Revisiting Atelier Ryza: Trying Klaudia's DLC and Post-Game Experience

[@blackymir]

The price of that Season Pass is insane. They need to drop that stuff.

[@ircha]

I went back to this game this evening, and I'm enjoying it so much again! ❤️

[@JRPGJungle]

Ircha! :) thank you for the comment ^__^ glad to hear you’re still enjoying it again, it really is fun to keep playing ^_^

[@derekminna]

When watching many tubers you get a certain feel for many different styles. Landing on your channel is a welcome change because your content is organized, well prepared and very polished. Im a big fan of your content. Thanks!

[@JRPGJungle]

Thank you so much! I always wonder how my content feels from the viewers perspective, so thank you for your insights too ^__^

[@PloysMaw]

Thank's for your thoughts. My mind has been on this DLC and Lent's story since Ryza 2 was announced. I had I lot of fun with Ryza; and the only thing I wish for is in the sequel is to have certain aspects of the past Synthesis Mechanics from the older games: Such as Destruction Up+ and Destruction Up++ = Intense Blast.

[@VVVHHHSSS]

Ryza is great, pretty stoked for A:R2. I could be wrong, but I feel this series will blow up like Persona did pretty soon.

[@mcburn344]

Idk about that. people buy atelier because of sex sells persona series is just overall very good.

[@nvrmltice]

@@mcburn344 are you sure? I mean, persona is good but if people just played it because it is good the SMT series would be equally popular which is not the case, so I think a lot of people buy persona because sex sells

[@mcburn344]

@@nvrmltice you see when ryzs 2 comes out. It never be on good as persona series

[@nvrmltice]

@@mcburn344 I'll give you that, I don't think Atelier will be THAT popular soon but remember Atlus did milk Persona 4 for years and now Persona 5 and still a lot of people didn't know Persona was a thing until Joker was added to smash

[@nvrmltice]

Ryza was my first atelier game and I love it. I've seen a lot of people complain about its battle system (maybe 'cause they're atelier veterans, I don't know) but to me is one of the most fun systems in any jrpg I've ever played specially against bosses and sturdy enemies, those battles can get pretty intense. So my hopes for Ryza 2 include more long/challenging battles, even if they're optional, more variety in enemies since in Ryza 1 there are only like 8-10 different monsters but in different colors and I know a lot of rpgs do that but I still find it pretty lame tbh. Also if they can confirm the Ryza x Claudia ship, it would be awesome

[@seanbcusack]

if you're trying to maximize early, the most important thing I found was that right before the first dragon, in the area just before that, if you run right and keep swinging right, you end up in a room with an extra-large black knight enemy. it drops heroic spirits or something like that, which have almost every single penultimate-tier trait on them, like HP++ and ATK+DEF and such. also, behind him, the crystals give quality+ and quality++. he's going to be a super pain in the butt on legendary, but that's the earliest place you can grind out everything but the max-endgame traits. i didn't find an earlier trait-grinding location than that, but if you find one, i'd like to hear about it! if it helps, i made a recipe-finder app that can tell you how to get traits from one type of thing to another, including restricting things by chapter: eruciform.com/games/atelier-ryza/atelier-ryza-recipe-finder/ -- in fact, trying to max stuff out before the first dragon is what inspired making this app, because it's frankly a pain in the butt, there's just not enough convenience recipes yet (for example it is literally impossible to get a trait off a (jewel) onto anything else at this point), so the chains to get things from one place to another are long and annoying. however, at least on hard mode (not legendary) i made items right before the first dragon that i didn't need to upgrade all the way thru the endboss of the game.

[@JRPGJungle]

This is fantastic, thank you so much! Legendary seems like something that definitely can just be done on stats alone, so I’ll have to have a look next time I play and see what my options are with items :) appreciate it!!

