Great review. I enjoyed Ryza 3 but i agree the new characters weren't given enough time to be as interesting as the returning cast. I'm happy Bos was finally part of the team.
Atelier just isn't my thing as a series; I find that I'm usually not all that interested in crafting-based games. But I still enjoyed hearing discussion about it. As ever, thanks for the video.
Each to their own, you do spend a lot of time crafting in these games. I find they're ideal to just unwind, I never get agitated while playing them which is what I need at points.
I really like the Ryza series (The only Atelier games I played so far) but I can totally understand why it does not click for everyone. Hell, even I took a while to warm up to the games, I admit.
You dont have to craft things in ryza if you play on normal or easy, at most you'd craft a a few mandatory crafts, or occasionally craft some gears. Only hard and above difficulty require you to get into crafting system
Ryza 3 is definitely my favorite Ryza, it feels like I'm back to the good old times when each iterations of a game improved on the previous one to finally reach its full potential (or at least close to) with the 3rd entry, like with the Budokai series for exemple.
@@TheKisekiNut I mean, yeah it lacks polish compared to Ryza 2, stuff like the font, the translation, the overall UI being not as good among other things. But beside that, it feels like a big upgrade for the rest. The movements are much better, characters have more personality to them, the story takes us somewhere instead of being "Let's go explore stuff because why not", and finally there is just so much more content.
Ryza 1 is still my favorite. The pacing of new zones for new ingredients for new recipies was continuous, wherein 2 and 3 the 'older zones' were mostly nostalgia bait with maybe 1 or 2 bonus ingredients that you'd get from an upcoming new zone anyway, and very few of the treasures or secrets to find were worth it.
For me it's Ryza 2. The second game improved massively on the first, which was already good. Ryza 3 took a few steps back. I think they wanted to add more in to give it the grand finish but it over encumbered the experience so to speak.
Huh... I just loaded up Ryza 3 and opened youtube on 2nd monitor to find something to listen to and this is here. It's a sign. Thanks for the video as always!
My biggest complaint of Ryza trilogy and sophie 2 is their map, they're often uselessly large and sometimes, its fucking hard to get a specific material unlike old games where each area dropped unique items. Ryza and sophie 2 did this too obviously, but most most maps drop common materials and the unique materials ofteb hidden and in a conspicuous place wtf.
I have to agree that the original 4 characters should have gotten more time. Lent and Tao's stories conclude mostly fine I think and I'm happy for them both. Ryza and Klaudia left a bit to be desired however. They're obviously close friends, but across the 3 games there's so much that implies there might be something more. I really thought they were gonna be travelling together based on their previous conversations, but no. That being said Ryza becoming a mentor like Empel would be a really nice bookend to her character in a sequel.
I'd like to note in case no one else did that apparently Ryza 3 got a different translation team than 1 and 2 for some odd reason... leading to the weird and stiff areas of translation. Now that could have been to cut corners and save money but still something I think should be taken into consideration.
Atelier Ryza 3 is one of my favorite games out right now, its so beautiful and fun! I am also enjoying Trails from Zero, Xenoblade Chornicles 3, & Loop8🔥💯
As a fan of the Atelier series, I’ve been pretty disappointed in Ryza 3 so far. The translation is very dry and direct, and the fast travel system is a pain (which multiplies my frustration because we have to do it so much). The random quests are annoying (as you said).I also just generally prefer the combat and synthesis in Sophie. Ryza looks great tho 😅 Hopefully it grows on me the more I play.
I think Ryza 2 was the best, it improved so much from the first game. Ryza 3 felt like a step back in some ways. I like the ideas, but they're not executed as well as they could have been.
@@火災のアイスクリームthats true, i wish they remove invincible buff and charisma difficulty should be unlocked in mid game. Seriously, who tf thought "invincible" is a good idea? Playmaker/keymaster role+ invincible able to steamroll everything even if you dont use bombs or items as long as your equipment is good. Its not even rare buff and you can beinf tons of it. I solo final boss effortless with charisma difficulty and full crit glass cannon build Patricia anf it fucking dies in less than a minute, its still slow compared to bombs obviously where you can delete anything in less than 10 secons, but still, what the fuck????
I also played Ryza on release and i hope they fixed most issues and some bugs XD" Overall i can say i had a blast with the game and will return to it in the future for sure
I played it a month after release and didn't have any significant technical issue other than the game crashing a 2 times towards the end (blessed be the auto-save, it happened to me on Sophie and it was NOT fun to lose 3 hours of work)
Ryza 2 is also my favourite! And I do think we might get a 4th game, but it'll probably be using a new protag. I can't see why there won't be a 4th considering the subseries is the best selling in Atelier history.
