Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

[h2]An Annoyingly OK Conclusion to the Secret Trilogy[/h2] Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key is the third and final entry to the Secret trilogy. As such, it was decided that the game would have the most content to send the trilogy off in a grand fashion. Ryza 3 is a game that suffers from it as the game does not know how to utilize most of it. It made me realise that sometimes bigger doesn't mean it's better (except for Ryza's thighs). [b][u]Story[/u][/b] The Atelier series isn't usually known for having the best stories, but this one in particular disappointed me. The story follows Ryza and her friends for one last adventure as they resolve the issue of mysterious isles causing catastrophies in Kurken Island. The game tries to expand upon the history of the world by introducing the [spoiler]Age of Gods and Code of the Universe[/spoiler]. However, this narrative plot point fell flat for me so I wasn't able to relate with the characters motivations in regards to the events of the story. The game meanders for most of the story and the missions don't logically flow from one into the other. One moment you could be uncovering secrets of the world, the next you…

A good game, but with the new "special/gold" items that you can harvest from the beginning, you can get endgame traits right at the beginning which makes the game very easy. After making some good early equipment, I didnt need to make a replacement until near the end of the game. Ryza's alchemy is quite unique compared to the other series in that she "brute forces" the alchemy with quantity of materials. Also different traits dont combine, but instead you stack the same trait on itself to make it stronger. Overall though, the active turnbased combat is probbaly the weakpoint. I rarely used anyone but Ryza and didnt need to equip anyone else with any items

It's a fun game. good voice acting and a great story. the trophies are a p.i.t.a. to get. the last one i needed "being versatile" ...just a terrible slog.

Yaay i have the OG Ryza triology! .... .... ... .. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ it KT

Worst Ryza game. The open world mainly feels like a slog, the cutscenes, of which their are plenty, often drop you right onto a monster when they end, and the monsters scale in level with you so leveling is pointless which more then makes up for (in a negative fashion) the combat being better then Ryza 2.

This was a step in the wrong direction in my opinion. Open world design just doesn't mix well with Atelier. Still an okay game but I prefer the second game over this one.