After 27 years as a cult classic, crafting JRPG series Atelier shoots for global appeal with a seamless open-world, “action-like” combat, and a series-first housing system

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The long-running but relatively niche crafting JRPG series Atelier is aiming for mainstream, international appeal with the recently announced next entry, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land.In an interview with 4Gamer (via Automaton), producer Junzo Hosoi said there have been aspects of the Atelier series that don’t hold up to standards set by other RPGs. “I’m not sure if I should say this, but there have been aspects of Atelier games that compared unsatisfactorily to other RPGs but were forgiven due to being part of the Atelier series.” he said. “This time, we want to create a high-quality RPG that many users who have never played Atelier before will like.”Atelier Marie: The Alchemist of Salburg kicked off the series way back in 1997, and all in all, there have been a whopping 25 mainline entries and 17 spinoffs. Naturally, there’s a dedicat…