I agree with you about the frequency of the random quests, although I attributed that to the fact that I built each atelier with adventure boosts (like seeing treasure chests on the map). You see the reward for the random quest, so I could avoid it if it wasn't good enough. I chose to complete ones offering skill points (like one I completed for 700sp last night). Another feature I don't remember seeing in the other games is the little basket icon in the lower right, showing how much room you have left in your basket. Nothing frustrated me more than deciding what to toss when the basket got full. Edited to add: I appreciated being able to synthesize certain adventure items earlier in the game this time. But a couple of them were used very rarely, and one I haven't used at all.
This game legit deserve worth the AAA price consider how huge the area and even vast synthesis content in the game. Not even need dlc just the game is enough and if there is huge on sale (probaly 30-40% at best since it's KOEI) of this game get the game asap it really worth the price. I know understand their fans dissapointment with that so called "atelier" live service game after this game which is a huge insult to their fans and even Gust integrity.
@@toolman4745In theory, according to some, you could play Ryza 2 before Ryza 1, though it's not really recommended IMHO. You should definitely play 3 last, though.
@@toolman4745ryza is an exception, but its not mandatory. mostly each atelier game have their own stories even if its the same trilogy since each game usually have different main characters and returning casts from past games, and trilogy have their own universe. but ryza consistently became mc in ryza trilogy, although each ryza game have their own different stories, but you probably ended up confused since many character side quest refers past game. Even iris in atelier iris trilogy isnt like ryza where iris is only a side character in the first two game and became main character in the 3rd game.
Seems like there were a few problems with this game, but I'm glad it didn't deter from your experience. I am still not sure if I want to get into Atelier, but maybe I could start with the Marie remake. The one thing that deters me from Ryza is the battle system. It looks like the perfect trigger for motion sickness. I have motion sickness. But I'm happy for everyone else who has a good time with this game. I am still playing Apollo Justice and have to redo an entire section from yesterday because my game crashed while I was in the bathroom. I was almost done with that entire section. I hope you play the other Ace Attorney games too at some point. Since next year you can play the entire mainline series on PC. But still, Ryza looks nice, the crafting looks cool and I just hope you had fun. I still need to solve that case my boy is involved in. Apollo is best boy. And I think you may have a thing for Klaudia. But she is quite pretty, I admit.
I do get motion sickness too (SO5, looking at you), but never had a problem with Ryza 3's battle system. I think because most of the time I'm looking at the menus rather than the battle itself. Marie Remake will be a good start though, first game ever made for the series and apparently quite short.
Your "too much shit in a box" (paraphrasing of course) metaphor is actually how I look at games development as a whole nowadays. I think it applies really well to the gameplay in this series though, especially the alchemy. People seem to think it's very "slick" or w/e in the Ryza series, and sure, it's visually appealing compared to just looking at a base menu or a cauldron tetris interface like previous titles had, but overall it just feels more and more tedious to me. Every new gimmick, every new "feature" is just another layer of tedium. The same goes for the battle system. Does it feel fast? Sure. Does it look nice? Sure. But a fight in the Secret trilogy actually takes quite a bit longer than a comparable encounter from earlier trilogies... it's just flashier so that the ritalin-addled kiddos won't start looking at something catching the light in their periphery and get distracted or bored. All the extra systems in battle used to "spice it up" just feel like more and more and more tedium weighing it down to me. I miss being able to play with a drink in one hand and not having to babysit extra meaningless bullshit like tactics levels and keys just to deal with random mooks. I won't start on the detriments I think bloated environs (especially open worlds) have on games.
Requesting Emma Millstein character analysis video, please. I want to know what people see in her that makes her their favorites. Shes personally one of my least favorites, so it baffles me a bit.
I have been playing this since the release and haven't complete it (how the hell you complete it in 42 hrs while i at 78hr?!) ands I do like it but I prefer the second one over the third one. I did over-power myself (think i did it within 20 hrs into the game) with having no problem beating the enemies and bosses. With taking the combat and the alchemy from the second, this is the correct thing to do as it is perfect as it is and the exploring the world is still fun to do with the landmark to check out and places to find. All character and new one as well, they are really great, it fit the team really well and their backstory are interesting to learn. With the new addition, the key, I do like the ideas with being help in combat and Alchemy, also creating the key from landmark and enemies. I think i have too many keys but they do have different effect on it which what I love about the keys. Now there are couple thing i didn't like , first one is the random quest, I'm sorry but who thought this is a good idea. It is get very annoy and the reward can be very rubbish, I did ignore most of the random quest, but i did some of them as it boost the char stat. Next one is multiple place to visits, i just find it too much, I would think 2 or 3 is more enough, not this many. I am hoping to complete this week or next (i think i am near the end) and see the ending of this grand adventure of Ryza. I will miss this series as I do have a great time playing this trilogy. I will be planning play Atelier Marie remake some point.
