Review: Atelier Ryza: Ever Darkness & the Secret Hideout (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt S. 

I've got to say this upfront; Atelier Ryza is a truly delightful game and the developer, Gust, is clearly keen to find new ways to mature the series. It has achieved that, and that's admirable. But it's also the Atelier title that has come the closest so far to losing me. There are some points of contention that I have that are, on balance, not enough to dampen my enthusiasm for Ryza, but while I was easily able to push past them, I wouldn't be honest if I said there weren't parts of this game that I really wasn't a fan of.

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