As a newcomer, my answer is yes. At first it was the thicc and the thighs, but I can honestly say after 35 hours in the game that it is an absolute blast! The synthesis system is so deep and complex but it’s very rewarding. The battle system was confusing as hell at first but once you get it down it’s a lot of fun too. You can mix up your party and synchronize some awesome combos. I recommend this to anyone that is on the fence, although play with a controller on PC or you probably won’t enjoy it with no mouse support. They are adding an update soon for mouse and graphics options.
This is my first Atelier game and I completely agree with all your comments. I did enjoy it overall and I’ve just got Ryza 2 as apparently it has improved a lot of things from the original and further improvements found in Ryza 3!
As someone who has played a couple Atelier trilogies, that synthesizing screen and battle style felt completely alien. Also the grinding part hurt a little. I'm pretty sure that's when you were supposed to make yourself some better gear.
I've loved the Atelier series since Ayesha. I'm happy to see more people get into the series due to this new thicc version. lol I haven't started yet since i'm waiting till after i finish The Outer Worlds. But i can't wait.
The way I defeated the "super optional boss" at roughly 10:30. I just went back to base, crafted a really strong bomb (called Craft) and spammed it at the boss.
5:39 wait, I didnt know that. What the fuck. I was literally going by the motto "grab as much as you can during exploring and hope you dont run out of it because god knows where that item came from"
I've played a lot of the other games and had a lot of the same issues. This game does a lot of stuff new and differently. 8:56 I'm pretty sure you just need to be in your room/at base/whereever you do alchemy to equip it. This is something that was obvious to me from playing other games but I don't think it was explicitly stated. The elimination of the basket in this game as well as the core charge mechanic kinda contributes to that. (edit: I got farther and there is a basket nevermind. It's weird but cool that materials go directly to your container on the entire island) Firis in 2017 was the last game to get an english dub unfortunately :(
Honestly that Sophie game imo is a much better start into the series for a new comer. Or even the Arland trilogy that came out last year. But as a long time fan Ryza is a massive breath of fresh air for the series that it really needed.
Well what you do is find the way to make the items 999 with the best possible traits, it would take awhile to get them 999 with all the best traits and effects. This is usually a quality trait exploit, and finding compenents for the correct elements for the item effects. The last Atelier game I played was Lulua so I will get it soon probably with Lydie and Suelle.
Well, I played the Mysterious Series and out of the three Mysterious Games and Ryza, I'd rate it as follows: Tie for 1st: Sophie and Lydie/Suelle 3rd: Ryza 4th: Firis
Lol, I’m a newcomer, and... I got hooked on the alchemy system, bad. The power trip I went on when I made my first 999 quality material went on for a week, and ate up all of my free time- it was the kind of thing where I started to see it in my dreams. That was fun, but wow, I’m not sure if I ever want to experience that again.
As a newcomer, I really love this game so far. The synthesizing, battle mechanics, and gathering is really awesome. the writing for the game isn't as bad as other JRPGs i've been playing. Just a regular protagonist hungry for adventure. Love it
@@jasondp3546 Unfortunately no, and it would've helped since it's a lot of dialogue to read. But I finished the game and I gotta say the only thing it's lacking is more endgame content. But it gives you chances to play on higher difficulties so I hope when I return to it it'll be good. Otherwise, very good game
I think one thing you should clarify on, with the animal crossing/stardew valley comparison is whether or not the game is as addicting/life dominating as those games.
The main difference would be story vs mechanics. Tales have very good story and character arcs that mesh well with the story. Ateliers... have mediocre stories at best. Mechanic wise, the Tales series don't have very good gameplay imo. The battles are samey, the world is too big and nothing to do, the towns feel empty as there are almost no one to interact with. Meanwhile, Atelier has a world full of things you can interact with and build items from them. The towns are generally livelier since most merchants have their own story and arc (unless its the ghost seller or the bald blacksmith, those are recurrent characters). The crafting mechanics often evolve into something else, that makes complex items available, but require the knowledge from the previous steps to make something more complicated. In conclusion, Atelier is for a relaxing/addicting game (that you can have one new every year!) that has bad to med story.
