"Atelier Rorona has seen a few ports and remakes since it originally released in 2009 and now, it's available in a brand new DX edition." - A.J. Maciejewski from Video Chums
There are a lot of Atelier games out there, and Gust keeps adding to the lineup with new installments in the main series and spin-offs to keep track of. It is a lot to deal with. Also, the major installments tend to come out in trilogies, which share storylines and sometimes gameplay mechanics. One line might not be as interesting for specific players, but another could be a perfect fit.
Arland best. Couldn't finish Mysterious. Dusk is good. The ones before those are good but I prefer the 3d games
Pretty good article. The Atelier series is a very weird one. As each game have it's own ideas and can play vastly differently than another title even in the same trilogy.
But to get to know the franchise or at least what was the fundation of it. I would argue that the Arland is the best one, even though I prefer other sub-series even more.
Good Smile Company made a new nendroid available for pre-order, and it's Rorolina "Rorona" Fryxell from Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland.
"After my recent review of Atelier Lydie & Suelle, the most current entry at the time of this writing and the 19th Atelier game, I was looking forward to seeing how things have changed; Atelier Rorona is the 11th Atelier game. What I found is an equally lovable set of characters, a strict time limit, and an otherwise greatly streamlined experience, compared to the massive amount of everything Lydie and Suelle had become. Sometimes a ‘back to basics’ approach can be refreshing, and playing this older entry was certainly that."
I love the Arland games and think they're gems. But if this is a review of the crap PC ports, it shouldn't be recommended. The ports are so bad, I have literally no way to play it in 16:9 at 1080p because it either stretches in full screen for ultrawide or under 1080 in windowed and you can't do borderless smh. No form of AA, the game essentially looks better playing on anything else lol. So messy and the outlines aren't done well either
