Comments on: Atelier Rorona: Relax, It’s Just Alchemy

By: Spencer

Spencer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:04:24 +0000

Rorona is sort of like Valkyrie Profile where you can fast forward time by resting. If you just do the main quests (i.e. front quests) the game will be a lot shorter.

I played six or seven hours so far and I plan to play it more. By replay value I mean there are multiple storylines/paths to follow. Rorona is less linear compared to the Atelier games NIS started localizing.

Well, I would "wait it out".

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:04:24 +0000

By: Trotmeister

Trotmeister — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 04:43:43 +0000

- At a certain location running from battle makes Rorona's skirt transparent

Not so sure it's a bug, and even if it is, I can most certainly live with it.

By: Ereek

Ereek — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:49:12 +0000

I like this hint. But then again, you've been not-so-subtly hinting at this for a while.

Would you say it's worth the import? Or would it be better to just “wait it out?” Also, do you have any estimate on how long one run through the game is? How long have you spent? How much longer do you think you'll be spending? You mentioned replay value.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:38:32 +0000

There are so many adages about assuming, but I think you're safe when it comes to Rorona.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:35:46 +0000

Thanks for this update. Now to backup and ruin my game file trying to find these!

Also good to know just in case this gets picked up..

By: mirumu

mirumu — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:39:46 +0000

Hopefully they'll fix the major bugs prior to localization. Yes, I'm making some big assumptions there, but my optimism refuses to acknowledge the possibility it won't be localized. I really want to play this.

By: Spekio

Spekio — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:35:17 +0000

For the fortune cookie bug, apparently sometimes when you use them you end up with a perpetual effect where the stat bonus is applied on level up per the amount of times you used the cookies. I believe you need to save and load for the effect to show up. I've heard the game starts having display issues for stats that go too high, like HP over 999.

As for the freezing, I would say it happens on average about every 4-5 hours. It find that any place in the game that hangs for a split second to load any type of data has a chance of becoming a permanent freeze.

By: Ereek

Ereek — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:19:05 +0000

I love the “old-style” Atelier games, but haven't had a chance to import Rorona yet. It's sad to hear about all of the bugs, like in Lise, but on the PS3 at least it's easily patchable.

By: Spencer

Spencer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:18:12 +0000

I heard the game had bugs since Gust was requesting reports, but I didn't know the game was *that* bugged. Do you know how to recreate the fortune cookie bug or any of these freezes? I haven't noticed a random freeze yet, but I'm not done with the game either.

I agree about the walking back home for the one save point problem. I've wasted time on that too :(

By: ragolslayer

ragolslayer — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:11:49 +0000

Gust asked people to send in reports about bugs, so I'm assuming that they're going to do something about it. Hopefully they release a patch soon.

By: Spekio

Spekio — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:01:27 +0000

One thing that should be noted is that the game is full of game breaking bugs.
- Random resets/freezes at the end of battle, when organizing items, accepting quests, etc...
- At one point in the game there is an event where they force you to cook something. Not having enough ingredients for at least one food item will leave you stuck at that point.
- At a certain location running from battle makes Rorona's skirt transparent.
- Fortune cookie bug that can cause your character to have game breakingly high stats.

I loved the game, and I could deal with most of the issues, but the random freezing/resets killed it for me. I just can't bring myself to go back to the game after losing so much time. There's only one save point and running back to it costs valuable time, especially from later areas that can take 14+ days just to travel there and back. Is there any word on if they plan to fix these bugs for the US version or maybe even patch the JP version?

By: wario4ever

wario4ever — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:28:02 +0000

want so badly