#Etrian Odyssey
young junco
covert condor
So, for someone who's never played anything like this before, anyone willing to give a rundown because I'm kinda curious.
zealous kestrel
I haven't watched the remake trailer yet, but EO is a dungeon crawler with an emphasis on making your own map as you go and solving puzzles on the overworld while dealing with semi random encounters in a turn based RPG format at its most basic level
What makes it great though, is the high level of party customization and the level design. Most encounters are random; however, there are monsters visible on the overworld map called FOEs that have their own AI and movement patterns and they're almost always massively OP for an area when you first go there
So it's more about moving around and avoiding them because they'll just kill you. While dealing with random encounters where a turn in the turn mode also allows for a turn in the overworld, so FOEs can bust into your fights if you're not careful
covert condor
Oh, cool! Sounds like it might be interesting.
Downside of it is that it's £70+ for all 3 which is a little much for me right now
zealous kestrel
Yeah, but on Steam it is a bundle at least, so you could pick up one at first to see if you like it then get the others later for the bundle price
EO is one of my favorite series of games so I'm excited to replay 1 and 2 and experience 3
covert condor
Yeah, but on Steam it is a bundle at least, so you could pick up one at first to...
That's a fair point. Still got a few months until release, so there's time to decide
I want to get at least one of the pre-order things since they look cool. I'm probably gonna get the first one at least, but the 3rd one is also really tempting
zealous kestrel
My pre-purchase of the bundle is complete. I now await release and will be theory crafting a cracked team until then 
young junco
So, for someone who's never played anything like this before, anyone willing to ...
You know persona Q?
Imagine that game, but better in every way
covert condor
Yeah, I was thinking that when it was being explained. I've not played it myself, but I have seen a playthrough of it.
zealous kestrel
https://youtu.be/XwYTpmKi3GQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnK94XLLPNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APOSdzR3MOM
It's going to be a super faithful remaster. Looks like they're not using the updated animations for 1U and 2U at all
young junco
https://youtu.be/XwYTpmKi3GQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnK94XLLPNk
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Japanese names for EO classes are so straightforward
Swordman, Ranger, etc
Then in English we get Landsknecht and Survivalist for the exact same classes
💀
young junco
The etrian odyssey untold plot is so goofy
||”Right so, we planted trees 1000 years ago to hold in smog and stuff, and now it’s become a bunch of enemies lol and it’s a labyrinth now. Have fun exploring, our best soldiers are too cowardly to go further than 3 strata.”||
river shard
is etrian odyssey any good? i might consider playing it. How long are the games because if its like persona length i probably wont play it
young junco
is etrian odyssey any good? i might consider playing it. How long are the games ...
~50 hours for each game
Yeah… it takes a while
It is Atlus, after all
zealous kestrel
prime swallow
<:MayYay:909908457220632596>
covert condor
I'm definitely gonna be grabbing all 3 of these! (Mainly for the pre-order stuff, but hey)
covert condor
I've not really played anything like Etrian before, but I've played a bunch of other dungeon-crawler-like games and liked 'em a fair bit so I can see myself enjoying this.
If I can handle the dungeons of Soul Hackers 2, then I doubt this can be as bad
young junco
i hope they release milennium girl sometime soon
EOU1 town night theme hits different
young junco
My favourite song in the entire game
young junco
They didn’t have to go that hard on the soundtrack yet they did
zealous kestrel
So excited!
covert condor
Hopefully I'll be able to download it before my internet is potentially shut off tomorrow
zealous kestrel
I hope so too