Wait, the dragon can be a challenge? I sort of beat it without even trying. This is the first Atelier game I spent more than a few hours on too. I thought the dragon was meant to be a joke boss.
I briefly played Iris on PS2 and wasn't digging it a lot, navigation just wasn't clicking Tried this earlier in the year and was pleasantly surprised, though I agree the crafting system is a make or break kind of deal. Either you find a lot of the stuff casually through natural progression of equipment and new areas, or you miss something and have to fiddle around in menus until you find the general area to check...which as you said could be more descriptive. Took me just over 17 hours to finish the game with grinding included, so it's not the biggest time investment.
Funny enough there is no mention of using items during the fights, which is a core of the fighting system of these games but very easy to forget if you play it like a typical J-RPG. The initial cutscene with the "grenade" is a big hint, the very weak "alchemist" character can use all of the usable items you craft to great effects and if you put enough focus on crafting those bombs she can easily out-damage the rest of the team in most fights. Items are also typically the answer against enemies that seem overly powerful (although there are times where they just want you to come back later).
It´s because weebs (most of them) like the Japanese voices or just go with "The original voice acting is better", while some others hate not having the option of having an English dub, though I also hated that I couldn´t just change from dub to the original va.
@@rick30521 I can understand preferring Japanese but not having a dub is a pretty big con for me. It honestly detracts from my experience. As for what you said, I don't know. You may be right but I would argue it's because Atelier fans don't care what they do so long as they keep getting more Atelier. Just look at the ridiculous dlc prices. No way would they stay so bad if people weren't paying for them. I'm not really surprised they do either. Atelier is a very unique series after all. It's pretty much the only series with gameplay like this so fans of it can't just go somewhere else.
@@rick30521 No one likes subpar voice acting or incomplete voice acting regardless of which language it's in...which the Atelier series has been known for in the past when it comes to their english dubs. Would've loved if they'd actually put out a decent english dub for once.
yeah... the atelier games never told you that the way you are supposed to play the games is to gather EVERYTHING in an area if you fill your inventory to go back to base and gather more... wait... they tell you to do that
My biggest problem for this game is the controls. I imagine most people aren't plebs like me and use a controller as intended. Meanwhile I play this thing with keyboard. The port is a bare minimum with no mouse support. I had to remember a really bizarre key mapping with buttons scattered everywhere. There were a lot of sensitivity issues with me tapping a button and game thinking I am holding it. I would also have a huge brain fart every time game tells me to press something and I just cannot remember what keyboard button that is supposed to be.
I'm a newcomer as well. It was easy in my opinion. Couldn't really relate to your gripes. The only thing was that you had to equip your collection tools at home which was confusing to me at first.
I was intimidated at first because of the alchemy and this being my first atelier game but personally I found it easy to learn and intuitive so I didn't struggle as much tbh, different people have different experiences i guess
I remember that golem boss. I got kinda frustrated too until I realized I could make a bomb that matched his elemental weakness, went a little overboard, and made a bomb strong enough to one shot him. It was kind of silly, but it did set the tone for me. “If you run into issues, got prepare some more.” I eventually took that to the logical extreme and ended up with gear and items that made the entire game trivially easy. Which was kind of neat.
I want to get this but idk if I want it physical or digital and it's messing with me because I wanna play it so bad but cbf driving all the way to the store 😂
The atelier games have always been this relaxing stories with sudden spykes, but have a good used of archtypes for a well done storytelling and really good music...but truth be told the alchemy mechanics are not simple at all, even from the older games
yes, yes i know, this game is very....uh......thick......
Don’t you mean thicc haha ( gentleman noises)
(COUGH) (COUGH)
So thicc that the PCs can't handle it. The PC port sucks.
