Just play the games fellas. Also, don't commit the sin of pronouncing Atelier with an "R" like I did in the video. I blame the english dubs from the Atelier games for teaching me that pronunciation lol.

“Most modern protagonists have to rely on item they synthesize” Gamers who hoard items until the final boss: “Oh no”

Trivia about Atelier Escha & Logy that nobody ever seems to notice. The Japanese particle equivalent to "and" is "to." So Escha & Logy = Escha to Logy. Eschatology is the study of end times... and the Dusk series is set in a world which seems to be fading towards its doom.

I’m a sucker for art work and every time I pass near a atelier game in the store I feel conflicted but this nudged me in the right direction.

Hi, I’m Japanese and have loved this series since Rorona. I know Atelier isn’t famous in foreign countries, so have felt sad. I appreciate your effort to make this splendid guidance and love for Atelier. GUST developers will definitely be glad :) We still have awesome RPG series not famous outside Japan. If you have time and had played, please introduce Ys, SaGa, Legend Heroes.Those are truly amazing. Hope you all have good game experiences :)

I recently played Ryza after watching this video and wanted to come back to thank you for your guidance with this series! I’m using your guide again to decide which title to jump into next. :) Appreciate the time and effort you’ve put into this video for all of us!

Atelier Rorona has a special place in my heart. Funny, relaxing and super relatable protagonist since I too am idiot.

I’m really glad I didn’t stop at Ryza and decided to go the older games, I love them. I decided to go back one trilogy at a time, so I went from Ryza to Sophie to Firis to Lydie Suelle to Ayesha, which I’m currently playing. The moment you said you were going to recommend three titles I KNEW SOphie would be one of them, it really is one of the most well rounded modern titles.

I've been there since the beginning. And still playing them to this day. We need the Iris Trilogy Remastered for the Switch and PS4.

Great video. Ryza was my introduction to the Atelier franchise, and since then I've played through both the Dusk and Arland trilogies. I really enjoy the laid back atmosphere they have, and the variety of characters in each game.

Ok, you convinced me. I'm going to try these games, I was skeptical at first because the jrpg always bores me too much, but the alchemy system and the "slice of life to escape from all the reality bias" does sounds fun. PS: THE ART OF THIS FRANCHISE IS SO F*CKING GOOD AND CUTE

"We need more game sales. What do we do?" "Main cast of girls and we don't have any super thicc girls? Let's change that."

I finally got into Atelier and started with Ryza. Absolutely adore it - will be getting the sequel for sure.

I remember when Ryza launched on Steam, my cursor was adding cart on it's own. One of the reason why I had to jailbreak the vita as well, since we have 9 Atelier games on this abandoned handheld, and it's hella expensive.

Pretty good video. Eventhough the Arland series is really hard to get into with how tough alchemy is and especially the deadlines to complete certain endings are. If you want to dwell deep into the Atelier series it's a good starting point to becoming a better alchemist for future Atelier games

I started Atelier Ryza 1 yesterday and I'm loving it!!! Thank you for the recommendation 😊

Thank you for making this video. I love the Atelier series so much, but it doesn't seem popular at all in the US. I wanted a good video to help introduce my friend to the series and this is perfect! 💜 I hope more people give Atelier a chance!

A very well rounded video to introduce the series. Thanks to you am picking up Atelier Ryza.

My personal favourites will always be Iris 2, Mana Khemia 1 and (not the same series but very similar in a lot of ways) Ar Tonelico 2 simply because their stories were really good, I was shocked to find out first 2 were considered the black sheep of the series in Japan

Ayesha was my starting point for the series and it really holds a special place in my heart.

i like sophie the best, it has the best alchemy mechanic out of all the other games and thats really important for the atelier games

I’m nearing the end of Sophie and stumbled upon this. Really informative and I’m looking forward to streaming the rest of the games

I discovered this series by searching for the most expensive discounted game in the Nintendo Eshop and I found Atelier Sophie 2 and now I'm genuinly intrigued what the series is about 😂

Hey a new video i can share for my friends , when they ask me about atelier i usually share the valkyrie aurora video but now that is gone , i like this , good video

Thumbs up, bro! I've actually been thinking about trying this series. 👍

I'd say Atelier Ayesha is the pinnacle of the series, in terms of music, gameplay and characters. The Arland trilogy is great, a few dull moments but overall excellent. Ayesha just perfected it and refined it to its best state.