Right?😂 this guy is obviously a master videogamer lol but i jst got into playing on a switch at 30y/o . I find this game really fun, cozy, & visually pleasing 💯👍🏽 The crafting was obviously something completely new to me so i had to look up some youtube videos, which helped me tremendously 🙏🏽 it has made my experience WAY more fun, bcus i can figure out how to level up in order to defeat the monsters that become more difficult to beat.
I can see how people would put longer in to the game, there's stuff to do everywhere. I think it helped that I was fairly familiar with Ryza's alchemy and combat already, but then breaking my equipment very early was the added boost.
The text size in this game is horrible in handheld mode. Played a lot of RPGs but this is the only one where I decided to put on hold because of readability.
Can you actually go inside houses? I started 2 and the houses were so static the windows looked like blank paper LOL it was just so still and lifeless, and I found it on you couldn't export or wander buildings and felt lazy for a $60 game.
I keep trying to get into the atelier series, i tried both sophie and firis but couldn't get into them, i just got the first ryza because i hear it's the best yet, though this is going to be my last attempt at the series
The enemies scale to your level I don't belive there is much difference between early enemies to later enemies. It's really bad because you get punished for leveling up. The game is still easy because crafting but the balance is unbelievably broken.
just got this(mainly to play on my older pc i connected to my 65" tv w a controller" This looked like a more easy n laidback kind of game w great visuals n colours to just explor the world in the game.. If im going to like it or not will only time tell i guess...Usually i only play/love RDR2+Cyberpunk2077+Witcher 3+ac series+Far cry series and games w a good story and some action n shooting. But i also love a more easy going fun/happy n light game story and after finaly found a Final fantasy game i actually loved "FF7 Remake integrad" Sadly its so far the only game in the series i liked n i tried alot of them since the PS 1 was released WAAAAY back... So is there a story to be had in this game,would u call it a more easy going light story on the happier side compared to RDR2 and games w death n sadness in it sooo i dont know i only hope and there aint alot of great looking games out there that seems to be more funand on the lighter side of things(of course there are,but then its usually not as good visuals n graphics as in the atalier ryza 3 game) OH yes i also got the Atelier Ryza 2 game at the same time on a sale so hope i like it(once again i buy without knowing all to much about the game exept it looks great) RTX3060 12gb I5 12400f 16gb 3200mhz windows 11 This should be more then enough to run this game in high settings 1080p i think...just strange if its not.. Thanks 4 this video
I enjoyed Ryza 3, but I dunno why, I felt like this was a trilogy of diminishing returns. I loved the first game. Thought Ryza 2 was pretty good, but not as good as the first, and Ryza 3 was okay, but not as good as the second.
Ryza 2 is the best for me, improved massively on the first game which was already decent. Ryza 3 though had too much in it I think, so much that it began to diminish the experience.
I'm enjoying my time with Ryza 3 I'm about 85hrs in and I don't even know how far I'm off from finishing, the amount of content is nuts I keep getting distracted. My only issues other then the ones mentioned is the Text Size isn't great, I'm really not a fan of how the Traits are handled (this is an issue I've had since the 1st Ryza game) and the Switch port seems not to run as well as the other two predecessors this also goes for the visuals. Though I think I'm nitpicking with the last two points. And on a personal note and I might get a lot of hate by saying this; I prefer the older protagonists over Ryza not to say she's bad but I found the bulk of her companions arcs more compelling then hers across all three games.
I don't have much experience regarding Atelier games, been introduced with Ryza and proceeded to do the trilogy before going to the Mysterious games (done Sophie, Firis and currently into Lydie&Suelle), and I would say that she's pretty okay. I preferred Ryza over Sophie by a pretty long shot as she honestly didn't feel like much of a character at all. Firis was pretty funny and had the most compelling character arc of the protagonists I've experienced for now, so I would put her above. And finally Lydie/Sue (especially Sue) are just great, my favorite so far. So overall I'd rank Ryza on the low-end in the protagonists ranking if I'm trying to think about it.. But she got thicc thighs so she ends up tied for 3rd place in my heart
I think Ryza is a good protag overall, the premise of her story is plain but I think that's what they wanted to show. A plain girl going on adventures and eventually maturing in to what we see in Ryza 3.
I dont like the random quests that keep popping out every now and then it stirs me away from the main quest since i have a little ocd and i always do it and its really annoying
Hey i have a very important question, id there s designated heailike how klaudia was in eyza 1 or is everyone dps adjacent like in ryza 2 with one half being casters and the other half warriors where hesling is done by core crystal?
