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Etrian Odyssey Community Thread: The Ongoing Adventures of Fight and Heal

Zweizer

Banned
Is he composing for the Mystery Dungeon crossover? If not, he's only doing the arranges for EOU2, which is not that much work.

According to the official site, he is.

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Nachos

Member
Curious to see what direction EO5 will go, if the new logo is any indication. The old logos favoured old-style serifs to match a story book feel (especially with the Roman numerals). The Untold game then updated the look a little and used Arabic numerals, but this one looks even more different. The main text has transitional-style characters, so they's still relatively limited contrast between thick and thin lines, but now that V is a ridiculous modern-style serif with really exaggerated line contrast. Combine that with the English text now being included, and I'm wondering if this is their way of communicating that the series is going to drift towards a new direction.
 
I've never played a mystery dungeon game before, but if there's a solid gameplay pedigree there you can sign me right the hell up.

Does anyone know any japanese/enough japanese to know what's being said in the EOV trailer?
 

omlet

Member
Does anyone know any japanese/enough japanese to know what's being said in the EOV trailer?

I could understand bits of it but not the whole thing. I might try to piece it together to do a rough translation but I'm at work so can't make any promises about being able to spend time on it until later.
 

spiritfox

Member
FAQ could be added, and I thought about it in the first place, but wasn't sure what to put there besides some game mechanics stuff which we just ended up dedicating a section to.

With EOV announcement section added (just updated), OP is at 22722 / 24000 characters, so we could use about 1000 characters for FAQ before having to cut stuff.

Here are some questions if you need them:

1. Which game should I start with?
2. Do I need to play the previous games / Is there an overarching story?
3. Do I have to draw the map? I'm lazy.
4. Help! I can't kill Hollow Queen!
5. Are there any other (modern?) games like EO?
 

FluxWaveZ

Member
Interesting. November 24th, 2013 was Persona game announcement day, and November 24th, 2014 seems to be Etrian Odyssey game announcement day.
 

omlet

Member
Here are some questions if you need them:

1. Which game should I start with?
2. Do I need to play the previous games / Is there an overarching story?
3. Do I have to draw the map? I'm lazy.
4. Help! I can't kill Hollow Queen!
5. Are there any other (modern?) games like EO?

1 - I think this is a good idea to add (I will put EOIV and EOU as the answer unless someone makes a strong case otherwise)
2 - This is actually in the first main section of the OP.
3 - This is also in the OP already under the mapping part.
4 - This is really specific, but can add it since it does get asked a lot.
5 - I like this idea but I don't know what to put here, suggestions? Edit: Besides PersonaQ, of course.
 
Just a spin-off not like Atlus is actually gonna go in that direction with the series. And I'm not worried about EOV not being on 3DS. Most I could see is it also maybe going to Vita or WiiU and that's a long shot.
 
Just a spin-off not like Atlus is actually gonna go in that direction with the series. And I'm not worried about EOV not being on 3DS. Most I could see is it also maybe going to Vita or WiiU and that's a long shot.

EO on Wii U is my dream game but it would be the biggest flop of all time.

I'd buy 100 copies of the game if it ever comes out haha.
 

Nachos

Member
5 - I like this idea but I don't know what to put here, suggestions? Edit: Besides PersonaQ, of course.

First-person dungeon crawlers or games as close to Etrian as possible? If the latter, Generation Xth, Wizardry, and Labyrinth of Touhou are good games (and I know nothing about Touhou). I'm sure there are others, but that's all I can recall off the top of my head that haven't been mentioned.
 

omlet

Member
Wasn't there a CT for niche dungeon crawlers? I think I saw a link to it not long ago, but it was an old thread and I don't remember what it was called to search for it. It may be outdated but it could be something to link to in terms of other games at least in the same ballpark (FPDC), even if they aren't "like EO."
 

Parakeetman

No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Wasn't there a CT for niche dungeon crawlers? I think I saw a link to it not long ago, but it was an old thread and I don't remember what it was called to search for it. It may be outdated but it could be something to link to in terms of other games at least in the same ballpark (FPDC), even if they aren't "like EO."

