Atelier Escha & Logy - Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (Europe)
PlayStation 3
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Reviewed in 2014
80
✪ Reviewed on May 23, 2024
74
Atelier Escha and Logy offers a duality of alchemist protagonists in a declining world. Two narrative routes depending on the chosen character. More developed than predecessors, very satisfying for fans.
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Category
RPG1 player12+
Description
Second installment of the Dusk trilogy following two alchemist co-protagonists, Escha Malier and Logix Fiscario, in the Central R&D office. Published by Tecmo Koei and developed by Gust, released in 2014 in Europe and North America. Pick a protagonist with distinct story arcs, grid-based alchemy system, quarterly assignments, aerial exploration, optimistic mood against the world's decline.
Atelier Escha & Logy - Alchemists of the Dusk Sky review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
4/5
Story
★★★★★
"Captivating"
The second Dusk entry sets its heroes in an administrative office of the Central government, between paperwork and quarterly assignments. The art direction adopts a tone of optimistic workplace comedy, stills tidied beside files, while aerial exploration opens wide panoramas. Facing the world's decline, the image cultivates a studious, reassuring clarity.
Against Ayesha's melancholy, the music turns warmer and more sprightly. Cheerful rhythms, sunny melodies, full arrangements accompany the pair of alchemists and their office's team spirit. The score lifts the Dusk mood with a note of optimism, that of two colleagues who tackle their work briskly despite a world running out of breath.
The story is played by two: you choose to embody Escha or Logy, each offering their arc within the same office. Far from great perils, the story finds its flavour in the professional everyday, targets to meet, colleagues to back up, small administrative victories. Facing a declining universe, this optimism of work well done stands in for a guiding thread, modest and luminous.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Engaging"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾6,4 GB📅11/03/2014
Published by Tecmo Koei
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The second entry in the Dusk trilogy from Gust, Atelier Escha & Logy alternates two apprentice alchemists in the service of a development office, in a world of luminous decline. The dual perspective, the deepened synthesis system and the multi character combat win over fans of cosy JRPGs, in a more accessible formula than its predecessors. The loosened time constraint and a measured pace divide. A title for fans of Japanese alchemy RPGs and the Atelier series.