Would you say, that if I don't "powerlevel" my equipment that I may have a challenging experience, tho? I loved the battlesystem from the second entry, and I just took the stuff the game gave me, without a care for the stats and I had a super fun time, but I saw all that lvl 99 stuff you had early on. That seems a little "to" broken.
As a first time player, i had a difficult time , once i reached a certain point, I crafted stuff but it didn’t help. So i looked up a crafting video on youtube, and got an understanding of it, and right now i basically can level 999 my stuff, depending if i have the right ingredients or unlocked part of the story. Im slowly figuring things out and i thinks its a very fun game, i love the battle system. Its a very fun, cozy, & visually pleasing game.💯
You would definitely have a more difficult time. I had to tweak items that I thought would see me through the whole game just because the infamous spike kicked in down the line. Final boss in particular was a challenge even with the equipment I had.
Always loved the character designs and Ryza herself, but the games themselves landed on the snooze fest side of the scale for me. I wasn't into the crafting and the pacing was slow and tackled very mundane problems on a small, cozy, even rustic scale. Still glad that it sold well, because maybe one of these days I'll get into the crafting system (or they make a variant that works for me) and can have fun time with it. Also, there are never enough good JRPGs around so thicc for the win it is this time.
Im a first time player, i bought it on release and I STILL have not finished it. I believe im only half way through 😂 from watching everyones stuff, i still find myself going, “holy shit i still havent seen that” 🤣 but this dude is a master video gamer, i jst bought a switch at 30 last year so its a matter of perspective and skill. I went in knowing NOTHING. And to me its gonna go down as one of my favorite games.
About 42 hours, similar to the other games. But some people have put in a lot longer because there is admittedly a large amount of side content on offer.
I love Ryza 1, but I think 3 is way to bloated. Atelier Games always have a lot of Dialog, but this Game is just way to much. This Game peaks, when you want to synthesis a specific item and need to gather and craft for this item. The cast, the world and the amount of cutscenes is just to much
Ryza 3 having no bikini unlike Sophie 2 is disappointing. Man, Ryza in ryza 3 is older than Sophie in sophie 2!!! While Dame dane 8, SF6 has bikini or bikini scene..... I worry if Persona 3 reloaded will get swimsuit for body type 2(she/her, female character in old term) censored... for Kishida has banned bikini from anime and Japanse consumer games.
The answer is no. Atelier games are a plague on the industry. Tried playing them so many times and the dialogue alone made me drop them. Its like the writers were insanely high while writing the scripts.
I would admit that the writing is passable at best if you're looking for a good story, but when you try the series for its crafting systems, heartwarming moments, the characters, and the great soundtracks you will have a great time.
What are you talking about man? Im a 30 year old dude whos never ever played rpgs, shit, or even turned based games lol Ive been playing COD , so for me this game was refreshing, fun, cozy, visually pleasing, i went in knowing nothing, got some help with a couple youtube videos, & ive been having a blast.
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Great review. I enjoyed Ryza 3 but i agree the new characters weren't given enough time to be as interesting as the returning cast.
I'm happy Bos was finally part of the team.
Core cast is great!
Atelier just isn't my thing as a series; I find that I'm usually not all that interested in crafting-based games. But I still enjoyed hearing discussion about it. As ever, thanks for the video.
Each to their own, you do spend a lot of time crafting in these games. I find they're ideal to just unwind, I never get agitated while playing them which is what I need at points.
I really like the Ryza series (The only Atelier games I played so far) but I can totally understand why it does not click for everyone. Hell, even I took a while to warm up to the games, I admit.
Try the PS2 games! There used to be a serious plot with tension about warring kingdoms, before the slice of life took over
You dont have to craft things in ryza if you play on normal or easy, at most you'd craft a a few mandatory crafts, or occasionally craft some gears.
Only hard and above difficulty require you to get into crafting system
Ryza 3 is definitely my favorite Ryza, it feels like I'm back to the good old times when each iterations of a game improved on the previous one to finally reach its full potential (or at least close to) with the 3rd entry, like with the Budokai series for exemple.
I conquer💯
I think that's my issue there, Ryza 2 was the one that made the massive leap from the first game. In many ways I felt 3 took a step back.
@@TheKisekiNut I mean, yeah it lacks polish compared to Ryza 2, stuff like the font, the translation, the overall UI being not as good among other things. But beside that, it feels like a big upgrade for the rest. The movements are much better, characters have more personality to them, the story takes us somewhere instead of being "Let's go explore stuff because why not", and finally there is just so much more content.
Great video!! I love that you also talk about the Atelier series (one of my all-time favourites), not just Trails.
