Customer Reviews

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland

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I loved this game! The characters are all interesting and develop based on your friendship with them. The scenes with them were all very fun to watch, and reaching the maximum level of friendship with them was very rewarding. The kingdom developing mechanic was addicting, and the item synth system was very fun to use. The combat unfortunately is a bit lackluster, but it's not really the focus of the game. If you enjoyed the previous Atelier games, if you like character focused games, or if you're looking for an RPG that's NOT all about saving the world, you should give Atelier Meruru a shot!

Atelier Meruru is a great way to end the trilogy. It got a light hearted story that I enjoyed, the combat system is improved and actually fun to me, the alchemy system is fantastic as the previous games, and development mechanic that it has is very rewarding compared to ranking up in Atelier Totori.It's overall structure is also pretty open ended, though it's a bit more structured when compared to Atelier Totori. Do note that this game has a time mechanic so yeah. There are a few stuff that it does better than Atelier Totori, such as combat system being more engaging in Atelier Meruru, but there are also a few stuff that it does that is inferior to Atelier Totori, such as Atelier Meruru being less open than Atelier Totori but I still have to say that Atelier Meruru is on par with Atelier Totori. But overall, I still have to say that Atelier Meruru is still a fantastic way to end the trilogy. It improved on various gameplay mechanics such as the combat system and gave us one last chance to play the numerous characters that we meet through the trilogy as the Atelier Arland games come to an end. I personally give this game an 8/10, a great game to end the Atelier Arland trilogy.

It's kind of cute, but very linear, very structured. I found the amount of animated sequences got to be a bit too much, and you can't skip ANY of them. So when I attempted to play the game again, I had to sit through at 15 min intro all over again - which means I didn't play it again. I turned it off. I was very disappointed compared to the other games in this series. Not worth the money.