Etrian Odyssey V to be the last to use bottom screen mapping

As long as they return with the lolis and ban the potatoes I don't care.

>>389251262
I suppose this means the series is moving onto the Switch. Wonder if we'll get 3 Untold on it at some point.

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>>389251149
Rest in RIP, cartography. Hopefully they bring back lolis to make up for it.

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Dead franchise

im betting they'll do away with maps entirely and make you draw them by hand.

>>389252192
Considering you can only draw on the Switch in handheld mode, I guess that or you'll slide out a map and draw on it with a controller. Article doesn't say mapping is gone completely, just no more bottom screen.

Wonder if this means Atlus has some insight to the next Nintendo handheld.

>>389251149
Fucking switch has already started killing games goddamn

>>389251149
>http://personacentral.com/new-etrian-odyssey-game-confirmed-development-last-bottom-screen-map-3ds/
>This is the last game in the series that will have a map to be drawn on the bottom screen on the Nintendo 3DS. For specifics, I hope that you can wait until the day when we can officially announce it.
The article actually said that there will be a last 3DS game that use the bottom screen though?

>>389253718
Yeah. There's one more coming apparently. EOU3 or EO6?

>>389255480
Persona Q 2

>>389255480
Almost certainly going to be EOU3

They've hinted at it before and this is their last chance to do a remake before they revamp the mapping system

>>389252525
I have some insight about the next handheld.
Its called the Switch

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>>389255480
>I would like to deliver a “festival”-like game that can be said to be another culmination [of the series].
3 already has a bunch of cameos from the other games. I can see them expanding upon that in 3U and going nuts with crossovers, maybe add more legacy bosses to sea quests.

>>389251542
It'll probably be multiplat from now on, if new ones are even made.

I'm excited for where the series goes next. The mapping itself was a gimmick in the first place. I'm sure they can come up with another gimmick based on the Switch's hardware - maybe special zones or activities you can only do in handheld mode vs docked, etc?

>>389259072
That would be a legitimately terrible idea.

>>389257874
Nah, Iwata, Reggie and Kimishima have already stated that there's a 3DS successor. That doesn't mean it will be dual screen though.

>>389255675
>Persona Q 2
That's already announced. The interview said to look forward for the announcement.

>>389259659
Misread then, hopefully EO3U then, since they said long ago they were going to do all 3.

hopefully this means that at least they will keep making EO games on the switch as worst situation wud be the end of the series

>>389255480
Remember the last page of the SSQ1+2 art book

>>389251149
EO VR when?

What's worse?
>EO series is dead
>EO series is continued on Switch with automapping and toned down difficulty

>>389260163
dunno why automapping means toned down difficulty desu

>>389260163
A series being dead. If you don't like it you can ignore it exist.

>>389260163
I wouldn't mind EO series being ded if it goes out on a high note. I would miss it dearly but at least I wouldn't have to see it turn to shit.

Reminder that the Wii U was the perfect platform to include cartography on the secondary screen, but now it is discontinued and we will never receive a console Etrian Odyssey.

>>389260846
Wii U would have been great for a lot of games that were unique on dual screens. They dropped the ball big time not getting it the same type of support.

>>389260846
Wii U was a meme just like VR.

>>389258559
Kinda doubt.
It's a super niche series, wouldn't sell on PS4. Needs the handheld boost in Japan the Switch has.

>>389260163
The former, at least with the latter someone will enjoy it even if I'll ignore it from then on.

I have hope they'd find some way to implement the mapping on whatever the next hardware is, though. I'd be fine with something like the PS4's motion keyboard if it were on that, if it was on Switch, you could have something like that for TV mode and regular touch for portable mode.

>>389261515
Dungeon crawlers have been selling regularly on all platforms in both Japan and in the west.
Hell, the Vita is getting like, four of them in the next two month.

>>389259468
Don't be dense.
The switch is the future of the handheld and console line.
If there's not going to be another dual screen handheld or 3D handheld dragging down the processing power, the end result would be the switch.

lets be honest EO costs nothing to make 2d models and first person navigation, each fucking FOE is same orb so you don't even need to make any 3d models. They probably make an EO for a few million which is amazing considering how good they are as games

>>389261659
Vita software sales have been steadily decreasing since the release of the switch.
It's not dead, but it's dying, and many developers are starting to jump ship.

