Yeah I know, The game has been out since march for PSN R1. The review might be a little late sorry but it just arrive on PSN R3 last week bummer. its been a while since I played an RPG like this. Its not just a solid RPG but it also an RPG with complete package. Superb graphics, Great voice acting, Menu presentation, great game mechanics, interesting characters etc. There's so much to love in this game. Despite the game having a female protagonist, which is a bit off for some specially the way totori runs, the game is still a must play for every hardcore RPG fans out there.
There's not much to say about the game's graphics coz all I could say is its "Awesome" period. No other RPG handheld game can surpass its beauty for me. Not even 3ds RPG's can topple Atelier Totori's graphics.
First time ever have I played an RPG that lets you customized its Battle music and background music. You get the option to pick the battle theme from ALL Atelier series which is about a whooping 100+ music to choose from. If you get tired of the same music you can change it and hell it rocks if all RPG's have this option right? Why the hell dint they released a Limited Edition with Soundtrack for this game!? I want it so bad. The in game music rocks!
Battle system for Atelier Totori is your typical turn based battle. First time I watched the battle, meh boring, but when I actually played it, I never get tired of battling tons of Puni's (poring like monsters) its a really great battle experience. Totori doesn't have skills though, you have to synthesize items which she could use for battles which I will tackle next.
The main goal of the game is for you to become a high rank adventurer. If you've played Persona or Harvest Moon games. Its pretty much the same. There's no time to slack off(or maybe there is if you choose to be a slacker) because you have to plan every move(yes every move). When you gather materials, the time moves and so is your energy, when you move to a map the time moves and so is your energy, when you battle monster the time moves and so is your energy. You get the drill bro? haha
There's a tons of items and materials to synthesize, understanding it at first is really a pain in the ass. You'll need to gather materials and buy books early to understand what's what is for. Good thing the game has its own bestiary and reference. Once you get a particular item and you've forgotten where to get that item? just check the library section in the in game menu.
The thing about RPG's on 3ds devices in spite they have like tons of RPG's for the handheld is they scale it all down to the lowest resolution, cut all the cut scenes, remove a lot of voice acting, remove some parts and the list goes on and on. Yeah yeah I know that we shouldn't judge the game for its graphics and all but there are people like me who wants a complete package and Atelier Totori(and also Persona 4 Golden)gives us all just that.
Overall this game gets a 9/10 from me.
The Good:
-Superb graphics
-bite size quests
-Great voice acting
-Great presentation
-A rich Library reference for everything
-Great Soundtrack
-Great game mechanics
The Bad
-Moving from one place to another consumes ridiculous IN GAME time.
-Female protagonist might be off for the macho men.
-Priced too much for a DIGITAL release
The not so Bad
-Some frame drops but not ruins user experience.
Available at:
-Digital only via PSN
$39.99
HK$312.00
about 1700 pesos.
Similar Games:
Persona 4 golden (PSVITA)
Etrian Odyssey series (DS-3DS)
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