Ryza 1 is still my favorite. The pacing of new zones for new ingredients for new recipies was continuous, wherein 2 and 3 the 'older zones' were mostly nostalgia bait with maybe 1 or 2 bonus ingredients that you'd get from an upcoming new zone anyway, and very few of the treasures or secrets to find were worth it.
For me it's Ryza 2. The second game improved massively on the first, which was already good. Ryza 3 took a few steps back. I think they wanted to add more in to give it the grand finish but it over encumbered the experience so to speak.
Huh... I just loaded up Ryza 3 and opened youtube on 2nd monitor to find something to listen to and this is here. It's a sign. Thanks for the video as always!
Enjoy bro, its a bad ass game to me, shit lol
I wouldn't say it's as good as Ryza 2, still a great game though if you like Atelier.
If you max the golden traits Attack/speed, Attack/defense and Stats ++. You unlock the easy mode of the game. 😅
My biggest complaint of Ryza trilogy and sophie 2 is their map, they're often uselessly large and sometimes, its fucking hard to get a specific material unlike old games where each area dropped unique items. Ryza and sophie 2 did this too obviously, but most most maps drop common materials and the unique materials ofteb hidden and in a conspicuous place wtf.
I have to agree that the original 4 characters should have gotten more time. Lent and Tao's stories conclude mostly fine I think and I'm happy for them both. Ryza and Klaudia left a bit to be desired however. They're obviously close friends, but across the 3 games there's so much that implies there might be something more. I really thought they were gonna be travelling together based on their previous conversations, but no. That being said Ryza becoming a mentor like Empel would be a really nice bookend to her character in a sequel.
Just got all 3 steam summer sale yay
So smooth on my steam deck 😊
Thanks for the vid
I'd like to note in case no one else did that apparently Ryza 3 got a different translation team than 1 and 2 for some odd reason... leading to the weird and stiff areas of translation. Now that could have been to cut corners and save money but still something I think should be taken into consideration.
Atelier Ryza 3 is one of my favorite games out right now, its so beautiful and fun! I am also enjoying Trails from Zero, Xenoblade Chornicles 3, & Loop8🔥💯
As a fan of the Atelier series, I’ve been pretty disappointed in Ryza 3 so far. The translation is very dry and direct, and the fast travel system is a pain (which multiplies my frustration because we have to do it so much). The random quests are annoying (as you said).I also just generally prefer the combat and synthesis in Sophie. Ryza looks great tho 😅
Hopefully it grows on me the more I play.
The game feels more easy now too. I'm playing on very hard and it's literally just button mashing...
The game had bad luck of timing and being forgotten by RE4R
I think Ryza 2 was the best, it improved so much from the first game. Ryza 3 felt like a step back in some ways. I like the ideas, but they're not executed as well as they could have been.
@@火災のアイスクリームthats true, i wish they remove invincible buff and charisma difficulty should be unlocked in mid game.
Seriously, who tf thought "invincible" is a good idea? Playmaker/keymaster role+ invincible able to steamroll everything even if you dont use bombs or items as long as your equipment is good. Its not even rare buff and you can beinf tons of it. I solo final boss effortless with charisma difficulty and full crit glass cannon build Patricia anf it fucking dies in less than a minute, its still slow compared to bombs obviously where you can delete anything in less than 10 secons, but still, what the fuck????
I also played Ryza on release and i hope they fixed most issues and some bugs XD"
Overall i can say i had a blast with the game and will return to it in the future for sure
I played it a month after release and didn't have any significant technical issue other than the game crashing a 2 times towards the end (blessed be the auto-save, it happened to me on Sophie and it was NOT fun to lose 3 hours of work)
Ryza 2 is also my favourite! And I do think we might get a 4th game, but it'll probably be using a new protag. I can't see why there won't be a 4th considering the subseries is the best selling in Atelier history.
I agree with you about the frequency of the random quests, although I attributed that to the fact that I built each atelier with adventure boosts (like seeing treasure chests on the map). You see the reward for the random quest, so I could avoid it if it wasn't good enough. I chose to complete ones offering skill points (like one I completed for 700sp last night).
Another feature I don't remember seeing in the other games is the little basket icon in the lower right, showing how much room you have left in your basket. Nothing frustrated me more than deciding what to toss when the basket got full.
Edited to add: I appreciated being able to synthesize certain adventure items earlier in the game this time. But a couple of them were used very rarely, and one I haven't used at all.
Thicc Thighs Saves Lives.
Ryza's thighs are one of the best thighs in JRPGs i've ever seen
THAT PART.💯
It certainly gave this series a major shove out of obscurity
This game legit deserve worth the AAA price consider how huge the area and even vast synthesis content in the game. Not even need dlc just the game is enough and if there is huge on sale (probaly 30-40% at best since it's KOEI) of this game get the game asap it really worth the price. I know understand their fans dissapointment with that so called "atelier" live service game after this game which is a huge insult to their fans and even Gust integrity.
