Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream

アトリエシリーズはとんでもなく久しぶり PS２あたりの妖精が採取を手伝ってくれるゲームがラスト どれを買うかめちゃくちゃ悩んだがもっともおすすめが多く １をやっていなくても問題ないとの事で本作をプレイ 結論として非常に楽しめた ペルソナシリーズを時間がかかるからと避けておいて、本作は８０時間もやってしまった とんでもない時間泥棒であった 夜寝るときに錬金したさに起きてしまったこともあり睡眠時間も阻害された 良い点 ・とにかく女性キャラが可愛い。見ているだけで和む ・物語に嫌みがない。 普段の社会生活で暗い事もあるのでゲームでくらいは明るく楽しい気分になりたい ・錬金が楽しい。とくにリバース開放からの７マスはパズルのようで楽しめる これだけで数十時間はいける 悪い点（多いが面白いが故の不満で上記のいい点を覆すほどではない） ・一番は錬金の合成のときにうるせえ！！！！ 途中から一時的に音声を０にしていた。こっちは死ぬほど考えてるんだから ５秒くらい何もしてないだけで延々としゃべられてもせかされているようでイライラする ・マップが見ずらい とにかくマップが見にくい。基本的には画面を覆う全体マップを出して探索することになるが せっかくのきれいな風景とかを全然見れない。探索しているというより地図をなぞって移動している感 冒険している雰囲気がでない。あと天候操作が面倒くさい 一瞬でクリアされてしまうと思ったのかもしれないが、攻略のメインは調合だし、変な時間稼ぎはいらない ・難易度があまりにも低い。 途中からレジェンドでやってたが常に瞬殺。錬金術師メンバーが強すぎる まあ敵を倒すというより調合しておれつえーするゲームなのでこれはこれで正しいのだろうが・・・ ボスラッシュは適度な難易度で大変よかった。初めて回復した まあ不満はあれど素晴らしいゲームだった ひっさびさにRPGやったし２０年ぶりくらいにアトリエをやったがいい作品だった 次のセールでソフィー1から不思議シリーズをそろえようと思う出来 ゲームの楽しさを再確認できた

Simply said, I freakin' love this game. The 100% achievements that I got for this game proves just that. Coming from the Ryza trilogy, I find that the synthesis grid mechanic in this game is a lot more in-depth and not as trivial as Ryza's synthesis loop mechanic. You are encouraged to experiment with different traits in order to get a much stronger trait, unlike in Ryza where you can just throw in the same trait over and over to raise a specific trait to its max level. You are also going to be doing a lot of "give-and-take" when synthesizing items for effects/traits in Sophie 2. There are times when you can aim for a max level effect for each effect in an item, but there are also times when I find trying to aim for a max level for each effect a little bit too difficult since I am focusing on using materials with better traits. Hence I only focus on getting the effects that I truly need for the resulting item. This is also something that would happen to you in any Atelier Ryza game, but it feels even more prevalent in this game, especially if you're just starting out. Worry not though, while Sophie 2's synthesis mechanic is inherently complex, they get less mind-numbing over time. You start out by playing some kind of puzzle game on the synthesis grid similar to that of a Rubik's cube, into playing a strategic game of chess where you'll have to focus more on traits and getting some if not all effects for the item that you're going to synthesize. So how are the other gameplay elements though? Like combat and exploration? I'd say that I prefer Ryza 2 and 3 hack-and-slash combat mechanics. I often find myself spamming[spoiler] Twilight Prism [/spoiler]on every boss every time I get the chance. Even so, this item will only be available to you once you're getting near the end of the game, so you'll still have to plan properly in order to make your way through certain bosses. Some bosses will also bring up Aura (a kind of barrier that blocks any kind of attack albeit not entirely) more often than you'd think so you'd still need to adapt and find better strategies to defeat the boss. The exploration aspect of this game is somewhat similar to Metroidvania, with a small bit of puzzle attached to it. A lot of the exploration mechanics in this game rely on a weather-controlling device to change the condition of the environment and this weather system will be the key to how you'll be progressing throughout a dungeon. I kinda liked this system, it slightly removes the tedium of having to go through a long dungeon like in most other JRPGs. As for the story though, it was quite a bumpy ride. The story isn't for me at the very least. I do like the characters though, they're very charming and are easily likable, but the entire concept of the dream world felt a little dull to me. That said though, still a servicable story if you're not that serious about it. I hoped that Gust wouldn't give up on Sophie just yet and maybe make a third game. Because there's so much to like about this game, but there's also still so many things in the game that weren't as fleshed out as I hoped it would be. There are not many other games that are as unique as Atelier Sophie 2, and it would be nice to see that Gust would keep doubling down on making more Atelier games in the future.