Review: Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (Reviewed on PS4, also Switch/PC)

It's been a short while since I finished my Atelier Sophie 2 experience and I'm happy to have gotten all my thoughts together to share exactly why I loved it! Hope you enjoy my review, let me know your Sophie 2 thoughts in the comments!

Games featured:

Atelier Sophie 2: the Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (review code provided with thanks to publisher)

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Time Codes:

0:00 Intro
1:23 Premise
2:36 Gameplay and Exploration (A Mysterious Journey)
7:48 Story and Replayability (A Wonderful Party)
10:43 Closing Thoughts

[HybridAngelZero]

I fell in love with the original game, and I'm so looking forward to picking this up to spend more time with Sophie on a new adventure.
As a side note, Gust's games this generation just look absolutely gorgeous, they are all wizards I swear xD

[DavidRBrown]

So far, this is the most enjoyable JRPG this year. The only thing I would have liked more of was more young Plachta - OG Plachta interactions... but perhaps there will be more in the DLC.

[paulofsurrey]

I must admit this was my first Atelier game and regret not trying them before. It's a great example of a modern turn based jrpg. I was impressed with the battle system, mapping, weather changing in particular. I spent quite a while at the alchemy but crafting powerful items was satisfying. Hopefully they continue this standard in subsequent games.

[alanwattie]

This game exceeded my expectations in every way by bringing my favorite elements from Mysterious(crafting, recipe unlocking, paired attacks)and Ryza (individual growth quests, landmarks encouraging exploration, gathering tools). Really enjoyed all the characters and feel like they really did a great job in an area I feel a lot of Jrpgs fall short in which is the characters’ relationships with each other and not just the protagonist. Loved the story and the world and was also sad to finish it. A little nervous that Gust may have painted themselves into a corner as I don’t think they can top this and I’m going to be mildly disappointed in some manner with future titles whether the characters aren’t as liked, battle system not quite as good, etc. but only time will tell.

[marcsm]

I love this game. Not only it went back to the turn based battles (I strongly disliked Ryza's combat system), it presented my favorite cast of characters in the entire series. And I love the soundtrack.

[WilliamHungVEVO]

Alchemy tetris returns! By far the best alchemy system in the entire series and loads more fun than the original!

[ogun]

Can't help falling in love with Ramizel. JRPG of the year so far, and glad I finally tried the Atelier series with this one!

[CoolBoy]

Thank you for this review. I am playing through Atelier Ryza 2 now and was considering Atelier Sophie 2 as my next main entry. You answered all the questions I had so thank you. Will be getting this! 😊

[Hexentric]

Just finished Sophie 2 and I loved it, I really hope we get Atelier Ryza 3 next and after that an Escha & Logy sequel 💕

[GeminiSunrise]

I have the same feeling about sophie 2.
The cast is so great, i love every characters. Gameplay is really smooth 🤤 to be honest i did use auto alchemy since i didnt want to bother but i regret it now, i missed something there.

[neilarnold]

Another great video. Atelier is a franchise I have heard so much good things about, and need to get into it more (have one on PS2, and some on the PS3) and feel it would be a very enjoyable experience. Thank you for another wonderful watch/review. Hope you're having a great day, can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.

[DieselJT]

I cant wait to actually start playing this. I have had the collectors edition from Nisamerica but have not cracked it open yet. I do wish Koei Tecmo would bring over those AR Nosurge games that came out in Japan like a year ago. Honestly I thought we would have had localized versions of them by now.

[SKSith]

I find it really impressive that they change the gameplay this much between titles. I loved the ps2 era games, but got bored with the first 2 ps3 enteries. Having come back with Ryza and now being half way though the Ryza 3, I think I'm probably going to pick this up next year because of the change. Ryza's systems are fun, but after 3 I'm ready for something different.

[DavJoestar]

I really want to start the Atelier saga, the ones that interest me the most are Ryza and Sophie

[ComeUndone]

Love your reviews! I just recently picked this up for the switch it will be my first Atelier game!💜

[mushroomlena]

Great review like always! I cannot wait to play this game. It looks SO GORGEOUS. Gust just makes incredibly beautiful worlds.

[chrisdiokno]

While I am a bit saddened to see the dub gone, as a sequel to my first Atelier game, it's so far been amazing

[KudaGeatsune]

This game was everything I hoped a sequel would be especially with young plachta

[SleepyRulu]

Sophie Neuenmuller back making me very happy.

[Mike]

Having played through both Ryza games and now this, i definitely want to go back and try the original Sophie however i feel like the art style and gameplay mechanics in these "newer" iterations if you will definitely spoiled me and i don't know if i can go back to the older titles now lol, regardless, Sophie 2 was really fun !

Amazing review as well :) the amount of depth and detail never fails to deliver !