Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

This is essentially a Genshin impact clone. Here are some things I noticed within an hour of gameplay. 1. Yumia shouldn't be running around with her super high heels because her running animation looks awkward. 2. The game's extreme hand-holding bothered me. I am into an hour of the game and still in essentially a tutorial phase. Just. Let. Me. Play. The. Game! Having said that, excessive cut scenes as well, some of which cannot be skipped but can be fast-forwarded. 3. The game has way too many features, and you won't make most of it because you won't be able to remember everything. 4. Combat is extremely shallow with you killing monsters way too fast. In fact, the combat was ending so fast that the combat ending animation was taking more than the combat itself. (This was under normal difficulty.) 5. Synthesis is meaningless since you won't need them in combat. Overall - 1. Not worth at its full price. Get it at a deep discount. The quality overall is just about average. 2. If you are an Atelier fan, avoid this. If you are not a fan of Atelier series, try it out because this is a Genshin Impact clone in almost all aspects. 3. This Atelier game has a far mature female lead than other Atelier games. This is a pro for me. 4. I would have given this a neutral rating if I could.

The alchemy system so simplified and poorly tied to the gameplay loop that there is very little reason to explore it in-depth. Its not a game about alchemy, its an RPG with some alchemy elements.

아틀리에 느낌 안 나는 아틀리에라는 건 팩트인데, 그게 꼭 나쁜 건가는 잘 모르겠다. 추억 보정 걷어내고 말하자면 아틀리에들은 원래 스트레스 받으면서 하는 게임이 맞다. 유미아는 스트레스 요소를 없에겠다고 초가 삼간 다 태워버린 감이 없잖아 있긴 하는데 최소한 거스트가 뭘 하려는지는 알 것 같다. 물론 나 같은 사람(변태)들이야 연금 가마 앞에서 40분동안 똑같은 노래 들으면서 인계 특성 노려보는게 즐겁겠지만, 킹반인들한테 아틀리에 떠먹여보려고 시도할 때마다 내가 마이너란 걸 배운다. 아마 극초기에 산 사람들은 화딱지가 날만큼 치명적인 문제가 많았던 것 같은데, 후발대가 보기엔 이렇다: 1. 언제 패치된 건지 모르겠는데, 그냥 하늘 볼 수 있다 2. 3060으로도 그럭저럭 돌아간다 3. 밸런스 이상하다 해서 난이도 하나 더 늘었다

Good JRPG, but not for the Atelier part. The alchemy is too easy and too strong too quickly, no challenge. The characters and stroy are entertaining and got me to play til the end. The open world is a bit too big for its own good. The combat system is fun but quickly you become very strong and kill anything in seconds.

The game is not well optimize even on a powerful pc. In combat there a big white flash that take over the whole game and you have to go into settings to fix it. You can't play this game on low end pc cause it take alot of Vram when a other KT game Atelier Ryza 3 same enige same scope runs better, im running this on RX 7800 with 16gb of vram.

I really wanted to like this game. Yumia has an excellent design, the setting is cool, and the tone reminds me of the Dusk trilogy. However, the alchemy has taken an absolute nosedive. The vast majority of nodes have no specific requirement, so ingredients only really matter for unlocking recipes aside from having 1-4 ingredients that you use to fill every available slot. The trait system is an add-on that's done after alchemy, so the challenge of taking a trait through various stages to get to the desired result is gone. If you want a relatively easy JRPG with an open world, this isn't bad. But fans of the series will mostly just find disappointment.

Atelier Yumia will go down as the most love it, or hate it game in the franchise. It's biggest issue being that it does not allign withmany of the Atelier conventions. The game doesn't play much like most every other game, instead opting for a more open world/exploration based adventure then a straight up JRPG. Previous Atelier games like Ryza 3, or Firis also had open world mechanics, but none of them went as far as Yumia does. Because the Atelier fanbase is a dedicated one, this causes many people to dislike the way that Yumia plays. I understand that sentiment, unlike the other Atelier games, you really need to be the intended audience to enjoy Yumia to it's fullest. That said, if you ARE the intended audience, Atelier Yumia will be one of the best games in the franchise. This game has so many highs in the franchise for me. The party, and they're chemsetry is great, and the story takes itself far more serious then any of the atelier games that aren't in the Dusk or Iris series. As for the gameplay, it does exactly what I wanted from an open -world Atelier game. Instead of adding open-world elements to an Atelier base, they added Atelier elements to an open-world base. The world itself is big, and there are plenty of things to do there. I wouldn't even say that completing the game is a pain. I got 99% of the way there, and only at the very end did I start to feel like the side-objectives began to feel a little repetetive. It does way more with the world then a game like Ryza 3 did, where all you can do when exploring is open treasure chests that have at best a rock in them. The alchemy takes a back seat here, which is a little dissapointing. It may be the biggest flaw the game has. The minigame itself isn't that interesting, and it is by far the easiest to make the best version of an item here. Due to the removal of traits associated with the ingridents, you only need to worry about the effects when synthisizing, when you unlock rainbow neutrilizer, and make a high quality one, you pretty much are set for the rest of the game. Aside from that, I honestly don't really think the game has any flaws for me. As said, you need to be the right audience to enjoy this game. If you like both Atelier games, and open world games, I'd say give it a try. I am looking forward to how this series continues in the future. (but please do not make Yumia 2, give a new protagonist the wheel.) 9/10

ストーリーがつまらない上長くてクドイ、ラスボス前は特に最悪。