A dumbed down version of the first atelier iris
posted by rpger19 (ARLINGTON, WA) Dec 31, 2006
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Good: the US voice acting is fine. The artwork is all right.
Bad: The Japanese track on the US game is horrible. You can barely hear it above the music. The dialogue for the US version is pathetic. It's like those moments where you're trying to be funny, but it's not funny at all. They also say many senseless things, that don't really fit with what's happened so far; it's like the characters are constantly forgetting what happened previously. The graphics are horrid. The music isn't all that interesting. The battles are so easy, you could go like 50 battles without EVER healing if you wanted to. Boss battles are a joke. There's not really much to explore anymore, compared to the previous game. You don't even get to hear a good deal of the mana spirits' voices. The characters aren't very interesting. The store system has been replaced with a new facet of the alchemy system. So, no more favored stores. The map has been turned into a 'choose where you wanna go' system. Skills are now only available through items, and you cannot power them up anymore. A fair portion of the game, you're just running mindless errands, which basically are, "make X alchemical item". There really is very little purpose to Viese's existence gameplay-wise. The story seems to forget itself. The main character pretty much is completely superior to everyone. There is no balance between Felt, and the other fighters like in the previous game. Felt has the best damage, AND he can use alchemy. Making him superior. The mana spirits no longer need to be satisfied, and you cannot choose which mana spirit you want to create the item. In fact the mana spirits aren't that important either. Alchemy has also been dumbed down. So far as I've been(i haven't beat the game), there has yet to be an item that costs more than one of an element. Sometimes it will cost more than one type of element, but it will only be 1/X element per item. This game is a waste of money to buy OR rent. Just borrow it from a friend...
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