 years ago are superior to the current one. As much as the map is bigger and more open, the draw distance is very reduced.
❌Another loss for Ryza 2 itself, the artistic direction has gone downhill. It was one of the strongest points of Atelier Ryza, its artistic direction, which became less clear in 3.
❌ In narrative it loses to Ryza 1 (and Ryza 2 ofc), and also for being a sequel. The credit will always go to the first game for having created and presented everything, a sequel will always have to bet on a deeper narrative to be better than the first game, but Atelier was always mediocre in its story, so obviously Ryza 3 wasn't better in narrative than the previous games. I kneel to the epilogue after the last boss though.
❌ Honestly speaking, this game was the weakest Ryza in almost all aspects, including the soundtrack.
🌐 PERSONAL OPINIONS:
🌐 Didn't beat Ryza 2 for me, which is the most emotional Atelier of all. That journey was awesome, so Ryza 2 still my fav Atelier. It also doesn't beat Ryza 1, responsible for creating the world and introducing summer and characters in a way that no other Atelier does.
🌐 I can't believe they didn't put Clifford and Serri in this game, who were two of my favorite Ryza characters. It was a sin, I swear.
CONCLUSION
The ending is beautiful and still a worth journey. I love Reisalin Stout and her character progression. Empel plot also surprised me. Ryza was the Atelier of my generation and I should be proud that my generation had the best Atelier in the history of the franchise. And it's from here for the better. Thank you, Koei Tecmo for the experience. I don't even know what to say here, but damn, didn't make such a big review like this in a while. See you again someday, Atelier series, in another summer!
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