Wednesday, December 04, 2013 - [#1: Atelier Rorona]
Salutations everyone :3
Today's been a lonnnnggg day in the workshop. Literally.
I've embarked on a quest to complete all the Atelier games ~ only because one of them is named meeee :D What on earth is Atelier? Well wiki says
Meet Rorona~ the first alchemist in the series. The Alchemist of Arland (that's the kingdom she lives in)
Rorona's name is actually Rorolina Frixell but she shortens everyone's name so everyone else in the game will have a nickname given by her. So Rorona is your character. All you do, or all I've done so far is control her to gather materials from the woods and fight creatures to gather their skin and drops to synthesize in her workshop and give those potions away to the townsfolk.
But why? Why must this poor girl slave away in the workshop and battle ferocious beasts and brave the rocky terrains to collect items? ):
Because, Rorona's family was saved by Astrid, Rorona's senpai, the master alchemist, I'm not sure how and what happened, but now the Frixells owe a huge debt to Astrid and poor Rorona is bound to her now.
Sooo.. this Astrid character likes to put Rorona on the spot and laugh at her, in a loving way I suppose~ Astrid is also kinda lazy and naps alot and has now given Rorona ownership of the workshop.
Anyway, the story actually begins when Sterk visits the workshop. His full name is Sterkenberg Cranach, how .. odd and hard to say D:
My my so macho, anyway Sterk is a knight who under the orders of King Gio has to shut down the workshop. Oh No! Poor Rorona how is she ever going to repay her debt now? Well Sterk issues assignments throughout the game with a certain time limit usually 2-3months and performs quality checks on Rorona.
By the way this is the bastard king Gio. I mean.. he has a bastardly nature, not a real bastard... I don't know.. maybe he is. :p
Don't know why his picture file is so huge took 3x the amount of time to upload his picture compare to everyone else's
Okie so to make the story more interesting, of course you have friends! Friends who sell you items, or join a party to go hunting and material-gathering with you. As the game progresses you venture into more dangerous and far away places. The story is heavily based on time and it's very often you run out of time to complete quests. Also while you travel to the forest or ruins and dungeons you have to make sure your party can survive the trip there, the material gathering while you're there and the trip back to Arland.
I've exceeded alot of deadlines in the game and failed to complete so many quests but it doesn't really matter. The ones that count are the assignments from Sterk so I prioritize those anyway.
Right, so like any RPG you have to fight monsters and level up your party!
First we have Rorona's best friend (:
Cordelia is some sort of royalty I believe, I can't remember now :P she's like a big sister to Rorona, like a semi-bully semi-caring one who's like "Oh Rorona, what will you do withhout me? Aww, you just can't go anywhere by yourself can you?" whenever you ask her to join the party. Her skill level is similar to Rorona but I think Rorona scales much better than she does.
Cordelia gives big rewards for her personal quests too. Aside from the assignments with 2-3month deadlines from Sterk, the personal quests from Rorona's friends are smaller and have a short 1 or 2 week deadline. They help you level up your friendship and trust levels so the townsfolk will like you more and won't decide to support the king in shutting your workshop down.
Then we have Iksel, the chef.
This is the Sanji (One Piece) of the story :3 he's the chef at a cafe and sells food ingredients because Rorona likes to bake pies and stuff for birds and her master. Iksel got mad at me because I didn't bring him on a party for like 6months throughout the game. I didn't because it costs money to take your party out of Arland and Sterk is 10x stronger than Iksel so why not just take Sterk? Since you're only limited to 2 more people in a party and Cordelia is free to invite.
Iksel so far has been crap in battles but whenever I bring him out to new places like the Ortoga Ruins, or the forest, cut-scenes appear, and Iksel can help you find new materials because he's the chef and can sniff out stuff Rorona can't. So some special plants and mushrooms appear if you bring Iksel to the place and you wouldn't see them if Iksel has never been there.
Well.. Iksel does fight with a frying pan.. how strong can he get? D:
Since he has some use, I've gone on a few parties with him and he's learnt a new skill which is "My Special" which is the funniest thing ever. In the middle of a battle Iksel starts cooking and throws food at a teammate to heal them XDD !
Tiffani here, is the sundries shopkeeper
Apparently she's a great beauty in the game and men line up for her... mmm not so pretty imo, ohwell, even Rorona's dad stalks her. LOL. Well she's a great help because she sells so many key ingredients. Altho I've run out of money almost every few minutes in this game because the recipe books are so expensive and sometimes you can pay Iksel or Tiffani for quality ingredients which have better stats than those you collect from outside.
