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[rockman zx]

http://social.gust.co.jp/newproject/

I hope they get the character design right this time, not a fan of what they have done for Sophie.

 

[Ravage]

Keeping my fingers crossed for the return of time management.

 

[Makoto Yuki]

http://social.gust.co.jp/newproject/

I hope they get the character design right this time, not a fan of what they have done for Sophie.

Kishida Mel and the artist of the Dusk Trilogy were on point.

 

[afreaknamedpete]

After practically a decade of annual releases I'm still not sick of this series. Cannot wait for what gust puts out next.

 

[salromano]

It's also gonna be in Dengeki PlayStation next week.

 

[raven777]

I really hope Flight Unit do all the character models this time...

 

[Alex]

http://social.gust.co.jp/newproject/

I hope they get the character design right this time, not a fan of what they have done for Sophie.

Yeah, I abhor the art in the new one, honestly makes me not want to even mess with it despite buying the last six in a row.

 

[Mozendo]

Kishida Mel and the artist of the Dusk Trilogy were on point.

Hidari is a goddess also glad that she's the artist for Toukiden she has amazing talent.

 

[kadotsu]

One day they will hire some environment artists and animators and it will be glorious.

 

[Spirit Icana]

http://social.gust.co.jp/newproject/

I hope they get the character design right this time, not a fan of what they have done for Sophie.

I feel the same way...

But anyhow, gimme more Hayato Asano music Gust!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lUy5DOjKPg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCC-bzLkAqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vc6Ml3DavQ&index=52&list=PLTC6MW0n7HvDtl9QTu1E5wy9W7QbaVqRD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHfaiGqCOkE

Dude's awesome!

 

[Estellise]

Oh god pleaaaaaase change the artist. I miss Hidari, she was a great. That's what made the Dusk series so beautiful. I really didn't like the art for Sophie.

Also, the quality of the OP was so bad too. Sophie intro looks like a plain ol' anime opening, meanwhile there's the Dusk trilogies openings that look AMAZING.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Sophie will be my first title. Do they always come out so quick like this?

 

[ohlawd]

can I have Mel Kishida back? thx

 

[raven777]

Sophie will be my first title. Do they always come out so quick like this?

They come out every year

This will be 18th mainline Atelier title.

 

[Risette]

Kishida Mel and the artist of the Dusk Trilogy were on point.

Mel Kishida is a pretty bad artist but Hidari was great. Should've kept her.

 

[crinale]

I wonder if Mel would actually return to his actor carrier lol.

Spoiler

I'd be happy if he does Atelier character design

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

They come out every year

This will be 18th mainline Atelier title.

18th?? Sheesh should've hopped aboard much sooner.

 

[Spirit Icana]

Oh, next tuesday is the reveal. Gonna have to remember to come back here to check, since that's Overwatch day.

 

[Tohsaka]

Looking forward to my yearly dose of Atelier, have Sophie pre-ordered for next month too.

 

[chrominance]

Oh god pleaaaaaase change the artist. I miss Hidari, she was a great. That's what made the Dusk series so beautiful. I really didn't like the art for Sophie.

Also, the quality of the OP was so bad too. Sophie intro looks like a plain ol' anime opening, meanwhile there's the Dusk trilogies openings that look AMAZING.

Still the classiest OP, still the sassiest OP. To be fair, though, Sophie's OP seems pretty in line with the Arland intros; the Dusk ones were just extra special.

 

[striferser]

Gust, please, i haven't finished Arland trilogy ;_;

 

[Vex_]

Can someone tell me:

What is the draw of these games? I always see the name atelier, and just kinda always wonder what makes these games worth buying. I think it looks interesting. From what I gather, this is a long running series, but the games aren't numbered?

 

[shadow2810]

Pretty sure they will use the same artist for another game or two.
Now time to start playing Escha & Logy ;-;

 

[Eudaemonium]

Please be 4th Dusk game.

What? A man can dream.

 

[Cornbread78]

Keeping my fingers crossed for the return of time management.

Oh, please no.. It was such a pain to deal with in Meruru and Totori. I missed things aftermultiple play through and just gave up out of frustration.

 

[rockman zx]

Can someone tell me:

What is the draw of these games? I always see the name atelier, and just kinda always wonder what makes these games worth buying. I think it looks interesting. From what I gather, this is a long running series, but the games aren't numbered?

The draw of these games are the beautiful art style and music, deep and entertaining alchemy system, the battle system is simple but serviceable, charming characters, for some people time management is also a draw but they removed this in later games (almost). You should try one, plenty of people get hooked even when on paper is not their kind of RPG. Try first Rorona Plus (PS3 & VITA).