I've never played an Atelier game mostly because of the crafting and times but Ryza looks fun. Great review.
It is fun if you're looking for a chilled game in between other more serious titles. It takes an approach you don't see often, and nails it.
@@TheKisekiNut I assume it's necessary to play the trilogy in order?
@@toolman4745In theory, according to some, you could play Ryza 2 before Ryza 1, though it's not really recommended IMHO. You should definitely play 3 last, though.
@@toolman4745ryza is an exception, but its not mandatory. mostly each atelier game have their own stories even if its the same trilogy since each game usually have different main characters and returning casts from past games, and trilogy have their own universe. but ryza consistently became mc in ryza trilogy, although each ryza game have their own different stories, but you probably ended up confused since many character side quest refers past game.
Even iris in atelier iris trilogy isnt like ryza where iris is only a side character in the first two game and became main character in the 3rd game.
Ive loved the Ryza Trilogy been fun set of games cant wait see the anime to
So…correct me if I’m wrong.
This version is without one by one combat!
Seems like there were a few problems with this game, but I'm glad it didn't deter from your experience. I am still not sure if I want to get into Atelier, but maybe I could start with the Marie remake. The one thing that deters me from Ryza is the battle system. It looks like the perfect trigger for motion sickness. I have motion sickness. But I'm happy for everyone else who has a good time with this game. I am still playing Apollo Justice and have to redo an entire section from yesterday because my game crashed while I was in the bathroom. I was almost done with that entire section. I hope you play the other Ace Attorney games too at some point. Since next year you can play the entire mainline series on PC. But still, Ryza looks nice, the crafting looks cool and I just hope you had fun. I still need to solve that case my boy is involved in. Apollo is best boy. And I think you may have a thing for Klaudia. But she is quite pretty, I admit.
I do get motion sickness too (SO5, looking at you), but never had a problem with Ryza 3's battle system. I think because most of the time I'm looking at the menus rather than the battle itself. Marie Remake will be a good start though, first game ever made for the series and apparently quite short.
i've only played 3 and its awesome. i prefer the new characters over the Atelier boomers personally
Your "too much shit in a box" (paraphrasing of course) metaphor is actually how I look at games development as a whole nowadays. I think it applies really well to the gameplay in this series though, especially the alchemy. People seem to think it's very "slick" or w/e in the Ryza series, and sure, it's visually appealing compared to just looking at a base menu or a cauldron tetris interface like previous titles had, but overall it just feels more and more tedious to me. Every new gimmick, every new "feature" is just another layer of tedium.
The same goes for the battle system. Does it feel fast? Sure. Does it look nice? Sure. But a fight in the Secret trilogy actually takes quite a bit longer than a comparable encounter from earlier trilogies... it's just flashier so that the ritalin-addled kiddos won't start looking at something catching the light in their periphery and get distracted or bored. All the extra systems in battle used to "spice it up" just feel like more and more and more tedium weighing it down to me. I miss being able to play with a drink in one hand and not having to babysit extra meaningless bullshit like tactics levels and keys just to deal with random mooks.
I won't start on the detriments I think bloated environs (especially open worlds) have on games.
Requesting Emma Millstein character analysis video, please. I want to know what people see in her that makes her their favorites. Shes personally one of my least favorites, so it baffles me a bit.
Emma is sweet, innocent, tough, smart, a little nerdy, has magical powers and is a beautiful curvy redheaded bombshell.
I have been playing this since the release and haven't complete it (how the hell you complete it in 42 hrs while i at 78hr?!) ands I do like it but I prefer the second one over the third one. I did over-power myself (think i did it within 20 hrs into the game) with having no problem beating the enemies and bosses. With taking the combat and the alchemy from the second, this is the correct thing to do as it is perfect as it is and the exploring the world is still fun to do with the landmark to check out and places to find. All character and new one as well, they are really great, it fit the team really well and their backstory are interesting to learn. With the new addition, the key, I do like the ideas with being help in combat and Alchemy, also creating the key from landmark and enemies. I think i have too many keys but they do have different effect on it which what I love about the keys.
Now there are couple thing i didn't like , first one is the random quest, I'm sorry but who thought this is a good idea. It is get very annoy and the reward can be very rubbish, I did ignore most of the random quest, but i did some of them as it boost the char stat. Next one is multiple place to visits, i just find it too much, I would think 2 or 3 is more enough, not this many.