You don't say RamZaes.
*RIDICULOUSLY LARGE*
Take a shot every time he says "as a newcomer"
I’m
Drunk 😵
Who cares about Ryza's thighs? I don't. I'm just here to find out what the equivalent exchange rate for a soul is.
Got that full metal alchemist reference
About Sixteen-Fi... Oh that's just a reference, haha...
Uuh like some herbs... A shiny rock... Waateeer...?
I believe the answer to that is indeed, Ryza's thighs.
Nice refference...but this is not that type of alchemy
As a newcomer, my answer is yes. At first it was the thicc and the thighs, but I can honestly say after 35 hours in the game that it is an absolute blast! The synthesis system is so deep and complex but it’s very rewarding. The battle system was confusing as hell at first but once you get it down it’s a lot of fun too. You can mix up your party and synchronize some awesome combos. I recommend this to anyone that is on the fence, although play with a controller on PC or you probably won’t enjoy it with no mouse support. They are adding an update soon for mouse and graphics options.
A man of culture with great taste in games, to you sir I say have a damn good day
The game won me over with the thighs that's for sure
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
A man of culture as well, eh?
@@El_Wanderer91 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) could say the same to you as well
@@6.6o-w9e ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
* sips tea while wearing monocles *
This game sure made THICC have a lot of C's
i c
and double d's
Alchemy : ThiCC Edition
Extra thicc.
Thicc addiction
Last objective before I stop playing for the day: "Blowing up the trash"
This video: *_shows cutscene Ryza blowing up the spot_*
coincidence
Oh hey there! :)
Work is kicking my butt, and when I can finally go to lunch I'm greeted with a Ramz upload. It's a greay day
01:43
Hey... Why am I thinking of fusing 2 monsters to get the Twin Headed Thunder Dragon?
Not a single barrel meme? Get this noob outta here
tAruuuu TTTTaaaaaRRuuuuuuuuuuuu
TARU DA! xD
0:57 Got......DAYUMMMMMM
PringleDa Prangle she’s fffffffffffffucking THICC
Ngl id buy that figure if I had the space. I haven't bought anime figures in 7 years
2:25 why is mythra playing a flute
0:20 My expectations were to have a "Keikaku doori" meme happening here. :(
"so she drags her two childhood friends i.e. *muscle bara and *shota healer
Ryza's thighs are so dummy thicc that the clap of them triggers a cutscene and teleports us across the map.
Reizalin Stout has some great lewds, tbh
Both her and lila has some good lewds
@@MrToonlink53 Ryza seems to have more. So much so that out of the 900+ entries in Danbooru, 800 or so are just hers
Alexander The Crystal Gamer THANK YOU FOR SAYING THIS
@@VegitoKingAlex imagine being so weak u can't look at hentai without nutting
Reizalin nah, Lila yeah!
sees yuru camp:
ah i see you're a man of culture as well
Considering this is my first entry to the Atelier series, I’m absolutely hooked!
This is my first Atelier game and I completely agree with all your comments. I did enjoy it overall and I’ve just got Ryza 2 as apparently it has improved a lot of things from the original and further improvements found in Ryza 3!
ouh shit is that granblue fantasy ost at 1:30
1:22
Do I hear Granblue Fantasy OST?
Anyway as much as I love Ryza's thicc'ness you gotta agree Klaudia is gorgeous
Wow I thought the next video was going to show in another 3 months. What happened RamZaes? Did someone kidnap your Mac N Cheese bowls?
he releass a new vid every week
@@gompoi I am just being sassy
2:48 Asking the real questions
She's an anime character so she's fine. Bad "doesn't your back hurt" memes aside she does have nice melons.
Having lewds drawn of you is a hard burden to bare. Could hurt
@@MrToonlink53 you failed no nut november smh
@@yoh2525 the many burdens a anime girl must bare.
