Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land

"All in all, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land introduces many great concepts and features but fails to be wholly entertaining. It contains unnecessarily tedious features and awful performance that will hopefully be fixed post-launch."

"While the technical issues continued to be unfortunate throughout, I really enjoyed the story, and feel like Atelier Yumia is thematically interesting in a way that I appreciated. I liked the characters a lot, and like how the themes of …"

"Atelier Yumia is another solid outing for Gust&s;s long-running series, which learns from its predecessor&s;s successes while carving its own path."

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories and the Imaginary Land isn&s;t the definitive installment in the series, but its ideas and new approaches establish it as a perfect entry to attract new fans looking to enjoy a JRPG formula that&s;s …"

"With a successful transition to a fully realized open world, Atelier Yumia is a strong start to a new series while serving as a fantastic follow-up to the Atelier Ryza games. The world is large and rewarding with something around …"

"Atelier Yumia has managed to preserve the series&s; essence while adding a fresh touch and flavor with its innovations. This is a game that will appeal not only to series fans but also to a wider audience. If you&s;ve been …"

"Open world Atelier could still work, but Atelier Yumia does a bad job at realising this idea. A generic story, dumbed down alchemy, and lacking open world all lead to a middling RPG."

"Despite the dumb downed Alchemy and some technical issues, Atelier Yumia marks a great first step towards a new future for this long running series with its fun and rewarding exploration and enjoyable fast paced combat."

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land is an undoubtedly fun, charming, and riveting entry into a well-established franchise. With a sprawling open world to explore, a variety of interesting ideas and themes, an extraordinary story, charming …"

"Atelier Yumia represents an evolution for the series, which makes some pretty big changes — literally and figuratively — to its world design and combat. The game doubles down further on the open world introduced by Atelier Ryza 3 while …"

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land is a wonderfully charming addition to the long-running JRPG series. It&s;s a fantastic jumping in point to the franchise for new players, and has enough tweaks to the established formula …"

"Sometimes too over-simplified, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land charts a new path for the series as they try to draw in new players that might have found the mandatory crafting and time limits of earlier …"

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land takes the series in a direction that will appeal to fans of open world JRPGs, but may leave fans of previous Atelier games scratching their head. It also has numerous …"

"Just like its impressively long and unwieldy title, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land is a messy game. But it’s a messy game with lofty ambitions and a lot to like, even if which pieces you …"

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land is a fresh step forward with just as much charm and joy as the rest of the series. It&s;s an incredible starting point for newcomers and an exciting change of …"

"In most respects, Atelier Yumia is an impressively ambitious and strong new entry for the long-running series, blazing a trail to parts unknown much like its titular protagonist. Things like the darker story, action-heavy combat, and increased focus on exploration …"

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land is full of different strengths and weaknesses that neutralize each other and ultimately bring an interesting but far from ideal experience to the audience."

"All in all, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land is a fun adventure in crafting and exploration. Its chill atmosphere mixes quite well with the slightly heavier themes. And the crafting is excellent."

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories and the Enlightened Land is far from the best entry in the series for newcomers, but it&s;s certainly the largest and most accessible."

"It isn’t so much the story or the crafting elements that will keep you playing Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land, but simply uncovering every corner of this beautifully realised world."

"Atelier Yumia is a game I&s;ve thoroughly enjoyed playing. Giving you an open world that&s;s not too open, along with satisfying movement, combat, and crafting, it&s;s a great game and one I can very much recommend."

"Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; The Envisioned Land is a fantastic entry into the Atelier series. Yumia is a fantastic protagonist for the series, and Aladiss is a fun continent to explore."

"While Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land further moves the series away from its roots, it adds some welcome novelties in return."

"The combat system is gonna be competing in uniqueness against Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. I have to hand it to Gust with what they were able to accomplish with their team this time. Using fantastic references, they have made another …"

"After years of small-time games, the franchise finally reached more people than its dedicated niche following. Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories &a; the Envisioned Land capitalizes on successes from the Ryza trilogy and blazes its own trail with changes …"