Sometimes quest request that your potions are Quality +60 or +80 and you have to either travel very far to get them or pay high prices to Tiffani or Iksel or whoever to get them D: this story reflects my life very well.Always running out of money, once you get ahold of some you have to spend it right away. ):
Lionela is a puppeteer who performs in the Square. A very very shy one.
Well she barely talks but her two puppets are quite rude and very chatty and I usually skip through everything they say because it's annoying ! ): I had a prompt saying I can bring Lionela on a party but so far after about 7hours of playing I cannot find Lionela in Arland, the square or the factories or the palace. She's just... hiding somewhere and appears in cut-scenes. Jeeez. I better find her tomorrow but I bet she's a little weakling in battle.
Tantris!
Isn't he dashing XDD
He's a flirtatious wandering musician who is actually the son of King Gio and has suddenly returned to Arland. He's only entered the story very recently and where I'm saved at is inviting him to a party to explore a new area. yayyyyy (: I hope he's strong like Sterk! I like this little devil who looks so mischievous yet charming at the same time. His father has ordered him to shut down the workshop so he's come to visit me, but he offers me help instead? So maybe he's being a rebellious son and wants to fall in love with Rorona and overthrow his silly father or maybe he's trying to trick her and capture her or banish her, Rorona blushes alot when he's around :P
Finally the last character I've met so far is Hom
the littler brother Astrid conjured out of nowhere because Rorona is the only child and Astrid has kindly offered to create an assistant for her. So I don't know maybe he's a robot ... ?
He looks abit creepy to me :x
By the way there are more characters like Etsy and Cole.. and others who I don't find are a great significance in the story ... yet. And of course there's more I haven't discovered since I've only completed Year 1 out of 3 of the game :3 It's really simple and fun and so... zen... I could play it all day~
I think my best friend DY would enjoy this game as much as I do hehehe I can just feeeeel it.
So I completed Year 1 today! Yiippeee one step closer to completing this game and moving down the series to reach myself!
Yeeaaaa I'm totes blonde ! ! ! I feel like dyeing my hair blonde anyway ... I .. I think I should :3 and then my papa will be like ZOMGWTFBBQ cut that shit off right nao! D:
PS: do you know the difference between Blond and Blonde? XD
Today's been a lonnnnggg day in the workshop. Literally.
I've embarked on a quest to complete all the Atelier games ~ only because one of them is named meeee :D What on earth is Atelier? Well wiki says
Atelier is the French word for "workshop", and in English is used principally for the workshop of an artist in the fine or decorative arts, where a principal master and a number of assistants, students and apprentices worked togetherAnd that is exactly what this game about. Still don't get it? Okay.
producing pieces that went out in the master's name.
Meet Rorona~ the first alchemist in the series. The Alchemist of Arland (that's the kingdom she lives in)
Rorona's name is actually Rorolina Frixell but she shortens everyone's name so everyone else in the game will have a nickname given by her. So Rorona is your character. All you do, or all I've done so far is control her to gather materials from the woods and fight creatures to gather their skin and drops to synthesize in her workshop and give those potions away to the townsfolk.
But why? Why must this poor girl slave away in the workshop and battle ferocious beasts and brave the rocky terrains to collect items? ):
Because, Rorona's family was saved by Astrid, Rorona's senpai, the master alchemist, I'm not sure how and what happened, but now the Frixells owe a huge debt to Astrid and poor Rorona is bound to her now.
Sooo.. this Astrid character likes to put Rorona on the spot and laugh at her, in a loving way I suppose~ Astrid is also kinda lazy and naps alot and has now given Rorona ownership of the workshop.
Anyway, the story actually begins when Sterk visits the workshop. His full name is Sterkenberg Cranach, how .. odd and hard to say D:
My my so macho, anyway Sterk is a knight who under the orders of King Gio has to shut down the workshop. Oh No! Poor Rorona how is she ever going to repay her debt now? Well Sterk issues assignments throughout the game with a certain time limit usually 2-3months and performs quality checks on Rorona.
By the way this is the bastard king Gio. I mean.. he has a bastardly nature, not a real bastard... I don't know.. maybe he is. :p
Don't know why his picture file is so huge took 3x the amount of time to upload his picture compare to everyone else's
Okie so to make the story more interesting, of course you have friends! Friends who sell you items, or join a party to go hunting and material-gathering with you. As the game progresses you venture into more dangerous and far away places. The story is heavily based on time and it's very often you run out of time to complete quests. Also while you travel to the forest or ruins and dungeons you have to make sure your party can survive the trip there, the material gathering while you're there and the trip back to Arland.