@@steg1977 can't fail if you never started 🤔
thanks for the video RamZaes. it was both funny and quite informative, I think you were able to explain your thoughts well
As someone who has played a couple Atelier trilogies, that synthesizing screen and battle style felt completely alien.
Also the grinding part hurt a little. I'm pretty sure that's when you were supposed to make yourself some better gear.
or
better BOMB
8:25 In the screen appears a text w saying "to big to fit?" when it should've been "too thick to fit?"
SOLD, thanks for the summary
I've loved the Atelier series since Ayesha. I'm happy to see more people get into the series due to this new thicc version. lol
I haven't started yet since i'm waiting till after i finish The Outer Worlds. But i can't wait.
3:05: Excited ~
The way I defeated the "super optional boss" at roughly 10:30. I just went back to base, crafted a really strong bomb (called Craft) and spammed it at the boss.
5:39 wait, I didnt know that. What the fuck. I was literally going by the motto "grab as much as you can during exploring and hope you dont run out of it because god knows where that item came from"
im 15 hours in and in love with this masterpiece
Learned new controls while watching your video, haha! Thanks, Ramzaes!
3:20 So this is anime Breaking Bad with a thicc protagonist instead of an old high school teacher.
trueblueclue 10/10
As if Walter White wasn't already thicc.
@@renasance2 you're right.
RamZaes talking about a game where you can be a bomb making waifu? Sounds...good
Seems like a great alchemy game. HOWEVER, can you cover up your harem with your genital sauce?
If not, Kamidori alchemy meister is still the king.
Both games have something beautiful. And that os that you can absolutely break them with skills / items
KAM is the shit tbh.
Anyone else look for RamZaes classic "No Kidding.." line that he throws in from 2B of Nier Automata?
Ryza: Eyes up here buddy
Old man: I made mah choice.
This got me, thank you Ram.
... Grind levels? I thought it was about overcoming battles with synthesis.
I've played a lot of the other games and had a lot of the same issues. This game does a lot of stuff new and differently.
8:56 I'm pretty sure you just need to be in your room/at base/whereever you do alchemy to equip it. This is something that was obvious to me from playing other games but I don't think it was explicitly stated. The elimination of the basket in this game as well as the core charge mechanic kinda contributes to that. (edit: I got farther and there is a basket nevermind. It's weird but cool that materials go directly to your container on the entire island)
Firis in 2017 was the last game to get an english dub unfortunately :(
“Doesn’t your back hurt” lmao I had that same thought when I first saw her.
Honestly that Sophie game imo is a much better start into the series for a new comer. Or even the Arland trilogy that came out last year. But as a long time fan Ryza is a massive breath of fresh air for the series that it really needed.
Well what you do is find the way to make the items 999 with the best possible traits, it would take awhile to get them 999 with all the best traits and effects. This is usually a quality trait exploit, and finding compenents for the correct elements for the item effects. The last Atelier game I played was Lulua so I will get it soon probably with Lydie and Suelle.
7:45 IS THAT FIRST STEP TOWARDS WARS I HEAR?
The timers are especially calming. And by calming I mean terrifying, anxiety inducing, and sometimes enraging XD
This game is great! I mean it has Thic- I mean good graphics
Well, I played the Mysterious Series and out of the three Mysterious Games and Ryza, I'd rate it as follows:
Tie for 1st: Sophie and Lydie/Suelle
3rd: Ryza
4th: Firis
Lol, I’m a newcomer, and... I got hooked on the alchemy system, bad. The power trip I went on when I made my first 999 quality material went on for a week, and ate up all of my free time- it was the kind of thing where I started to see it in my dreams. That was fun, but wow, I’m not sure if I ever want to experience that again.
As a newcomer, I really love this game so far. The synthesizing, battle mechanics, and gathering is really awesome. the writing for the game isn't as bad as other JRPGs i've been playing. Just a regular protagonist hungry for adventure. Love it
Can u play in English?
