OK, so going into this series blind, I ended up just picking one on the console I used the most. That was my first mistake; while it's definitely a fun and well-made game, and I did enjoy it quite a bit at the start, there's so many layers on top of time management that I ended up getting overwhelmed and locking myself out of the best ending immediately. I'll eventually start a new playthrough, but for now, I'll pick a different Atelier game to start at.

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Playing this made me feel like a kid playing Ocarina of Time again. Soooooo good my only issues with this are that the lightning can look bad in a couple areas of the game although they’re usually the exception not the rule, and the difficulty is just way too easy like I don’t need it to be the hardest game I’ve ever played but I don’t remember dying a single time

This game made my wife love me again