RIP maps.

>EOVI is forced auto-mapping
>it puts walls in front of your stairs

>>389261852
>developers are starting to jump ship
>8 games announced yesterday for Vita in 2018

I mean, I'm not even singling the Vita out but just saying that Etrian Odyssey isn't the only dungeon crawling game out there. It's far less niche than you believe. The PS4 and PC are getting them too and they're selling well, so to think that it's "too niche" is just stupid or ignorant.

>>389262073
As it should be

>>389261774
The 3ds ones are full 3d models for everything

The only logical way EO series can continue now is PC.

>>389261515
wait, are you implying that need to be a AAA game to be on PS4? because about 80% of the JP games released on Vita/PS4 aren't AAA, not even close

going multiplat is the best option especially if is PS4/Vita because it's easy as fuck to port games to the Vita

Kind of sucks since the mapping was one of the biggest features separating it from other wizardry clones but what are you gonna do if the hardware isn't there.

I suppose they could still feature it as a pop up with a button press, but it'd be clunkier for sure, especially considering the switch doesn't even come with a stylus.

"This is the last game in the series that will have a map to be drawn on the bottom screen on the Nintendo 3DS."

That doesn't mean it's the last game with a map drawing on bottom screen. It just means Nintendo has to release a 3DS successor before a new main series Etrian comes out.

>>389258394
What if the sea quest locations actually get mini-dungeons added?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB_PVPyn6n8

>>389251149
If EO ever drops mapping, then I'm done with the series. That's the only thing that makes it unique from other drpgs.

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>no Untold 3

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>>389263084
>It just means Nintendo has to release a 3DS successor before a new main series Etrian comes out
The Switch is the 3DS successor.

It had a pretty good run, at least.

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>>389263426
You say that but you'll shell out another $250 when Nintendo releases yet another Dual Screen in two years.

Anyway this isn't even a concern right now because Persona Q will be for like Summer 2018 and Etrian Odyssey 3 Festival Whatever won't release until 2019.

>>389263341
They said they made Etrian Odyssey V as if it would be the last main-series entry on the 3DS, so the "festival" he's talking about is probably EO3U.

"In order to meet the expectations of these fans"; ie people who want EO3U. It'll probably be DLC-sparse after the PR disaster Atlus had with EO2U though.

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>>389263747
I'm sorry, but the Switch really is the 3DS successor. They're always cautious when they first release a platform, like when they said the DS won't replace the GBA as the dedicated handheld, but they admitted that the Switch is the 3DS' successor as soon as they announced a mainline Pokemon game for it.

Can we even still call this EO? Cartography was the main reason I even played these games.

>>389259468

what would be the point?

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The only reason why EO stuck to Nintendo was because of the map function. They even admitted to it back when EOIV was announced.
It's safe to say that new EO titles will be multiplat.

It's likelier that it'll be some kind of Etrian Odyssey Generations game than U3. The plot would be something like EMD with a mashup of characters but with the traditional EO gameplay.

I doubt that they would remove it without replacing it with something else
cartography was what kind of made it stand out from most other modern RPGs

>>389263167
They did it in 4 so I can see it. Then again, it's also too much work for Fatlus.

>>389259468
Please source that because I only know of Kimishima saying that he is open to the idea of a 3DS successor but that could years considering how long Nintendo takes to develop their consoles.

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>>389263958
>they admitted that the Switch is the 3DS' successor as soon as they announced a mainline Pokemon game for it.

They announced a mainline Pokemon game because people rioted after the shitty Sun/Moon rereleases were revealed.

>>389264251
I'm sure they still want them to be portable, otherwise they would have made one for the Wii U. Unless they want to make it for the Vita, I don't know if they're going to make them multiplatform.

>>389251149
While this could easily be interpreted as sad news. As it's actually kind of sad. An end of an era if you may.
Does this confirm that Etrian Odyssey doesn't die with the 3DS? Because that's pretty amazing news to my ears. I fully expected Etrian Odyssey to bite the dust alongside the 3DS.
So this comes as a very pleasant surprise to me. I wasn't exactly confident before.

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>>389264486
Now you're just deluding yourself.

Untolds are fucking dead
Japan hates them

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>>389251262
I will miss my comfy mapmaking, but this.

