The eleventh game in the Atelier series of alchemy/crafting/cooking RPGs, ロロナのアトリエ / Rorona no Atelier, set to be a PS3 “exclusive”, has attracted note for the gorgeous 2D and 3D art on display, but also for the rather amusing differences between the 2D and 3D characters: somewhere along the way they have been reduced in age by ten years or so…
Via Hachimaki.
The actual game is the first foray of the series onto the PS3, and is set to utilise the same alchemical gameplay elements fans of the series have come to know so well.
It is due for release on the 25th of June; doubtless we will see more later.
Plenty of screenshots and other art has been released:
You can see even more screenshots at Famitsu.
The best of both worlds? Or would they be better standardising on one design?
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ish so loliness…
Oh wow, 3d versions that don’t fail. They’re more faith-HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGHHHHH
Wonder whom Sakura Nogawa, Sawashiro Miyuki and Ui Miyasaki going to voice? They have been in the newer gust works lately.
So cute…
Very nice designs the 3D looks great!
But I bet the gamepaly sucks like all new under deved un finished games >>
AWSHIT, now I need to buy a PS3.
I’m not against loli or anything but I think it’s a shame they’ve lolified them here. As graphics get better and better, anime artwork in games can be of an incredibly high standard – 2D or 3D. We can have 3D versions of very well drawn anime characters rather than the chibi forms that games used to have to resort to because of graphical capabilities (as per almost any 3D DS game and all 16-bit JRPGs) but now there’s no such restriction.
the 2d was sooo pretty, amazing.
I’m going for 2D since the drawing are so nice. I can’t get over it. 3D still need some improvement.
AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGg Damn that PS3!!!!!!!
Give it to PS2!!!!!!
Why the fuck is there RPG combat involved?
At least they didn’t become 3-year-olds like they did in Final Fantasy 3 and 4 on the DS…
3D ftw!!
Lolis~
wow, this is good, I wished I had a PS3
both are excellent, a game that is worthwhile to buy.
AAAAAHDORABLLLLLE > w<
zOMG O_O!!!
A new Atelier Game…. I hope it won’t disappoint me like the Atelier I.3
Love the Gust games ^_^_^
Both will do.
Oh yay.. Red eyes+Silver haired gothloli~ <3 You’re awesome,GUST!! Loli marketing at its best!
Also, in b4 FinalFantafag’s complains;
“Games look too cute and childish.”
“Meh, they look like dolls and unrealistic.”
“Games for paedophiles..”
“ZOMG!! Underaged..”
What the heck have those to do with complains from FinalFantafags?
Y’know, those gamers who demand; “If it’s HD and since it’s Newgen, the characters should look 99.9% like realistic humans.”
Yea, i guess FinalFantafags (FF fanboys) isn’t really an approriate term. Let’s just call them “Realism Gamers”.
Both are equally good in this case, 2D and 3D.
I want a PS3 more than before now.
I prefer the 2D art, but… Loli~
only problem remains whether or not should NISA be able to localize this perfectly I mean look at all the problems they have caused for gamers bugged AT2, broken rhapsody, typos very prominent in every title they have localized since disgaea 1, missing voices in MK PSP (japanese had complete voices)
the missing voices where a size problem
unlikely to happen on the ps3
We have beautiful 2D drawings and adorable 3D in-game characters…what’s not to like?
AWESUM.
Both 2D and 3D for me and I approve of the lolification <3 <3 <3
another game that make me want to buy PS3
looks actually pretty good but i’d have to agree that there is something of a disconnect between the 3d models and the 2d art. should have been a bit more consistent, go loli full force or older version for better results.
Indeed, either/or would have been best :/
Loving the original character designs. 3D is also executed very well so can’t complain there.
thats a lot of lolis for a atelier game
The graphics are actually pretty nice in this game.
2Ds FTW! ^^
… Pfff, loli with breasts, zwtf’s wrong with this world? ಠ_ಠ
Usa Mimi deserves an apology from you.
loli with breasts has been done many times.
They both have their own charms ^^
Hmmm, how should I put it… it’s OK as long as it’s flat (not too big like @6 pic “>_>).
BTW, Usa Mimi ain’t loli 4 me >_> (go watch Excel Saga, lol XD)
So is this game coming over to NA?
It would actually make me want to get a PS3.
We have the 3 Atelier Iris as precedent, and both Mana Khemias (3, counting the PSP game), so there is a good chance that this game gets localized.
However we still haven’t got any news about Atelier Annie being localized, and that’s the latest game in the series, for DS. But to be fair, it just came out in Japan this month (last week I think).
So I’m sure Atlus, NISA or Xseed won’t disappoint us with a localization of this one.
And yet they’ve yet to bring Lise or Projects A1-5 here, including the sidestory to A3 and that GBA game featuring someone nobody cares about*cough*. But, yeah, they’re all now on the PS2 now(with the exception of Lise and Annie, which were not Projects) since A1 + 2 were remade, so why aren’t we getting it? (ﾉ ;ω;)ﾉ
I regret not playing this game now. – –
this game reminds me of eternal sonata so much OMG. definitely will get 🙂
same here. Polka was pure win!
i definitely like more grown-up characters, but 2d chibi ones are too cute to be ignored. MUST BUY ABSOLUTELY
typo: it was actually 3d chibi ones.
I’d still hit the 3D one XD…
Both look very well done though… the 2D has the good qualities of 2D, being very detailed and everything. The 3D is just nicely done with the cel-shading and stuff. And lolification.
LOLI!!!!!
oh god do want.
It’s true that the loli 3D models are easier to render, since they have less detail.
But I prefer the 2D designs, anyway both styles are fine with me. I just hope there is a great seiyuu cast, so we can listen to some great: “Barrel”.
LOL barrel…ahh them were fun times…
LOLIS FOR GREAT JUSTICE! TAKE OFF EVERY LOLICON!!!
Either 3d or 2d i’m going to buy this game (~’3′)~
both nuff said…
Art is definitely nice and the older looking characters indeed look good. While the 3D portion isn’t bad per se, would have been nice if they could have translated the artist’s work into 3D a bit more faithfully. Oh well.
Be fine. 2D for conversations and crap, 3D for actual gameplay. Like they always done. Or at least like they’ve done in Ar Tonelico and Mana Khemia.
Cool.Graphic engines seems to be similar to dark cloud2 and eternal sonata ,really looking forward to this ^_^
eh… both looks 2 dimensional to me
That would of course be due to the cel-shaders. 😛
Personally, I really don’t want NISA to bring over Project A12 until they bring over the Salburg, Gramnad and the DS titles. Non-Japanese-speaking fans are missing quite a lot.
Oh Atelier… the most underrated series I know. Especially when it comes to h-fanart. o_O
Cute but i have to ask some people who bought if this is worth buying.
Interesting take on the Super Deformed style seen in most RPGs. I like it.
And I’m quite fond of the 2D art indeed.
I prefer delicious cake , lols
the cake is a lie!!!
trap!
let me partake in the deliciousness
i second that! cake!!!
Hmmm. The 2D looks better, but I could see why the designers would go with simpler/smaller designs for game play.