Atelier Rorona: Difference between revisions

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However one fine day a rather grim-looking fellow named Sterk arrives at her atelier and tells her that the government no longer believes alchemy to be that necessary to life anymore what with steam technology and all that show, and that the atelier will soon be closed down, bad show! However if Rorona's able to prove otherwise by completing certain important requests within a three-year period, then the shop may be allowed to stay open.

 

 

 

Spot of <s> tea</s> [[Trademark Favourite Food|pie]], old chap?

 

* [[Badass Cape]]: In blue and green flavors for Gio and Sterk, respectively. Gio's may qualify as more of a [[Badass Longcoat]], however.

* [[Brain Bleach]]: This is more or less Rorona's reaction upon finding out how homunculus is made.

* [[Chef of Iron]]: Iksel.

* [[Cooking Duel]]: Rorona vs. Iksel, as part of Iksel's character events.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Half of the game's playable characters manage to avoid this, using swords, staves, knuckles and the like. The other half?... let's see, Lionela fights with ''puppets'', Iksel uses a ''frying pan'', and Gio is awesome enough to use a ''cane that doubles as a sword''. That fills out the quota nicely.

* [[Item Crafting]]: It's an Atelier game, so the core mechanic returns. ''Rorona'' uses a system somewhat similar to that found in ''Atelier Violet'' but modified for ease-of-use.

* [[Low Fantasy]]: The only "standard" element of low fantasy missing is the "grittiness". ''Atelier Rorona'' is as non-epic as a videogame can get, the setting is dominated completely by humanity ( {{spoiler|in fact, a sidequest elaborates on how the traditional fairies of the Atelier universe feel incredibly threatened by Arland's technological advances}}), the "alchemy" is based on scientific principles, and the setting of the game is tightly confined to Arland City and its environs within no more than a week or two's march. This game brought the ''Atelier'' series back to its low fantasy roots in full.

* [[Mistaken for Cheating]]: Happens to Rorona's father when Hom introduces him/herself as Rorona's brother/sister.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: As noted above, Rorona has a thing for pie (which of course leads to the fans [[Perverse Sexual Lust|making horrible jokes at her expense]]); there's even [[Multiple Endings|an ending]] that has her becoming the best pie chef in Arland.

* [[Trickster Mentor]]: Astrid.

* [[Victorian Britain]]: Obviously not actually Britain, but the architecture, technology and costume design clearly riff off of 19th-century British culture. The music also takes a ton of celtic cues, and Ken Nakagawa even used several legitimate celtic instruments in composing the music.

** Notable in that this is a first for an Atelier title; most of Rorona's predecessors could be best described, perhaps, as "[[The Renaissance|Renaissance]] [[Medieval European Fantasy|European Fantasy]]".

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