Comments on: Mana Khemia: Alchemists of Al-Revis, a refreshing RPG concoction

By: vysethebold

vysethebold — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:58:04 +0000

@Anon: It’s funny how things work. I actually own the first two Atelier Iris games and plan on picking up the third. However, I’ve never tried any of the games until this assignment. This weekend I’ll show you guys a peek at my personal collection so you can see why I haven’t even tried some of the games I own yet. Just too many games!

By: vysethebold

vysethebold — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:58:00 +0000

By: LuminousAtelier

LuminousAtelier — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:50:09 +0000

Hahaha yeah I agree with Anon.Thanks for the preview now I’m very much looking forward to playing this.-^__^-

By: LuminousAtelier

LuminousAtelier — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:50:00 +0000

Hahaha yeah I agree with Anon.Thanks for the preview now I’m very much looking forward to playing this.-^__^-

By: EvilAkito

EvilAkito — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:36:39 +0000

I tried out the first two Atelier Iris games, but I never really could get into them. Ar Tonelico, on the other hand, was quite a bit of fun. Unfortunately, it feels like I’m being crushed under an avalanche of new video games, with a pile of video games from previous years still piled on me, so I think I’ll pass on Mana Khemia. I just don’t have time for everything.

By: EvilAkito

EvilAkito — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:36:00 +0000

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:24:19 +0000

vyse, you really should give Ar tonelico and the Atelier Iris games a try if you like Mana Khemia. They have a lot of similar elements.

By: Anon

Anon — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:24:00 +0000

vyse, you really should give Ar tonelico and the Atelier Iris games a try if you like Mana Khemia. They have a lot of similar elements.

By: vysethebold

vysethebold — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:08:44 +0000

@jeffx: I understand you argument but what I meant to SteveJ in my explanation is that by “traditional” I simply meant turn based, a menu where you can select actions (attack, skills, defend and run), and two separate sides of characters consisting of enemies and the heroes. To me, that’s what traditional means. That is not to say that the battle system doesn’t have factors that are different from the rest of the RPG’s out there and I think I touched on the big differences that make this battle system unique. However, I need a way of explaining to him how it’s different than the Mario RPG games (i.e. timing based gameplay) and I think Mana Khemia’s battle systme identifies much more with the traditional RPG archetype than the Mario RPG games. That’s my opinion but it’s the easiest way I can think to describe the system to people unfamiliar with it.

By: vysethebold

vysethebold — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:08:00 +0000

By: Boycott Gamestop

Boycott Gamestop — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:37:43 +0000

All I know is some baddie is about to get annihilated by that gigantic drill.

By: Boycott Gamestop

Boycott Gamestop — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:37:00 +0000

All I know is some baddie is about to get annihilated by that gigantic drill.

By: jeffx

jeffx — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:09:47 +0000

@SteveJ: It’s obvious you haven’t tried Ar Tonelico or any of the Atelier Iris games. The battle system is what makes Gust generate sequel after sequel. It is anything _but_ traditional. It’s turnbased, sure, but much like Grandia’s, the system is lightning fast, deeply involves the player and contains extreme animated sequences (2THEMAXXX)

By: jeffx

jeffx — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:09:00 +0000

By: SteveJ

SteveJ — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:34:02 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. I’m a tad disappointed that the battles are traditional RPG style, but I’ll probably give this one a try anyway as it still sounds pretty cool. Thanks for the review!