kanamechan
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Etrian Odyssey Community Thread: The Ongoing Adventures of Fight and Heal
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In this Famitsu article, EO series director/scenario writer Shigeo Komori says just a bit about EOV, it seems. Can't read Japanese, but it sounds like the game's just entering active development (so it's most likely not a 2015 game). Also something about "back to basics" and a "pure 3D dungeon RPG."
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I hope they do it because they plan to do an Untold version in 2030 or some crap, just give me classic mode and focus on it.
kanamechan
Member
He means it as in "pure experience of a 3D dungeon rpg", which is a phrase used for games like Etrian Odyssey or Wizardry.
So from the sound of it, he's describing something more like Etrian Odyssey I, not Untold I.
As for classic mode, hey, the classic mode of Untold II is really good. You even get the story mode extra dungeon as quests, including the bosses. Its design is really good so far.
Sounds good. Here's hoping it'll deliver.
Outside of its DLC insanity, Untold 2 seems to be a great improvement on all fronts compared to the first Untold. I wish Atlus could at least confirm that it'd get localized.
kanamechan
Member
The DLC really makes me sad. The Grimoire system really feels as if it's designed around it :/ Still playable, of course, it's just... urgh.
Really hope it gets localized, the gameplay is so much better than EO2 or EOU1. And that EO5 truly delivers. We've been waiting for so long now.
Really hope it gets localized, the gameplay is so much better than EO2 or EOU1. And that EO5 truly delivers. We've been waiting for so long now.
whiterabbit
Member
I don't really like that they are adding DLC to Etrian Odyssey games. I would prefer a complete package when you buy the game.
It would be alright if they were properly developed additional content that expanded the game, but the rate at which they got pushed out, and them apparently locking out sections of the maps, blatantly demonstrates that they're locking content behind paywalls, which makes this DLC implementation one of the most disgusting moneygrabs Atlus has attempted as of late.
I seriously hope they listen to the fans' complaints about it and wisen up.
I seriously hope they listen to the fans' complaints about it and wisen up.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
DLC is fine, the problem is when it's 1/3 of your fucking game now that's fucking bullshit.
even if the DLC locked away half the content, I'd still buy it cuz I'm shameless :3
that's what I thought.
that's what I thought.
kanamechan
Member
Well, one thing is that for the one DLC I foolishly got, it actually un-greyed the grey area i9n that map. So if you don't buy anything, you probably won't see what you are missing, and it'd feel like a complete game. Some maps are just smaller than others.
The bad thing is that buying this one DLC also added a lot of entries into the codex, probably for all the bosses I didn't buy :/
But no, I don't really want to defend it. It's blatant money grubbing in the cheapest possible way even with the above in mind.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Yeah, keep promoting this crap, you never stop disappointing me, ohlawd.
I'm just getting the bath stuff, maybe.
kanamechan
Member
The bath DLC only unlocks service if you play Story mode, by the way. For those of us doing Classic only, it doesn't do much more than give a fat toad to fight.
Just a fair warning.
Just a fair warning.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
The bath DLC only unlocks service if you play Story mode, by the way. For those of us doing Classic only, it doesn't do much more than give a fat toad to fight.
Just a fair warning.
I'm still debating about playing Story mode, or both(cause I'm going Classic no matter what).
kanamechan
Member
Other than servicy DLC artwork and an overpowered main character, you lose absolutely nothing playing Classic mode. It really has it all this time around, making it the by far superior way to play Untold. [Edit: For me, I mean. It's of course not objectively superior]
Oh, it's also missing commentary on some of the more colorful dishes...
...Flying Eye burger.... @_@
No brakes on the DLC train. Destination: death of the industry
I've seen Yang Wen-li more than one occasion here on Gaf, but never Reinhard before
Atlus have sold supplemental, but important story as DLC in SMT IV. That's sucks, but cutting out content on main map is a different thing altogether. If they trend continue, I might just choose to play old games instead >__>
Well, that makes it a little less painful. Still a rather awful handling of DLC though, especially the codex tease.
We all know you'll still play Story mode just for the sake of getting Arianna in your party~
SliceSabre
Banned
I have no senpai.
kanamechan
Member
Yeah. It has a reason it's currently sitting at only 3 stars in its amazon.jp user rankings, that DLC handling is just *bad*. I REALLY hope they learned from that backlash.
At least they gave patch 1.1 for free.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
You'll be back, they always come back.
I hope the backlash was HORRIBLE, so they don't do that crap again.
The sales for it were pretty horrible at least. I hadn't realized what a mess the DLC situation was, but hopefully Atlus will go in a different direction for future titles.
SliceSabre
Banned
I've returned, life without my senpai is a life I cannot live.
