Kamidori Alchemy Meister

Hello!

It has been a while since I wrote anything. I have been playing a lot of games but I've lacked the motivation to write about them. Anyways the next game I'm going to talk about is a fun one that I first played back when I was in high school. I never got to finish it and I'm still in the very beginning but I hope that this time I'll beat the game!

Kamidori Alchemy Meister is a visual novel/SRPG located in the city of Yuidora where the main character Wilfred lives. The game begins with him taking his first steps towards becoming an alchemist, which is a pretty common trade in Yuidora. He's inherited his parents' workshop, who have unfortunately passed away, so he has a pretty good idea what to do next - open up his parents' old shop. In order to gather resources and improve his skills as an alchemist Wil needs guards to defend him in dungeons (he is a pretty shitty fighter in the beginning). Servalwi, Emelita and Yuela all have their different reasons for joining the party and they are the first guards you acquire in the game.

I personally enjoy this game very much even though I suck at strategy games. So far the game hasn't been that difficult so even a SRPG-noob like I can manage. Going in dungeons has simple rules. The map is crawling with monsters and their goal is to reach your homebase, so keep an eye on it. In order to win you must reach a specific condition, such as eliminate all monsters or reach 100% control over the map. Battles are quite straight forward. For instance Yuela is a melee fighter so you need to get close to a monster before attacking, but a ranger like Servalwi can attack from a few tiles away. Once you enter a battle you take turns with the enemy hitting one another. Pretty simple like I said. The most important thing is to find all the hidden resources and treasures, since you need to be crafting new stuff for your store and characters.

When you're in the city you have a chance to manage your shop. You may remodel it or even expand the rooms, which is also one of the requirements for reaching the next alchemy class and chapter in the game. The most important thing you have to do outside of dungeons is craft. Your sales are very low right in the beginning but it's still important to keep your shelves full. Your shop also needs a salesperson and you can either hire one or assign someone from your team to that task. I prefer keeping Servalwi, Yuela and Emelita in my team so I've given the store clerk job to my other characters. Also, the game is not all action (remember the visual novel part) and every once in a while you may find different events around the city, which may involve new quests, advancing the storyline or just deepening the relationship between your characters.

Speaking of relationships, this game is rated 18 so obviously there is going to be some exposure of the skin and more later on. I am in the beginning of the game like I mentioned so I'm not entirely sure how many romantic choices you have in the game. The first three are a given but if you take a look at the CG gallery there are many others that are possibly romance-able. I've already taken a liking to Servalwi so I think I'm gonna go with her. She's kind and sweet while Yuela is cold and Emelita looks like a 12-year-old... So my choice was pretty obvious from the beginning.

 There's so much to this game but for some reason I can't think of anything else to say. I haven't written in ages so I feel like I'm a bit rusty after such a long break. Anyways I'll be returning with a new game later, hopefully sooner than this time.