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[ohlawd]

Teleporters suck. Eridanus, never forget.

stop, we must never utter the E word

not related to actual spoilers

Spoiler

SJ is a better game than EO3

 

[spiritfox]

stop, we must never utter the E word

not related to actual spoilers

Spoiler

SJ is a better game than EO3

Prince of bad taste.

Other than your avatar.

 

[ohlawd]

Prince of bad taste.

Other than your avatar.

sorry man but liking my avatar gives me infinite positive vibes. I can be the king of horrible taste and I'd still feel good

and I'm not crazy. SJ is too good. I can count 4 games that Atlus has made that is better than it

 

[spiritfox]

sorry man but liking my avatar gives me infinite positive vibes. I can be the king of horrible taste and I'd still feel good

and I'm not crazy. SJ is too good. I can count 4 games that Atlus has made that is better than it

Akane is the better girl thou.

 

[Zweizer]

SJ is good, but feels clunkier than EO1, which is something.

 

[SliceSabre]

I heard someone insult EO3.

 

[Zweizer]

Some news for the EU folks (including myself):

NIS America to no longer publish Atlus games in Europe

Publisher NIS America will no longer be releasing games from Japanese firm Atlus in Europe, MCV can reveal.

That’s according to NIS America MD Takuro Yamashita, who said that since Atlus was purchased by Sega it has becoming increasingly difficult to work together.

Not only does this mean that Atlus titles will not be published in Europe by NIS America; titles from the latter will not be distributed by the former in America.

In the past, NIS America has released titles such as Persona 4 Golden, Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: The Fafnir Knight and Persona Q on the behalf of Atlus in Europe.

"Around ten days ago, we terminated our alliance with Atlus in Europe and the US," Yamashita told MCV.

"Atlus became very picky about selecting the European publishing partner after it was bought by Sega. It always cherry picked its EU publishing partner based on who offered the highest minimum guarantee on a title by title basis. I noticed that it was very difficult for NIS America to establish an equal-partnership with Atlus.

"Atlus and its European games have contributed a lot to the expansion of NIS America in Europe. I would like to express my greatest appreciation to them for that."

Link to thread.

 

[SliceSabre]

Would of thought them getting bought by Sega would have made things better, not worse. I wonder what's happening over there?

 

[Zweizer]

>Sega
>Better

 

[ohlawd]

why is everyone such a Debbie downer

what if Sega's gonna start distributing EU games there





in a century

 

[spiritfox]

Making way for SEGA of Europe obs.

 

[ohlawd]

srsly tho EU kinda sucks. you know you got a problem when the top selling games in the continent are somehow even worse than the shit we buy here in NA. I think we just lucked out when Atlus made sure to publish their games here. we somehow buy enough of the niche stuff even when Hallway Simulator: The Game - Now With Guns Edition goes on to sell a bajllion copies

why's everyone taste so bad

 

[E_Darkness]

The horrid dread of no Etrian Odyssey V in Europe.

I might draw an eye patch on Gunner-chan. Punished Venom Gunner

Spoiler

headcanon for Dragoon

 

[ohlawd]

The horrid dread of no Etrian Odyssey V in Europe.

I'll buy two copies. one for me and the other to make up for you

wait, three copies. one digital, one physical (CE pls) and a spirit copy for you

 

[Grim Patron]

You all act like just having Atlus games release late and having to import is a problem. Try thinking about people (like me) who live in regions that don't even have Nintendo and publishers rarely release any Japanese games here. EVERYTHING has to be imported. Consoles (for nintendo), games, etc.

 

[kanamechan]

actually dude after owning a phone for the past little while, I think I'm okay with a mobile future. and there's always PC

gacha tho? even better. that means I can throw Atlus all my money

Actually, there already was such an EO game. It was gacha based, too.
http://imgur.com/8B4mrzu

Let's just say that it had a run-in with the most dangerous FOE of them all.

 

[ohlawd]

Actually, there already was such an EO game. It was gacha based, too.
http://imgur.com/8B4mrzu

Let's just say that it had a run-in with the most dangerous FOE of them all.

she's cute

 

[kagamin]

>Sega
>Better

*Sega*
*Project Diva*

No lies detected.

 

[kanamechan]

she's cute

I give you that. The one creative thing the game did!
http://gamelive.jp/img/thread/information/sekaiju/世界樹の迷宮Sキャラ.png
Here, have a bigger version.

 

[Rutger]

Teleporters suck. Eridanus, never forget.

EOIII's teleporters were cool. They were more like those moving platforms we always see, except designed in a way that allows land that can be explored to exist in-between the start and end point.

Eridanus sucked because we couldn't draw our own map.

 

[Ranmo]

I'm finally going to give this series a shot. Was wondering. I'm not going to buy all of the games ( I mean that is subject to change) but should I jump in with iv or should I start with EO2U?

