

Yeah, nothing really shines in this game, it's all decent-to-good, but just like the game doesn't ever really shine in what it does, it also doesn't have any really bad drawbacks. On the good side of AT, there is: -A very interesting and fun crafting system which is very satisfying to use except on the rare occasion where you have to go hunt for a specific item and you don't know where -an original gameplay idea with the Reyvateils and Song Magic -an original world design with the Tower of Ar Tonelico acting as a giant server of magic and reyvateils around the world acting as terminals to give input commands to the server -pretty decent world building -a decent cast of characters, diverse and correctly exposed -a fairly casual level design where nothing is very long or difficult, which works if you don't want anything too demanding And that's pretty much it. I won't expose the whole story to you but let's just say it manages to be rather complex and yet believable, it's not very deep but it does the job alright and generally the story goes on without any "stop what the hell just happened" moments. That of course works in the game's favor especially if you want something fresh and new in terms of lore and world. So Ar Tonelico is probably a very long game to explain since the premise, story principles and world are very different from other RPGs or So Ar Tonelico is probably a very long game to explain since the premise, story principles and world are very different from other RPGs or JRPGs. If you love Jrpgs and you find this game, maybe give it a chance, because it's a great start for a series! … Expand And even some complains abou it, I also liked the voice acting. But probably, one of the best thing of this game (maybe for me.but it's still a good reason) is the "lore": I actually enjoyed discovering how this word is made, the backstory behind it and how all of the history behind the reyvateils and the lands fits and makes sense into the main story (which is good by the way, but it's slow and can take time to hook you in). The "alchemy" system, always present from gust, it's also present here and.it doesn't bother much, mainly because it's easy to do and never so hard.but it wasn't always usefull.It was ok. Even though it's not perfect, I was engaged into the game! There's actually much to do and there are various endings to achieve, and they change based on the girl you choose, and they are 3. Also, some people might not like the visual novels elements in the diving sections, in which you'll dive in the mind of your reyvateil in order to create more powerfull magics only complain from me here is that actually two of them are almost too similar (the third one is different.but in a different way). This game isn't very long also: I finished it in less than 40 hours, even less if you don't reach the third phase (which can be done easily), so I was kinda disappointed from the length. It takes time to do even some of the simplest battles and takes times to build your proper magical attacks and kill them all, making even the smallest battles a pain. Even though most of the characters are good, some just seem to disappear from the scenery and you hardly "notice" them later on: a pity because most of them are enjoyable. One of my favorite series! But since I did the third game, let's recover and do the first! "what's wrong with it"? Maybe the graphics, since One of my favorite series! But since I did the third game, let's recover and do the first! "what's wrong with it"? Maybe the graphics, since they're old, but they aren't bad if you ask me: I always enjoyed 2d graphics and only those who HATE 2d graphics will reject it.