@@jasondp3546 Unfortunately no, and it would've helped since it's a lot of dialogue to read. But I finished the game and I gotta say the only thing it's lacking is more endgame content. But it gives you chances to play on higher difficulties so I hope when I return to it it'll be good. Otherwise, very good game
Matthew Jones this or Star Wars?
@@jasondp3546 Up to you. I didn't play Star Wars but heard it was good
Matthew Jones have u played dragon quest builders 2?
I keep seeing reviews of this game everywhere all of a sudden.
I think one thing you should clarify on, with the animal crossing/stardew valley comparison is whether or not the game is as addicting/life dominating as those games.
I finished the game today. I freaking loved it.
I see you captured her character and personality in your thumbnail.
Ain’t this just Tales but not a lot of fighting and the main girl’s ttttttthicc?
No.
""Thicc"" aparently close to that in concept
The main difference would be story vs mechanics. Tales have very good story and character arcs that mesh well with the story. Ateliers... have mediocre stories at best. Mechanic wise, the Tales series don't have very good gameplay imo. The battles are samey, the world is too big and nothing to do, the towns feel empty as there are almost no one to interact with. Meanwhile, Atelier has a world full of things you can interact with and build items from them. The towns are generally livelier since most merchants have their own story and arc (unless its the ghost seller or the bald blacksmith, those are recurrent characters). The crafting mechanics often evolve into something else, that makes complex items available, but require the knowledge from the previous steps to make something more complicated.
In conclusion, Atelier is for a relaxing/addicting game (that you can have one new every year!) that has bad to med story.
Lol not even close to Tales
Holy shit. Where is that from at 2:00? I know I've played that game
RUclips recommended me a fun channel.
Subbed, great video mate.
Wait, the dragon can be a challenge? I sort of beat it without even trying. This is the first Atelier game I spent more than a few hours on too. I thought the dragon was meant to be a joke boss.
have you tried blue reflections, its like final fantasy, persona, and sailor moon in one, and made by the same people who made atelier
"what a bunch of jokahss" -Lent
Ramzaes when will you play all 8 trails games 😳😔
Probably way to big an investment. Lol
I briefly played Iris on PS2 and wasn't digging it a lot, navigation just wasn't clicking
Tried this earlier in the year and was pleasantly surprised, though I agree the crafting system is a make or break kind of deal. Either you find a lot of the stuff casually through natural progression of equipment and new areas, or you miss something and have to fiddle around in menus until you find the general area to check...which as you said could be more descriptive. Took me just over 17 hours to finish the game with grinding included, so it's not the biggest time investment.
Funny enough there is no mention of using items during the fights, which is a core of the fighting system of these games but very easy to forget if you play it like a typical J-RPG.
The initial cutscene with the "grenade" is a big hint, the very weak "alchemist" character can use all of the usable items you craft to great effects and if you put enough focus on crafting those bombs she can easily out-damage the rest of the team in most fights.
Items are also typically the answer against enemies that seem overly powerful (although there are times where they just want you to come back later).
I got goat hoof stamp as important item, 12h later I still have no idea what I should do with it lol I quite enjoy this game though
It’s for a quest you receive in the area with the goat farm, there will be a lady near her house that’ll require those stamps.
You really seem fond of Tales of Berseria in this video.
The games not being dubbed is actually more of a recent thing. Most of them from before a year or so ago were.
It´s because weebs (most of them) like the Japanese voices or just go with "The original voice acting is better", while some others hate not having the option of having an English dub, though I also hated that I couldn´t just change from dub to the original va.
@@rick30521 I can understand preferring Japanese but not having a dub is a pretty big con for me. It honestly detracts from my experience.
As for what you said, I don't know. You may be right but I would argue it's because Atelier fans don't care what they do so long as they keep getting more Atelier. Just look at the ridiculous dlc prices. No way would they stay so bad if people weren't paying for them. I'm not really surprised they do either. Atelier is a very unique series after all. It's pretty much the only series with gameplay like this so fans of it can't just go somewhere else.