I remember getting into Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana way back then because I devoured everything anime style on the PS2. I had no idea the series kept going strong!

I’ve been super on the fence about playing these games for a long time now. This just gave me the nudge I needed. Preesh my dude🤙🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻

I'd definitely like to see a video on Mana Khemia. It was my intro to the series when I was a kid. In fact, it's been difficult for me to play the modern games as I much prefer the more serious story of it

Its great too see many people came know the series from ryza hopefully atelier become more get recognize its great game for chilling My first atelier were iris one best series i play on ps2

The best introduction of the Atelier series to me is the *anime adaptation of Atelier Escha and Logy* ; I just randomly watched "a just finished anime title"; that's how I discovered Atelier series specially my favourite Atelier Ayesha (she so gorgeous and lovely herbalist). I'm also hook up with Atelier Ryza as well ( I got a copy of 1 and 2) so I definitely going to play Atelier Ryza 3 next year when they release it

Atelier Ayesha is also a good one to start with (I recognized the music in the background btw lol). It was my first one at least It also has the time limit mechanic even after you finish the main story (which there is a reason for it). I can guarantee that unless you know what you are doing, you probably won't finish first playthrough. I got to the first major boss (there are two main line bosses that I call "major" bosses) and beat it when the game ended. The second time I saved so much time that I finished all the side stories pretty easily as well after the main story ended. My next playthrough I'll have a lot of time reduction and may try to beat the side bosses that were a pain to defeat. Btw, despite me not playing it in the last 2-3 weeks just to have a break from it... I AM STILL ADDICTED TO IT. Sagittarius is best boss theme ever. Atelier Ayesha has a really amazing sound track. Love it. Also the characters are nice and well... I have had a game like this in like... Ever...

Popping over here since Atelier Sophie 2 just got announced 4 hours ago. :eyes: Ryza was my first entry into this playing series. I actually stumbled across the artbook while on the internet and the whole aesthetics intrigued me. So I looked into it more and it seemed like my type of game. Gathering, hoarding, crafting, some battles, and an interesting story. Needless to say, I 100%'d the first Ryza game LOL. The whole time constraint thing that the older games had did deter me from trying it but after completing Ryza through and through, to the point of buying Ryza 2. It makes me more confident to trying out other Atelier games. Hell, I'm buying Sophie so I can be prepared for Sophie 2. ^^ The biggest thing I had with Ryza was that I hoarded too much stuff and I'd spend ingame days getting lost in the craft. Thankfully there's a desynthesis system that helped get with of storage bloat, only for a short while before getting sidetracked again.. The whole real-time battle system did trip me up but as you play more, you get used to the rhythm so where you can easily layer combos of item buffs and special attacks. Overall, Ryza is 100% a good entry into the series and would recommend it for people who like perfecting their craft to the point of maxing out their gear/ items. (I was actually introduced to Escha and Logy because I watched the anime while it was airing at the time. The end cards per episode really made me love the whole setting and style. And then I was surprised when I saw something I've watched years ago be a playable series haha)

Thank you for directing me on where to start and why in this very good video. I enjoyed your relaxed voice and the structure of the video (English isn't my native language) so you just got a new subscriber. My daughter started with Sophie and loves it, so I might go for Ryza. (I am 63 and need some relaxation after some heavy and dark action RPGs, and am very fond of Japanese art and Anime).

You should definitely make a video covering the older Atelier series. I only played the three games from Atelier Iris series (and Eternal Mana was my favorite one) and I’ve recently started playing Atelier Rorona. The time management system wasn’t as intimidating as I thought, maybe because I was already familiarized with synthesizing from Iris, but your video really got me excited to play Ryza. It looks so beautiful! And Ryza 2 looks even more beautiful. Not to mention the ATB battle system, that really breathes fresh air into the series

The DLC in these games is super expensive but I guess thats just standard for Koei Tecmo at this point.

The Iris trilogy was my starting point in the series and I just love how the series progressed with time. And yeah, I would agree with Escha and Logy being a good starting point. Deadline is so lenient there (just finish the main assignment and the rest of the allotted period is gucci), combat is kinda beginner friendly, and the story is good. No wonder it’s one of the better received games among the franchise, even now.

