Time constraint, that's my only excuse. I'll get to play the game a day or two during the week, possibly, I'd like to maximize my playtime. Casual does just that for me.
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Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan |OT|: Fight & Heal Brings 3D To Europe!
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Time constraint, that's my only excuse. I'll get to play the game a day or two during the week, possibly, I'd like to maximize my playtime. Casual does just that for me.
Dreamwriter
Member
I just finished all the quests in the demo and reached the point where the game told me I couldn't advance any farther (my characters just reached level 7 right after that when I turned in the Angry Babboon quest). I'm definitely enjoying the game, it's like a blast from the past, reminds me of the old Might and Magic games, though I get the feeling there will be less story in this game. Now I have to wait a whole day before I can play it again (I don't want to over-level my characters by continuing the demo until they hit level 10).
It is kinda weird how it uses 3D, though - even though the enemies are 3D models, they aren't using stereoscopic 3D, each enemy is a flat plane in 3D space. Which seems to be how the game is setup, everything's a flat plane in 3D space.
It is kinda weird how it uses 3D, though - even though the enemies are 3D models, they aren't using stereoscopic 3D, each enemy is a flat plane in 3D space. Which seems to be how the game is setup, everything's a flat plane in 3D space.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Finished with the demo, clocked nearly 10 hours.
I managed to defeat the Kangarro's twice without using the Ebony Carrot, it was quite the accomplishment considering my Sniper could NEVER Bind the arms of the damn Kangarro's... and I have that skill maxed out already
I managed to defeat the Kangarro's twice without using the Ebony Carrot, it was quite the accomplishment considering my Sniper could NEVER Bind the arms of the damn Kangarro's... and I have that skill maxed out already
am I the only one here who spent 15+ hours on the demo? been trying various skill builds and party set-ups.
Anyway, I dropped the Sniper in my party because even at max level it just can't seem to bind any FOE. It felt like a wasted character slot. It might be different though in higher levels and access to Arcanist and sub-classes.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I'm PREETTTYYY sure that unless she becomes better, she's the first to get kicked out of my team. I'm even considering making a second RuneMaster or whatever, I'm 10 hours in and there's not much I can do anymore aside of mess around with some builds.
I have to be honest here. Im currently not impressed with the Sniper. They're kinda useless if the enemy is not bound and damage is not even that good. They have this one possible strong skill, but it seems that its very unreliable due to low accuracy. But then again, I still haven't thought of any possible sub-class for it. Right now, I have a general idea on my possible party in the future and the Sniper is not included, not even as a sub-class. But still, would love to see people who played the JP version give a bit of insight on possible builds for each class.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I'll probably keep the Sniper till the Arcanist gets unlocked, I love the idea of a debuff class. I was wondering if the damage wasn't good because the bows in the demo are crap or is she always going to do shit damage?
I have a theory about the Sniper. I think Atlus might have weakened the Sniper's bind accuracy in the demo to keep players from going too far.
Think about it, if the class' binds worked as often as it seems like it should, then players would easily be able to take out the FOEs. Also, at least in my game, it seemed much easier to bind regular enemies compared to FOEs.
I do not have any evidence to prove this, though. Other than that Atlus said that the full game would have some improvements over the demo.
Think about it, if the class' binds worked as often as it seems like it should, then players would easily be able to take out the FOEs. Also, at least in my game, it seemed much easier to bind regular enemies compared to FOEs.
I do not have any evidence to prove this, though. Other than that Atlus said that the full game would have some improvements over the demo.
Like EOIII, at some point in the game you'll get the ability to add a subclass to your characters. This gives you another tree full of skills you can add, except for the main-class-specific line. For instance, you could have a medic with a bonus to all healing skills subclassed as a dancer and have that bonus applied to its regeneration dance.
FOEs (and bosses) always had a much higher resistance against binds and statuses, even in the older games. Unless they changed it, binds are not a good way to deal with bosses.
It might be on there at midnight eastern, but I'm not sure. When did Fire Emblem pop up on the eShop?
Koroviev
Member
Midnight eastern iirc.
There is usually a thin story to provide motivation but its barely more than, "There is something to find/kill deep in the dungeon. You should go do that." Where the thing to find/kill changes based on story every 4-5 floors.
yeah, but those were rare and/or expensive, if I remember correctly. I really wouldn't like to rely on them to get rare drops from monsters...
Lucky hammer was a must for farming the books that increased stats in EO3, I would have never attemted getting those without LH.