I am hoping to complete this week or next (i think i am near the end) and see the ending of this grand adventure of Ryza. I will miss this series as I do have a great time playing this trilogy. I will be planning play Atelier Marie remake some point.
Right?😂 this guy is obviously a master videogamer lol but i jst got into playing on a switch at 30y/o . I find this game really fun, cozy, & visually pleasing 💯👍🏽 The crafting was obviously something completely new to me so i had to look up some youtube videos, which helped me tremendously 🙏🏽 it has made my experience WAY more fun, bcus i can figure out how to level up in order to defeat the monsters that become more difficult to beat.
I can see how people would put longer in to the game, there's stuff to do everywhere. I think it helped that I was fairly familiar with Ryza's alchemy and combat already, but then breaking my equipment very early was the added boost.
The text size in this game is horrible in handheld mode. Played a lot of RPGs but this is the only one where I decided to put on hold because of readability.
Ryza 3 was a major step back from Ryza 2 imo. Even the soundtrack didn't come close to Ryza 2's
Agreed, I didn't mention the OST here but it's mostly because while it wasn't terrible, it wasn't memorable either.
Spoiler:
Clifford and Sherri was cameo at the end
Nice review. As for Ryza 3 being a good game, i'd say its an awesome game.
Can you actually go inside houses? I started 2 and the houses were so static the windows looked like blank paper LOL it was just so still and lifeless, and I found it on you couldn't export or wander buildings and felt lazy for a $60 game.
I keep trying to get into the atelier series, i tried both sophie and firis but couldn't get into them, i just got the first ryza because i hear it's the best yet, though this is going to be my last attempt at the series
The enemies scale to your level I don't belive there is much difference between early enemies to later enemies. It's really bad because you get punished for leveling up. The game is still easy because crafting but the balance is unbelievably broken.
just got this(mainly to play on my older pc i connected to my 65" tv w a controller"
This looked like a more easy n laidback kind of game w great visuals n colours to just explor the world in the game..
If im going to like it or not will only time tell i guess...Usually i only play/love RDR2+Cyberpunk2077+Witcher 3+ac series+Far cry series and games w a good story and some action n shooting.
But i also love a more easy going fun/happy n light game story and after finaly found a Final fantasy game i actually loved "FF7 Remake integrad" Sadly its so far the only game in the series i liked n i tried alot of them since the PS 1 was released WAAAAY back...
So is there a story to be had in this game,would u call it a more easy going light story on the happier side compared to RDR2 and games w death n sadness in it sooo i dont know i only hope and there aint alot of great looking games out there that seems to be more funand on the lighter side of things(of course there are,but then its usually not as good visuals n graphics as in the atalier ryza 3 game)
OH yes i also got the Atelier Ryza 2 game at the same time on a sale so hope i like it(once again i buy without knowing all to much about the game exept it looks great)
RTX3060 12gb I5 12400f 16gb 3200mhz windows 11 This should be more then enough to run this game in high settings 1080p i think...just strange if its not..
Thanks 4 this video
I enjoyed Ryza 3, but I dunno why, I felt like this was a trilogy of diminishing returns. I loved the first game. Thought Ryza 2 was pretty good, but not as good as the first, and Ryza 3 was okay, but not as good as the second.
Ryza 2 is the best for me, improved massively on the first game which was already decent. Ryza 3 though had too much in it I think, so much that it began to diminish the experience.
I'm enjoying my time with Ryza 3 I'm about 85hrs in and I don't even know how far I'm off from finishing, the amount of content is nuts I keep getting distracted. My only issues other then the ones mentioned is the Text Size isn't great, I'm really not a fan of how the Traits are handled (this is an issue I've had since the 1st Ryza game) and the Switch port seems not to run as well as the other two predecessors this also goes for the visuals. Though I think I'm nitpicking with the last two points. And on a personal note and I might get a lot of hate by saying this; I prefer the older protagonists over Ryza not to say she's bad but I found the bulk of her companions arcs more compelling then hers across all three games.
I don't have much experience regarding Atelier games, been introduced with Ryza and proceeded to do the trilogy before going to the Mysterious games (done Sophie, Firis and currently into Lydie&Suelle), and I would say that she's pretty okay.
I preferred Ryza over Sophie by a pretty long shot as she honestly didn't feel like much of a character at all. Firis was pretty funny and had the most compelling character arc of the protagonists I've experienced for now, so I would put her above. And finally Lydie/Sue (especially Sue) are just great, my favorite so far.
So overall I'd rank Ryza on the low-end in the protagonists ranking if I'm trying to think about it.. But she got thicc thighs so she ends up tied for 3rd place in my heart
I think Ryza is a good protag overall, the premise of her story is plain but I think that's what they wanted to show. A plain girl going on adventures and eventually maturing in to what we see in Ryza 3.
