Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout

Mechanics

Atelier Ryza: The Queen of Everlasting Darkness and The Secret Hideout is a typical jRPG title, focused on exploring the world of Arland, performing tasks and fighting. Typically for the series, in the discussed production it is very important to obtain various types of items, which are then used as alchemical components.

The combat system used in the game resembles what we know from the previous part of the cycle - Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland - but the creators decided to introduce a number of fixes. The battles are more dynamic and exciting and require more aggressive tactics.

Other important mechanics of Atelier have also received improvements. The Synthesis system features a new development tree, which, according to the creators' idea, will make the creation of items more fun. The acquisition of ingredients from the environment has also been improved - in the same place we can now get different things, depending on what tools we use for this purpose.

Game modes

Atelier Ryza: The Queen of Everlasting Darkness and The Secret Hideout can only be played solo. The mainstay of the game is a story campaign.

Technical aspects

Atelier Ryza: The Queen of Everlasting Darkness and The Secret Hideout offers pleasant, three-dimensional graphics, stylized as an animated film (cel-shading technique). The game was created based on a new, original engine, thanks to which it was possible to design detailed models of characters and colorful, fairy-tale locations. The production is characterised by a manga style typical of the series, which cannot be denied a certain charm.