I got around to playing the demo and I have to say I'm really digging it. A few questions though:
1) In games that let you create a party of no-name archetypes I usually create one party and stick with that. The demo allows you to keep up to 30 characters in your Guild but I'm perfectly happy with 5 (and maybe a few more as backup). Is this play-style feasible?
2) I only finished up the first intro quest in the demo and I noticed there was no way to save or suspend my game. Is this how the rest of the game is? Do I have to trek it all the way back to town to save at the Inn?
3) Is it worth my time to play through any or all of the prior games?
3D effect looks really nice but I only turn it on when I come across a new enemy or environment and then turn it off after a few minutes.
1) In games that let you create a party of no-name archetypes I usually create one party and stick with that. The demo allows you to keep up to 30 characters in your Guild but I'm perfectly happy with 5 (and maybe a few more as backup). Is this play-style feasible?
2) I only finished up the first intro quest in the demo and I noticed there was no way to save or suspend my game. Is this how the rest of the game is? Do I have to trek it all the way back to town to save at the Inn?
3) Is it worth my time to play through any or all of the prior games?
3D effect looks really nice but I only turn it on when I come across a new enemy or environment and then turn it off after a few minutes.
1) You only need your 5. The rest of your slots are for experimentation.
2) You can only save at the inn or the geomagnetic pole. There should be a suspend feature in the actual game.
3) There is no story links so unless you really want to experience the games, it's not needed. If you want to, I recommend 3 cause it has a lot of interface improvements over the first 2 games. 1 has the best 5th dungeon though.
Got a call from EB yesterday that it would be available Tuesday, so I would assume so.
It's OK. You'll turn it off quickly though, what with the constant stylus fiddling.
TomcatTheLion
Member
I thought that the demo was amazing. Preordered last week but probably won't receive it until the end of the week (can't pass up the extra for the eShop version).
Also the normal battle theme is one of the best I've heard in a long time.
Also the normal battle theme is one of the best I've heard in a long time.
About this, my party of five always consists of people with general purposes with no strength or weakness. The downside of this is battles might take longer than a specialized party.
patrickthehedgehog
Member
I'm glad I wasn't the only one to notice this. After playing other 3ds games it's so obvious that the 3d in this game is shit.
Yeah...It's not ideal but unfortunately I don't have the patience to keep multiple teams leveled and equipped.
Well... If you build your main party well you shouldn't have trouble through most of the game. Subclassing and the removal of farming parties should also help a lot in this.
But the post-game though, that's a different story...
Volcynika, is that you retweeted by Kamiya? Happy birthday, dude!
Well if you keep using them your level should be enough to tackle most bosses, if you bring enough resources. And even if your party turns out crap, resetting the skills only cost two levels now.
Well if you keep using them your level should be enough to tackle most bosses, if you bring enough resources. And even if your party turns out crap, resetting the skills only cost two levels now.
ihasaflavour
Neo Member
Anyone else struggling with this? This beastly game drops tomorrow...and I still haven't played through Fire Emblem...
AtomskEater
Member
Just give yourself over to that sweet 3DS backlog that's sure to accumulate this year.
That's good to hear. The stores around here don't ever call.
I'm down to chapter 25 and the end, which get finished tonight by any means necessary.
My demo already has an auto-pilot path to that staircase on the map so I'll be ready to resume exploring once the full copy arrives from Amazon tomorrow.
plutoknight
Member
This is what I have done. It's great over here. We have cookies, too, in 3DS backlog land!
Velcro Fly
Member
Have this preordered from GameStop so I should be able to get mine tomorrow! Was very impressed with the demo and preordered based on that. This will be my first EO game and I must say I'm looking forward to it. Going to be restarting my game from scratch once I get the full game though because I picked awful names for my party on the demo. Also have FE but I'm about halfway through the game and probably won't be buying much more DLC. Probably just going to play a couple chapters today and platoon between FE and EO until FE is finished. They really are two different types of games so I'm not concerned about playing them both at the same time.
I could've sworn there was a rename feature in the character management options in the guild, though I didn't try it to see if it costs anything.
I believe the renaming feature is still in but the 1000 price was removed. It should be free now.
Yeah same here, Im 24h or something into FE:Awakening (Chapter 16) i spent so much time building my character relationship and class , guess il have to start doing some chapters
Im also playing ni No Kuni (23h) but i don't mind, il start EOIV when im done with FE.
macdaddyjoshua
Neo Member
First EO game I'll actually finish, methinks.