>>389264371
It's Untold, they have to make an extra dungeon anyway.

>>389251149
last one i buy then

fucking nu-pedo pandering kills another series

>>389264651
>japs hate untold
finally someone who gets me

>>389264707
Yeah, but several more smaller ones on top of that? Not a standard for Untold. Maybe for 3, hopefully.

>>389264620
They literally said that was why.

>>389259468
Sure, just how they said the gameboy line wouldn't be abandoned after releasing the DS.

>>389264879
Regardless of whether that's why or not, the fact of the matter is that the new mainline game is on the Switch, and not announced for some imaginary 3DS successor.

The splitting of the libraries is one of the reasons why the Wii U did so poorly. Why would they split them again when the Switch is doing so well because of the joining of them?

>>389259468
Last I heard they just said that there could be one. It was a gigantic non-answer.

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>>389262073
>>389262196
What about floors?

>>389264472
You can easily google them. Reggie said something just after E3 about it, iirc. Iwata had said something around the time the NX was gearing up.

>>389264175
It's Nintendo. They're gonna want something they can still sell as a dedicated handheld.

>>389264951
Successor doesn't always mean it's going to be in the same vain, nor had any of them said it was going to be exactly like the DS line.

>>389259468
And see them cannibalize each other's sales with the switch, yeah

>>389264517
The Wii U's cost of development was insane and it still wasn't exactly portable. I can see a Vita game coming out for it, but that's mainly due to how incredibly cheap developing for it is and how easy it'll be to port it to PS4 (or to PS4 and port to Vita). A lot of titles already have cross-save so you can play on the go that way too if you're too lazy to remote play.

>>389264737
>EO title finally has no lolis
>Ends up being the last game to be made

Like pottery

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>actually thinking there will be a 3DS successor

>not realising it's the switch

>>389265407
>Nintendo releases another clamshell handheld
>gimmick that you can put it in the Switch's dock and play the games on a TV with the Switch's tablet acting as the bottom screen

>>389251149
hold on. It might mean they are moving to switch or PS4 or something. If so it doesn't need to use the second screen for mapping. EO has always relied on the players cartography to make it out of dungeons and survive, no way they will remove it since its such a major feature.

>>389265535
EMD2 just released on Japan

They're also saying that there will be another EO game, and it will be the last one

>>389265773
That's my 2nd post. Likely to be a Switch title or two, but could also speculate that the series will take a break until the next handheld comes out.

>>389251149
I never cared for the maps desu. FOEs always seemed like EO's definitive gimmick.

They could have side-by-side with the map on the right and the dungeon on the left, and make it handheld mode only, but the Switch doesn't have a stylus and it'll be super awkward.

>>389265841
>Next EO is the last.

If that turns out to be true I'd be devastated. Its a great series.

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>>389265854
>until the next handheld comes out
They will probably have a button on the Switch that swaps between the game screen and the map screen. You'd be able to draw with the touch screen in handheld mode and with the motion controls in TV mode.

Well the Switch has a (admittedly limited) touch screen, so as long as cartography is still a thing, I'm not that upset.
Maybe something like having to press a button to pull up the map.

>>389264737
>nu-pedo
As opposed to?

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>>389265987
>This is the last game in the series that will have a map to be drawn on the bottom screen on the Nintendo 3DS.
Read the article. It will continue. The only question is how.

That 10th anniversary merchandise is nice, anybody know of a place I can use to import some of that stuff?

>>389264486
This statement doesn't work since Masuda said a long time ago that the Switch was the future for Pokemon.

>>389266087
>Well the Switch has a (admittedly limited) touch screen
What are you talking about? It's a step up from the 3DS' touch screen in every way.

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>>389266171
I mostly use Play-asia and Amazon JP. The artbook is really nice, and it's cool to have the classic tracks in high quality.

>>389266232
I mean that in the way that not many games seem to use it, and it's obviously completely unusable in Dock mode.

>>389266359
>Gee EO4, how come Atlus lets you have TWO mascots?

>>389266359
Well I was talking about the new items on the atlus store itself, I don't see any of them on play-asia or amazon

>>389266232

doesn't even come with a stylus. i don't see touch screen gameplay being a big thing on it

>>389266664
Need to compensate for bobshark's blandness. Still love her though.

