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Message: [QUOTE="Evaccaneer Doom, post: 213993, member: 41573"] Imma keep it simple: Etrian Odyssey. As I’m writing this I’m playing Etrian Odyssey 2 HD on my Steam Deck, but if you think the HD remakes are a tad expensive (fair) you can emulate the entire series. Etrian Odyssey 1-3 are on DS (but do be aware DS Etrian Odyssey 1 is… archaic), while Etrian Odyssey 4, 5, Nexus, both Mystery Dungeon games and both Untold games (Untold 1 & 2 remake Etrian Odyssey 1 and 2 respectively but I don’t recommend playing Untold 1 specifically as a starter solely because it spoils a huge plot point in the original game like 5 minutes into the game, best way to play Etrian Odyssey 1 is HD) have yet to leave the 3DS. Minus the Mystery Dungeon games, these are all first person dungeon crawlers (think your old school Shin Megami Tensei) but with a lot of unique mechanics that make this franchise stand out. The biggest one is its marketing point, the ability to draw a map to help you get through every floor and stratum. Whatever you draw is permanent and there’s always a large amount of icons and paint you can use to cover all your bases from Etrian Odyssey 2 onwards. 5 and the HD remasters have the added bonus of the icons having unique animations like treasure chests coinciding to when you’ve opened one or when you find a secret passage and the arrow glows forever. Another thing these games have are skills. When you start the game or create new characters, you’re given 3 skill points for free. You can use them for whatever you want, be it a skill, an attacking move, some outside skills, or something as minor as better escape odds. In earlier games and HD, you can also buff your stats with them. Those are the only time you’ll get 3 at the same time though, every time you level up, you’ll only get one. FOEs are another selling point of the franchise, they’re essentially walking mini bosses that move when you do. Every one of them has a dedicated pattern that you have to maneuver around…or you can just fight them, that works too. Not recommended at lower levels though. These games depend heavily on you making a bit of a routine. You basically prep, go into the labyrinth, fight some enemies, discover as much as you can and when you’re at your limit you gtfo whether that be via Ariadne Threads or by running to the exit and hoping you can run from every fight. This guarantees you’ll be sinking time into these games, no matter what you go with. Every game has some type of unique flaw for deciding to go with them though. EO1 DS: Archaic in many ways EO1U: Spoils huge plot point from the original EO2 DS: Killing FOEs does not net you EXP. It also has the unique thing of a lot of secret areas requiring a specific class to access, which means you’ll have to exit the labyrinth and/or grind characters just for them to make it there. A choice that thankfully didn’t stay. EO2U: I haven’t played this at all, but from what I hear a few of the bosses might be a bit harder than in the original EO3: Perfect in every way except dungeon design, they all lack a specific gimmick and are just normal dungeons for the most part. The closest to one is a gimmick that has to be disabled forever to proceed, oof EO4: Escape rates are HORRENDOUS in this game. It’s a real dice roll if you’ll be able to escape from the most minor of enemies. What’s kinda funny is that EO2 and 3 has the opposite problem EO5: Union Skills are a stripped equivalent of the skill chart and it makes the skill menu nigh useless. Union is this game’s equivalent of Force/Boost/whatever, so it’s something that’s gonna be filled up over time. Also some classes are kinda strange. Shaman and Botanist are the exact same class but one deals in passive heals while the other is traditional. Makes me wonder why it couldn’t just be one class with both Nexus: Greatest hits Etrian Odyssey game featuring a lot of throwbacks to the games from 1-4. Don’t play this first. [/QUOTE]

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