Still a good game, but somehow nowhere near as captivating as the first Ryza? The gameplay loop is as solid as ever and Patty was a great addition to the cast. But compared to the Arland saga, for example, it felt like the characters had no hugely significant growth between games. The story and feel-good dialogue felt even more excessively optimistic than any other Atelier offering I've played thus far to the point of being distracting or shallow, and although there was a particularly fascinating story hidden in there through the information scraps most of it was ignored in favour of Fi.