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AH I SEE! Now i can bother you daily until you play Sophie 2 then?
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I'm glad it's general for the series fan and not only me, i tried Ryza 1 to test it and i strongly dislike it, i sitll play the tirlogy, it's still and RPG but god i LOVED sophie 2 gameplay being classic with innovations, i hope that's the road next year. I don't know how they thought it was fun making you use 1 character and that's it, ah yeah super interesting, i'm glad we got P3P on Ps4 for the same reason, i would have hated the gameplay of FES since i heard it's the same.
Yeah Atelier games are divided in trilogies, the Misrteryous one it's Sophie, Firis and Lydie & Suelle with Sophie 2 as extra (Kinda like Lulua for Arland) But Sophie 2 it's actually a 2 it happens after Sophie 1 while she's traveling to the nation where Firis take places so you can play them one after another, after all i sitll have to play firis
Yeah i absolutely recommend it as a starting point, plat it's pretty easy the guide here is well done and so you can enjoy it without worrying of doing this that and so on for the plat (I mean i did Rorona already 4 times and still messed up ending, Totori once and missed 1 thing for an ending, so annyoing -_-).
Nah the DX version has just some QoL stuff like running and a Mini-Story where Sophie gets her Grandma's Outfit and you can use it but that's about it 97% of the game it's the same so you won't miss a things and i can say this being 3/4 on Sophie Ps4 and finished DX. One of the plans this year is to get the plat for Sophie Ps4 for me
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Ah, so that's what's different about Ryza. It's hard to say if I'll dislike the battle system too, but I can see why fans wouldn't have liked that change. And I think you're the first person I've seen say that they're glad we got a P3P port instead of FES. 😛 I'm in agreement with you though. I like both versions, but P3P is definitely the more enjoyable gameplay experience imo because you can directly control your party members, in addition to all the other quality of life stuff.
Alright, cool. 😁 Nice to know that Sophie 2 comes after the first game despite releasing after the other games in that sub-series. And I'm glad to hear that the DX versions are just some minor improvements, so I wouldn't be missing out on much by playing the original versions. The DX bundles on the PS store are super expensive, so not really worth rebuying them just for that.
I appreciate the info. I think I will start with Sophie then when I get around to playing these games. Might still be a while yet though. 😅 -
Yeah you can use 1 Character each time anbd the other 2 act on their own, you can choose who to use but it's something i totally hate i always love using all the team in a JRPG so this restriction is too annoying for me, it's the onyl reason i don't get Ryza 3 day one, i even thought about getting the collector since i like the characters and world, the Alchemy system seems interesting too but in the end a big part f the game is the figting and i don't want to support it.
Yeah i know everybody says the opposite
But as you see the ability to use the entire team for me it's waaay better than be able to go around and everything in 3D instead of being a novel, plus i never played the 3rd one so i can't really be biased towards FES or not and so i check from the Gameplay. Yeah i read your discussion on the Vtuber thread i agree with what you said there!
Yeah, Sophie 2 is settled in an "Another World" so it's a completely by itself game it requires of course to play Sophie 1 first otherwise you don't know some charcters and what not but not even that is an absolute must, for sure it's not needed anything else
Yeah i get you, i got them all, the DX bundles since i'm a huge fan of the series and i wanna support it but in the end they are pretty much a Costly rip-off offering few new stuff, if you have the originals that's enoug. (And i say having Arland, Totori and the entire Misteryous trilogy Retail + Meurur Plus on vita
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Well i hope you get into playing Sophie 1 and 2 in the next months, i'm curious about your thoughts