It was nice to finally get to this game and play it. I bought it back in 2016 for the PS4 because it looked really cute, never having heard of the Atelier series before. I started it back then, but I was too addicted to FFXIV to finish any other games, and then I later let my daughter take my PS4. Recently I bought a PS5 so that I could play FFXVI, and I decided to go back to this game and play it for real (and get a platinum trophy).

Again, this is my first Atelier game. I like the character designs and the voice acting (I used Japanese voices). The battle and crafting system is fun. I like how customizable it is and how you can really have a range of experiences since it's so open-ended. The story was also cute, just enough to make me want to continue it, but not too deep. I will say that the rumor system could be a little frustrating, but it's not as bad as people say online. I think people that spend hours trying to pop a rumor and don't get it are just missing prerequisites, because that never happened for me. I think for the last achievement, to beat the demon lord, I had to cycle rumors maybe 10 times at most. I did farm the DLC area some to help me get all of the achievements, and I was able to kill all the bosses, but I didn't feel like spending the time to gear up and beat all the DLC bosses on Despair. I was able to beat them on normal, which is good enough for me.

I will probably play another Atelier game in the future!