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Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists is a spin-off of the Atelier series of games that focuses less on the crafting part and more on the administration of the alchemists' item crafting.

You play as Nelke, an aristocrat who has no talent in alchemy, but is a competent government official. Due to a series of certain events, she is involved with alchemists from the different games from the Atelier series.

However, like what I've mentioned before, do not expect this game to have the same formula as the other Atelier games as this game is more concerned in the administration of Nelke's town rather than item crafting. Administration includes item gathering, construction of buildings, material gathering (in bulk for the majority of it) circulation of goods, and finally, item crafting that your alchemists do for you.

Gameplay wise, you will spend more time book balancing than combat as you progress through the game. The combat is terribly simplistic even for Atelier game standards and majority of the crafted items are used more as your town's products rather than your characters' equipment. The main pull of the game is the characters and their interactions with each other as the game has characters that spans through the whole Atelier series franchise (including spinoffs) starting from Marie (of Atelier Marie) to the latest one (when this was made), Lydie and Suelle.

TLDR:
For fans who are looking to play the authentic Atelier games series, this game would not be for you. It doesn't have the mechanics of the usual atelier games, and it focuses on something way more different. However, for people who just want to read side stories of their favourite characters the series, I would suggest you give this a try when it's on sale (if it goes on sale) as the interactions of characters spanning the whole series are entertaining to say the least.

Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists is a spin-off of the Atelier series of games that focuses less on the crafting part and more on the administration of the alchemists' item crafting. You play as Nelke, an aristocrat who has no talent in alchemy, but is a competent government official. Due to a series of certain events, she is involved with alchemists from the different games from the Atelier series. However, like what I've mentioned before, do not expect this game to have the same formula as the other Atelier games as this game is more concerned in the administration of Nelke's town rather than item crafting. Administration includes item gathering, construction of buildings, material gathering (in bulk for the majority of it) circulation of goods, and finally, item crafting that your alchemists do for you. Gameplay wise, you will spend more time book balancing than combat as you progress through the game. The combat is terribly simplistic even for Atelier game standards and majority of the crafted items are used more as your town's products rather than your characters' equipment. The main pull of the game is the characters and their interactions with each other as the game has characters that spans through the whole Atelier series franchise (including spinoffs) starting from Marie (of Atelier Marie) to the latest one (when this was made), Lydie and Suelle. TLDR: For fans who are looking to play the authentic Atelier games series, this game would not be for you. It doesn't have the mechanics of the usual atelier games, and it focuses on something way more different. However, for people who just want to read side stories of their favourite characters the series, I would suggest you give this a try when it's on sale (if it goes on sale) as the interactions of characters spanning the whole series are entertaining to say the least.