The Atelier series

[kane_magus]

So, like, there's about a billion, give or take, of those Atelier games on Steam (though maybe half of that is DLC, *weary sigh*). Has anyone played these (and by "anyone," I mean owsf2000, mainly, as he's the only one who reads this anymore, though if anyone else does read this, they're certainly welcome to leave an opinion)? Are they any good? Are they connected, storywise, or mostly each stand alone (or something in between)? I know they're RPGs, and they have to do with crafting or some such, maybe running a store or something? But that's the extent of my knowledge of these games.

Just wondering, because I went through and severely culled my Steam wishlist (dropped down to 200-something from around probably 1,200 or so, not sure what the number was when I started slashing stuff), and a bunch of those Atelier games were in the wishlist.

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[owsf2000]

I have a bunch of the atelier games from the ps2 and ps3 era. I stopped buying them early in the ps3 era since like so many other jrpgs they started being massive DLC whores. Yes, I suspect the vast majority of the Ateliers on steam are just DLC.

I haven't actually played much of it though - I bought most of them cheap secondhand for a rainy day kinda deal. I don't think they're connected any more than any of the Tales games are connected or Final Fantasy games are connected. The titles of the Atelier games kinda show that it's basically focusing on the story of a particular person. I'll get back to you on this when I get around to playing one of the games for a bit more. I suppose I could start up the PS3 for a while this weekend and start in on one.