Come back to Arland.
I want to have sex with hebes so bad.
I got memes into buying the Ryza trilogy by /v/ and had to listen to the most cringe dialogue attached to the most ass gameplay I've ever experienced. Then it turns out the main character is a child so I felt like shit for buying it. Never taking advice about a series from this website ever again.
>>743259478With that text ''Come back to Arland'' this image is perfect for this thread considering the name of the file and what not.
>>743261259I LOVE flat hags!
>>743261259post the bois
>>743261526I don't have that image unfortunately.
>>743261526
>>743262340picked up
>>743262340>jealous, insecure twink kicking out the only chadmany such cases
>>743259478>>743261259I have an inexplicable urge to >underarm carry each of them into a bedroom>proceed to do dirty things>I finish too quickly>they mock me for being a loser virgin>rape correction mode activates>get hard again>repeat from step 2
What game should I begin with?
>>743264220Okay.>>743264293Atelier Rorona of course, it's the first game in the Arland series, if you don't want to play a game with a time limit or are interested in a game with a different protagonist, then Sophie 1 or Ryza 1 which I haven't played.Anyway, she's not an Arland character but here's Sophie.
>>743264220>they mock me for being a loser virginthey wouldn't do that
>>743265273Melvia would. Not maliciously though.
Bump.
Oh Yumia Switch 2 version got a patch. Supposedly fixed it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khtkVb2118s
I've tried Rorona multiple times (including on the Vita which I shamefully own) and it just wasn't a very interesting JRPG. I have the way Rorona said 'DEKITA' in my head forever though>>743270592How's that for a bump you bitch
>>743270738Atelier may not be for you then.
>>743259618I want to be a hebe unironically
>>743259983The modern Atelier series has pretty much been a coming of age thing for young girls. In Japan you didn't become a full adult until like 20 until two years ago, so even the more mature alchemists at 17 were still minors until late in the game. Let alone the 13 year old ones.
>>743259478I refuse to buy games from a company afraid of its own history. Gust lost me when they started censoring shit.
>>743272980Is there a single Japanese AA company that ISN'T afraid of their own history by this point? Compile Heart neuters Neptunia more and more every year. D3P is just an Earth Defense Force assembly plant now. Marvelous shitcanned Senran Kagura and now only produces gay farming sims. Aquaplus's latest Utawarerumono had zero fanservice. Inti Creates completely abandoned Gal*Gun. Shade folded and rebranded as Nanairo Enterprise, their latest game TurretGirls is alright, albeit fairly repetitive and hopefully more of a proof-of-concept. At least we still have Dragami/Sweet One with LoveR Kiss... maybe.
20-year-old Arland women are so hot.
>>743275386One the icons of the most recent Utawarerumono game (as a game rated CERO C) is the icon of sexual content, so, "it has zero fanservice" is false.
>>743277938Mimi is so pretty.
>>743272980It is a shame. Putting fanservice aside, I get the impression that they're unlikely to do anything unique or experimental again, or to restore any of the Atelier series' identity. Their budgets seem to have inflated enough that they feel they can't afford to target niches anymore, and have to homogenize everything in an effort to capture as much mainstream appeal as possible.
>>743259618fpbp
>>743278829The sticking point is that the neutering/disappearance of fanservice is just part of this overall trend and the one that’s most visible. Fanservice is considered a “risk” now and risks can’t be taken on AAA projects with inflated budgets and global audiences. Neptunia switched from turn-based to real time action combat because of the impression that western audiences hate turn-based, not because it actually fits Neptunia or fits Compile Heart’s niche. Ditto for GUST, even Arland’s problematic fanservice notwithstanding, all recent Atelier entries have steadily scaled back the alchemy autism to focus more on standard AAA RPG experiences and Atelier is slowly losing everything that makes it unique in the process, but GUST don’t care because they believe old-style Atelier that targeted niches is not viable any more. The whole idea of targeting niches is slowly becoming the sole domain of indie games.
I just got raped in the ass by ebay resellers to get Atelier Iris 1-3, Mana Khemia 1-2 and Ar Tonelico 1-2 on my PS2.I love Atelier but never played any pre-PS3 Gust games, what am I in for bros?
>>743278829>>743280001Aren't the Ryza games by the most fanservicey in the series? You couldn't go a day without seeing some new official art featuring her gigantic fat thighs ready to burst out of her booty shorts.
