■ Tactical Action: Develop Various Strategies with Free Party Formation
Seamlessly Transition into Action-Based Battles
When you encounter an enemy on the field, you will seamlessly transition into action mode. The player will control Quinn and use preset “actions” to fight enemies. Since two types of actions can be set that correspond to the weapons Quinn uses, you can fight freely with your favorite battle style.
Form and Command Your Party to Fight in Strategic Battles
You will fight using a party of three characters, with party members acting automatically according to preset instructions. Since the player sets the party’s instructions, battles of even greater strategy will unfold by paying mind to cooperation with your party. You can set instructions for party members in the menu screen, as well as actions and formation.
Create Your Own Battle Style and Fight Freely
While maintaining your set formation, build your own battle style with various specifications, such as having everyone barraging the enemy with long-range magic attacks, or having them only attack as long as it does not allow the enemy a chance to attack.
A special device created using ancient technology. Quinn is the only one able to use it, and by inserting “orbs” that possess the attributes of “fire,” “water,” “wind,” and “earth,” she can control that element.
The Luna Gear can control the attributes that correspond to the orbs. Using the Luna Gear with fire orbs inserted will allow you to generate fire that damages enemies, while a Luna Gear with earth orbs inserted can produce earth blocks that act as a defensive barrier. It is through these sorts of non-standard actions that the Luna Gear offers players a different means of combat.
Also, since you can insert up to two orb types into the Luna Gear, you can use actions that combine multiple attributes, like fire and water or wind and earth, to unleash even more powerful attacks.
—Generate fire to damage the enemy.
—Create earth blocks that act as a defensive barrier.
■ A Variety of Battle Styles: Build a Strategy and Freely Fight
While Arc of Alchemist uses a battle system with simple controls, it offers various ways to fight, including actions and usable weapons, cooperating with party members, attribute attacks via the Luna Gear, and more. How you fight is up to you. Build a strategy with your favorite play style, and make your way through the mechanical desert.
—Make the defense-specialized Sandra the vanguard and draw in the enemy, have Rune support her, and have the attack-specialized Quinn exterminate the enemies with this “Tank + Healer + Attacker” style.
—Have Micah quickly attack and keep the enemies away, while Sharon and Quinn continue to fire off powerful long-range magic attacks.
Arc of Alchemist is due out for PlayStation 4 on February 7, 2019 in Japan.