There was a thread for western dungeon crawlers.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469298

Im still working on one for the Japanese developed ones. A bit behind schedule due to other OTs and work.

List of bunch of OTs for more recent stuff. Localized and JP Imports.

Localized
Etrian Odyssey Series Community Thread - DS / 3DS (For all localized titles.)
Elminage Gothic - PC (STEAM)
Demon Gaze - PS VITA
Strange Journey - DS
Shin Megami Tensei IV - 3DS
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth - 3DS
Elminage Original - DS (For hardcore old school Wizardry style fun, though bad localization.)
Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls - PS3 (PSN)

Import Only
Stranger of Sword City: White Palace - X360, PC, VITA (Jan 22nd 2015)
Tokyo New World Record: Operation Abyss - PS VITA
Labyrinth Cross Blood Infinity Ultimate - PS VITA
Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library And The Seal Of The Demons - PS VITA / PSP (original ver.)

There is a few other import 3DS / DS dungeon crawlers that never made it to the US also. Not sure if they have OTs here though, never looked.
 
My new favorite phrase:

There is nothing quite like Etrian Odyssey out there, not even Demon Gaze.

I enjoyed Demon Gaze, but EO is just the best dungeon crawler series I have ever played.

my PQ SE is here and it's.... it's beautiful

But I gotta wait until tomorrow to even play. Sad as fuck ;_;

I still don't know if I'll just buy it digitally or wait for my two physical copies haha.
 
I still intend to play Q, but I wanna get through the games I picked up on my newly purchased Vita first.

Then EOIV and after that Persona Q will get my purchase.
 
I still intend to play Q, but I wanna get through the games I picked up on my newly purchased Vita first.

Then EOIV and after that Persona Q will get my purchase.

I'm proud.

yeah I'm waiting for the digital release

fuck me, I could be playing right now!

It's only a day, you can do it!

I was thinking of going Risky difficulty but I'm not sure if I'm going to love PQ enough to play the whole game in the most difficult setting.
 
I still like III more, IV comes second.

I feel the same, I thought everyone knew that I consider EO3 to be the best game of the series.

Who the hell doesn't like EO3 the best, the classes and everything are so awesome. EO4 was just an awesome jump to HD(lol 240p) and it's pretty friendly for newcomers, it's also the most balanced entry of the series.

EO3 > EO4 > EO1 > EO2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Untold
 

Parakeetman

No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
I feel the same, I thought everyone knew that I consider EO3 to be the best game of the series.

Who the hell doesn't like EO3 the best, the classes and everything are so awesome. EO4 was just an awesome jump to HD(lol 240p) and it's pretty friendly for newcomers, it's also the most balanced entry of the series.

EO3 > EO4 > EO1 > EO2 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Untold

3 still is the best by far. I still didnt like how 4 went backwards with the classes. D: Its why I quit playing the classes bored me. Even though the airship stuff was amusing.

Phalanx + Ninja = Bunshin Taunt = lol or was something stupid like that I did
 

tuffy

Member
EOIV's my jam

I'm interested in EOI3 though. Should I just wait for the inevitable remake?
I can't go back to the old DS-based ones because the interface is so clunky by comparison. Wait for the remake with proper skill trees and better mapping.
 
I feel the same, I thought everyone knew that I consider EO3 to be the best game of the series.

Who the hell doesn't like EO3 the best, the classes and everything are so awesome. EO4 was just an awesome jump to HD(lol 240p) and it's pretty friendly for newcomers, it's also the most balanced entry of the series.
Couldn't agree more.

There was just something about three that sealed this franchise as one of my favorite. Probably has a lot to do with Labyrinth II and Labyrinth III aka THE FLOOR IS NOW LAVA HOPE YOU PREPARED FOR THAT SOME TIME AGO!
 

Parakeetman

No one wants a throne you've been sitting on!
Cool, I will just link to this in the OP since there is no room to include all that (plus the BB markup also counts against the post length), thanks!

Yep no problem. Im a bit busy at the moment, so all of those were just ones I had subscribed to outside of the Wizardry one, that one popped up when was looking for the western dungeon crawler community thread.

Know there are other OTs, but dont have the time to search atm.
 
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