I dropped dead laughing at the "warning for future viewers" as I'm literally sitting here contemplating getting Ryza 2 for the 1st title I try 😂, dude's forsight is 10/10!

Nelke is not a mainline Atelier game, it’s a town building and management sim with atelier characters and story.

This was very informative, as I have become interested in trying Atelier Ryza but had no idea where to start since I saw many different games in this series. Thanks a lot and great video!

You conviced me! I'm going with Atelier Sophie since it's on sale right now. I'm excited!!

Just purchased the entirety of the mysterious trilogy after playing ryza and loving it. Going to play through them while I wait for ryza 2 to come out

I know it's simplistic but in all honesty one of the major things that get me interested in playing new games and games series is how good the opening music is. If it sounds really catchy I'll definitely look into it. That's how I got interested in both the Kingdom Hearts series and the Persona series and I never looked back since.

1:37 I actually came to this video specifically because I was curious if any of the newer games were any good. I have actually only ever played Gust games on the Playstation 2 and own 6 titles. My entry into the series was Atelier Iris 2, I actually liked that game and thought it was a decent a game. The next Gust title I played was Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia, which is also a game I really liked. I own both: Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana and Atelier Iris 3, but I didn't like them as much as the second game, and actually never completed it, same with Mana Khemia. The next and final Gust game I would play was Ar Tonelico 2, I remember being so excited for this game, I had it per-ordered and the release was actually delayed but I was super into the website and reading everything I could about it, and it ended up being one of my favorite games of all, Luca is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time, I love that game. Unfortunately, it was plagued by a really bad localization, so when NIS America announced Mana Khemia 2 (I was on their mailing list), it reminded me of how pissed I was at the botched, I unsubscribed from their mailing list. Outside of looking into Ar Tonelico 3 when it was released and then realizing it was a bad game, I never actually played it but it was pretty obvious it wasn't I wanted to play, I did buy the Hymnos Concert CDs though, because that game does have great music, that I didn't want to miss out on. So I haven't really followed anything Gust has done since then but have heard about Atelier Ryza a couple of times, and I'm like "oh yeah Gust, I remember them" I wonder if their newer games are any good or if they are still as meh as ever. So I typed Atelier Ryza and your video popped up. Based on what I have heard here, other than improved graphics doesn't seem like too much has changed with these games, so Ryza, or really any of them are probably not going to be titles I will enjoy too much. Honestly Atelier Iris 2 was probably a bad entry point since it's a lot more story driven than pretty much any of the other Atelier games, which is honestly more my style, probably also why I liked the Ar Tonelico games, 2nd game also had lots of lesbian subtext and was pro sex worker rights, stuff I had never really seen in a game before so it had been super memorable for me. So I was kind of hoping that some of their newer games might be something I would want to pick up and play but it's not really sounding like it. :( Oh well, thanks for the video.

Yeah if you want no time limit the places to start are Ryza, Lydie/Suelle, Sophie, Shallie etc. If you do want to try the time system ones, try Firis first, you only need to get some items and pass an exam to end the sequence. It is more of a semi-time limit.

Thanks for this dude, very helpful!

This is the most helpful video on the Atelier series i've ever seen. Thank you

Short sweet and to the point. Thinking about picking up Ryza as my entry title into this series.

Bought ryza on sale. Thanks for the video. Looking forward to the Mysterious trilogy DX too. I’m never a fan of deadline systems(cause it makes me really stress in min maxing the time) so it’s nice to know that these two series doesn’t have em.

mentioning mana khemia and iris series..they are best game of my childhood..worth of thumb up and sub ^^

i got into the Atelier series when i walked into my local GameStop when i was younger and found Totori's Premium edition on the shelf and thought the art was so good i just picked it up without a second thought lol... it was rough, as it was my first ever game that had a time management system and i never actually finished it! but i loved the art and music so much, when Sophie came out and i heard it dropped time management, i was super excited! i did just pick up a PS3 and another copy of Totori again, so ill hopefully finish it this time around lol.

I started with Totori, great game series. Ps. This game series has going since the 90’s and also sparked a spin-off game in 2006 called Ar Tonelico (which has a killer soundtrack).

