Has anyone played these yet?

Atelier Iris is a NIS America produced series, from GUST, a sub-series of the Atelier series and there's a Mana Khenlia game too... I think is the name... But, anyway the game is Nippon Ichi's standard 2D gaming style, as seen in Odin Sphere, Disgaea, and GrImGrImOiRe, but varies, in that it uses a battle system similiar to FFX's card-based turn system. Where your item, attack, base speed, and skill speed determine how long before you attack again. In AI1 and AI2, however, it is more of a speed-bar, where your party and enemies race to the 'action slot'. As well, it's a puzzle game, and has a lot of side-quests, mostly based around the Alchemetic system the game uses, for the creation of just about every item you'll use in the game, and even some you won't!

While Atelier Iris 1 and 2 are directly linked, AI3 suffers where it's a new setting, and fewer characters that it's predecessors, though the Blade system makes it seem as though you have 9 characters at your disposal.


If you like NIS, or puzzle-RPGs, Atelier Iris is probably a good look.