Arc of Alchemist
The desert-themed RPG is set in a ruined world with a sci-fi atmosphere, and features artwork from world renowned illustrator Yoshitaka Amano, as well as a scenario written by Yukinori Kitajima of 428: Shibuya…
Arc of Alchemist is an adventure developed by Compile Heart, released 7 February 2019 on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Arc of Alchemist is
Arc of Alchemist is an adventure game developed by Compile Heart and released in 2019. It was published by CFK Co., Ltd.. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A small kingdom, no more than a hundred years old... Quinn Bravesford, for the sake of her country, leads her soldiers into battle against the swath of enemy nations. A young, daring tactictian, and an excellent commander. One year, the king declared that he would send a large-scale investigation team to the Desert of Beginnings. And so, Quinn was selected to captain this mission. Today is the commencement of the mission. In a few hours, Quinn readies herself to depart with her team. Quinn gazes at the ancient alchemic device, the Lunagear, within her hand. According to the legends of yore, once the Lunagear is equipped with the four Orbs, it will unlock the Great Power that will save…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Arc of Alchemist holds a critic score of 52 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 17 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Arc of Alchemist launched on 7 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III and Anthem. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Anthem.
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