Review: Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX (Reviewed on PS4, also on Switch and PC)
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2020
- As an Atelier fan who has played a bit of the Mysterious series, all of Arland and of course Ryza, I'm so glad the Atelier Dusk Trilogy Pack is here to help continue in the series! I really enjoyed my time with Atelier Ayesha DX, so I hope you enjoy my review! Let me know your thoughts on the game in the comments :)
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Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX
(Available standalone or in the Atelier Dusk Trilogy Pack)
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Time codes:
1:08 - Premise
1:54 - Gameflow and a Manageable Time Limit
4:13 - Systems
7:12 - Deluxe Edition, Visuals, Music and Other Thoughts
9:38 - Closing Thoughts 
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After playing 'Atelier Sophie' a couple of years back and falling in love with it I did a little digging into the Atelier franchise as a whole. The Dusk Trilogy was the one that I wanted too play the most; and I'm enjoying my time with Ayesha so far and can't wait too continue with this world. Before this release I've finished both the Mysterious trilogy and Arland trilogy as well as the newer games; to keep it brief the Atelier series has been my borderline obsession since booting up Sophie for the first time.
I LIKED ALTERIER IRIS ON THE PS2. I AM NOW PLAYING ALTERIER SOPHIE. IT REMINDS ME OF ALTERIER IRIS. THE PART I DIDNT LIKE SO FAR IN SOPHIE IS THE CRITICISM ABOUT OVER WEIGHT PPL. I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY DISTASTEFUL. APART FROM THAT I NEED AN ALTERIER GAME THAT HAS LARGE PRINT FOR MY EYES BUT I MAY NOT FIND ONE. THE OLDER GAMES HAD LARGER PRINT IT SEEMS. I HAVENT HAD MY PS4 ALL THAT LONG.
Really glad the Atelier series is getting more exposure and attention from the gaming world. The games are so beautiful and engaging.
Fantastic job on the review, as ever. I especially like how you compared how it differs from Ryza, for the players who started with the later games.
Thank you, they really are beautiful and fun ^__^
Great review. I'm thinking about getting atelier ayesha dx for the nintendo switch, it really looks great. I also really love the art style of the atelier dusk trilogy games too.
I saw this game in Costco when I was a kid, and have been curious about it ever since.
Thanks for tha amazing in depth review! I just picked up the physical version of the trilogy for the Switch and I cant wait to get into it!
Thanks to you, i finally started to pick up Atelier games and giving them a try and i have been enjoying them a lot
I'm so glad to hear that! :) What's your favourite so far?
I really want to collect these but boy oh boy...so many to try! Thanks for the review!
Was literally just looking at reviews of this game, perfect timing, thank you!!
Hope it was helpful ^__^
I'm happy you enjoyed Ayesha. It really is one of the better Atelier games in my opinion. The Dusk Trilogy's themes and greater emphasis on world-building and mystery gives it a unique flair that I hope gets revisited in the future.
I loved the small-challenge picture books so much. It was a nice way to encourage the player to do a bunch of different stuffs.
Good review. I've only played Escha & Logy in the Dusk Trilogy. I thought it was a decent game. I hope that you'll review it one of these days.
Dusk Trilogy for days, easily my fav. It's perfect.
Another lovely review, thanks! I'm very curious to try this trilogy. And Ayesha is so beautiful...
I must be very bad at time management because I got the bad ending the first time I played Ayesha and was sooooo far from the end when I lost 😅 still excited to revisit this on Switch however along with the other two Dusk games which I haven’t played yet!
Thanks for the Ayesha review
I remember when I was playing Atelier games at ps2! How times have changed..
Great Review thanks ~!
The gameplay style and overall feel of the game definitely seems a lot different compared to Ryza but i am definitely interested in the trilogy ! You honestly do such a good job putting this series as a whole in the right spotlight and make it very appealing for first timers / returning players !
