atelier marie remake was good like really good and an especially great lesson in lesbianism and since this version of OG atelier marie was included into the game I was like ok why not just play that too it's not gonna be that bad

it wasn't that bad !

I was pretty surprised at how faithful the remake ended up being most of the games elements from the story to the events to the combat system to the entire alchemy system were translated into the modern era and I'm pretty glad they did it like this because now this version is completely obsolete and can be left to die /j

the loop is still the same marie sucks at alchemy so she gets an atelier for 5 years to do something good so go around town gather items talk to people and do side quests theres that

while most of the elements were toned down to just a click of a button which is a shame since going around the gathering spots is actually one of my fav parts in atelier I gotta say the gameplay was already strong as shit with this one it's so intoxicatingly good I think I finished it in 2 sittings and I didnt think it was this short anyway

the art style was definitely a product of its age but its soooooo charming I don't get it it has that 80s anime flair I really like it's so so good

something that I found weird was the fact that this game is actually way more difficult than the remake like I was getting my ass beaten again and again and again in the first 1 or 2 years ingame but then it smoothes out quite well I gotta say

so yeah not that intricate of a game and definitely not as good as the remake but it was cool revisiting the roots of the franchise now I'm more excited to explore the other stuff

I got the normal ending I was SOOOO bad at this version don't talk to me