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Can someone tell me:

What is the draw of these games? I always see the name atelier, and just kinda always wonder what makes these games worth buying. I think it looks interesting. From what I gather, this is a long running series, but the games aren't numbered?

I'm not well informed since this is my first one but judging by what a few helpful gafers told me. Most of the titles have self contained stories that's why they aren't numbered. The draw seems to be with the alchemy finding ingredients and mixing them together to use in battle, alot of management also apparently there was time management as well buy the newest one got rid of it

 

[Vex_]

The draw of these games are the beautiful art style and music, deep and entertaining alchemy system, the battle system is simple but serviceable, charming characters, for some people time management is also a draw but they removed this in later games (almost). You should try one, plenty of people get hooked even when on paper is not their kind of RPG. Try first Rorona Plus (PS3 & VITA).

I'm not well informed since this is my first one but judging by what a few helpful gafers told me. Most of the titles have self contained stories that's why they aren't numbered. The draw seems to be with the alchemy finding ingredients and mixing them together to use in battle, alot of management also apparently there was time management as well buy the newest one got rid of it

Hmmmm. Ok I think I like the sound of that. Im particularly fond of micro managing things. You say they removed that?

Also gonna look up this alchemy system in video form to see what that is about.

Thanks.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Hmmmm. Ok I think I like the sound of that. Im particularly fond of micro managing things. You say they removed that?

Also gonna look up this alchemy system in video form to see what that is about.

Thanks.

As far as I kno they removed the time limit. From the few videos I watched items play a big part in the combat system it looks really great I can't wait to try it.

 

[Eudaemonium]

I'm not well informed since this is my first one but judging by what a few helpful gafers told me. Most of the titles have self contained stories that's why they aren't numbered.

They're basically in self-contained trilogies or duologies. They sometimes have numbers or at least themes that distinguish them too.

Some of them are numbered in Japanese at least. For example: Rorona, Totori, and Meruru are "The Alchemist of Arland' 'The Alchemist of Arland 2' and 'The Alchemist of Arland 3'. in English the latter ones became 'The Adventurer of Arland' and 'The Apprentice of Arland'.

The Dusk games also have 'Ground/Land', 'Sky' and 'Sea' (of Dusk) in the subtitles in Japanese, which creates a certain sense of continuity. Atelier Ayesha lost the Ground reference in English, though, and became just 'The Alchemist of Dusk'.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

They're basically in self-contained trilogies or duologies. They sometimes have numbers or at least themes that distinguish them too.

Some of them are numbered in Japanese at least. For example: Rorona, Totori, and Meruru are "The Alchemist of Arland' 'The Alchemist of Arland 2' and 'The Alchemist of Arland 3'. in English the latter ones became 'The Adventurer of Arland' and 'The Apprentice of Arland'.

The Dusk games also have 'Ground/Land', 'Sky' and 'Sea' (of Dusk) in the subtitles in Japanese, which creates a certain sense of continuity. Atelier Ayesha lost the Ground reference in English, though, and became just 'The Alchemist of Dusk'.

Such a fascinating series shame I skipped put for so long. I see a couple are on vita I'll try those as well

 

[raven777]

Seems like the title of the new game is Atelier Firis

When I click tweet from the teaser site, I got this before

「アトリエ」シリーズの新プロジェクト始動ですの！続報を待つですの！ http://social.gust.co.jp/firis/ #GustPR

Now they updated it so you get

「アトリエ」シリーズの新プロジェクト始動ですの！続報を待つですの！ http://social.gust.co.jp/newproject/ #GustPR

 

[rockman zx]

Hmmmm. Ok I think I like the sound of that. Im particularly fond of micro managing things. You say they removed that?

Thanks.

Time management is still there in every game but starting from Ayesha (1st game of the 2nd trilogy on PS3) they reduced how important is to manage your days, In Shallie was already a non issue and I think in Sophie is gone or even more forgiving. The Arland trilogy is a pain in this sense.

Such a fascinating series shame I skipped put for so long. I see a couple are on vita I'll try those as well

You have all the PS3 games on VITA minus Shallie and of course Sophie.

 

[chrominance]

Hmmmm. Ok I think I like the sound of that. Im particularly fond of micro managing things. You say they removed that?

Also gonna look up this alchemy system in video form to see what that is about.

Thanks.