I remember being interested in the series back in 2012, but I was turned off by the time management and reading about how restrictive it is. In late 2020, I started the Arland Trilogy, and found out that there is more than enough time to do almost everything. It might not be enough to do everything in one playthrough, but it is more than enough for me to achieve the good endings, I also spent many days just sleeping to make the time pass quickly.

I had 100% completion on the first of the Dusk trilogy. It really is easy if you focus on getting your tasks done and try not to travel that much. I do agree that Ryza is one of the best to start with. Though beginners should be prepared how confusing your first Atelier will be in the beginning, even with the tutorials. :D. Just push through and all will be clear. This fits into the fact that each game feels great progress wise as you constantly get better and you are rewarded for it. This is one of the BIGGEST feature noone talks about....

Thank you for this review. I recently played through Ryza 2 as my first Atelier game and now playing the first Ryza. I want to try the Dusk Trilogy next since it seems to be the most well liked group of the games before Ryza but was concerned about the time management. However your review puts it into perspective and it still sounds appealing. I'm not sure how this series fell under my radar back in the day. Glad several installments are available on modern consoles.

I got ryza 2 as my first atelier game, its so great! I didn’t need to have played the first one, since the back story is actually mentioned quite early on. I just got sophie 2 and its different!!! Like, more difficult somehow. But i will keep at it because its got a good story i think. I will def consider escha and logy next. I like the art style for that one very much.

AH-TEH-LEE-AY. AH-TEH-LEE-AY. you said it like 40 different ways my dude

Ok ok I'll get Ryza 1 for my switch from my closest salary. Been thinking about whether should I or not for like a week by now, and finally made up my mind. Thank you for answering questions I didn't even form into sentences

The only part I disagree with here is that you can pick any game in the series to start and be totally fine. I mean, I guess he's right in that you don't absolutely *have* to play them in any sort of order, but I would at least recommend picking a start of a story arc. Rorona, Ayesha, etc.

I love to play JRPGs. Been looking into the atelier series for quite some time, but never tried it. Just bought Sophie DX on my Switch (I could've bought Ryza on my PS, but I think I'll like more if I play on handheld. Also, my country eShop doesn't have Ryza :/ ). But I'm really excited! Will try as soon as I finish my current game! Thanks for this video!

I learned about the Atelier series while playing a rhythm game. Someone mapped the battle theme in Atelier Sophie (Spring Wind Skylark iirc). I did some research, got interested, bought the game and had fun. I bought Sophie 2 this year but I'm looking forward to play the other games too. Now I just have to save up some money to buy them.

Dude I swear, I've been trying to get the platinum for the Arland series since I bought the triple-pack like 4 years ago but darn it's difficult! 😭 Just got a plat on Ryza and I was shocked the game was extremely easy compared to those Arland games ngl. Nice video btw!

i had atelier ayesha on ps3 since my dad bought it from japan i think its one of the freebies he got, and i played it since its the only disc i had, i was 14 then and i had a great fun and memories, then an atelier ost just popped on my recommended and i fell in love again

Well, you've talked me into it, I'll play the series. I mean, I've already played all of the modern games but I'll do it again! And there is nothing anyone can do to stop me!

Great video. This was really helpful for me since i'm really interested in getting back into playing the atelier games for the nintendo switch. I did play atelier iris 2 and 3 for the ps2 back when i was younger and i really enjoyed it too. I'll start with the dusk trilogy first for the nintendo switch, then I'll buy the other atelier games.

Thank you for this! The games just suddenly popped up on my switch lockscreen and looked so cute but the number or games and title scheme was a bit overwhelming. I just purchased Ryza and added one of the trilogies to my wishlist. (:

Thank you for the vid! It was a nice and relaxed breakdown and has pushed me to act on getting Atelier Sophie :)

The Iris games will always be my favorites 💕

The only thing that comes to mind when I see these games is that line from the old "sonic says" cartoon segments "No Good"

Being honest, if I saw this before picking up Ryza then I probably would've gone for Sophie instead. That'd be a shame, because everything else be damned Ryza has one of my favourite OSTs (another one for me is Blue Reflection, and I think the same guy composed both) Still totally getting Sophie on the next Steam sale though

It looks like a great series to jump in. I adore the aesthetics of each different title. It's just to bad for me that I can't see myself playing in the foreseeable future.... it's nothing against atelier, but I done got my hands full for a seriously long time thanks to Nihol Falcom...I don't think I have to say much else other than one of these days I may get to play a Atelier game. Maybe.

