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Update: The demo is now available on all stores, except for Steam, which will be available tomorrow.





Also, here's some new gameplay:

 

[Skifi28]

I love this trend of demos with progress carrying over.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'll definitely give it a shot.

I planned on picking this one up on sale already.

 

[adamsapple]

Nice.

Defo checking this out.

 

[Mister Wolf]

They want $70 for this game and can't even be bothered to dub it.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Where my iPhone port @?

 

[Diseased Yak]

Sweet, I already have it pre-ordered, love these demos with progress carryover!

 

[Sooner]

I still haven't gotten to Ryza 3 yet.

 

[Mikado]

I never thought I'd want to Day One an Atelier game, but here we are.

What a strange year this is turning out to be.

 

[Evolved1]

They want $70 for this game and can't even be bothered to dub it.

oh... that's disappointing. easy pass then. usually these are always sure impulse buys lol.

 

[adamsapple]

They want $70 for this game and can't even be bothered to dub it.

They haven't dubbed any of the games tho, honestly it's for the better.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

They want $70 for this game and can't even be bothered to dub it.

You're talking about Koei Tecmo. They're greedy af as a publisher.

 

[Black_Stride]

Ive got a real vendetta against Yumias skirt.
I need help.


I was looking back at:

• Sophie
• Firis
• Resna
• Suelle
• Lydie
• Ayesha
• Meru in Lulua

For the actions that Yumia does in game, all those outfits seem more fitting.
Maybe its because it reminds me of a business pencil skirt and I hated my time in the corporate world.


Otherwise as with all Atelier games......day zero easy work.
Probably the most calming and low key favorite games whenever they come out.
Almost always just straight fun through and through.

 

[Zacfoldor]

We could all use a little extra Yumia in our lives.

 

[adamsapple]

We could all use a little extra Yumia in our lives.

Afterall, thick thighs save lives.

 

[Skifi28]

We could all use a little extra Yumia in our lives.

 

[Mikado]

We could all use a little extra Yumia in our lives.

There's a pleasantly '80's Shirow vibe to the new design. Very dynamic and leggy which I appreciate.

 

[touchfuzzy]

Looks interesting but I'll be waiting for a sale, personally. Production values aren't fitting for a $70 USD game.

 

[Mister Wolf]

You're talking about Koei Tecmo. They're greedy af as a publisher.

And fuck them for that. Tales get a dub, Xenoblade get a dub, Persona/SMT get a dub, hell even Falcom dub their games with the upcoming Trails In The Sky Remake getting a simultaneous worldwide release and a dub. Tecmo asking the most, but doing the least.

 

[ssringo]

They haven't dubbed any of the games tho, honestly it's for the better.

Older games got dubs (though apparently not all dialogue). I distinctly remember Sophie calling her place an "At-lee-er". I guess they decided the cost to dub wasn't worth it at some point. Then again that was before Ryza did big  thighs numbers.

The $70 price tag basically kills my interest regardless of no English dub (never bothers me anyway).

 

[rotorfire]

Great stuff, have been looking forward to this one

 

[Evolved1]

Older games got dubs (though apparently not all dialogue). I distinctly remember Sophie calling her place an "At-lee-er". I guess they decided the cost to dub wasn't worth it at some point. Then again that was before Ryza did big  thighs numbers.

The $70 price tag basically kills my interest regardless of no English dub (never bothers me anyway).

i've only ever played like an hour or two of Sophie years ago. i liked it but never got back around to it. assumed all these games were dubbed. i've been buying them for years as rainy day games. lol whoops. sub is actually a dealbreaker for me.

 

[Punished Miku]

You're talking about Koei Tecmo. They're greedy af as a publisher.

Yep. I've never seen old Dynasty Warrior games ever go below $30. I just don't buy it. Their loss I guess.

 

[foamdino]

Demo progress carrying over is always a big win. I'm totally on board with the best open world rpg to release in March 2025 (screw AC Shadows)

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Looks like the demo is up in my region (UK PSN).

 

[Punished Miku]

Looks like the demo is up in my region (UK PSN).

Up for me as well.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[hemo memo]

Okay fine I will download the demo.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Going to add this tweet from Wario64 since it has all the store links where the demo is up.

 

[anyasok]

Will Gust ever graduate to good looking and not janky games? Guess not. Someone please give them the budget and talent to make use of it

 

[Punished Miku]

The battle system is kinda fun. Braindead easy but evading and changing distance is enjoyable. All the supporting cast needs to be shot. Look like an AI spit out some anime rejects. Having a rifle / wand is kind of neat. Haven't gotten to the crafting stuff yet. Need to go run some errands.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The demo is up on all platforms, including Steam, btw!

Also, ty mods for updating the thread title.

 

[Skifi28]

The battle system is much better than I expected, though fights so far have been extremely easy on normal and I hope they pick up later. Voice acting and animation is quite good with the only "big" issue so far being very low quality textures, though I personally don't mind that much. Performance has been solid on the pro, there is no official support, but up to the first open world zone it seems to run at a flawless 60 in quality mode. Too early to say anything about the alchemy system.

 

[Cao Cao]

What is it with these ugly minimalistic simple menu styles in modern games?
A huge downgrade:

I much prefer how they did it in the past or like in Sophie 2.
This was made with love and has some character:

 

[mayham2199]

The battle system is much better than I expected, though fights so far have been extremely easy on normal and I hope they pick up later. Voice acting and animation is quite good with the only "big" issue so far being very low quality textures, though I personally don't mind that much. Performance has been solid on the pro, there is no official support, but up to the first open world zone it seems to run at a flawless 60 in quality mode. Too early to say anything about the alchemy system.

