10 hours into the game and I JUST CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE.

Core Gameplay
>basic ass open world slop
>endless ubisoft ? literal checklist
>the terrains are extremely annoying to navigate through
>gathering SUCKS, no more tools, just spam pick up loots while you explore

Combat
>extremely simplistic button masher
>enemy is slow and everything is telegraphed, perfect dodge invalidates everything
>combat ends within 10 seconds cuz normal button mash is too strong, no chance to even use items
>you level up too fast. a level up every 1-3 battle. how the fuck am I over level 50 already at the 2nd area?

Crafting
>extremely dumbed down where you can use any materials for anything
>traits are separate items, so materials are no longer unique. quality is the only thing that matters
>crafting is just mindlessly spamming 30-40 items. huge chore. might as well do it on auto
>no cauldron

Aesthetic
>time wasting chinese gacha-esque ADHD twirling animation on everything from opening and selecting a fucking menu to using item to synthetizing.

Performance
>laggy, low fps, crashed 3 times already in the middle of exploring random areas

Goddamn this game is BAD
and I heard Yumia was the fastest selling Atelier game ever? grim if true.
from making gachaslop to open world slop *sigh*

tldr: one of my favorite franchise was turned into a mass appeal slop for modern global audience
tldr of tldr: Atelier is dead