Another Great Addition to the Ryza story.If you like the Atelier series this is an easy pick up. Lots of RPG, lots of potion crafting. Lots of story and characters to explore.

Ryza 2 is pretty much what you'd expect from an atelier game, a fairly basic rpg story with a deep crafting system to get lost in. Simple as it is, the game's loop of going out into a dungeon, grabbing everything that isn't nailed down, then mcguyvering it into monster obliterating superweapons is always a good time.Like most recent atelier games there is no time limit either, keeping it a very relaxed experience, combat is atb rather than turn based, much like ryza 1, and is quite fun once you understand how it works. Do be aware that, like the last couple entries this game is Japanese audio only, with english text.The game is relatively short for a jrpg, so it's not a huge time investment, 100 percenting the game took me around 65 hours, but a ton of that time ... MoreRyza 2 is pretty much what you'd expect from an atelier game, a fairly basic rpg story with a deep crafting system to get lost in. Simple as it is, the game's loop of going out into a dungeon, grabbing everything that isn't nailed down, then mcguyvering it into monster obliterating superweapons is always a good time.Like most recent atelier games there is no time limit either, keeping it a very relaxed experience, combat is atb rather than turn based, much like ryza 1, and is quite fun once you understand how it works. Do be aware that, like the last couple entries this game is Japanese audio only, with english text.The game is relatively short for a jrpg, so it's not a huge time investment, 100 percenting the game took me around 65 hours, but a ton of that time was spent playing around with crafting, a more casual playthrough would probably run around 20 hours, far less if you only do mandatory content.All in all a great little game, if you like mmo style crafting, or like jrpgs, and don't mind (or prefer) Japanese audio, you should enjoy it a great deal.

I am enjoying Atelier Ryza 2 a lot more than the first game. The story will start out rather slow, but it will pick ups.Graphics- Overall they look pretty good. Some of the textures look fairly low-resolution, even in docked mode. Nothing too major.Exploration feels like it gives you much more freedom in Atelier Ryza 2. You can jump and fall off of ledges instead of dealing with invisible walls and even jump on ledgers. You can swim, you can climb walls of vines just so much options. It feels more free but it is not as open.The tree system is great. You can unlock some core recipes. It also lets you level up your gathering skills to get more materials, higher quality materials, and the ability to morph recipes. As you go on you will be able to use it for much ... MoreI am enjoying Atelier Ryza 2 a lot more than the first game. The story will start out rather slow, but it will pick ups.Graphics- Overall they look pretty good. Some of the textures look fairly low-resolution, even in docked mode. Nothing too major.Exploration feels like it gives you much more freedom in Atelier Ryza 2. You can jump and fall off of ledges instead of dealing with invisible walls and even jump on ledgers. You can swim, you can climb walls of vines just so much options. It feels more free but it is not as open.The tree system is great. You can unlock some core recipes. It also lets you level up your gathering skills to get more materials, higher quality materials, and the ability to morph recipes. As you go on you will be able to use it for much more.In Atelier Ryza 2, combat feels much livelier and closer to real-time combat even though you still have to wait your turn. Im use to static enemies and taking turns. Takes some getting use to.Overall it improves on the first game