Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland
2 Editions : Standard // Bundle
Product Description
Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland is a single player turn-based Japanese Role-playing game
(JRPG) exclusive to the PlayStation 3 console. The 2011 release in the long-running PlayStation
based Atelier franchise and sequel to the earlier Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland, this game
focuses action on a combination of alchemist based item creation, party combat utilizing AI
companions, character leveling and exploration gameplay. Additional features include: classic
turn-based RPG combat and strategy, in-game characters that can be hired to search for needed
items, AI character assist abilities, character specific finishing moves, frequently updated quests
and a variety of possible game endings.
A Whole New Atelier Adventure
The small fishing village of Alanya on the Arland Republic's southern border is home to the young
alchemist-in-training Totooria Helmold. She is called Totori by her friends and family, and she
wishes to become a great adventurer. One day, she resolves to make the journey to Arland,
become an adventurer and explore the world beyond her hometown. She will make many friends
along her journey of discovery - some new, some familiar. When her quest comes to a close,
your actions over the course of the game will dictate whether she finds the answers to her
questions, forges unbreakable bonds with friends, or takes a different path entirely.
Gameplay
As with previous games in the Atelier series, Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland is a turn-
based RPG with gameplay and combat rooted in alchemy and exploration. Events take place years
after the previous game, continuing five-years into the future of the new heroine, Totori as she
follows in the footsteps of her famous adventurer mother. To find out more about Totori's mother
you become an adventurer in training yourself and explore the gameworld. Adventurers are a
recognized profession in this world and one that is regulated via an Adventurer's License that
contains various ranks. The rank of your license is built up by accumulating points, which in turn
allow for greater access to areas of the gameworld. Points are gathered in a number of ways,
including: maping out available lands, helping citizens, discovering and synthesizing new items
that are found, discovering special landmarks and defeating monsters and bosses in combat.
Item synthesis involves obtaining recipes and then gathering objects that can be combined into
entirely new items usable in-game. This deep system allows you to adjust secondary effects like
the quality and traits of new items. In-game characters called Homunculi can be hired to
automatically gather items you wish for synthesis, freeing Totori up to do other things. The
efficiency of Homunculi can be increased by providing them with pies, which they relish.
Battles are turn-based, initiated by random encounters with enemies. Totori can hire up to two
party members from characters that she encounters throughout the gameworld, and she can
change members at will. Party members can help when Totori is attacked via the game's Assist
System, each in a specific way. These characters can also assist in attacks that Tori initiates.
Dealing damage to enemies or using the Assist System can raise your character's Super Move
gauges. Once filled, characters will gain access to their Super Move, which can be used to deal
maximum damage.
