Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky

 PlayStation 3
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 99 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 72 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 99
  3. Negative: 12 out of 99
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  1. Dynel
    Apr 20, 2014
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. rewriting once again. This time, providing enough points as to why this game sucks and no one should buy it.

    Story: This is the main point of a RPG, therefore, the score is affected the most by this. Story is bland and boring. After spending more than 12 hours of gameplay, it is safe to state that the "two stories" thing, is a lie. Different commentaries. That's it. Whether you chose Escha or Logy, story is the same boring stuff. You only see what they think of certain situations, but, story unfolds the same for them. For an RPG having a boring and bland story is unforgivable, as it should be the main selling point.

    Graphics: Bland. It didn't seem to fit for me. Or the characters for that matter.

    Sound & Voices: Preferring the japanese audio helps a bit. But, some characters are simply uninteresting or bland.They try to put variety in them, but, end up bad as they seem too typical and I figured them out too fast.
    Anime like intro... If you want to know what happens in this boring game, you may wait for the anime... it may be a lot better than this game.

    Overall: It's another game of Time and Resource management. Which is excessively boring to me. If you want a two sides story in a game, Mana Khemia 2; The Fall of Alchemy is thousands of times better than this crap. As in this game, gathering, performing alchemy, fighting enemies, moving in the world map, etc, consumes days.

    For the above mentioned points, this game doesn't deserve to be played at all. Gust has lost the meaning of the Atelier games, much like squeenix has lost the meaning of FF games. Again, Story is the main focus of RPG's. Why does it seem that they have forgotten that?!    … Expand

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#19 Best PS3 Game of 2014
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#42 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2014
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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. CD-Action
    Jul 25, 2014
    85
    Excellent crafting system and great combat make up for bland story and uninteresting characters. [07/2014, p.68]
  2. Games Master UK
    May 4, 2014
    64
    There's a simple, if somewhat dull, pleasure here - like settling into an easy chair on a Sunday afternoon. [June 2014, p.78]
  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    Apr 27, 2014
    80
    A host of small refinements add up to create the best game in the series. [May 2014, p83]
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