Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk (2012)
3.78 from 106 ratings
449 members have it in their collection · 20 playing now · 213 backlogged · 147 wish listed
How long? Main story 30h · with extras 43h · 100% 124h (from 8 logged playthroughs)
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk aims to fulfill the desires of every alchemy RPG fan with new features, battle system additions, and brand-new storyline and characters. Fans of the series will have even more to explore with future DLC releases of new costumes, characters, additional areas, and more!
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk follows the story of Ayesha …
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Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk aims to fulfill the desires of every alchemy RPG fan with new features, battle system additions, and brand-new storyline and characters. Fans of the series will have even more to explore with future DLC releases of new costumes, characters, additional areas, and more!
Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk follows the story of Ayesha Altugle, a girl who has been living alone in a secluded workshop ever since her grandfather died and her younger sister went missing a few years ago. She supports herself by making and selling medicine. As the story begins, she finds out that her younger sister IS alive somewhere in the world. Now, she must devote herself to finding her younger sister. Her journey to keep her promise begins...
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Details
- Developers
- Gust
- Publishers
- Gust, Koei Tecmo Games
- Genres
- Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Franchises
- Atelier
- Series
- Atelier: Dusk
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Jun 28, 2012 (Japan) PlayStation 3
- Mar 05, 2013 (North_America) PlayStation 3
- Mar 08, 2013 (Australia) PlayStation 3
- Mar 08, 2013 (Europe) PlayStation 3
Also available on
- Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk (2014) · VITA
- Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX (2019) · NSW, PC, PS4
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Rating distribution
5 stars
27
4 stars
43
3 stars
26
2 stars
6
1 star
4
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Bliceheart Dec 2, 2024
So far this one is utterly charming. I'm rushing around a bit in my final year due to my own bad planning.
I really like the dusk series, they have quite a focus on the old world, the sins of our father and all that.
Excited to be playing the trilogy
My only issue is that, the deck is having …
So far this one is utterly charming. I'm rushing around a bit in my final year due to my own bad planning.
I really like the dusk series, they have quite a focus on the old world, the sins of our father and all that.
Excited to be playing the trilogy
My only issue is that, the deck is having nothing to do with playing this game. Alas, I must sit up to play~
Review Morcys 4/5 · Oct 18, 2024
This installment is way better than the previous one (Meruru), and I really enjoyed it. It's the first game in this franchise I've played that didn't stress me out; I actually found it quite pleasant. And by the way, the final boss's soundtrack is just masterful!
Status dreadnoughtus Jan 8, 2019
This is my first Atelier game and the gameplay is addicting and fun. I just wish Ayesha wasn't so...childlike? All the other characters are lot more complex and interesting than her.
Review thewritingj 5/5 · Nov 20, 2018
Slightly confusing alchemy system, fantastic story
The alchemy system in this game confused me. It wasn't very well-explained, and I was almost to the end of the game before I finally realized what a lot of my special abilities did, or what the difference was between properties, attributes, score, value, etc. There was just..... a lot. I missed the simplified systems of later games.
But the …
The alchemy system in this game confused me. It wasn't very well-explained, and I was almost to the end of the game before I finally realized what a lot of my special abilities did, or what the difference was between properties, attributes, score, value, etc. There was just..... a lot. I missed the simplified systems of later games.
But the story in this was actually incredible?? Let's be real, you don't usually play jrpgs for the story. But this one was well-done and subtle in a way that drew me in and made me want to uncover the mystery for myself.
The atelier games have a somewhat open world style, where you have a home base and can explore out from there. And this one is no exception. You encounter the plot through random events in areas with your companions, completing their quest lines in any order you choose, plus following a main plotline with the central characters. But... those side quests all had little clues to what was going on, and I found myself trying to piece together what had happened to my sister through those more than by what I was told in the main plotline. It was very well-done!
Combat was painfully easy, with no way to adjust the difficulty in the settings menu. Most of the battles were tedious... I basically just did other things while hitting the X button on my controller until they were over, lol. But in the late stages of the game, when we encounter actual boss battles, the battles went from zero to sixty and became a ton of fun. I wish there had been a difficulty setting so I could have made the combat more challenging.
Of the Atelier games I've played, this one has my favorite story so far, but Sophie still wins for character and alchemy puzzles. ;) I'm starting the next int he Dusk series after this, though, so we will see!!
Status thewritingj Nov 13, 2018
The storyline of this game is actually very well-done and compelling. I loved Sophie's gameplay the most of the four atelier games I've played, but the story wasn't of much interest. This one is revealed slowly, with subtlety, and you're allowed to draw your own conclusions about the mystery instead of having it suddenly handed to you. I'm definitely intrigued.
Status thewritingj Nov 8, 2018
I'm playing this on ps now... first I didn't touch the controller for a bit and my game turned off, losing like an hour of game progress.... then I got caught up and went on quests away from home (you can only save in your house) and the internet died and I lost another hour.
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