Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land

What it is

Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land is a role-playing game from Gust Co. Ltd. Its story follows Yumia and her companions as they confront memories and press onward despite uncertainty. Players explore an expansive field, gather ingredients and synthesize items from their mana and recipes. Crafted items can help with exploration and combat, while their strength depends on the ingredients selected. Real-time battles call for quick decisions and make use of two attack ranges, with skills changing as players switch between them. Synthesized items can also become weapons such as swords and spears. Players can create items in the field and build or customize a base. The game is listed for Windows and Xbox Series X|S; its Steam listing is for Windows. Steam features include single-player, achievements, full controller support, cloud saves and Family Sharing.

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Who it suits

It suits RPG players who enjoy exploring, gathering materials and crafting useful items. Players looking for real-time combat and a customizable field base may also be interested.

Atelier Yumia links exploration, synthesis and real-time combat, with crafted items useful in several parts of the journey. Base building adds another creative activity outside battles.