Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana 2 coming Stateside.

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Originally Posted by Thief~Silver

Allow me to specify that this = AI2

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Cool. I was talking about WTFer though. *understood*

Rocca, I turned them on for a little bit just to see how they were, then I realized that I missed the English cast, and went back to them for good. Really great voice work too, playing the emotion and the comedy when needed. There were a few rough spots though, especially early on.

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Originally Posted by g0zen

You're thinking of a different game then, X-play gave Atelier Iris a 3 out of 5.

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well then it must have been the Extended Play review only
they just bashed it so much
I mean I NEVER played it, but Even the X-Play video review it got a 3 out of 5 I guess, but when they reviewed it on the show it was all so negative

I loved the first one so this is good news

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Originally Posted by WTFer

well then it must have been the Extended Play review only
they just bashed it so much
I mean I NEVER played it, but Even the X-Play video review it got a 3 out of 5 I guess, but when they reviewed it on the show it was all so negative

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The Extended Play review? There was no Extended Play review of Atelier Iris. Extended Play had been off for years when AI came out. Maybe you're thinking of Judgement Day, the other review show on G4 that is vastly inferior to almost everything else in gaming when it comes to reviews (except IGN and especially bullshit HALO 2 strategies and critiques by MarkRyan).

Did anybody else pick up this game besides me? I am about 20 hours in and I am enjoying it as much as the first one. The Alchemy is improved and more streamlined, and the music is just as awesome as the first game. They recycled a lot of the enemies from the first game but the great high-res 2D art is still in effect. I also like the dual character story line and there is way less backtracking.

Yeah, I have it but I never really had the chance to sit down and play it. I have a friend whose at the before last chapter and really enjoys it.

Did you put English or J voices?

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Originally Posted by Rocca

Yeah, I have it but I never really had the chance to sit down and play it. I have a friend whose at the before last chapter and really enjoys it.

Did you put English or J voices?

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I put it on English, but I turned off the event voices. All I can stand are the battle voices.

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Originally Posted by animegirl

Did anybody else pick up this game besides me? I am about 20 hours in and I am enjoying it as much as the first one. The Alchemy is improved and more streamlined, and the music is just as awesome as the first game. They recycled a lot of the enemies from the first game but the great high-res 2D art is still in effect. I also like the dual character story line and there is way less backtracking.

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Wow... I got it too, but I had the exact opposite reaction. The localization and battles are better, the art and graphics are just as good, but the characterizations are shallow and the alchemy requires more backtracking. I plugged in my AR because I was sick of running out of wonder grow and 400G mushrooms. The latter should've been 10-100x cheaper based on how heavily you have to use them. Overall, the basic reactions are too complex and lengthy in AI2... IIRC, only the Chronolex was as multi-tiered in AI1. This is a game, not organic chem! :p

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Originally Posted by RedCoKid

Wow... I got it too, but I had the exact opposite reaction. The localization and battles are better, the art and graphics are just as good, but the characterizations are shallow and the alchemy requires more backtracking. I plugged in my AR because I was sick of running out of wonder grow and 400G mushrooms. The latter should've been 10-100x cheaper based on how heavily you have to use them. Overall, the basic reactions are too complex and lengthy in AI2... IIRC, only the Chronolex was as multi-tiered in AI1. This is a game, not organic chem! :p

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You know you only have to make a mana item one time with the girl using the materials and then when you are Felt you can make as many as you want only using mana power? I make like 50 wonder grows at a time with Felt so I never run out. The alchemy is better in this one because of that fact, plus you can carry more than 9 alchemy ingredients at a time.