I can see why you were given early review codes because you genuinely do it justice along with how informative and well put together your videos usually are : ) Keep up the amazing work Tara ! This will definitely join the backlog but looking forward to it.
Thank you so much, I always say it but you're so nice every time :33 I hope you enjoy it when you get to it ^__^
This Dusk trilogy were the first Atelier games I've played and introduced me to the series. I got the bad ending first so I'm aiming to get the good ending on my DX playthrough. Thanks for the review!
Keep up the awesome videos!
Love the video! Always adored Atelier games.
A bit Out of topic but: I'm trying to find your review on Tales of Berseria, but I can't seem to find it on your channel. Did you ever do one before or have you talked about it in your previous videos? I really want to know your thoughts on it(mostly the story) since I've been thinking about buying that game and I always love and trust your taste in JRPGs!
I've bought the Dusk Trilogy the other day. Now I'm quite busy with Fire Emblem 3 Houses, but maybe I start Atelier Ayesha today because I'm so excited to play it, and it can be useful for taking a break from FE3H (since it's my first FE game and I have a lot to assimilate.
Great review, I love it!
I have the plat for this one I am pretty happy that the trilogy is being rereleased because I never had the chance to play the second and third one
Really good review! To be honest Ayesha is my least favorite of the dusk trilogy, but I'm glad you appreciated it! The next one (Escha&Logy) is my personal favorite atelier game so I'm excited to watch your video on it in the future!
Lol we put almost the same comment^^
Why do you like Echa and Logy so over Aeysha?
You work for the government and Logy is familiar to you?
What made you like one over the other?
Im about to get one, but couldn't decide yet
The atelier series is an interesting one as I started my journey with the Atelier Iris trilogy before going to mana khemia, and then the arland trilogy. This is actually the last game in the series that I bought before taking a break from the series (I believe it was the change of ownership to Tecmo Koei that caused me break). I really liked the world building in the first game though and have heard nothing but positive things about the two games after so looking forward to any review of them you might do. It might be just what I need to pull me back into the atelier games.
I played all Ateliers since Atelier Iris 1, Ayesha is my favorite so far. I'm gonna buy the DX pack when we got a greater discont in a Steam sale.
While I started Atelier Marie, Atelier Iris, and Atelier Ryza before this, Atelier Ayesha was the first one I beat. It kept me interested the whole time, even when I misunderstood what I needed to do and wasted a bunch of time (still got a good ending). I loved all the characters and interactions and the plot and music and battles and gathering and synthesis. Just, really solid all around.
Just but the Dusk Trilogy since it's on for 20% off as part of the spring sale being held on the Nintendo Switch. I've put a few hours into Ayesha and I'm having a lot of fun so far. I'm sure I've got lots to learn, but the characters are adorable, the music is great, and the art design is lovely, so it should all work out fine.
I'm new to the series.
This looks like like it's worth my time. I just bought the trilogy on the PS network.
Outstanding watch, very well done review. @JRPG Jungle is this game getting a physical release on PS4 or is this a digital only thing at this time?
Pretty sure only Digital outside of the switch
@@terranceforeman5116 Thank you for the knowledge.
This review could if stopped at 1min, I'm already sold lol
I'm currently playing Rorona and Ioving it so far, I started off with Ryza and decided to play the older ones first, I even put Ryza 2 on hold until I get through them all.
I'm going to go through all 4 Arland games then the Dusk and Mysterious trilogies. Never thought I'd like these kind of games cause they look a bit girly, but Ive been drawn in mostly by the artsyle, the crafting system is also addictive and the story / gameplay are just as good. I hear Totori has a harsh time limit which I cant say I'm excited for though lol
you know how good the character design is, when you can't decide who to take with you. everytime I kick someone out of the party, I miss him (or her) 5 minutes later. I want them all! (I only wish the funny witch would be tougher ;-))
I just bought this game, my very first atelier game ever and i agree that it’s the most charming pretty looking protagonist for me. I hope the system is easy to learn for an absolute beginner 😅
I pre ordered the deluxe bundle for switch with english language option and am currently waiting for delivery :3 my first atelier was sophie which I adored but then the time limit in firis kind of scared me a little. I hope I can vibe with the dusk trilogy inspite of the time management system.