>>743259478The Arland girls are pure sex, but Sophie is for marriage
>>743280096Look at the rating summaries on the ESRB website, they have fanservice but aren't on par with other games in the same series, unlike Atelier Meruru for example, none of the Ryza games have the content descriptor "Partial Nudity" for starters.>>743280340If you think that Sophie is even better, cool.
>>743280773Citing the ESRB is a fucking bizarre argument considering Meruru is the ONLY Atelier game with "partial nudity" listed.
>>743280096No, the actual games are completely sexless. No CGs, no hot springs scenes, no characters pointing out/making fun of each other's assets, no swimsuit contest where you can choose who wins, no cute shopkeeper who turns into a perverted molester when drunk, etc. All of this and more was in the Arland games. With Ryza the sex appeal is all surface-level, in the designs themselves, and nothing more.
>>743280961Were these things also in Mana Khemia or Atelier Iris?
>>743280903Ahem, Atelier Shallie Plus (not to.mention DX), Mana Khemia 2 and Atelier Firis also have that content descriptor, being exhaustive, the only physical games with that descriptor (I prefer physical games and I'm not the only one) are Mana Khemia 2 on PS2, Atelier Meruru on PS3, Atelier Shallie Plus on PS Vita and Atelier Firis on PS4.
>>743281864aiiieeee he actually looked it up! i'm... i'm finished...!!!
>>743282062I didn't look it up, it's something I know by memory.
>>743259478They're lesbians and they hates men
>>743281054You already know that the answer is no, in previous games, for the most part, the fanservice is mild compared to the Arland games, in fact, a few of those games are rated E10+, so, they don't have fanservice like the Arland games or even the games in the Mysterious series.
>>743282137Nah.
Merufeet btw.
My cielno thread died while I slept, so I will at least bump an atelier thread I guess.
>>743259478why is lulua always excluded from these sets...
>>743286273Lulua mentioned!
>>743286273Came much later + her game is an outlier in the trilogy in many ways. It's basically a Mysterious game with Arland grafted on.
>>743286273She is too pretty and other girls feel mogged
>>743280340Sophie is for homewrecking
>>743286273Who?
>>743259478these girls have the means to become princesses, i love how you can tell by their demeanor
For me, it's Mea Holthaus.
>>743288248Merurulince Rede Arls IS a princess.
>>743288919Imagine five 40-50yo men in a meeting seriously discussing naming the next protagonist>takeshi proposed "Merurulince">keeek but lets go with this for funsies desuyonee
>>743272825uhh thats kinda gay anonbut same
>>743286308I love her
>>743280050What did you pay for all these? I got all of them sitting in a tote in my closet.I'd play Atelier Iris 1, Mana Khemia 1 and both Ar Tonelicos. The physical copy of Ar Tonelico 2 is completely fucked you might need to emulate to finish that game.
>>743275386It isn't because they're afraid, it's that they can't. Japan has become more prudish with its content outside of gacha games since it hosted the Olympics. Global sales supports are more important than ever and the west keeps banning anime fanservice games because of election tourists.
>>743293606>outside of gacha gamesWhy does gacha get a pass, then? Why isn't the west banning Blue Archive or Brown Dust or any of the other gook/chink fanservice gachas? Why is Neptunia ditching turn-based for action combat? Why is Atelier trying to become Breath of the Wild? Why was Sakuna of Rice and Ruin the last notable Japanese AA release? What the fuck does the Olympics have to do with all this?There is more to this picture than just censorship.I think the whole AA industry just collapsed beneath our noses.
>>743291414Hehe, yeah.
>b-betsu ni
>>743293230>Her teacher is not Rorona but some other achemist who was totori's student. Why didn't that other girl get a game of her own? What was the point of not making Lulua rorona's or totori's student?
>>743259983ryza is garbage. Should have started with Arland
>>743294074Dumb pedophile.
Totori likes it rough.
>>743286273Unfortunately Kishida's art degenerated into aliens in the time between Meruru and Lulua.
This song is now stuck in your head.https://youtu.be/FCdL9OXEyqw
>>743297105Oh.
>>743293230She has a great design.
>>743286456I like Sophie a lot.
>>743259478Arland is meh. Dusk was better. maybe a second chance would change my mind, but Lulua is definitely lackluster (Piana best girl in Lulua).I just finished playing Resleriana red/white. The colour system for alchemy got overly tedious the more it went on. Plotwise it was ok, with plenty of sequel hooks available for future title options.