Nah, there's still plenty of stuff to manage if you want to. I miss the time management personally, but most of the min-max stuff and the tinkering came from the alchemy system. Finding the best ingredients, figuring out the right traits to bake into your items, selecting the right ingredients to give you the right alchemy boosts to make previously impossible recipes possible, making interim items with various traits to then put into other recipes to produce the best items--all these tasks can be yours, and they don't involve time management at all.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Still the classiest OP, still the sassiest OP. To be fair, though, Sophie's OP seems pretty in line with the Arland intros; the Dusk ones were just extra special.

Ayesha and Eschatology OP's were nice, but Shallie OP was top tier. Goosebumps.

 

[Estellise]

Still the classiest OP, still the sassiest OP. To be fair, though, Sophie's OP seems pretty in line with the Arland intros; the Dusk ones were just extra special.

Escha & Logy's opening was so snazzy, I loved it. And definitely true, but that's what makes it seem like such a downgrade from Dusk's openings. Whoever animated those openings needs to come back, pleeease.

 

[Estellise]

Ayesha and Eschatology OP's were nice, but Shallie OP was top tier. Goosebumps.

Oh my god, YES. That opening gave me chills! Dusk has quality openings, there's no denying that.

 

[Mozendo]

I personally don't mind the Sophie art, IMO it's better Mel Kishida's work.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I like Sophie's opening when I watched it on YouTube. The LaLaLa part has been stuck in my head.

 

[ohlawd]

Ayesha and Eschatology OP's were nice, but Shallie OP was top tier. Goosebumps.

Lotte's thighs *sweat*

 

[Eudaemonium]

Oh my god, YES. That opening gave me chills! Dusk has quality openings, there's no denying that.

You can probably tell by my avatar, but I've always been a massive fan of the Dusk games. I know that mechanically they were seen as a step-back from the later Arland titles, but I've always preferred their sense of atmosphere and art direction. The weird post-apocalyptic ancient ruins, washed out colour palette, and that sense of everything just winding down to a stop that hung over all the titles just worked for me.

 

[LuuKyK]

I personally don't mind the Sophie art, IMO it's better Mel Kishida's work.

I will have to politely disagree with you on that one. Nothing beats Kishida's art in this series.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

You can probably tell by my avatar, but I've always been a massive fan of the Dusk games. I know that mechanically they were seen as a step-back from the later Arland titles, but I've always preferred their sense of atmosphere and art direction. The weird post-apocalyptic ancient ruins, washed out colour palette, and that sense of everything just winding down to a stop that hung over all the titles just worked for me.

Yep. While I love Rorona, Totori and Meruru, the ambiance, art style and characters of Dusk resonate with me much more. I love the culmination of the events and all the characters that return in Shallie (Plus) in particular!

Lotte's thighs *sweat*

Ohlawd. xD

Spoiler

<3

 

[afreaknamedpete]

Please be 4th Dusk game.

What? A man can dream.

Yes, they need to actually cap off the Dusk game! Shallie didn't feel like the finale of a series, more like another entry in it. They need to find some sort of grand finale where you end up actually making progress against the vague "dusk" thing anyways. My dream for the 4th Dusk Atelier game would be some sort of development system maybe similar to Meruru where you use all those macguffins from throughout the series to redevelop the world or something. Make it take place in Central and place you in charge of a group of alchemists management-sim style where you have to send them out to gather resources, solve problems, spread alchemy!

The art shown on the website shows seagulls and an ocean, so it's probably more in line with Sophie. Though for all I know that art could be a placeholder image from Sophie.

 

[Lusankya]

http://social.gust.co.jp/newproject/

I hope they get the character design right this time, not a fan of what they have done for Sophie.

Yeah, the old artist had a really cute and, well "appropriate" style which really fit the characters. The new one was a little bit too ecchi for me.

 

[spatenfloot]

Can someone tell me:

What is the draw of these games? I always see the name atelier, and just kinda always wonder what makes these games worth buying. I think it looks interesting. From what I gather, this is a long running series, but the games aren't numbered?

I can't believe no one posted the gif in response to this. You know what I am talking about...

 

[Durante]

For me, Totori is still the high point of the series, but I also like the Dusk games. Gust are great.

Keeping my fingers crossed for the return of time management.

Absolutely.

 

[Philippo]

PS4 only?

 

[Eudaemonium]

PS4 only?

I'll guess Vita and PS4. Seems to be the case with a lot of these types of games in Japan.

 

[Vex_]

I can't believe no one posted the gif in response to this. You know what I am talking about...

Hm!?