Looking Back at the Ar Tonelico Trilogy - Tarks Gauntlet

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Published on July 3, 2020 11:51:30 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFPtxUn2tfE

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Ar Tonelico Qoga (2010)

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Duration: 1:02:42

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Ar Tonelico Melody of Elemia, and Ar Tonelico Melody of Metafalica are absolute GEMS on the playstation 2!

Ar Tonelico Qoga is on playstation 3...

This series very much went under my radar over the years, but with 3 games making up this trilogy, and 2 spin-offs, Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge, both recently announced to be getting a "DX" port, it's safe to say the series has garnered something of a fanbase.

And for the most part, I now find myself among them... even considering its troubled localization history with NISA.

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0:00 -Intro and History

5:04 - Ar Tonelico 1 Story
8:58 - Ar Tonelico 2 Story
14:05 - Ar Tonelico Qoga Story

18:05 - Social Mechanics
24:17 - Writing, Characters and the effect of Fanservice

30:50 - Dungeons

35:38 - Ar Tonelico 1 Combat
38:47 - Ar Tonelico 2 Combat
42:18 - Ar Tonelico Qoga Combat

46:19 - Series Visuals
49:04 - Series Performance and Controls
51:49 - Music, Sounds, Voice overs

56:28 - Localization issues

1:00:34 - Final Scores and Closing Thoughts

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