>>719749859
Empel and Bos were the only good characters in the entire trilogy and they both had 90% of their stories told in the first game. The alchemy system was actually decent but all the other mechanics were beyond fucked and any semblance of game balance was given up on in the second game. 3's world looked good and had plenty of interesting landmarks but was brought down by there being zero gameplay reward for exploring; no decent treasure to find, materials are the same everywhere, and no bonus bosses whatsoever. It probably has the most forgettable music of any Atelier series. The combat system was dog shit and Hosoi is a delusional retard for thinking the combat was why Ryza was successful.