Crafting - 10/10

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Characters - 9/10

The sisters were great. Their interplay was really funny most of the time, and occasionally touching as they talked about their dead mom and deadbeat dad. The cast kept growing with Mysterious series regulars and they all added soemthing to the story. Some were playable, some just shops or help. Alt was pointless.

Pacing/Gameplay Loop - 10/10

I really liked this. There was a chapter system, but even the pacing in the chapters was great. First you would need to do some checklist stuff to raise your reputation. Once that was high enough, you'd get an Exam to rank up the Atelier. Also, a new painting and new overworld area would appear. Nice loop.

Battle System - 8/10

It took a while to get more powerful and not feel so helpless against random mobs. Wish it'd have started a bit better, but ocne Firis joins, you can start feeling very powerful. There's a repeateable EXP quest that helped level up and fell better. Turn-based and nice follow-ups from Firis were the best.