Mana Khemia Student Alliance
Mana Khemia is the spiritual sequel to the Atelier Iris series and fourth entry in the RPG series published by NIS. Mana Khemia is different from the previous Atelier Iris games in that it’s a campus sim-style RPG, where you can interact with classmates and professors to complete academic quests. You play as Vayne Aurelius, a novice alchemist who was invited to attend Al Revis Academy. At the academy Vayne academy, you will meet human and not so human alchemists, and together you will solve the mysteries of alchemy. You will discover and create items, weapons, and even character stats through the use of alchemy. Everything you find in the field is used to craft items with alchemy; you can fish, hunt, dig, & search for new ingredients (over 400 items/ingredients are available) Multiplayer functions – offline co-op multiplayer (2 players); multi-cartridge multiplayer
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars great game, but slow.
This is a great game! Unfortunately, when it was converted from ps2 to psp, it got slow with frequent load times.
4 Stars Don’t undermind it…
This game is actually really good. I have alot of fun with the battle system and the cool graphics. It can be a little frustrating when it has to load but if you have patience, it’s all worth it. Most people bad mouth the game but it’s actually a good buy. I feel that it uses some of the PSP’s potential very well…Unlike most games on the market. If you’re looking for a great JRPG (Japanese Role-Playing Game), or just a great RPG in general…GET IT!
4 Stars Good game
I find this to be a great game for the portable space. If you love games where you can synthesize items, this is for you. Great for fans of Atelier games. Combat takes getting used to but it’s fun. Load times happen often, but if you load part to the memory on the PSP it goes faster and it isn’t as bad as reviewers say. I don’t think they had the load to memory function maybe? The best part though is the synthesizing of items you can change them a lot and come up with new stuff by changing the recipes you have. This in turn opens up your stats and makes you more powerful 
It’s fun.
2 Stars Disappointed
I played this game on the PS2 and when I saw they were porting it to the PSP I was excited. I recieved the game and dug in, hoping to score all A’s on my classes. The game is an exact port which is great. I love the syntesis and class schedule along with the story line of each of the characters.
I am however very disappointed about the load times and the way the game freezes, and ‘hick ups’ as you play. I’ve many times feared that the game had frozen completely and I would have to restart from an old save. While still a good game, it makes me unsure if the portablity is worth the hick ups. If you don’t mind them, as they do seem to be mostly when you first load a screen then buy the game.
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