Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland

 PlayStation Vita
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 52 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 52
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 52
  3. Negative: 7 out of 52

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  1. Leonballard
    Jul 9, 2014
    9
    This game is awesome, my first Atelier experience and it is wonderfull, just too much ecchi but besides that, a very wonderful adaptation to the PS Vita and a example on how JRPG should be alongside Persona 4 Golden.-
  2. kyoycz
    Aug 15, 2014
    9
    A fun and light-hearted experience that manages to strike an addicting balance between item synthesis and exploration. I highly recommend this to all Vita owners!
  3. midipon
    Nov 19, 2014
    9
    This game is addictive. It feels great to synthesize and gather items. Everything is easy to get a handle on but it has a lot of depth for those who want to have their best runs. The character designs are cute and the art style is unique. The overall world is oddly intriguing and the writing is lighthearted despite some of the more serious events. Atelier Rorona is great for those who areThis game is addictive. It feels great to synthesize and gather items. Everything is easy to get a handle on but it has a lot of depth for those who want to have their best runs. The character designs are cute and the art style is unique. The overall world is oddly intriguing and the writing is lighthearted despite some of the more serious events. Atelier Rorona is great for those who are well versed in JRPGs but want a different kind of game from the normal shtick, but that's not to say that even those who aren't into the genre at large won't enjoy this game.

    Despite all this, I have to take points off for the ridiculous difficulty of some bosses and the game being a little too easygoing about some light references to molestation.    … Expand
  4. StaticSpine
    Dec 24, 2015
    8
    A fun JRPG with decent characters and nice alchemy system, but a pretty plain and repetitive combat system. The visuals are okay, the voice acting is good (you can choose Japanese or English), the soundtrack is annoying at times, but you can change it to music from other Gust games, which is a cool feature. Overall - good, but not great.

Awards & Rankings

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#18 Best PS Vita Game of 2014
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#38 Most Discussed PS Vita Game of 2014
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#31 Most Shared PS Vita Game of 2014

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. games(TM)
    Aug 20, 2014
    70
    Mechanically, this is a game that is worth your time investment. [Sept 2014, p.128]
  2. Hyper Magazine
    Aug 12, 2014
    80
    It's forceful, gotta give it that. [Issue#251, p.82]
  3. Gaming Age
    Aug 4, 2014
    75
    Those people who already love the series will find everything continues on here as it should, while if you're never played an Atelier game before, then the relatively streamlined gameplay should make Rorona easier to get into.
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