>>74325961814 is legal lots of places and 16 is legal almost everywhere.
>>743280961This is a bald-faced lie. The games might not have rape jokes like the Arland series but there are multiple game mechanics designed for no reason other than to shove Ryza's ass and/or tits as close to the camera as possible.
>>743305412Camera angles are not game mechanics
>>743302997Ayesha is pretty good, but I wouldn't rate it more highly than Totori or Meruru, and Dusk went massively downhill after that. I agree that Lulua is a weak entry, though.
Official art.
>>743309128the alchemist of legs
>>743313220Huh, funny alias. I guess some people like Sophie's legs more than the legs of other alchemists.
>>743316086Mimi gets pegged by her futa cock every night.
>>743259478I tried to like Rorona and put many hours into it but could never finish it. The time management was just too demanding. Who actually enjoys memorising the day of the week where a travelling salesman visits to sell rare items whilst exploring and crafting takes up days at a time with the main objective under time pressure too? Add to that all the missable events. Maybe you’re expected to do multiple playthroughs with how many different endings there are but I just don’t like having so many things being missable. Cute art though.
>>743318886this is true and also there are times where events happen and u can miss them if u are doing something else and when i tried to manage my time i found that i could not lvl everyone because having to gear teammates and see their scenes were too difficult for me because i was stressed i would get blindsided by something unknown in the story so i just stayed with the on-level companions as they showed up (except for gio and tantris) but i like rorona it is cool and now i am on totori just doing casual playthroughs of every arland game and maybe when iiii get to lulua i can justt play something else idk
I got tricked into playing Atelier game.I was searching for a jrpg where mc is a healer/priest because I got tired of warriors and wizards as protags, and some person recommended Atelier Iris. The game is shit and even having shit taste in games wasn't enough to keep me from dropping this mess of disconnected grindy mechanics, but worst of all it wasn't even about playing as healer because mc's class is achemist.
>>743305615Oh no there's only this small hole we're going to have to crawl through. Press X to bend over.
Ryza is pure sex.
>>743321101Instagram photo vs Real life
>>743321368I laughed. Thanks.
>>743321368>implying I wouldn't chaika either
>>743305412>>743321037And they made sure you couldn't get anything really juicy out of it by giving her the good ol' black voids in Ryza 2.Meanwhile, Totori has a dedicated pantyshot button in the overworld to make her trip so you can see her pink underwear any time.
>>743322628>by giving her the good ol' black voids in Ryza 2Do the bikini DLC also do this when the character bends over? Because my suspicion has always been that they did this either due to laziness or greed, since that's the free sophie outfit dlc and doesn't make them money.IMO if you refuse to buy fanservicey games simply because they could've had more fanservice, then you're eventually going to just contribute to killing off the mainstream market for such things. People complained about Stellar Blade censoring some outfits but the game was still far more fanservicey that the overwhelming majority of westernshit games.I've seen lolifags complain about the franchise's direction though, and I think they have a bit more ground to stand on.
Mimi is my wife.
>>743323337That's not true because Mimi is my wife, and you are not me.
>>743323183I'm not going to buy a "fanservice game" that throws up obnoxious "safeguards" just to keep me from seeing a character's pantsu because they think I'm some heinous chikan or something. That's just insulting your customers.>then you're eventually going to just contribute to killing off the mainstream market for such things.The mainstream market is already dead. All of the big brands for fanservice during the Vita era are so neutered now they have less fanservice than a modern Falcom game. Regardless, I know what these companies and Japan are capable of and I won't settle for half-measures because then those half-measures become the only measures. I am willing to be slightly flexible on this, like with Neptunia where I know the games were never THAT risque, but some outfit options, CGs and pantsu are all I ask for and yet the recent games can't even deliver on that. I'm not going to keep lowering my standards just because the companies keep cucking. Fucking look at Full Metal Schoolgirl, the most recent "fanservice" fame by D3P. You really expect me to support THIS!?
>>743323816>I'm not going to buy a "fanservice game" that throws up obnoxious "safeguards" just to keep me from seeing a character's pantsu because they think I'm some heinous chikan or something. That's just insulting your customers.They don't though. If they did they would not shove Ryza's ass into your face every time she has to crawl through a hole that only exists as an excuse to shove her ass in your face.
