What's the best game for being an alchemist? I've thought about trying out one of the Atelier games, but I really don't like girly anime stuff (although I'd be willing to make an exception if the gameplay is good). I'd rather play as a wizened old wizard. Wanting something where the focus is on alchemy rather than the alchemy being a side mechanic.
Morrowind.Comedy option: KC:D
>>4002816I guess there is an alchemy system in ADOM, and it's probably best meddled with as a Wizard. Wrath Of The Righteous has a reasonably robust potion-brewing system, including a powerful Alchemist class, you can brew potions as any spellcaster if you want to... Kingmaker has a good item crafting mod for it, which obviously can be used to make potions. BG2 has HLAs for making potions but the mods to revamp / expand them are probably mandatory for your fantasy. Pillars Of Eternity 1 & 2 both have robust crafting systems for making drugs, potions and explosives. Dragon's Dogma 1 & 2 can involve making medicinals and draughts in an herbalistic / alchemical manner, and you can customize your character to be as wizened and old as you like, including something basically no other game has: you can customize your *posture* and *walking gait* to actually move like an old man, too.
>>4002816I wish more games had alchemy. I like physically brewing potions in Kingdom Come, but I like how potions work in The Witcher. Those two systems need to get married and produce a baby. .
>>4002879ADOM alchemy is trash unless they fixed it later. I never, ever learned a recipe worth knowing.
>>4002816>something where the focus is on alchemy rather than the alchemy being a side mechanicYou aren't going to find many RPGs where the focus is on crafting potions, like that isn't even fun. Like Darklands has alchemy, but it isn't a "focus".
Kamidori Alchemy Meister :^)
>>4002901It gives you access to some of the most useful potions (extra healing, gain attributes, booze, and to a lesser extent blindness and cure poison), as well as on-demand fireballs that can be used without needing PP or any spellcasting ability at all. Sure, it's possible to get fucked over with bad RNG recipes but it's vanishingly unlikely that all of your recipes will be useless. It's one of the most useful skills in the game, used correctly.
>>4002816>I really don't like girly anime stuffi like anime grills and i am het.
>>4002879>you can customize your *posture* and *walking gait* to actually move like an old man, too.I'm going to have to give Dragon's Dogma another chance.>>4003035That's cool, I guess. Anime chicks all look like they have down syndrome to me.>>4002995There are the Atelier games (and maybe Rune Factory), but like I said in the OP, I haven't played them and they're kind of out of my wheelhouse.
>>4003036>. Anime chicks all look like they have down syndrome to me.grills are best when they're almost retarded meme.
>>4002816Atelier is what you want but it has to be a good one. Or Mana Khemia which is a spinoff. You should watch a video on them but it's either that or Morrowind and if you get Morrowind you'll have to mod it so it's good. There's this one mod that lets you throw potions as throwing weapons and another that lets you use them as mine-traps. Amongst other things
>>4002897Both are pretty barebones. I would know I played a green witcher only.
Return to Krondor
>>4003160Which Ateliers are the good ones? Are any of them challenging from the get-go? JRPGs tend to lose me because a lot of them have frequent very easy battles in the beginning.
>>4003620>any of them challenging from the get-go?HIGH IMPACT SEXUAL VIOLENCE Atelier Totori supposedly need a walkthrough if you wanna get all the ending in a decent time. the Arland trilogy all got time limits IIRC.
>>4002897The potions in KCD suck ass, but the potions in Witcher 1 were awesome. You're basically doing steroids and they last for 30 minutes. As you learn more recipes, you become increasingly overpowered. My ideal game would start you off as a normal human, but you become a force of destruction so as long as you have potions coursing through your veins.
