Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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The definitive edition of the Atelier "Mysterious" series at a new price, with brand new content and various DLCs! "Atelier Sophie" is the 1st instalment: a chance encounter between Sophie and a sentient book Plachta takes them on an adventure to recover Plachta's memories.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is a rpg, jrpg and female protagonist game
developed and published by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. and LTD..
Released on April 21st 2021 is available only on Windows
in 4 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese.
It has received 842 reviews of which 756 were positive and 86 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10, 64bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5 750 or over
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or over, AMD Radeon RX 560 or over, 1280x720
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 12 GB available space
- Sound Card: 16 bit stereo, 48kHz WAVE file can be played
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Atelier Sophie was a fun experience! I really like the character designs (Sophie specifically) and music in this one. It's a nice introduction to the series after playing the first Ryza. I enjoyed the unique colorful alchemy, even though I never got my synthesizes perfect. I had fun unlocking a majority of the recipes, and I got Sophie's alchemy to the max level, as well as getting all characters to the max level. The battle music is really nice! I liked it a lot! I also love the rock theme that was going on with the final fight. And I just cannot get that doll making song out of my head either! My only problem with Atelier Sophie, is that I could never figure out how to speed up the combat on PC. I tried everything, and still never found the right button. So I went through the entire game on normal speed, which probably added a few hours to my playthrough. It's a good idea to get your stats up before fighting the final boss. It was pretty difficult, until I crafted more armor, used Angel's Whisper for auto revive, or you could use one of the better revival items. Put Corneria in the party (I think her delaying turn skill works on the enemy). And crafted a ton of God's Gifts, which helps a lot. Just throwing in some tips for the final boss in case maybe someone who is struggling decides to read through the reviews and sees this! There is some helpful information online too. All of this is what I worked with, because I didn't walk into the fight with the greatest gear. It was only decent. If you're not lazy and don't want to go through the effort of making super high quality items with crazy overpowered traits like me, then there are much better guides out there. Also, you will definitely need to do way better than this if you're playing on hard or despair mode. If I need to spoiler tag the item names, please leave a comment, and I will do so. I had a good time with Sophie. Now, next up is Firis! Edit: I feel like this review deserves an update. At the end of March, I completed all of the achievements after what seemed like a very long journey. Lots of struggles with the bosses, pushing myself to actually make better equipment and items, and really giving myself a challenge, felt great for a change. Sophie may have just been the push I needed to start working hard for satisfaction. Now I can say that I really understand the complexity of the alchemy, effects, and traits. All thanks to Sophie. I'm really looking forward to playing the rest of this series.
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As my 11th Atelier game, the lack of QOL that I am used to is pretty glaring. I didn't expect that from a DX version. For example, no quick back to world map feature. No icons showing that a char event is open, so you spend a lot of time checking in with every NPC. Also, game can bug out on you for the rumors you need to kill the last few bosses. Other than that though, in terms of Atelier game it's good but far from my favorite Atelier game. It has okay-ish characters, they feel kinda meh to me. The satisfying gameplay loop of gathering and crafting is definitely here. Altough, the alchemy system in this game isn't my favorite either, but that's personal. I see plenty people liking it, too. Still, it's a nice entry that I considered worth playing through, especially when planning to play through the entire Mysterious series.
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This is my first Atelier game, and despite comments that this one is on the lower tier for the atelier games, I really enjoyed and just want to continue with the "better" ones now. It's a fun and relaxing game about getting ingredients and make potions. Not particularly difficult (until the later bosses), so it's a game to enjoy the world, stories and have fun making alchemy.
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This game might be one of the most whole experiences I can think of that I've had with an RPG in a long time. The more I think about its various elements, the more I realize how much they play into each other, the grand themes of the story and even the vibe it's going for. It genuinely has complexity and depth to its writing that are done in exceptionally subtle ways that are easy to miss... But you aren't missing out by missing them. Just the direct dialogue still invokes a cozy, warm, slice of life coming of age story that ends with a very powerful final declaration of how being good and friendship are the things that empower us most. Not in a bullshit way but in making us who we are and driving us to be better. All while rocking a genuinely INCREDIBLE alchemy system that I don't think I've seen better of, a combat system that is willing to challenge you but is never so punishing that you have to master its systems by any means and a gameplay loop that feels genuinely tight without causing you to feel pressured. It doesn't include a dozen superfluous systems or minigames or the like just to keep your attention or appear deep. It knows what it is, front to back, and executes on that to its fullest. As my first Atelier game, I can't imagine having chosen better and I eagerly look forward to playing more in the series immediately, which is an excitement I haven't felt this immensely in a long time.
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Atelier Sophie is a cute crafting JRPG that is very cozy and comfy. Crafting system is fun and challenging while also letting you build in a variety of fun ways. The plot is solid very much slice of life small scale and thankfully avoid the idiot plot trope that the following secret trilogy had in spades. And this is a series that has the quote "Question the logic of alchemy leads you to dark places." Lydelle so that not a huge bar I know. If you are new or just new ish to atelier Sophie is a wonderful starting point. It has the best pacing for a newer player of any of the atelier games gameplay wise. Time isn't stressed so you end up in a nice flow of organically hitting roadblocks that will craft yourself out of. Further you can do it in a variety of ways from explosives, to raw stats, to more specific character options. For me I still recall the AHA moment that hooked me from here. I needed AOE heals no one learns it and no items for it at that point. I did have an AOE evasion buff and I had healing traits on food. It just clicked I needed to get those traits over and made something I thought was super cool. This happens with gear and traits combo-ing at a nice pace if it your first time. If you are a returning player I will have to admit Sophie is a bit on the easier side. This was my first time playing DESPAIR and I don't think that word means what the devs think it means. Despair actually made the game easier than you might think given the name. Sophie lacks a hard time limit so the amount of gold you have is often the only thing holding you back if knowledge is no barrier. Despair ups EXP, Gold, and rare drops. So you will have as much gold as you need to buy duplication, need to craft over all less with rarer traits appearing so less time mixing, Less time spent fighting as your exp is capped super fast and gold is abundant. It is honestly a tiny hill at the start and just became super easy. I ran 90% of the game on moscott 2 trait well rounded gear. Ya know when you are being lazy and just throw all stats on everything figuring you build for that char later, but it was more than enough for everything in this game. I don't want quality loops required for sure, but definitely felt like I was given a lot of tools and nothing strong enough to test them on. Compared to say Lyd and Sue where a painting guardian can give me a harsh mid game reality check it definitely felt like despair was actually easier than hard. Sophie is a fantastic time and my personal happy place game. The plot isn't world ending it's about your friends their lives and the troubles it brings. It's a small town town where you will be supported and support others make friends and have fun. It a small intimate adventure with lots of fun crafting choices. Characters goals and requests make sense for them and you never left screaming at the stupid choices characters make. They just comfy friends living a life chasing dreams in the village of Kirchen Bell! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX received 756 positive votes out of a total of 842 achieving a rating of 8.46.
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Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX was developed and published by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. and LTD..
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is not playable on MacOS.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is not playable on Linux.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is a single-player game.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX does not currently offer any DLC.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX does not support Steam Remote Play.
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book DX is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
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KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
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21 Apr 2021
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