Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

The concept of this title, the latest in the series to depict a new "Atelier" world, is "True-to-life youths that develop together, even if just a little bit".

Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout is a exploration, jrpg and crafting game developed and published by KOEI TECMO GAMES CO. and LTD..
Released on October 28th 2019 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Japanese.

It has received 8,114 reviews of which 7,058 were positive and 1,056 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.5 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 17.99€ on Steam and has a 70% discount.

The Steam community has classified Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout into these genres:

Exploration JRPG Crafting Collectathon Turn-Based Female Protagonist RPG Cute Turn-Based Combat Anime Casual Story Rich Action Simulation Fantasy Emotional Adventure Singleplayer Great Soundtrack

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64bit
Processor: Core i5 2.7GHz (4 core) or over
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX1050 or over
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 15 GB available space
Sound Card: 16 bit stereo, 48KHz WAVE file can be played
Additional Notes: 1280x720 pixel over display

Reviews

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Nov. 2024

I wish there was a mixed thumb for these reviews because I think that would probably sum up my experience with Ryza a little better. I am a JRPG and RPG fan in general, this was my first Atelier game and I felt that after a little bit of research I'd know what to expect, some crafting, some battling, some story and repeat. I don't think though I quite realised how MUCH crafting there is. I say this to try and help people like me who think they understand an Atelier game but have never played one. Crafting is really detailed and extensive, building items though a long process where you fill nodes with items. Each item has different qualities, some have different effects (e.g Attack + etc), some debuff enemies and the list goes on. This is really great, I like the idea of creating some stupid powerful weapons and items. What I didn't enjoy though is the gathering. As you go around the world various things, be they rocks, flowers or trees, sparkle to show there is an item you can gather from there. You then use different gathering tools you've created to collect, for example your staff on a bush may get leaves, while using a bug net would capture bugs. Items and their location are tracked through your notebook. However, extremely vaguely. For instance " Oh you want that red bug you found 18 hours ago, well it lives in this field with a million bushes but only in one of them, good luck" or "Oh you want this item an enemy dropped, well they live in 5 different places, but only one of them drops it with a drop rate of 1% but we won't tell you that until your eyes bleed from harvesting the same thing for hours". Numerous times, especially late game, I'd be aiming at crafting the best quality weapon or armour I could, only to be short a few items. But, to create those items it meant another 25 mins hitting a weasel until it coughed up the sparkly thing I wanted with it's dying breath. To be honest, I just stopped crafting end game stuff eventually, ground down by the back and forth between fields and the atelier to synthesise. But this was a negative for ME, it could not be one for you. I can see a world where if I was a little more relaxed and patient, it would be really relaxing taking my time gathering, enjoying the world and music. It's a shame I just couldn't vibe with that part, because I really like everything else. The characters are great, I love how it looks and I really enjoyed the chilled out story (though the focus is always crafting above story). If you can get along with gathering the I would recommend the game. As I got toward the final credits, I'll be honest, the bittersweet ending did make me realise I'm going to miss these characters and world, even if at times I felt like story and character took a backseat to me hitting a rock.

Nov. 2024

I love this series. Gameplay is fun and addicting, story is really nice for what it is, OST is amazing, characters are super likeable and the voice actors give them so much personality. The crafting system, I can literally sit there for hours just doing it. It's that engaging. Absolutely love these games. Love them so much I have 100% all 3 of them on console and i'm re 100%ing them on PC.

Sept. 2024

Went into this game with 0 knowledge, and 0 expectations as I don't normally play JRPG-type games, and I found myself loving it! The lighthearted and carefree nature of the characters is such a nice change of pace from the typical "Hero of Light, save our world from the forces of Darkness and Evil!!" That's not to say there aren't any stakes in the story, they just appear later on and never really took the focus away from the character's stories in my opinion. The visuals are colourful and wonderful, the music plays banger after banger (and you have the option to change to previous Atelier games' background music if it gets repetitive), the combat is not too complicated, and the Alchemy crafting has a surprising amount of depth to it! You can play through the game casually and reach the ending totally fine without getting too deep into the crafting system which takes up a large portion of the game. If you opt to go for full completion and all achievements like I did, you'll find yourself learning about more complicated systems that you didn't even realize were there! I can genuinely recommend Atelier Ryza to anybody who enjoys RPG's. Even if this doesn't look like something you would typically play, or you're not too into JRPG's, because neither was I! Now here I am with another perfect game, and a couple of sequels on my wishlist!

Sept. 2024

Wow. I actually ended up loving that a lot more than I thought I would. Gust knows how to push my buttons with the "Everyone moving on" trope that always gets me... P.S., Koei I'd love to play more of the series if you ever dropped your years old games below $20...

April 2024

This is my third time beating this game (I beat it 2x on Switch). I absolutely adore this game it's very cozy and comfy when I'm not feeling well. Klaudia is the best character hands down but the whole cast (except for maybe 1 character) is well written. Also for the achievement hunters out there this one is a fairly simple one to 100%.

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