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Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian Gameplay Systems Explained

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Our second Atelier game of the year, Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, is shaping up to be a more classic experience than Atelier Yumia. To prove this, publisher Tecmo Koei released a new trailer showcasing each of its systems. The game follows a loop of four different systems: synthesis, exploration, battle and shop/town management.

Check out each system works and how they flow into each other in the trailer below:

Sharp-eyed Atelier fans will know this game is connected to Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Night, a free-to-play game available on mobile devices and Steam. According to developer Gust, both Atelier Resleriana titles serve as A25, aka the 25th mainline entry in the Atelier series. Similar to the free-to-play entry, Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian features characters from other games in the franchise, such as Ryza from the Atelier Ryza games, Ayesha and Wilbell from Atelier Ayesha, Raze and Vayne from the Mana Khemia series, and more. Furthermore, both games are set in the same world. However, unlike Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Night, The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian is a completely offline experience.

Gust provides us with more information on Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian:

The development team shared new details on the connection between Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator and Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, as the two titles are jointly considered as A25 in the Atelier franchise, making the upcoming title a completely new entry in the series and not a spin off nor a port. While the two titles share the same universe and timeline, the upcoming new Atelier Resleriana title takes place after the Weltex is defeated and introduces players to a new story occurring in parallel with Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemist and the Polar Night Liberator, where players follow the adventures of Rias Eidreise and Slade Clauslyter as they explore the Lantarna continent.

In their quest, they will encounter new and familiar characters from past Atelier titles, such as fan-favorite alchemist Ryza and her friend Klaudia from the “Secret” series, and Ayesha Altugle from the “Dusk” series. These characters will interact with Rias and Slade and help progress through the story. The two main protagonists will engage in turn-based combat against various opponents while influencing the order of action turns to make the most of their team members’ skills. Players will be able to trigger “Multi-Actions” with support characters, enabling them to perform up to three actions in a row. During multi-skills attack, players can use items, and by using two or more in a row, trigger an “Item Mix” that will add extra effects, allowing for a unique combination of items.

By attacking their opponents, players will also fill in the “Unite Gauge,” allowing them to benefit from different effects depending on the number of “unites” available. For example, when two unites or more are filled, a special “Unite Attack” will automatically trigger when two front-row characters act consecutively. Once the “Unite Gauge” is completely full, players can use the five unites to trigger a “Unite Burst” where all front-row characters gain consecutive turns. While the “Unite Gauge” progressively depletes from actions consuming unites, the “Unite Attacks” will be considerably strengthened, allowing players to deal massive damages to enemies!

In Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian, players will be able to synthesise items by connecting the “Gift Colors” of selected ingredients, adding traits to the final item. Some specific ingredients, known as “Catalyst Ingredients,” will even enable fans to synthesize special items. For example, the “Altus” catalyst ingredient will allow players to determine the gift colors of the next ingredient, while the “Iris Stone” catalyst ingredient will change the pre-designated category of the next ingredient slot. Adding certain ingredients will trigger a “Recipe Morph” and change the recipe being synthesized, allowing players to create new items. By cooperating with up to three other team members or fairies during the synthesis process, players can create items with even more powerful effects.

As players continue their exploration of the Lantarna continent, the heroes will venture to the “Dimensional Paths”—dungeons whose structure will change randomly with each visit. Fans will be able to pick the difficulty of these dungeons, which will change the enemies they face, the category, and placement of the ingredients they can gather. The higher the difficulty, the more valuable the ingredients and rewards. Fairies can also be encountered, and will give players various useful items, as well as being able to be recruited to work at the “Mistletoe Miscellaneous” shop, helping to sell various synthesized items.

Alongside this new information and trailer comes many new screenshots. See all of them on our Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian game page, and see the highlights below:

Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian Screenshots

Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian launches for PlayStation 4 (exclusive to Japan), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam on September 26th. The first part of A25, Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Night, is available now. What did we think? Check out Des Miller’s review. For more Atelier, stay tuned to RPGFan!

Source: Gematsu

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Tyler Trosper is a news writer for RPGFan. He has an unhealthy obsession with the Xeno franchise, especially Xenosaga. He runs a podcast about the series in his free time and sometimes works on fan projects. Tyler would die happy if Xenosaga Episode IV was announced. Besides Xeno, Tyler enjoys watching anime, his favorite being Neon Genesis Evangelion.

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