About 5 hours into Ryza 1 and really enjoying the cozy break from much more intense games.

This is really well put together, thanks for this awesome breakdown on all these games!

Appreciate this as I finished blue reflection and felt attached to the art music characters and the RPG aspect, love magical girls so heard of this Erie’s but didn’t know where to begin... so thank you very much!

thanks for this video I think I'm going to buy Atelier Ryza to start. If that all works out well ill play the sequels and other entries.

Thank you very much for your video. Imma start with ryza even though the combat system is not really my style. But we'll see

Thank you so much for this video i just looked into atelier but had really no idea what it was about but this video explained a lot

I love how Atelier Ryza, from what I heard, isn't some grand plot with giga stakes and saving the world. It's like the anti-FF16.

Well made of a video! It convinced me to purchase Ryza 1 since it’s on sale but skipping Ryza 2 for now despite the sale, cause I can’t afford 2 games at once, even with sales lmfaoooo. Gonna play through Ryza 1 first before waiting for Ryza 2 to go back on sale

Thank you for this - as someone just getting into this series it's a huge confusing world

Nice. Very helpful on which games to focus on first

Been playing Ryza and I’m loving it now I want to play more from this series and I’m mad that I didn’t find it sooner

Nice and relaxed explanation, thank you.

Reason why ayesha and escha and logy deadline is much much more lenient than arland series is, they have "!" symbol when there's specific events or quest in that place. Its actually easy to 100% even without a guide IF you're already familiar with atelier series in general because of this simple notification. But damn, dusk end game and dlc is no doubt the hardest bosses in the franchise, except for shallie. And another thing, escha and logy timr limit is definitely lenient than any other atelier games because they have clear assignments and they're very easy to do as well. While rorona have similar system, because of the vague description and rating system, its just harder to do lol. Totori, meruru and ayesha is about the same while Meruru being the hardest and ayesha being easiest due to "!" symbol. Meruru is hardest because there's no clear guide how to complete your objectives, while in totori you have to just increase your rank which is very easy if you abuse load save mechanic.

I loved the Atelier Iris and Mana Kheima games . The modern Atelier games have a very different feel. I can see the roots from the PS2 days, but to me, it felt like a stray from what is was.

[ 4:33 ] "Synthesis ingredient with cute smile" . . . [ 4:36 ] Ta-Da!!, IT'S A BOMB! Nazis: That's my daugther

the iris series was good though! my gf really hit it off running with those games

Ryza might've made the series popular but Lydie&Suelle is still the best imo.

Loved the first two ryza games and Im so hyped for the third one. I've been thinking of getting Sophie for awhile but I cant afford to get the full version so Im waiting to see if I can save up for it

I had to look up what atelier means, now it makes more sense

I started the series a couple months ago with the mystery trilogy and I'm loving it. Played Sophie and Firis which were both great and now I'm screwing around in Nelke for something different before I start L&S and then move onto Ryza and Sophie 2.

I was going to complain about the lack of barrels in this video but he did manage to save him self at the last moment since everyone knows that you can not have a video about atalier series without barrels

just so you know, Atelier Lulua isn't a standalone game, its the 4th game in the Arland series.

First one I played was Ayesha. Game overed for deadline. Had no idea what happened. I just wanted to have fun crafting.

Honestly, i kinda wish Gust make an Edgy Atelier spin-off game

Very well explained for a 13 mins video, good job! I have a question about the main story/characters: which is considered the best one/your favorite between the 3 you suggested? And in the whole series?

Escha and Logy is my favourite, mainly because I love Logy and bought shallie because he was in it again as a party member. Dusk is my favourite overall, as it's easy and it has my favourite alchemy system, not too simple but not too annoying/confusing. From mysterious i played sophie and it was ok but I don't like the mysterious grid alchemy system and the method of getting new recipes. Not played any of Arland, as those seem hard with the strict time limits and super bosses, I plan on playing L&S, Firis and Sophie 2 next.

I love them just did firis. But couldn't get into it post game. Excited to play Lydia and suelle and finish the ryza trilogy!!!

I think atelier ryza will be my first atelier game but I will get it in the future.... hopefully

Love Eska and Logy. My favourite alchemy mechanic.