Status SIGINT May 25, 2021
I’m about 1/3 through the game now, and I realized that Atelier avoids so many of the problems I had with a more recent chill, crafting-heavy game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It would be so easy to make this game’s resource collection and crafting feel like a chore, but it goes to great lengths to make it as painless …
Read moreI’m about 1/3 through the game now, and I realized that Atelier avoids so many of the problems I had with a more recent chill, crafting-heavy game, Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It would be so easy to make this game’s resource collection and crafting feel like a chore, but it goes to great lengths to make it as painless as possible. Skippable animations, shortcuts to select a ton of things at once, fast travel to anywhere at the tap of a button, speedy shop menus, much quicker turning in of objectives, instant gathering of crafting materials, ability to send someone to do some of the more basic tasks for you later on... etc. Rorona is not a 5-star game either, but in this one aspect, it’s much more convenient to play than some games with a similar focus.
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