Gonna start up EOIII again. Ys7 distracted me from the progress I was making and want to try and beat it before Mystery Dungeon comes out or another game distracts me.
The Imperial figure is now on sale!
5184¥. Around 200 available.
Not sure if Kotobukiya ships overseas.
5184¥. Around 200 available.
Not sure if Kotobukiya ships overseas.
SliceSabre
Banned
Call me when Gunner girl goes on sale again.
Meaning never. ;___;
Nice. Thanks. Still kind of on the fence for this, as I'm not really a figure person.
Are Wave's figures better than Kotobukiya's?
In general, no, but sometimes some characters only get made by one company so you have no choice. Wave is best known for their 1/10 Beach Queen line, which are small scale swimsuit figures that aren't bad quality, per se, but are rather uninteresting (IMO) and not very detailed. Still can depend a lot on the artist and the look they're going for, and by that I mean in Imperial's case her face is not very detailed but that's not because Koto can't make a good figure, but rather because it's going for a fairly faithful representation of the source art which has a simplistic face design.
As an example, here's a picture I took of one of Koto's figures from 2014 that I have. She's amazing. One of Koto's quality products.
Wave's ones are your standard pre-painted PVC figures where all you have to do is unbox them and set them up. Kotobukiya's are like Bandai's snap-fit Gundam models. They've been molded in color, but you still have to snip the pieces off runners and piece them together like a Lego set.
The latter have more posing options, but the the former match the line art better.
kanamechan
Member
What. A cool, not servicy figurine, and I just happen to have an empty spot in my new glass cabinet that I wanted to fill?
I think I'll have to order this one
I think I'll have to order this one
Thanks for the information. Too bad Wave's figures are sold out.
What. A cool, not servicy figurine, and I just happen to have an empty spot in my new glass cabinet that I wanted to fill?
I think I'll have to order this one
To be honest I don't think I've ever seen an Etrian Odyssey that's fanservicy.
Good point. Zweizer, I should add that my post was referring just to pre-painted PVCs, which Koto also makes lots of. The EO figure is actually a model kit, like tuffy explained, so the usual PVC rules don't apply to them.
Yeah, but if you followed figures (specifically the Japanese figure industry) you'd know that most of them are fanservicey, which is what I think kanamechan was getting at.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I'm not a big fan of figures, but I'd get a Dancer/Princess/Gunner one.
You talkin' shit about my waifu?
Some might argue about the Dancer
You talkin' shit about my waifu?
Some might argue about the Dancer
I wanted to get the Sniper but I prefer non-posable figures.
Sorry, I meant 'Etrian Odyssey figure that's fanservicy' (unless there is a Dancer figure?)
How is the build quality of these model kits?
Haha I know. I was just referring to Etrian Odyssey merch in general.
I don't have any of them so I'm not sure. I would imagine they can't be bad simply by virtue of being a Koto product but I could be way off about that. You might also try asking in the figure/model thread in OTC to hear from people who are more into the model kit side of things.
Come get enabled.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
I own Sniper and will have Imperial delivered by the end of the week!
I haven't built SNiper yet 'cause I'm delaying getting into the painting side of plamo but the build quality just from the runners is very good. It's not the same sort of plastic used in a Gundam kit, it's shinier. Kotobukiya is generally well known for their kits being very good and Sniper is no exception.
She comes with a few extra faces to change out which way she's looking but other than that looking at the sample photos is basically a what you see is what you get.
Yeah I figured there'd be alternate faces for the figures (pretty nice touch by the way). Good to hear that they have good quality.
I guess I'll get one. Just gotta set up an AmiAmi account first.
I dunno. I think I might get roped into bankrupting myself with figures if I went there.
That's the point. Stop on by
!Oh and be sure to do some browsing while you're on amiami looking at the Imperial kit. It can't possibly hurt.
kanamechan
Member
Yeah. It's fine that they exist, they just don't look fitting in my little glass case.
But badass imperials do, silly expression or not
In other news, really excited for the Mystery Dungeon thing. Finally an Etrian game to play in English, not Japanese
I'm just too impatient to wait...SliceSabre
Banned
I saw AtlusUS do that English stream a while back. I do believe they said they archieved it either on Twitch or their Youtube channel.
It was very informative and there were a few surprises in how certain enemies act.
EDIT: Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI0jf0N2eZ4
It was very informative and there were a few surprises in how certain enemies act.
EDIT: Here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI0jf0N2eZ4
That's the point. Stop on by
Oh and be sure to do some browsing while you're on amiami looking at the Imperial kit. It can't possibly hurt.
Nooo I won't fall for it!
There was a separate thread about it.
Archived video (Youtube).