[@seanbcusack]

i wonder what the power curve really looks like. i can say for sure that the item stats i had by maxing out just before the first dragon were just *barely* enough to beat the game on hard without respeccing anything. i wonder how far that same equipment (all quality 200-400 with maxed penultimate traits and *no* armor recipe spelunking with tossing a hundred ingots at the end) would go on legendary. it was enough to one-shot the first dragon on hard, and two-shot the second dragon on hard. i wonder if on legendary whether it would still be easy, impossible, or somewhere inbetween, and for how long. it would definitely not be enough to beat the game, since i just barely won with it on hard. i bet if you maxed at that point, the first dragon would be doable if not easy on legendary. you'd probably need a respec with more fully maxed armor and weapons and max quality by the second dragon on legendary. you'd probably need close to maxed out for legendary final boss, though you won't have philosopher's stones yet by then, so a lot of top end items won't be possible. but you can always make a non-maxed out couple items like astronomical clock and high but not max tier bombs, and max quality fully-dived-into armor and weapons with all those dozens of golderions, even if you don't have completely maxed traits or are missing a few unlocks. that'd probably be enough for the endboss on legendary...

[@Olphas]

I'm playing Ryza for the first time right now (my first atelier game!) and I love it so much. So I was wondering about the DLCs if I want more when I finish it. So - thanks :)

[@Chronoflation]

If you really like it and want more Atelier before Ryza 2, I highly recommend Rorona. I'm still going through its sequels, and I think Rorona is the best as it got the treatment of being a full remake, but, if you don't mind it being fairly easy (though some post-game bosses can be tough) then I highly highly recommend it. I hear the PS4 has some exclusive ones that are some of the best in the franchise too, but I haven't had a chance to play those yet myself

[@Olphas]

@@Chronoflation Noted, thanks!

[@PloysMaw]

@@Olphas I've only been playing the atelier games for less than three years with my first being Sophie; I think it's also a good start and a lot cheaper than the other games. I'll hand it to Rorona out of the eleven entries I've played it's still in my top 3. In short this is how I break down each set of games: Arland focuses on individual character stories that can be self contained, Dusk easily has the best world building in Atelier I've seen that builds upon in each game in the trilogy and lastly the Mysterious games has the most fleshed out character arcs as they grow in each entry.

[@tachikoma81]

Haven even start the game, part ii is coming out. Just finish ghost of tsushima, doing pathfinder: king maker now. Too many backlog😭

[@decusq]

So from this i can gather the DLC isn't plot heavy and more Extra flavor thankfully. I think i might go for the DLC episodes and see how they go now that i've beaten Ryza and as I wait for Ryza 2 X3 thanks for the review. I won't be getting the season pass as I don't need the extra skins or costumes which will save me a bit in the long run but if anyone just wants the story DLC like the character stories, the new island and the Summer adventure event it'll run you about $40-$45 usd. This is not including skins, BGM or costumes. TAKES NOTES SQUARE-ENIX this is how you do DLC!! Flavor, not ESSENTIAL PLOT to understand the story like Kingdom Hearts 3 or Final Fantasy 15!!

[@Kenko_4]

I plan to play Atelier Ryza prior to the sequel soon. I'm wrapping up my current playthrough of Tokyo Xanadu EX+ and will decide after whether to play Atelier Ryza, FFVII Remake, or Catherine Full Body. I enjoyed this style of video as I do like to go back to games I've played before. Fire Emblem Three Houses was a recent one to play the added Story DLC. Thanks! -Danny

[@buckroger6456]

Tokyo xanadu ex+ is a super under rated game.

[@jclosed2516]

@@buckroger6456 I can only agree here. I really had a great time with the game (loved the other Falcom games , like the Trails series, too). I have a fun time with Atelier Ryza, and it's not a bad choice after Tokyo xanadu ex+, because it's a lighthearted game that gives a positive impulse before diving into the more darker games like FFVII Remake and Catherine Full Body.

[@buckroger6456]

@@jclosed2516 that's a great list of rpgs to he playing. The super light hearted style of the atelier series is why I get them, i just wished Ryza stuck with the classic turn based gameplay.

[@emrys6719]

Tara you have the best channel about JRPGS 💙

[@JRPGJungle]

You’re the best 😊💖

[@tatsumitwi348]

Can't wait for Klaudia in the sequel. I mean, this bitch slayed a dragon with a flute, what can she do with a real weapon!?

[@acebreaker7]

Still haven’t jumped into ryza at all yet but planned to after I finish the dusk trilogy

[@PloysMaw]

The Dusk Trilogy is damn good, even with some frustrating aspects of Ayesha but as the games progress so does the enjoyment.

[@AiLikeYuri]

I'd buy the Klaudia DLC too, if only it was voiced.

