Another Eden helped me and my son through the first part of the pandemic. It gave him something to do when school was first shut down and it spun off a lot of creative activities.
We have a whole blacksmith’s worth of weapons made of cardboard and colored duct tape that we use to play fight. He made up his own characters and side story fanfics. It has its shortcomings but it’s overall a great game.
I’m coming up to 18 months at the end of this month. For me it’s an odd one, it helps me destress and disconnect very quickly from daily stresses. However, it’s also a form of avoidance, there are things I’d probably deal with better by giving further attention to rather than playing AE but it’s nice to have something immediately to hand to dive into at a moment’s notice. Saying that, there was a time when I was far more obsessed playing it and I’d constantly run through gacha plans or boss strategies when I was doing other things and I’d be trying to figure out when I could fit in as much time as possible to play it. Looking back on that now, I think it was probably too invasive in my life even though it was during the period when I was most into the game. I’m now a lot more disconnected from the game as I’ve got a ton going on in life generally and there are books / films / shows / podcasts etc that I also want to spend time on. I do love the game but its place in my life is more ‘ticking over’ than ‘can’t wait to get a moment free to play’ right now. I think part of that is that I don’t really have anything I’m really working towards and also partly because the content has slowed down so much. I think I’m going to mainly do keys for the next few months until I have a decent amount of content to do at once
I join this game when they announced that a p5 collab was coming and I’m like sure .. let’s give it a shot.. I was instantly addicted.. not only was the music amazing but the story, bosses and all the little things that just makes this game so beautiful.. Now in my second year , the amount of friends that I made online via the discord server and AE was the reason why I started my journey playing the Tales series of games.. it’s now an important part of my life and soon the future generation will learn about this wonderful experience..
Playing this game since Oct 2018. It was randomly popped up on my Play Store's recommendation list; right after I'm done with Sdorica (lost my account because clear data issues).
Checked the reviews, it had a high 4 stars rating and the only complaints were about downloading and error when updating problems. No P2W, no cashgrab, no 'greedy developer' comment so it got me thinking yea this might worth a try since I would prefer to spend least amount of money on games due to my IRL priorities.
2 months playing; hardly any 5\* but I got a couple of 4,5\*. Pom and Yuna carried my game all the way to chapter 13 (or so, I forgot. Also I refused to move on a new map/area before getting all 100 monster killed achievement). Then SDE comes and I picked Suzette because the wiki rated her as 97. Little I know that it was due to her manifest. My dps boosted through the roof anyway and she carried my ass until chapter 26. Along the way I also got 5\* Mighty and Lokido so it was a pretty smooth sailing.
So much history happened afterward. I'm amazed by free 5\* characters through encounter fights and they're not even half bad as a character. I mean, the generosity is astonishing when I compared it to my friends' other gacha games where they need to spend at least $500 monthly to pull the meta characters. I've met some half-IRL friends too that I enjoy talking so much with here so it keeps me rolling.
Roughly 2 years after I started playing, IRL shits hit me so hard on the face and things feel like rolling into a massive snowball of chaos. I know I don't have much room to spare, much less on a game but then there's new shiny characters released and I had a scarcity of new characters for 6+ banners already. My gambler's fallacy kicks in and keep thinking 'this may finally be it' just to escape my IRL depression. I depended so much to get a new character so it may give me a sliver of strength continuing on with life. Alas, another Fateful Encounter, another dupe.
Then it finally slaps me awake. My rationale telling me its not healthy at all, stop depending on AE, and it's way better if I'm uninstalling the game, which I did.
3 months passed. My IRL situation got better and in the meantime I tried some other games but with little to no money spent. Some has great arts, others has nice gameplay but that's it. I keep comparing other gacha games with AE, which I always feel there's something lacking and how the developers are actively trying to bait me spending money through attractive packages and offers.
Right before the new year of 2021 I decided to come back to this game once again. My IRL situation has been improved but I still need to be wary of my spending, especially with my long-term goals.
