A very meh video game, it honestly didn't feel like an Atelier game at times outside of the gathering and synthesis

It felt much more story focused and the character events not being accessible the same way they are in previous events was a really odd choice but definitely much better than just not having any like Firis

I didn't really like the battle system either compared to the much better battle systems of previous games but I got used to it after a while and while, I really hope that ATB doesn't become the norm for the series

It had a ton of other things gameplay wise that really held it down, it felt like Gust were playing it way too safe with this one