Alchemy is forbidden where Yumia comes from, which has never once stopped an alchemist. She sets out across a ruined continent looking for the truth people would rather stayed buried.

Memory is the whole point

The game keeps circling back to what people carry with them. Yumia and the friends she picks up spend the story running into their own history, and the wins and the failures both count towards who they turn into.

Gather, mix, build

You range across open country in any direction you like, pulling in materials as you go. Synthesis turns them into gear and items, and base building lets you put down somewhere of your own and keep improving it.

Both versions in one

This buys you the PS4 and the PS5 releases. The PS5 version also carries a backpack accessory set for Yumia and Flammi, which unlocks once you have base building running and a dressing room placed.