>>389266781
Then you can only get them from the JP Atlus store, and I don't think they ship internationally. Sorry bud.

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>>389266429
>>389266863
Fair points.

>even if you draw a room it doesn't count as "explored" unless you actually walk over every single tile
>end up just making a seperate party that can disable encounters and lawnmover over the entire floor
>exploring/mapping is just a chore that takes 20 minutes the first time you unlock a new floor and then you don't think about it again
am I the only one who did this? for the first couple stratums I would have to do it room by room with my main party and retreat every time I ran out of tp and healing items, but by the third stratum I would have my mapping/farming party online.

>>389261774
Want to know how I can tell you haven't played any of the 3DS EO games?

>>389251149
So the thing that made it truly special will be gone? They should at least rename the ip since it will not be the same.

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>>389266664
They'll forever regret not picking the superior blonde to be in the cover.

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>>389267387
You're deluded senpai

>>389266915
rip then, is there really no company that imports shit from stores like this?

>>389267387
>not trapshark

>>389267592
Cute boy.

>>389261704
You say that like if the swich had a lot of procesing power.

Making a map is a shitty feature anyway. It only made sense for the old, hard games where there was a sense of satisfaction in doggedly charting out your passage as you went along, each shortcut acting like a milestone to note that you're making progress despite repeatedly falling.

Starting with EO4 the games have been casualized to the point where if you died at any point after the 2nd stratum it just makes you angry.

does eo4 work on citra? do I need a good computer to even attempt it?

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>>389267592
UUUUUUUUHHHHH FLATTERRRRRRR

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*blocks my hopes and dreams*

>>389267592
>>389267387

both are best girl in my team

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Why is it so fucking perfect?

>>389252525
EOVI DLC - $50 tablet and pen for mapping

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>>389269049
>No third campaign music
Almost.

>>389269685
>right joycon is a map addon
FFUUUUUU

>>389260163
>automapping
>tfw 90% if /v/ has played through the early EO games without turning off the auto floor filling

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>>389251149
F

>>389268654
I see you love them flat too anon, just imagine their flat feminine body covered in your cum after the best rodeo of their life.

>>389269876
This is probably the only reason I don't like the second battle theme; I was disappointed hearing it in the secret stratum.

>>389270492
I love it. Have you heard the arranged version?

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>>389260163
automapping has been a thing forever in the series, why would it be different now

>>389270773
Yeah, it was pretty good. It's less that I hate the actual track and more that my disappointment of hearing it after finding the secret stratum really washed out my enjoyment of the track. It's unfair of me to think this way, but I can't get over that bugbear.

>>389270790
He means forced automapping

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>>389251149
Is sprite games still possible? I hate everything needs to be 3D now.

>>389271803
Yeah, fighting static .jpgs was such a treat.

EO has nice 3D, you spritefags need to fucking die.

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>>389270492
Appropriate that the best EO soundtrack had the best arranged tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMB1lkw7KYA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL40UhE3rRU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFR3TM_iP_I

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>>389260163
The latter. I probably won't bother playing them if they have what you described, since the major reason I play EO is it is one of very few dungeon crawlers that are PnP style without the physical documents that manage to do it smoothly and effectively, no toggling shit or corner minimap bullshit. It's both of them for me if they do that. Even coming with real pen and paper would be better than that.

>>389264175
Perpetuating 3D screens.

>>389273130
And thank god for that, that shit will never stop being the coolest thing ever.

>>389260163
>EO series is dead
Why do you guys keep using this word?
Why can't you just say "EO series is over"? It's ended. Fin.

>>389260163
Which is worse? Panic or instant death?

>>389273932
Instant death. With panic you're only probably dead.

>>389269049
>no multiple saves
>have to play through the game twice
no

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>>389251149
Well in the face of such news, what level of mapping does /v/ use?
>1: Automapping everything including walls if it is available. Only places icons.
>2: Maps the walls but the floor should do itself
>3. Map the floors too.
Bonus if you mention what you do with doors because the captcha was select all doors.

>>389274991
I just automap both. Drawing walls right fucking next to me isn't fun. I do draw walls myself when I peek into different way on a crossroads etc.