I've exceeded alot of deadlines in the game and failed to complete so many quests but it doesn't really matter. The ones that count are the assignments from Sterk so I prioritize those anyway.
Right, so like any RPG you have to fight monsters and level up your party!
First we have Rorona's best friend (:
Cordelia is some sort of royalty I believe, I can't remember now :P she's like a big sister to Rorona, like a semi-bully semi-caring one who's like "Oh Rorona, what will you do withhout me? Aww, you just can't go anywhere by yourself can you?" whenever you ask her to join the party. Her skill level is similar to Rorona but I think Rorona scales much better than she does.
Cordelia gives big rewards for her personal quests too. Aside from the assignments with 2-3month deadlines from Sterk, the personal quests from Rorona's friends are smaller and have a short 1 or 2 week deadline. They help you level up your friendship and trust levels so the townsfolk will like you more and won't decide to support the king in shutting your workshop down.
Then we have Iksel, the chef.
This is the Sanji (One Piece) of the story :3 he's the chef at a cafe and sells food ingredients because Rorona likes to bake pies and stuff for birds and her master. Iksel got mad at me because I didn't bring him on a party for like 6months throughout the game. I didn't because it costs money to take your party out of Arland and Sterk is 10x stronger than Iksel so why not just take Sterk? Since you're only limited to 2 more people in a party and Cordelia is free to invite.
Iksel so far has been crap in battles but whenever I bring him out to new places like the Ortoga Ruins, or the forest, cut-scenes appear, and Iksel can help you find new materials because he's the chef and can sniff out stuff Rorona can't. So some special plants and mushrooms appear if you bring Iksel to the place and you wouldn't see them if Iksel has never been there.
Well.. Iksel does fight with a frying pan.. how strong can he get? D:
Since he has some use, I've gone on a few parties with him and he's learnt a new skill which is "My Special" which is the funniest thing ever. In the middle of a battle Iksel starts cooking and throws food at a teammate to heal them XDD !
Tiffani here, is the sundries shopkeeper
Apparently she's a great beauty in the game and men line up for her... mmm not so pretty imo, ohwell, even Rorona's dad stalks her. LOL. Well she's a great help because she sells so many key ingredients. Altho I've run out of money almost every few minutes in this game because the recipe books are so expensive and sometimes you can pay Iksel or Tiffani for quality ingredients which have better stats than those you collect from outside.
Sometimes quest request that your potions are Quality +60 or +80 and you have to either travel very far to get them or pay high prices to Tiffani or Iksel or whoever to get them D: this story reflects my life very well.
Lionela is a puppeteer who performs in the Square. A very very shy one.
Well she barely talks but her two puppets are quite rude and very chatty and I usually skip through everything they say because it's annoying ! ): I had a prompt saying I can bring Lionela on a party but so far after about 7hours of playing I cannot find Lionela in Arland, the square or the factories or the palace. She's just... hiding somewhere and appears in cut-scenes. Jeeez. I better find her tomorrow but I bet she's a little weakling in battle.
Tantris!
Isn't he dashing XDD
He's a flirtatious wandering musician who is actually the son of King Gio and has suddenly returned to Arland. He's only entered the story very recently and where I'm saved at is inviting him to a party to explore a new area. yayyyyy (: I hope he's strong like Sterk! I like this little devil who looks so mischievous yet charming at the same time. His father has ordered him to shut down the workshop so he's come to visit me, but he offers me help instead? So maybe he's being a rebellious son and wants to fall in love with Rorona and overthrow his silly father or maybe he's trying to trick her and capture her or banish her, Rorona blushes alot when he's around :P
Finally the last character I've met so far is Hom
the littler brother Astrid conjured out of nowhere because Rorona is the only child and Astrid has kindly offered to create an assistant for her. So I don't know maybe he's a robot ... ?
He looks abit creepy to me :x
By the way there are more characters like Etsy and Cole.. and others who I don't find are a great significance in the story ... yet. And of course there's more I haven't discovered since I've only completed Year 1 out of 3 of the game :3 It's really simple and fun and so... zen... I could play it all day~
I think my best friend DY would enjoy this game as much as I do hehehe I can just feeeeel it.
So I completed Year 1 today! Yiippeee one step closer to completing this game and moving down the series to reach myself!
Yeeaaaa I'm totes blonde ! ! ! I feel like dyeing my hair blonde anyway ... I .. I think I should :3 and then my papa will be like ZOMGWTFBBQ cut that shit off right nao! D:
PS: do you know the difference between Blond and Blonde? XD
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