Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea DX

Great conclusion to the Dusk trilogy, with that said probably my least favorite. The alchemy is only ok and its big gimmick doesn't really shine until the end game. With that said, the combat is pretty fun. It reminds me a bit of FFX, with the switching of characters. I also liked the story and loved the characters. It helps that I love the protags from the previous games and they play a big part in this game. The main characters are likable in this game as well. There is also some replayablity, because the 2 protagonists have slightly different stories. If you played Ayesha or Escha and Logy, you will at least like this one (and probably love it).

人设最好看的炼金工房 不过打头目突然出现gameover实在是有点震撼了，掉了半小时的存档 二度震撼：过沙漠自动撞35000血的boss没有gameover，再炼半小时装备终于打过了，打算回家直接再撞出来一个180000血的boss，还带gameover，未免有点整蛊了

While the story is on the weaker side relative to all the other atelier games, its Trait (or "property") mechanics give more depth to the alchemy process of optimizing final products. Instead of the RNG gambling fest that ended up sticking in the main series, in Shallie most traits are found within synthesis products, which never change, thus, the challenge is to figure out how in the alchemy tree you will manage to use Sinth product 1 and use it as material to inherit into sinth product 2 and so on, also you can decompose weapons and armor, using them as materials for the next tier, meaning that your traits get always carried over when upgrading, so you can synthethise away without worrying about your efforts being obsolete in the long run. ps. no time limit FTW

I've played the Mysterious Trilogy, the Ryza Trilogy, and the other two games in the Dusk Trilogy. Shallotte is my favorite protagonist by FAR. She is such a fun character and I love her dearly. Sarah Williams portrayal of her in the English dub is fantastic as well. Makes me so sad that Gust stopped doing English Dubs for the series... anyway, great game!! :D

tuff game

Very enjoyable ending to the Dusk trilogy. The true ending felt very nice. The combat is definitely the best in the trilogy, and the crafting is still very nice, even if getting the alchemy level 99 achievement is extremely tedious.