>>389274991
At first I liked to map everything but the floors but it kind of wore me out, so now I let the game map the walls too. I color under doors and draw walls around them because I'm not a fucking primitive ape.

>>389275267
People like this are the reason why EO turned to shit

>>389274991
I didn't even know that the game let you automap walls until someone told me, but nah.
2 is for me, making the walls is my favorite part outside of icons.

>>389274991
2
paint and walls under/around doors and stairs

>>389275362
>drawing walls
So fucking challenging and engaging!
You should stop pretending placing special icons and notes isn't the only important part about mapping.
>>389274991
Also, you can't stand on the door square, it's just a teleporter between two rooms, so obviously you shouldn't paint under it.

>>389251149
EO6 development confirmed!

>>389275584
thanks for nothing shitter

>>389251149
Dungeon Travelers 2 is far better than these games.

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>>389265554
what can you expect from a tripfag?

>>389275843
How so?

>>389275843
lol

>>389263747
>blaming the Jews for your small penis

>>389251149
>developing a "festival game" as a love letter to fans and a celebration of the series
I'm alright if EO is over after that, we had a great run and a final celebration of the series is a wonderful thing. We're also getting PQ2, so that's 2 new EO games confirmed before it goes kaput or becomes a shell of itself on the Switch.
I'm happy.

>>389251149
>EOU1, EOU2, EOU3, EO4 and EO5 all on one system
My autism has been pleased, the series can die in peace

>>389255480
definitely eou3
they said 5 was going to be the last numbered game on 3ds

>>389277145
>EOU3
umm, sweetie...

>>389277376
Wait a second
>I would like to deliver a “festival”-like game that can be said to be another culmination [of the series].
What the fuck does that mean?

>>389277670
Etrian Party

>>389277670
shovelware

>>389277670
Etrian Smash Guild
Etria Kart
Etria-mon

>>389277756
>>389278167
>>389278201
Why does this always happen to weebshit?

>>389269049
>most classes in any eo game before eou2
>best overall dungeon music in the series
>3 story paths, each with their own ending
>most fun classes to date
>broken as fuck subclassing
>sea quests can be multiplayer
>best npcs
>best mascot

>>389277756
>>389278167
>>389278201
N-no...

But in the interview he says this last entry will utilize the bottom screen. Surely it will contain crawling?

>>389278358
It's a celebratory game said to contain use of the bottom screen and to be a culmination of the series for fans.
It's safe to have at least a moderate expectation of a normal EO title.

>>389278358
>Surely it will contain crawling?
Yes, it will. Etrian daycare confirmed.

>>389278319
>most fun classes to date

This is where every other EO game fails. The classes were dynamic and filled multiple unique roles instead of just lolchain or lolimmunize

Just look at the Beastmaster. Every single beast had its use.

>>389278358
It will be an EO party game, deal with it nerd

>>389278517
I don't trust Atlus much these days

>>389278613
As well you shouldn't, but there's not too many spin-off type games Atlus would be willing to put money into even as a celebration game. A remake is probably the cheapest thing they can do, and Atlus loves cheap.

>>389278613
Might as well, Atlus is lazy and reusing the EO engine for one last title would be right up there in things they'd do.
Which would work out well for us.

>>389251149

Honestly I'm ok with this. It was cool as shit when the series first started but it's busy work to me at this point.

>>389277670
Etrian Dancing All Night

>>389278551
underrated

>>389279096
the 3ds eo engine is perfect anyway, save for some endgame stuff in eou2 where the game lags with the 3d on

>>389277670
Etrian Odyssey Warriors featuring only story mode characters plus Teach

>>389278573

A EO branded dokopon kingdom game would be amazing.

>>389277670
Etrian Odyssey IV Final

>have to draw maps on graph paper

Truly we live in the best timeline

>>389279475
It really is, it lets them make a great environment without being too taxing. Petal Bridge and piss castle are real standouts, and Gigganiggagap has a great containment room and outer entrance.

>>389262147
what was announced?

>>389279475
Except for the poor draw distance, I agree

>>389277670
Jokes aside, it would be a culmination of everything EO up until then, with all features and characters, plot and balance be damned.

>>389277670
Etrian Odyssey maker
Every map would probably be a brutal FOE swarm though.