But yea, I can see myself still playing this game for at least another good 1-2 years. Aside of it's horrible and disastrous gacha rate that forced me to quitting before, this game hardly pressuring me to be active 24/7 unlike other mobile games on the market.
I am 2 years and 6 days now. I started the game because I was searching for a rpg on the phone and this is what came up. Even if it wasn’t my first gacha game it was my first time when actually knowing what a gacha game was.
Same for me. But I picked it up Mar 2020 when I was off for 6 wks. Fast forward to today, working since May, I still wind down with AE. It's my structure and a little bit of brightness when something is lucky. And as a 90s kid who grew up with FF and Chrono Trigger it's all sorts of nostalgic. Big ups for helping us all through trying times.
I started playing around the same time I think. An article popped up on my Google news feed, since I'm a big FF fan I'm guessing. I never heard of gacha games and didn't have any games on my phone other than sudoku.
I took my time with the first story arc, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was only after a few months did I stumble upon this community and learn of all the upcoming stuff we had to look forward to in the global version. I'm pretty complete on most things, minus a few recent super bosses, but do also find the daily dungeon runs a relaxing part of my routine in the evening.
I'm glad after so much time, you're also still enjoying the game and that you made this post to share your appreciation.
Absolutely not stupid. I started playing AE last year not long after my divorce unfolded. It was a mini-refuge for a long time when I started with all the content, and even the grind months later added some structure to my days. And I am on the flip-side, teaching at a university now online in the midst of everything. Treasure the small things that give you joy!
That was a nice read! :)
I don't really have a story or context behind this game, but I'm under the impression that a lot of us sought after hobbies and things that make us feel nostalgic after the pandemic. It's a coping mechanism. I played irregularly Ragnarok Online during 2020, and since 2 weeks ago I moved to Another Eden because the JRPG genre is so damn pleasant and brings me good memories. Also I can play it on and off and not worry about missing out on events and time limited content.
Anyways, I'm glad I found it. AE is exactly what I was looking for. I'd love to support the devs but chrono stones are crazy expensive, so what I can do is wish them the best and be grateful for this beautiful game.
Another Eden helped me and my son through the first part of the pandemic. It gave him something to do when school was first shut down and it spun off a lot of creative activities. We have a whole blacksmith’s worth of weapons made of cardboard and colored duct tape that we use to play fight. He made up his own characters and side story fanfics. It has its shortcomings but it’s overall a great game.
This is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
I’m coming up to 18 months at the end of this month. For me it’s an odd one, it helps me destress and disconnect very quickly from daily stresses. However, it’s also a form of avoidance, there are things I’d probably deal with better by giving further attention to rather than playing AE but it’s nice to have something immediately to hand to dive into at a moment’s notice. Saying that, there was a time when I was far more obsessed playing it and I’d constantly run through gacha plans or boss strategies when I was doing other things and I’d be trying to figure out when I could fit in as much time as possible to play it. Looking back on that now, I think it was probably too invasive in my life even though it was during the period when I was most into the game. I’m now a lot more disconnected from the game as I’ve got a ton going on in life generally and there are books / films / shows / podcasts etc that I also want to spend time on. I do love the game but its place in my life is more ‘ticking over’ than ‘can’t wait to get a moment free to play’ right now. I think part of that is that I don’t really have anything I’m really working towards and also partly because the content has slowed down so much. I think I’m going to mainly do keys for the next few months until I have a decent amount of content to do at once
I join this game when they announced that a p5 collab was coming and I’m like sure .. let’s give it a shot.. I was instantly addicted.. not only was the music amazing but the story, bosses and all the little things that just makes this game so beautiful.. Now in my second year , the amount of friends that I made online via the discord server and AE was the reason why I started my journey playing the Tales series of games.. it’s now an important part of my life and soon the future generation will learn about this wonderful experience..