(I also have a bunch of trails games to get to, just cold steel 1 took me like 90h. And now that I work a full 40h week I barely find time to finish cold steel 2 anymore ;__;:
I played the original game on the ps3 and loved it! I got the trilogy so that I can replay this one again and finally check out the sequels. ^^
there's a whole series? I just found this game on ps now....
15 games
How does time pass for atelier games. Does it pass just from walking or does it pass from traveling got a new point on the map. Waiting on my playasia copy to play and have not played before
Travel to the points around map and synthesising cost Days /gathering and battle(turn) cost Bars (When you inside a gathering field you will have about 10 bars of Time, if it run out it will reset the bars and +1 Day)
You can craft things to make you travel faster around map.
Sorry for bad eng.
yeah i feel like i'm gonna enjoy the dusk trilogy more than the original arland trilogy , like i like rorona but totori and meruru not much at all, so can't wait to get my physical trilogy pack soon
Are the games in this trilogy related to each other or can you play one without playing the others? I'm interested in trying an Atelier game but don't want to buy several of them so am looking for one with an ending
The games do relate to each other and Ayesha is the first in the Dusk trilogy :3 however all Atelier games are designed somewhat to be able to jump into them, especially with new protagonists in most games and especially the third games in each trilogy usually benefit from knowing the others cause a lot of characters come back :3 in saying that, my first Atelier was Lydie and Suelle, the third one of the Mysterious trilogy, and I’ve loved the series since :3 so if you have gameplay you like the look of from one of them, as long as you don’t mind missing a couple of details or backstories, I say go for it :)
Which Atelier game do you recommend for newbies to start with first?
I’d probably recommend either the start of the Ryza trilogy, or the first game in whichever trilogy you think looks good :3 all the alchemy systems build on each other a little, but if you’re interested in modern Atelier, it’s easier to learn from Ryza (it’ll likely help you enjoy future entries quicker than having a learning curve)
But I started with the 3rd Mysterious entry (Lydie and Suelle) and fell in love with the series, so whichever you think looks good is fine! Sophie can be good too (the first Mysterious game) as Sophie 2 is a new game, so you can get to know older and newer Atelier with a pretty modern way :3
And if you don’t want to spend money, the smartphone Resleriana will let you know what the essence of the series is (console of course will be better, but it’s a good way to learn which characters you like :3)
I hope that helps! Let me know what you try if you try the series! ^__^
@@JRPGJungle I picked up Atelier Sophie. I had played NieR recently and seeing that there's a talking book in it too had me intrigued, lol. Thanks!
I have actually been playing through this game as my very first Altlier game and I do feel like I am wasting a lot of time moving about the map. I am just around january 10th and about lv 15. I have just been around the big market town progressing the game because I have no idea how much leeway I have in hard mode. i hope there is a way later on to make it so that i can visit the older places without losing a month of my time just traveling back and forth. I am still trying to get the hang of the synthesis system. I am the point of the story where I have to make like 70 different new items which I do not have currently.
Ayesha is my least atelier favorite, but Escha & logy is my favorite, i hope you'll have a blast with the other two.
@@CS-cj9di hello, well 3 months after this comment i gave it another shoot and i liked it.
Go for Ayesha, then escha logy then Shallie if you want to enjoy the full trilogy.
Ayesha has one of the easier alchemy system but weirdly hard to understand in my opinion.
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Ayesha was the title that got me hooked on Atelier series back on ps3. I tried the Arland trilogy before that but never finished them at the time. Ayesha was a huge leap forward from those to me. Keithgriff was cool.
