Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana (2004) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is a Turn-Based RPG and with alchemy gameplay and story components. It is the 6th core Atelier game and the first game in the Iris series, being the first Ateleir game to be released…

83 27 May 2004

What Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is an adventure game developed by Gust and released in 2004. It was published by Koei. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

"Regallzine. A world sustained by the Great Spirit Mana and its elemental powers. Every substance and object in this world is formed by the elements. People lived under the protection and guidance of the Mana. To the people of Regallzine Mana is exist as part of nature like the wind and trees. However, there are a few select people capable of creating something out of nothing using the powers of Mana called alchemist. Klein Kiesling age 17, grandson of Dafune a famous alchemist, embarks on a journey with Popo the Mana of wood, after his grandmother´s death, to surpass her as an alchemist. Walking through the dark forest of South Esvior, Klein encounters a vicious monster. Klein bravely…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy and romance. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Atelier series

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana is the 13th of 85 entries we hold in the Atelier series. It arrived 11 months after Viorate no Atelier: Gramnad no Renkinjutsushi 2. The next entry was Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny in 2005. Its critic score of 83 is 11 points above the series average of 72. The highest-rated entry is Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland at 90.

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How it was received

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 78% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 13 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 13 hrs.

What it launched against

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana launched on 27 May 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Silent Hill 4: The Room. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, Silent Hill 4: The Room.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer