Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Reminiscences and the Envisioned Land marks the twenty sixth mainline entry within the long-standing sequence of alchemy-themed JRPGs that started again in 1997 with Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg. Because it’s branched onto PC, the video games have begun to see elevated recognition on Steam, with the latest Atelier Ryza trilogy proving a notable winner. Yumia’s launch has been met with the sport’s highest numbers but on the Valve platform, however critiques present that not everyone seems to be completely happy.
Atelier Yumia follows the comfy, alchemical themes that make the sequence among the many most lovable and enduring JRPGs round, nevertheless it additionally continues developer Koei Tecmo’s penchant for reinvention. Together with its latest eponymous protagonist, Yumia adopts a barely older, ‘cooler’ forged of characters, and attracts inspiration from the likes of Genshin Affect and Breath of the Wild to ship a sprawling open-world sport that ramps up the tempo of fight.
The latest installment has been met with probably the most spectacular response the Atelier sequence has ever seen on Steam, with a participant depend peak of greater than 14,000 lively customers in its first weekend. That’s double the excessive that Ryza 3 reached and greater than 50% above the document set by the newest entry, Atelier Resleriana, which started life as a cellular sport earlier than coming to Steam in January.
Early Atelier Yumia Steam critiques, nonetheless, are blended. Simply 64% of the gamers who’ve submitted a score suggest the sport positively. The commonest complaints relate to efficiency points, with many customers reporting extreme framerate points and stuttering even on midrange techniques.
Koei Tecmo has already responded to those issues. An early replace introduces the power to set your graphics choices earlier than the sport’s prologue begins, provides a show setting to point out estimated VRAM utilization, and affords the power to modify to a ‘restricted CPU thread depend’ mode designed to lighten the load in your system. The developer notes that extra optimization is within the works and shall be rolled out with future updates.
Different adverse critiques bemoan the modifications from previous entries, saying that the signature crafting and tools components Atelier is understood for really feel oversimplified and repetitive right here, favoring grinding for sources over creativity and experimentation. The elevated deal with real-time fight (one thing additionally seen within the Ryza video games however expanded on right here) has additionally cut up opinion.
It’s definitely not all unhealthy information for Yumia, nonetheless – the extra high-stakes story appears to be taking place nicely, and a number of other critiques reward the crafting for persevering with the sequence’ pattern of permitting you to make some notably overpowered gear for those who put the time in. Hopefully Koei Tecmo is ready to iron out the optimization points quickly and ship an expertise gamers can take pleasure in to the fullest.
Atelier Yumia is out now on Steam, priced at $69.99 / £54.99. If you happen to’re curious to strive it first, you may obtain a demo from the sport’s retailer web page. Save information from this can be carried over to the total model for those who determine to proceed.
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