[@LeonardoPolichuth]

I'm playing the main story for the first time, I'm loving it, but I gotta say that the first 8 hours was really slow paced and I had to force myself to continuing playing. I'm glad I did, the game got a lot better. This game has so many complex mechanics and is so satisfying learning them. I have only 3 complains about this game: 1 - the side quests are really uninspiring fetch quests, I made 5 or 6 of them and ignored them after. 2 - there is a lot recycling monster design in this game, oh here is a blue monster, now here is a stronger version of this monster, exactly the same but now red, now exactly the same monster but now black. Nothing wrong recycling monsters designs in my opinion, but you have to do a little more than just changing its color. 3 - there are so many mechanics in this game, which is great, but the game don't make a great job teaching you them. I had to do some research to understand things about this game. I'm really enjoying this game and I hope the next one will fix some of these problems, at the very least the monster design problem, I think that is the worst of them.

[@nvrmltice]

I have the same complain with the monster designs, and I know other rpgs do it too but here is much more noticeable and I think it also affects the exploration of new areas like, you know, sometimes you wonder what you will find in said new area and you got the exact same enemies but in different colors

[@buckroger6456]

When it comes to atelier games it's never about your character level, it's all about making the best gear, weapons, and items for taking down bosses. I never finished Ryza, I just couldn't get into the game that much and most of it was cause I really disliked it's battle system.

[@amstenzel4]

does anybody know what video has bronze elsom on it? need that to make saltium

[@Exalted-Beleth]

Hiya! I know this isn't related to Atelier Ryza (Although you lowkey made me wanna buy it.) but will you ever do a review on Mary Skelter 1 & 2? They're fun DRPG games. ❣️

[@JRPGJungle]

I would love to one day! I’ve been keeping up with the stuff about Finale since I’ve gotten more comfortable with first-person dungeon crawlers like that since Zanki Zero and would at the very least maybe try that because it will have the story summaries/scenes for 1 and 2. But if I get time, I’d love to play the originals too :)) so yeah, I hope so! :33

[@Exalted-Beleth]

Yay! 🥺💕 I LOVED your Zanki Zero review I watched it many months ago! I look forward to your future reviews~

[@Rurounininja01]

Do you think you can do a review on the other DLC's for Ryza?

[@JRPGJungle]

I would definitely like too! Maybe not this month because of Ryza 2 (and other videos I'm working on), but if that keeps me hyped after finishing, it could be fun to do :))

[@Rurounininja01]

@@JRPGJungle Definitely looking forward to it. I could be wrong but you would be the first to have done a review for the Ryza DLC's. 😉 Honestly I just want to make sure that my money is well spent.

[@JRPGJungle]

Completely fair enough, they’re not cheap haha and I like the occasional DLC review, so it could be a nice change once I get through everything:D I don’t know when but I’ll try~ ^__^

[@Nuan07]

It seems like I'll ge getting this game after I've finished ffx for the 9th time. 😂

[@JRPGJungle]

I love FFX haha enjoy both! :))

[@Chronoflation]

You think this is an expensive DLC, you haven't seen what Gust did with Fairy Tail, lol

[@JRPGJungle]

Oh I did haha I was thinking of getting some until I saw how much it was for one character >< probably won’t be grabbing those lol

[@buckroger6456]

Koei tecmo is really bad with the dlc prices, Gust isn't to blame for this just look at all games published by Koei Tecmo.

[@Heroinedown]

Things are getting worse with each new releases because people are actually buying this shit. Soon they will put a price tag that is more expansive than the basic game itself and people will still be buying these things. They are always pushing the boundaries further, it's time to say something about these practices before it gets out of hand (it already feels like it has).

[@buckroger6456]

@@Heroinedown that's already happened many times. Koei tecmo has had many dlc packs that cost more then the base game.

[@redeyeproject6452]

I have yet to play this game. I feel I have disappointed many

[@Heroinedown]

All the dlcs are expansive in this game but the worse I've seen so far were in Lulua with a 19.99 dollars each new characters, that was bullshit. Always wait for sales, always or you will send the wrong message to those companies (especially Koei Tecmo, they are amongst the worst).

[@ironysteeth]

Wait, so the sweets recipes in the dlc don't come into the regular game? Whatta waste.

[@JRPGJungle]

The main one carries over :3

[@gmanawesome5773]

WHO KNEW KLAUDIA CAN BE BEST GIRL OF THE GAME💘💖🥰🤗🍡🍭✨