Looking Back at the Ar Tonelico Trilogy - Tarks Gauntlet

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. |------------SOCIALS & SUPPORT-------------| https://twitter.com/TarksGauntlet https://discord.gg/9gpTaBA Amazon Wishlist https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/JE8JQCBZO3XW?ref_=wl_share Donations https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=FTCT8LH9CBBCE&currency_code=USD&source=url 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