Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk Critic Reviews

Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk is a more complex game than initially appears, with a nuanced and interesting setting and narrative. At the same time it's supported by likable characters, clean gameplay and a traditional JRPG combat system that hits all the right notes. It's GUST at its most insightful, and it's arguably the finest game on the PlayStation Vita.

With a world bursting with charm and an intriguing storyline to keep you hooked, Atelier Ayesha Plus is a fantastic JRPG that will keep you coming back until you reach your conclusion, be it good or bad.

It may look like all the others that have come before it, but play it for any length of time and you'll quickly find that it's anything but.

Atelier Ayesha Plus is one of the best Atelier games available.

More items, more crafting, missions, Final Bosses, characters and costumes, but basically the same game that we played two years ago, this Atelier Ayesha Plus is certainly the definitive edition of The Alchemist of the Dusk, but it's better suited to new fans who haven't played the original yet, and die hard fans that love the lovely and sweet Ayesha Altugle.

Another great RPG port from PS3 to PS Vita. The new features added are a welcome plus.

We get more content in a portable experience. It's not a revolution, but it keeps the soul of the series.

I enjoyed my time with Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk. From the fun, turn-based combat system to the deep crafting and alchemy system, The Alchemist of Dusk offers many hours of gameplay. Not only that, but the PS Vita version of the game looks surprisingly nice and has a lot of extra content, although that sometimes can at the cost of the frame rate, which does drop significantly in certain areas.

Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk is the ultimate version of the original for Playstation 3. It offer interesting new contents, although Spanish isn't one of them. If you already have the original games, there won't be many reasons to get it.

Not the best in the series, but packed full of new exclusive extras that make a return visit well worth it.

An enhanced port of the PS3 role-playing game, the first entry of the Dusk trilogy and an affordable chance to initiate ourselves in this world.

Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk looks good and has a great crafting system, but it pales in comparison to Atelier Rorona.

The Alchemist of Dusk manages to stand out from the rest of the Atelier series and serves as an excellent RPG option for anyone with a PS Vita.

While some of the former issues remain, Atelier Ayesha still has a charm, feel, and execution to it that deserves another audience.

Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk doesn’t significantly subtract from or add to the original 2013 release. It does, however, incorporate some new elements that do just enough to make this the more complete edition of the game. It still lacks depth due to Gust’s mission to streamline much of the series’ nuances so as to rope in new players and broaden the title’s appeal, sacrificing some of what gives Atelier its identity.

A solid JRPG, which suffers from the occasional frame rate drop; it seems the developer Gust were so focused on adding costumes, they neglected to optimize it for the PS Vita’s hardware.

Even with the story's odd consistency and dialog was translated by an all-work-no-play intern, the mechanics make up the difference and make this a fun time-waster.

Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk is a solid port from Gust, which adds another Atelier game to the PlayStation Vita.

While this feels considerably inferior to the PlayStation 3 version, and it's still worth checking out if you missed it the first time around.

Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk offers the perfect start for fledgling apothecaries. However, while its features are vastly improved over titles in the previous trilogy, its combat system is outshined by successor Escha & Logy. Thankfully, for those playing exclusively on the Vita, this issue can be cast aside, and you'll find an in-depth storyline with oodles of character development here.