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I've owned this game before , but lost it , So happy to get a New one. A Excellent (if Slightly silly) Game that Needs to be replayed multiple times just to see and do Everything in this games charming little world. The Spoken Dialogue is in Japanese but the English Text below are a fair translation and make the story easy and fun for non-Japanese speakers to follow also. I haven't taken it out of my 3DS since the day it arrived , if I lose this one i'll cry. Nice Sound and Graphics for a last Gen game But the "Fun Factor" is thru the roof , if something in this game doesn't make you smile every ten minutes you are frankly made of Stone. 10 out of 10
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This is a very cute and surprisingly enjoyable game for the Nintendo DS. I bought it after playing Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland for the PS3 and I was not disappointed with Annie, despite the age of the game. Atelier Annie has you creating items, fighting monsters, and making friends in an addictive combination of RPG and micromanagement elements. The main goal of the game is to build and manage facilities on a developing island as you compete for the position of top alchemist. Annie can vary from relaxing to stressful depending on how much the player is hoping to achieve. There are multiple endings that can be earned depending on what you accomplished throughout your 3 years on Sera Island. It should be noted, however, that obtaining a perfect ending is significantly more complicated and may require the use of a walkthrough, as well as multiple game plays, (items and money can be transferred over in a New Game+ mode after completion). While Annie is incredibly enjoyable and addictive, it can also become fairly stressful. At times, the player may receive several timed requests at once, making it difficult to complete story-related tasks in a timely fashion. Also, the immense amount of character events can be overwhelming; the constant interruptions can prove stressful even for patient gamers. In addition, instructions given early on can be easily missed or misunderstood, causing some frustration with the alchemical process in particular. These minor annoyances can be easily overlooked, however, as the gameplay itself is fantastic. There is always something to do, and whether you are collecting items, developing facilities, or leveling your party, almost everything is relevant in some way and the player almost always feels accomplished. The character events are fantastic as well, (I often found myself laughing out loud during the cutscenes). It should be noted, though, that while all text is in English, the voice-overs were never translated for international release. If you are a fan of Japanese anime, though, this shouldn't be a problem. If it is bothersome, you can turn the voices off from the Options menu.Read full review
I bought this product because it was listed as one of the few English Otome games. It's not like otome games I've played with making decisions/choices and ending up with a bachelor/ette but it's more a friendship thing. Ah I've only gotten to one playthrough since buying the game and it's pretty addicting. I like how evenw ith one playthrough there's still alot to make with alchemy to finish the collection of what can be created and gathered in the game.Bonus is the original Japanese voices in the game which adds to the quirkiness of the characters during monster battles. Also skip button! I can skip the intro when playing it through again. Compared to other otome games I've played well it's a bit more entertaining - it doesn't /feel/ like one. (Perhaps mislabeled on the site?) It's a bit too addicting for me...Read full review
I bought this game because I'm a fan of NIS America so I decided to give it a go as well as a love for RPGs. Mind you, this is my first Atelier game that I actually played seeing as it was one of the earlier ones in the series just to get into the swing of things with this franchise. I just couldn't put the game down. I'll be honest that first time around if you think you can skip instructions and get it right on the first try, you're dead wrong. You have to pay attention so that you understand how do alchemy properly in this game. It's real important. That would be my only complaint is its slightly complicated ways of doing this but once you know what you're doing it's as easy as pie. Another possible dislike would be how fast days go by in the game with gathering items for your alchemy or traveling from gathering point to other places, yet I don't complain because it seems fairly accurate in certain instances. One other detail is the cut-scenes. You will get plenty of them, some with voice acting others with none. Another possible nick-pick for players is a preference for English voice-acting. There is none whatsoever in this game. It does have English subs for its Japanese voice-acting though. It could be a good or bad thing, if the English voice-acting for this game was going to be terrible, then by all means leave to Japanese voice-acting instead. This game by far is similar to the Mana Khemia series, but Annie seemed to capture my attention and love far more, but I would have to dive into Mana Khemia and Ar Tonelico more to give a proper comparison to this cute little lazy alchemist.Read full review
I really liked this game! X3 I finish it in 3 days -_-' I was kind of "in" to it hehe...Normally I only play RPG games but when the story doesn't seem to be interesting I stop playing them, but with whis game was different...the mode of playing is something fresh not too much stress and the interection you have with the other characteres of the game is quite amusing. :)
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