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Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings

The 19th main game in the Atelier franchise and third game in the Mysterious game trilogy. The game features two main characters and changes some of the previous game's systems. A new crafting feature, called…

74 21 December 2017

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is an adventure developed by Gust, released 21 December 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is an adventure game developed by Gust and released in 2017. It was published by Koei Tecmo. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

This story begins in a small atelier in the town of Merveille, the capital of the Adalet Kingdom, where two young twin sisters live. They study alchemy while helping their father, an alchemist, to run the atelier, and they share a common dream... ... to run the best atelier in the country. However, there is a big gap between the reality of their abilities and their dream. They have a long way to go yet, and the days flow by while the girls' impatience only grows. On one of such days, the twins' path leads them to a certain painting. Inside that painting, they find a mystical unknown world. A world full of various ingredients for their craft. Perhaps, this chance meeting with a mysterious…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are business and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 50 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Atelier series

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings is the 46th of 85 entries we hold in the Atelier series. It arrived 9 months after Warriors All-Stars. The next entry was Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland DX in 2018. Its critic score of 74 is 2 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 Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Core i5 2.6GHz or better, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX550Ti or better, 1280x720. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings launched on 21 December 2017, within three weeks of Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition and OKAMI HD. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition, OKAMI HD.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings — frequently asked questions

When did Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings come out?
Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings was released on 21 December 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings?
At minimum, Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings needs Core i5 2.6GHz or better, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX550Ti or better, 1280x720 graphics, 25 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Atelier Lydie & Suelle: The Alchemists and the Mysterious Paintings?
The PC system requirements give two figures: the minimum line says "25 GB available space" and the recommended line says "30 GB available space". Plan for the larger one, since the developer has not said which is current. Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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