I got the plat in Ryza 1 but my main complaint was the combat was so easy. I even played it on hard. I only had to switch it down when attacking the bonus bosses they had.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

The demo on Switch looks and plays pretty rough (lots of fps dips), so if you want to pick it up there, make sure to play the demo first to see if you're okay with what you're getting. If not go with the Steam/PS5/XBS version.

 

[Arsic]

I want to play this but I can’t in my right of mind be caught playing it in front of my 7 year old on our family TV.

The chick with GGG knockers is too much for his fragile young mind to comprehend seeing his old man play.

Maybe it’ll run well on steam deck so I can play in bed?

 

[Skifi28]

Maybe it’ll run well on steam deck so I can play in bed?

I'm not sure if one handed mode is supported, but you can always try.

 

[Arsic]

I'm not sure if one handed mode is supported, but you can always try.

Where there’s a will, there’s a way!

 

[thatJohann]

Not a fan of this, played the demo and found the combat so hard to follow, basically mash all face buttons + L2 and a direction to make shit happen and dodge, it's too frantic to even know what TF is going on and hard to see the refill bar filling up on the face button skills. Hard pass.

 

[Mikado]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way!

brb, using imagination
since no pelvis geometry

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I want to play this but I can’t in my right of mind be caught playing it in front of my 7 year old on our family TV.

The chick with GGG knockers is too much for his fragile young mind to comprehend seeing his old man play.

Maybe it’ll run well on steam deck so I can play in bed?

The kid is going to find them sooner rather than later with how kids are now. He will be gooning in a matter of a couple years.

I saw make sure he grows up right. You don't want him to grow up not like titties, do you? Imagine not loving anime titties.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

The demo is up on all platforms, including Steam, btw!

Also, ty mods for updating the thread title.

I tried looking for it on Series X again this morning. Cannot find it anywhere. NA, EST time zone . Reset my console and everything

 

[adamsapple]

I tried looking for it on Series X again this morning. Cannot find it anywhere. NA, EST time zone . Reset my console and everything

Use the web link to download.

Get Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land - Demo (Xbox Series X|S) | Xbox

A demo where you can play part of the story of "Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land." Experience a special version of the opening act of the story! Note: Some mechanics in the demo version differ from those found in the release version. Please update to the latest...

www.xbox.com

 

[MagiusNecros]

I like the game. Requires you to read skill tips to know if you want to build up stun/stagger or inflict debuffs and other things. Can swap between frontline and backline for different attacks with their own cooldowns. Didn't play far enough to do character swapping but it's fast turnbased and action hybrid system. Has some modern MMO AoE and dodge mechanics. Perfect Guard and Perfect evade will enhance certain skills.

You can stun enemies with the Gun Staff to build up and stun enemies beginning of fight.

If I were to describe it it's like a Action ATB Final Fantasy kind of system but more free form then Ryza 3. Feels great. Instead of AP it's just managing CDs on skills.

 

[pulicat]

The demo on Switch looks and plays pretty rough (lots of fps dips), so if you want to pick it up there, make sure to play the demo first to see if you're okay with what you're getting. If not go with the Steam/PS5/XBS version.

Lol at the graphics even the PC version looks underwhelming.

For Switch players, they can play another open world jrpg on 20th March.

 

[Punished Miku]

Its just not very good. I want to like it but its pretty bad. I was ready to just start skipping dialogue near the end of the demo. Battles have a few cool elements but spamming attack with no real tactical depth isn't good. Demo did more harm than good for me. I can't imagine ever wanting to pay more than $20 for this. And that's pushing it.

 

[Mikado]

Played through it, I liked more things than I didn't

Good
- The character designs are nice and appealing and the animation (being largely mocap) seems a step up from previous Atelier games
- I don't mind the combat. It's a bit spammy at this stage but with very few items available and only a handful of skills there's probably not much to dig into yet. If one is familiar with modern Tales Of games, it feels a lot like that.
- Mobility / traversal is enjoyable enough. Fast travel is accessible and the character's run speed seems appropriate (the transition to auto-run is also nice; no need to hold down the sprint key all of the time).
- The faster gathering animation is appreciated.
- Performance on desktop seems "fine" - was easy to hold 60 even on an older machine (albeit a pretty good one in its day). We'll see about steamdeck; I'll try it out later. Character models aside, the graphics are so meh I'm not sure there's any drawback to dropping everything to Low for handheld play.
- I like the idea of the base-building, but didn't see enough of it in the demo to see if it will be enjoyable or not. Do appreciate that they give you a "Make it look good by default" template so that people who don't have degrees in Architecture can still get something that looks better than a "3x3 box with a flat roof on it" with little effort, while the budding designers can get as sweaty as they like.
- Apparently the MC does have a pelvis modeled and it's not a gaping black void of missing geometry

Bad
- The field geometry and textures are PS3-era at best (the Vita counts as PS3-era right?)
- I'm not sure I can sit through a 90 second ballet dance every time I synth a basic ingot. I get that we can skip/FF it but it's... certainly a very long sequence.
- The camera is horribly broken. Disregarding the AP (Anti Panty) Field protection that prevents you from looking higher than 5 degrees of elevation, the camera/world collision is a mess, jittering and vibrating whenever you stand near an object or inside a structure. Which is irritating, since the whole game seems to be about building houses and entering dungeons.

All in all I'll definitely pick it up at some point, either when they do some perf tweaks or during an inevitable sale. Or sooner, if I run out of other things to play at Drink 'o Clock on a Friday night.

 

[Power Pro]