@@rick30521 No one likes subpar voice acting or incomplete voice acting regardless of which language it's in...which the Atelier series has been known for in the past when it comes to their english dubs. Would've loved if they'd actually put out a decent english dub for once.
Good video. I actually laughed at the flute/clarinet bit.
The GBF BGM around 1:20 tho
*feels the stares from that copy i bought and never open of 1+2 ps2 remake*
Hmm..... Idk if I should buy this if there isn't much combat like you said.
6:08
clearly states use staff or scythe.
yeah... the atelier games never told you that the way you are supposed to play the games is to gather EVERYTHING in an area if you fill your inventory to go back to base and gather more... wait... they tell you to do that
I might get this game, but I don't have a good PC setup yet. After Christmas I hopefully will have one.
My biggest problem for this game is the controls. I imagine most people aren't plebs like me and use a controller as intended. Meanwhile I play this thing with keyboard. The port is a bare minimum with no mouse support. I had to remember a really bizarre key mapping with buttons scattered everywhere. There were a lot of sensitivity issues with me tapping a button and game thinking I am holding it. I would also have a huge brain fart every time game tells me to press something and I just cannot remember what keyboard button that is supposed to be.
Please do a video on the advance wars series. Oh wait I mentioned the wars series now IS is going to make 20 more fire emblem games.
I don't even know what are all thouse games about, but still enjoying your content
Having trouble with difficulty of the game? Let's me introduce this wonderful thing called bomb.
Content on most of the channels i watch 10/10
Including this pne
wait you just used feel good inc instead the game ost. is it bad?
nvm just wanted to say that song is so good
I find it funny that the creators didnt think the players would find Stout sexy
Boi just upload in 1080p
I played Sophie and really liked it. Should I get this game while it's still 60 dollar or wait for sale? I have other games I want to get.
Have no expectations
*_and it exceeds your expectations every time_*
If you leave the room without equipping the tools, they won’t be there. 😅
You killed me with the Squidward dub
I'm a newcomer as well. It was easy in my opinion. Couldn't really relate to your gripes. The only thing was that you had to equip your collection tools at home which was confusing to me at first.
I was intimidated at first because of the alchemy and this being my first atelier game but personally I found it easy to learn and intuitive so I didn't struggle as much tbh, different people have different experiences i guess
Still salty that there's no Ar Tonelico remasters...
Feel ya.
I think Ryza is capable (with that extra thickness) to trow/kick explosive barrels with ease.
Bruh what a grind.
Where are the bad guys?
I remember that golem boss. I got kinda frustrated too until I realized I could make a bomb that matched his elemental weakness, went a little overboard, and made a bomb strong enough to one shot him. It was kind of silly, but it did set the tone for me. “If you run into issues, got prepare some more.” I eventually took that to the logical extreme and ended up with gear and items that made the entire game trivially easy. Which was kind of neat.
I like those kind of moments in games where you find the cheat way and makes your brain big.
I call it... Dr. FullStone Alcheminecraft
But where’s the villain
So it has a Grandia type of battle system...hmmmm mmm.
1:31
Yeah, I too read the subtitles carefully 7u7
He... :)
Are the stars in the intro pink? They looked kinda pink...
Coulda. Sworn I'd commented this an hour ago... dumb autocorrect...
I swear, I am 25 hours in and I didn't know you could see where to get the things. I just tried my best to remember... LOL
I want to get this but idk if I want it physical or digital and it's messing with me because I wanna play it so bad but cbf driving all the way to the store 😂
@@lachlan4534 I got it on PC.
> Relaxing series
> Throw grenades at monsters to kill them
ok
The atelier games have always been this relaxing stories with sudden spykes, but have a good used of archtypes for a well done storytelling and really good music...but truth be told the alchemy mechanics are not simple at all, even from the older games