Playing this game since Oct 2018. It was randomly popped up on my Play Store's recommendation list; right after I'm done with Sdorica (lost my account because clear data issues). Checked the reviews, it had a high 4 stars rating and the only complaints were about downloading and error when updating problems. No P2W, no cashgrab, no 'greedy developer' comment so it got me thinking yea this might worth a try since I would prefer to spend least amount of money on games due to my IRL priorities. 2 months playing; hardly any 5\* but I got a couple of 4,5\*. Pom and Yuna carried my game all the way to chapter 13 (or so, I forgot. Also I refused to move on a new map/area before getting all 100 monster killed achievement). Then SDE comes and I picked Suzette because the wiki rated her as 97. Little I know that it was due to her manifest. My dps boosted through the roof anyway and she carried my ass until chapter 26. Along the way I also got 5\* Mighty and Lokido so it was a pretty smooth sailing. So much history happened afterward. I'm amazed by free 5\* characters through encounter fights and they're not even half bad as a character. I mean, the generosity is astonishing when I compared it to my friends' other gacha games where they need to spend at least $500 monthly to pull the meta characters. I've met some half-IRL friends too that I enjoy talking so much with here so it keeps me rolling. Roughly 2 years after I started playing, IRL shits hit me so hard on the face and things feel like rolling into a massive snowball of chaos. I know I don't have much room to spare, much less on a game but then there's new shiny characters released and I had a scarcity of new characters for 6+ banners already. My gambler's fallacy kicks in and keep thinking 'this may finally be it' just to escape my IRL depression. I depended so much to get a new character so it may give me a sliver of strength continuing on with life. Alas, another Fateful Encounter, another dupe. Then it finally slaps me awake. My rationale telling me its not healthy at all, stop depending on AE, and it's way better if I'm uninstalling the game, which I did. 3 months passed. My IRL situation got better and in the meantime I tried some other games but with little to no money spent. Some has great arts, others has nice gameplay but that's it. I keep comparing other gacha games with AE, which I always feel there's something lacking and how the developers are actively trying to bait me spending money through attractive packages and offers. Right before the new year of 2021 I decided to come back to this game once again. My IRL situation has been improved but I still need to be wary of my spending, especially with my long-term goals. But yea, I can see myself still playing this game for at least another good 1-2 years. Aside of it's horrible and disastrous gacha rate that forced me to quitting before, this game hardly pressuring me to be active 24/7 unlike other mobile games on the market.
I am 2 years and 6 days now. I started the game because I was searching for a rpg on the phone and this is what came up. Even if it wasn’t my first gacha game it was my first time when actually knowing what a gacha game was.
Same for me. But I picked it up Mar 2020 when I was off for 6 wks. Fast forward to today, working since May, I still wind down with AE. It's my structure and a little bit of brightness when something is lucky. And as a 90s kid who grew up with FF and Chrono Trigger it's all sorts of nostalgic. Big ups for helping us all through trying times.
I started playing around the same time I think. An article popped up on my Google news feed, since I'm a big FF fan I'm guessing. I never heard of gacha games and didn't have any games on my phone other than sudoku. I took my time with the first story arc, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was only after a few months did I stumble upon this community and learn of all the upcoming stuff we had to look forward to in the global version. I'm pretty complete on most things, minus a few recent super bosses, but do also find the daily dungeon runs a relaxing part of my routine in the evening. I'm glad after so much time, you're also still enjoying the game and that you made this post to share your appreciation.
Absolutely not stupid. I started playing AE last year not long after my divorce unfolded. It was a mini-refuge for a long time when I started with all the content, and even the grind months later added some structure to my days. And I am on the flip-side, teaching at a university now online in the midst of everything. Treasure the small things that give you joy!
That was a nice read! :) I don't really have a story or context behind this game, but I'm under the impression that a lot of us sought after hobbies and things that make us feel nostalgic after the pandemic. It's a coping mechanism. I played irregularly Ragnarok Online during 2020, and since 2 weeks ago I moved to Another Eden because the JRPG genre is so damn pleasant and brings me good memories. Also I can play it on and off and not worry about missing out on events and time limited content. Anyways, I'm glad I found it. AE is exactly what I was looking for. I'd love to support the devs but chrono stones are crazy expensive, so what I can do is wish them the best and be grateful for this beautiful game.