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>>743323337>>743323467Your wife is a lesbian though
>>743328528i am lesbian it's ok
If there's one complaint I have about Mimi (Meruru)'s design is that her oversized boots are dumb.
>>743259478nah, it sold out with a soulless gachait deserves to die
gosh mimi is so prettywish she'd pee on me and my dad
>>743322628That specific outfit is supposed to be young Plachta and there's no way Ryza was going to fit in it
I would fulfill her request free of charge.
>>743277696flat chested adult women uoooh
>>743277696I look like this
>>743313653Sophie awakened my footfaggotry
Feel like a fucking fraud because I can't stand totoris jp voice and think her en is much cuter and suits her
>>743339115
>>743259478Can't rn Gotta pass this alchemy exam
>>743339660
Very important physics
>>743342408
>>743342408>>743343825A lot of Atelier games have jiggle physics.>>743342507Shallotte Elminus, one of the bustiest protagonists in the franchise.
>>743344623Miss Shallotte sure is big
>>743344679Looking at her 3D model in Atelier Shallie and the full version of the 2D art posted above, she has a bigger chest than Escha, which is saying something, that said, Shallotte also has a bigger chest than Sophie, Merurulince, Totooria (obviously), Elmerulia etc. Again, she's one of the bustiest protagonists in Atelier.Yeah, I intentionally used their real names for now.
For me? Mystic Pendulum.
Every alchemist needs their own petite, flat, tsundere, ojou-sama girlfriend.
>>743345883It is hard to go wrong with that archetype.
>>743297105That's... that's not Totori...
>>743288676Kai's sister in Atelier Firis...what about her?
>>743259478Finally a thread like this, I wanted to buy an atelier game during the last steam sale but didn't know if I should start by the Arland or Dusk series, which one is better?
>>743346663The Arland trilogy has 3 good games, though one can feel quite dated to those allergic to old jank.The Dusk trilogy has 1 good game, 1 bad game, 1 divisive game.
>>743345857 (Me)I really, really like Olive Green Star too.
>>743346804Good to hear, I thought about starting by the second game since it has the cutest (and hottest) girl in the whole franchise
>>743347302
>>743346804How is Lulula anyways?
I really liked the Arland trilogy and I just started Ayesha
I really like how Lulua is Pianas student. But I would have liked more bitter rivalry between Lulua and Meruru as well as Totori and Piana. Would have made for a funnier and better story too.
>>743347797Dusk is awesome, but Koei Tecmo got their hands on the company during that trilogy's production. They lighten up on the strict scheduling but keep the same level and map design ideas until Mysterious/Sophie
>>743347410God she's so much sexier than Ryza
>>743347749It was total shit since Mimi wasn't a party member.One of, if not my top favorite alchemy systems in the series, though. I like how autistic you have to be to max stuff out.
>>743346663Ayesha is a solid entry, but E&L was disappointing enough that I dropped the series for quite a while after that. I've still never played Shallie.All three of the Arland games are pretty good.
>>743347302That's the one I mentioned that can feel old and jank. It's actually the oldest in the trilogy despite being the 2nd since the first game of the trilogy (Rorona) is a remake made after the 3rd game. Less than 5% of modern fans have played the original Rorona.
>>743348846cute mimi
>>743348080Official art with Totori's butt. Well, I guess she's sexier if one prefers characters with small chests.
>>743295265Piana was a character that was introduced very late in Atelier Totori. Too late to do anything with her.It's kind of obvious they had plans that early to make another game but they did the Dusk trilogy.Atelier Lulua also has an open ending they can work with.
Mimi pits.
>>743347410Rorona is showing her cleavage.
>>743353125hot
>>743353218Beautiful art!
>>743353286
>>743294074One reviewer DID try to ban Blue Archive from Steam and failed. Probably because Nexon and Valve are close partners.
>>743353218Begging to be gangraped by Astrid and Tiffani.
How come there is not Atelier arland anime.
Meruru has way too many good teammates for having a party limit of 3. I can't decide who to bring.
>>743272980sadly this
>>743355758Weird, yeah.
>>743259478
>>743359283hey buddy I think you got the wrong doorthat's Arlen
>>743356679Mimi and Esty for me. Sometimes I'll switch out Esty for Totori if I feel like superbuffing my wife.
Mimi's canonically fat butt.