 

[jonjonaug]

I'm finally going to give this series a shot. Was wondering. I'm not going to buy all of the games ( I mean that is subject to change) but should I jump in with iv or should I start with EO2U?

Start with EOIV if you want to jump straight into a "classic" style make-your-own-party experience, start with EOU1 if you want to dip your toes in with a prebuilt party first. EOU2 has several quality of life improvements that might make it hard to go back to IV afterward. There was a good bit of time in IV where I was adjusting to the slower speed, some quirks with the map drawing that EOU irons out, and lack of floor jump. But it's not SO bad and IV is still a great enough game to be played after Untold 2.

 

[kagamin]

I'm finally going to give this series a shot. Was wondering. I'm not going to buy all of the games ( I mean that is subject to change) but should I jump in with iv or should I start with EO2U?

Play 4 because that walk speed tho.

 

[Zweizer]

Both are fine, though EO4 is more well-balanced with better mechanics, yet lacks some of the QoL improvements of the Untold series. Pick whichever suits you best.

(Best way to start is with Untold 1 Classic mode in Expert difficulty.)

 

[Ranmo]

Alright, thank you all for the information and quick responses. Ill sit on it and then buy one of the games once I'm home from work.

 

[omlet]

(Best way to start is with Untold 1 Classic mode in Expert difficulty.)

This is the truth btw

 

[jonjonaug]

EOIV is also only ten dollars on the eShop right now in the USA, if that matters to you.

 

[Ranmo]

EOIV is also only ten dollars on the eShop right now in the USA, if that matters to you.

No way. I was gona buy it for 25 off amazon. Well then. I guess the choice has been made.

Thanks for the tip.

 

[E_Darkness]

EOIII's teleporters were cool. They were more like those moving platforms we always see, except designed in a way that allows land that can be explored to exist in-between the start and end point.

Eridanus sucked because we couldn't draw our own map.

Why must a series that prides itself on drawing maps make it hard for me to draw maps?

 

[kagamin]

No way. I was gona buy it for 25 off amazon. Well then. I guess the choice has been made.

Thanks for the tip.

Them Atlus EShop sales, phew.

 

[spiritfox]

lol granny Hound.

Also Goth Loli Reapers.

Looks like class promotion is the new mechanic?

 

[Parakeetman]

In order to raise popularity with the series SEGA is gonna go hire Western devs to make the next EO...

 

[Zweizer]

Inko pls

 

[jonjonaug]

The male necromancer looks like a romance novel stock image cover, I love it.

 

[spiritfox]

The male necromancer looks like a romance novel stock image cover, I love it.

Little disappointed, was hoping for more Skeletor than Fabio.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Little disappointed, was hoping for more Skeletor than Fabio.

Yep.

The male characters in general look pretty bland. There are a few exceptions, but the female characters just have a lot more flair to them.

 

[Pureauthor]

The reaper male alt looks like he stepped out SMT4Apocalypse

 

[Weebos]

Looking at the new scans, does that mean the initial Reaper art we had was for a male?

I love the male Necros so much.

The old woman Hound is also excellent.

Also, pure speculation: Perhaps instead of unlocking a few classes as you progress in the dungeons you will unlock more race/class combos.

 

[Nachos]

Not feeling a lot of the default color combinations. Hopefully some good palette swaps can liven up some of the more dull designs.

Looking at the new scans, does that mean the initial Reaper art we had was for a male.

Himukai confirmed it when he posted the rough sketch of the first Famitsu cover. Every character there was labeled with their class name and gender.

 

[omlet]

New scans? At work atm can't go digging for them :\

Spoiler

hint hint

 

[Parakeetman]

Inko pls

You know the new lords of Atlus would do it if they had the chance to rake in easy cash lol. D:

 

[TriggerShy]

In any other RPG, all the Necromancer designs would make perfect villains.

I'm really liking the Hound designs.

 

[E_Darkness]

That other female Necromancer...

[heavy sweating]

 

[Rutger]

Himukai's artstyle has really improved as he worked on this series.

Those old class portraits from EOI/II look really plain in comparison.

 

[Scher]

The bunny boy hounds are great. I just want a party full of them.

Also, mmm, the long haired male necromancer is pretty nice, too.

 

[E_Darkness]

The bunny boy hounds are great. I just want a party full of them.

Also, mmm, the long haired male necromancer is pretty nice, too.

censored nips

 

[ohlawd]

I don't know which of the two girl Reapers I prefer.

something tells me I should just put both in my team.

 

[FluxWaveZ]

Looking at the new scans, does that mean the initial Reaper art we had was for a male?

Relatedly, Famitsu is saying that genders aren't made explicit officially, so if you as the player wants to think a character is female, then they're female.

 

[Modest Mauser]

Relatedly, Famitsu is saying that genders aren't made explicit officially, so if you as the player wants to think a character is female, then they're female.

Makes sense since it seems you can pair any of the voices with any portrait.

 

[SliceSabre]

Bunnygirl/boy team all the way.