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Atelier Sophie The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book Features
BURLINGAME, Calif.—April 14, in the year of our Lord
2016—KOEI TECMO America today announced new gameplay
features and detailed pre-order bonus information for GUST’s
upcoming RPG, Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious
Book. The game will bring the charm and dreaded magic of the
long-running Atelier series to the PlayStationŽ4 computer
entertainment system for the first time on June 7, 2016, with a
simultaneous digital-only release for the PlayStationŽVita
handheld system. Families are required to pay Internet usage
fees for digital downloads.
In Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book, the
player must always be aware of two elements that greatly affect
successful mission completions and material harvesting: Time and
Weather. The time of day and the weather conditions should be
carefully considered before heading out to a mission, as some
monsters will only show themselves if the time and weather are
favorable. Similarly, some necessary materials can only be
harvested in specific times and weather conditions. Atelier
Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book also introduces a
fatigue-based Life Point system, which can weaken attacks when a
character has spent too long adventuring, gathering materials,
and/or fighting without resting (returning to the atelier).
These two new elements add to the challenging nature of this
beautiful RPG and are indicative of the reimagined gameplay
system of the Atelier universe!
Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book offers one
of two different bonus DLC packs to players who pre-order the
game from select retailers. Players who pre-order the
PlayStationŽ4 version from Amazon, GameStop, or EB Canada will
receive a DLC pack including alternate background music, the
Doll Making ‘Aqua Suit’ costume, a five-piece set of useful
materials and items to be used in synthesis and a theme. Those
who pre-order from Best Buy will receive an in-game alternate
background music pack, as well as two Atelier Sophie themes for
their PS4™ system.
Finally, those who purchase either the digital PlayStationŽ4 or
PlayStationŽVita versions from the PlayStationŽStore during its
first month of release will receive two Atelier Sophie themes,
as well as an in-game bundle of useful items boosting their
attack (uni bag), Hit Points (sweets), or Mental Points (sotea)
that can be used on their adventures.