I want to buy these new ports but they are too pricy, imo. I'll wait for a sale.
These dusk ones never go on sale, it's always the mysterious trilogy on sale 😭
Im about to get Ayesha or Escha and Logy as first Atelier game on the Ps3, which one should I get?
@@guilhermecaiado5384 i recommend Escha and Logy personally.
If only the difficulty curve of this game were more balanced, the crafting system didn't require constantly inverting and clipping traits, and that all materials didn't have hidden traits that you have to draw out, this would have been a lot higher on my list. I loved 90% of this game for it's characters and plot and visuals, though I found it overly easy even on hard mode from the beginning... all the way until the boss rush, where suddenly for the first time in the entire game up to that point, you actually have to use the convoluted synthesis system and be expected to know where all the materials are that have all the hidden traits that you need. Then, immediately afterwards, you are forced to grind a second time in order to beat the dragon to finish Keith's character line in order to get the true ending. That was too much for me. It wasn't the time involved, I beat the main line in just over a year of gameplay, I had time theoretically. Maybe if there were a proper database of what all the hidden traits were, and if the synthesis system didn't have that terrible invert-and-clip mechanic in it, I might have continued, but unlike every other Atelier game I've tried, there's no such data online to look up. This and Firis are the only Atelier games I didn't see the true end for, and Firis wasn't because I disliked it but rather just because I put it down for too long, after realizing that the post-game leading to the true ending was as long as the main game, and it felt awkward to pick up again a year later. Luckily, the next two systems didn't suffer from these flaws.
Does this game include jp audio now?
Yes, every version except ps3 does
You havent played escha and sophie yet? Ohohohoho you have a goooood time ahead of you. Dusk trilogy is the epitome of atelier.
Pana Special i like this attack
I loved it but got to carried away with side stories and got the bad ending.
I came here because of Food4dogs 🙊
After I Finished 3 Mysterious, 4 Arland, Ryza and 3 Dusk (now still only 1 Dusk - Ayesha) It number will be so close to FF 123456789 x x-2 13 13-2 Lightning 15 . SO CLOSE
Never played an atelier because of the time limit, they look good but not my kind of game
Cute Loli Protagonist 😂 Sasuga Koei Techo Sama 🤣
Ryza is overrated. Its a great game, but too many people plugging it as a "savior of the franchise" when its a solid 7.5/10 is obnoxious. I'm not a fan of Ryza's mechanics. That being said, I love Ayesha a lot more. I haven't got started properly, but DX will be a great opportunity.
To be fair, I think a lot of people are calling it that because it sold a ton of units and brought the Atelier series a good deal of positive attention that didn't exist for the PS2/PS3 titles, regardless of how great those games were. To me, the Ryza phenomenon is fine because it will doubtlessly inspire a number of JRPG fans to dig into that lesser-known back-catalog, a ton of which is still easily available to play. I'm hopeful that the Ryza popularity (which has now led to a 3rd title being announced for 2023) will make Gust 'go big' with the series' 25th anniversary and see about remastering or reissuing the older titles like Iris, Marie, Mana Khemia, etc...
Being a huge jrpg fan im surprised that i always found a reason to skip this series. Ryza intrigues me the most from them all.
This game was free on PS NOW, so I gave it a try during my Covid boredom and I absolutely regret it!
*GOSH, THIS GAME IS A TOTAL DISPLAY OF EXCREMENTS!* - Seriously, if you're an adult, I admire you for your mental strength if you can go through even the first hour of this game without developing a chronic cringe resting face. The actions of the characters and dialogues are so random, childish and dumb, it seems it has been written by 12-year-olds. NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE! It is like a Japanese opioid fever dream. I thought Tales of Vesparia was overrated and pandering to a very young audience, but this tops almost everything I have seen in the RPG world so far. Stay away from it if you can! This gives me PTSD!
No one pronounces the title of these games correctly.