When I think of this series, I’m immediately reminded of Ircha gaming and her obsession with the franchise
I dont like the random quests that keep popping out every now and then it stirs me away from the main quest since i have a little ocd and i always do it and its really annoying
I forced myself past them 20 hours in, they were never worth it.
Even though i know its not worth it i still keep doing it 😔 this little bit of ocd is always acting up
Hey i have a very important question, id there s designated heailike how klaudia was in eyza 1 or is everyone dps adjacent like in ryza 2 with one half being casters and the other half warriors where hesling is done by core crystal?
Can you make a video on Final Fantasy VIII
Would you say, that if I don't "powerlevel" my equipment that I may have a challenging experience, tho? I loved the battlesystem from the second entry, and I just took the stuff the game gave me, without a care for the stats and I had a super fun time, but I saw all that lvl 99 stuff you had early on. That seems a little "to" broken.
As a first time player, i had a difficult time
, once i reached a certain point, I crafted stuff but it didn’t help. So i looked up a crafting video on youtube, and got an understanding of it, and right now i basically can level 999 my stuff, depending if i have the right ingredients or unlocked part of the story. Im slowly figuring things out and i thinks its a very fun game, i love the battle system. Its a very fun, cozy, & visually pleasing game.💯
@@thewise_1one856 I might get it when it's on sale, I mean "if" it's ever on sale, you never know with these atelier games, thanks for your opinion!
You would definitely have a more difficult time. I had to tweak items that I thought would see me through the whole game just because the infamous spike kicked in down the line. Final boss in particular was a challenge even with the equipment I had.
@@TheKisekiNut Oh, that definitly sounds interesting then. Good to know, thanks!
TL:DR (Imho). It's really good.
I just wish it wasnt turn based combat
Always loved the character designs and Ryza herself, but the games themselves landed on the snooze fest side of the scale for me. I wasn't into the crafting and the pacing was slow and tackled very mundane problems on a small, cozy, even rustic scale. Still glad that it sold well, because maybe one of these days I'll get into the crafting system (or they make a variant that works for me) and can have fun time with it. Also, there are never enough good JRPGs around so thicc for the win it is this time.
Thick thighs do sell, yeah? Amazing.
THICC THIGHS SAVE LIVES, MY BOY
@@thewise_1one856 Got that right, bro.
How long is this game roughly?
1:20
Im a first time player, i bought it on release and I STILL have not finished it. I believe im only half way through 😂 from watching everyones stuff, i still find myself going, “holy shit i still havent seen that” 🤣 but this dude is a master video gamer, i jst bought a switch at 30 last year so its a matter of perspective and skill. I went in knowing NOTHING. And to me its gonna go down as one of my favorite games.
@@thewise_1one856 W glad to see it's a long game
About 42 hours, similar to the other games. But some people have put in a lot longer because there is admittedly a large amount of side content on offer.
I love Ryza 1, but I think 3 is way to bloated. Atelier Games always have a lot of Dialog, but this Game is just way to much. This Game peaks, when you want to synthesis a specific item and need to gather and craft for this item.
The cast, the world and the amount of cutscenes is just to much
Thicc af, I meant the plot.
I really wanted to play these games but I refuse to play a game with no dub, I hate subs it just takes me out of the game
Sounds like a personal problem.
@@thewise_1one856
Yeah it is the was the whole point of my comment, it’s a personal deal breaker for me, but thanks for stating the obvious
Ryza 3 having no bikini unlike Sophie 2 is disappointing. Man, Ryza in ryza 3 is older than Sophie in sophie 2!!! While Dame dane 8, SF6 has bikini or bikini scene..... I worry if Persona 3 reloaded will get swimsuit for body type 2(she/her, female character in old term) censored... for Kishida has banned bikini from anime and Japanse consumer games.
Nah ignored it it's a game that went through Ethic department.
weeb game with mobile combat and trash story. basicly 90% of jrpg in nutshell.
The answer is no. Atelier games are a plague on the industry. Tried playing them so many times and the dialogue alone made me drop them. Its like the writers were insanely high while writing the scripts.
to each their own
I would admit that the writing is passable at best if you're looking for a good story, but when you try the series for its crafting systems, heartwarming moments, the characters, and the great soundtracks you will have a great time.
Have you tried playing it insanely high?
@@Random2960 they forget to mention this in the instructions
What are you talking about man? Im a 30 year old dude whos never ever played rpgs, shit, or even turned based games lol Ive been playing COD , so for me this game was refreshing, fun, cozy, visually pleasing, i went in knowing nothing, got some help with a couple youtube videos, & ive been having a blast.
Got all the Ryza games on playstation 4/5 just for the added performance