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>>389280473
>team of protector, beast, hoplite, fortress and dragoon

>>389281103
Pretty sure it would still be inferior to just using 5 Hoplites.

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>>389281304
4 hoplites and an insecure Teach.

>Etrian Odyssey confirmed on Switch

NINTENDO WON

>>389279884
Petal bridge is one of my favourite leve,ls and overall my favourite 4th one, the BGM, the new battle track and how pretty it looks in general make for an incredibly pleasant experience while you are genociding birds.

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>>389275843
I like it but no, not really.

>>389281784
>Modern gamers

I shouldn't be talking, most EO fans are just pedos in it for the doujins.

>>389277670
Etrian Odyssey 3 FES

>>389281647
It really does a great job of "sky garden." I loved the theming of 2's dungeons.

>>389282158
It's really, really nice because they actually follow a proper pattern, following the four seasons upwards and then a sky fortress inhabited by its creator is just so damn comfy. Also the floating islands afterwards, more EOs should try and make you climb instead of going down.

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>>389282114
This.

>>389282521
>mfw the cartridge arts are going upwards as the series progresses
I liked that they made the (admittedly memorable) piss castle of the original into a more metallic feeling fortress in the sky.
Man all this is making me want to replay EO2U

>>389282875
Seriously, it looked almost as bad as the molten caves and its eyerape orange.

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>>389282875
Fitting since the fifth stratum in V brings you to outer space.

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>>389283078
I like it. It looks dangerous.

Fuck every forest level, trees suck.

>>389284001
EO levels make you know they want to kill you without NEON LAVA everywhere.

>>389277670
Etrian Odyssey Rance's dungeon

>>389284109
No it doesn't. You run into some butterflies and get angry when you die like woooow. The molten caves warn you and after 3 steps you're fighting a brontosaurus that oneshots your entire party. Or an Ant Queen. Also the music is ballers.

>>389283078
Yeah
I think I will go replay EO2U now though, peace.

>>389284295
But Rance hates lolis

Is mystery dungeon 2 gonna be good tho?

>>389284347
>You run into some butterflies and get angry when you die like woooow.
High onneps in the stratum before worked better
>starfishes and their water volleys
>everywhere
>finally close to the stairs
>high onnep
>you die
Magical moments while both looking and sounding better than the third stratum.

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>>389284560
*poisons you*

>>389284757
Bind head had like a 95% success ratio for me with those.

>>389284462
I know I was implying no lolis

>>389284462
He would be very pleased with EOV then.

I've never beaten an EO. I always get to like the 4th-5th stratum when I get sick of using the same strategy over and over for each encounter after unlocking all the skills.

Am I missing out?

>>389285087
Not really. If you're tired of the same strategy it's not going to get better, except for maybe the postgame stratum where things are usually too difficult for you to use the same strategy.

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So what will the new platform be? Komori had already mentioned this at one of the anniversary concerts https://twitter.com/HccvJPE8Dk/status/897095982558531584. Combined with Himukai's statement about EO5 likely being the last Numbered entry on 3ds, this last game is either going to be EOU3(since those are spinoffs) or something completely different. Maybe we'll get a 100 floor dungeon with every single class ever even though there's a lot overlap. I honestly wished the only other spinoff this series got wasn't something shitty like Mystery Dungeon

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>>389285992
>I honestly wished the only other spinoff this series got wasn't something shitty like Mystery Dungeon
But anon, there's also the mobile game.

>>389286146
>such a qt stuck in a mobile game
It's not fair.

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>>389286569
Looks pretty generic

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>>389287109
Prototype Chloe is a miracle of the universe.

>>389251149
I've never played any EO games.

Tell me why I should play them.

This thread has made me mildly interested

>>389269049
You can have your own ship.

>>389287418
fun dungeon crawling
fun map making system
fun classes
fun characters
fun music
fun skill trees

>>389287418
Release order because it's painful to go back. You can start from IV if you don't want to play the DS games.

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>>389251149
NO

WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET UNTOLD 3

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>389287418
>why i should play them
no one is interested on convincing you to play X game, pick it up yourself or don't.

>>389251149
>Etrian Odyssey V to be the last to use bottom screen mapping.
>New Etrian Odyssey Game Confirmed in Development, Last with a Bottom Screen Map on the 3DS
fucking hell
for a sec there I was disappointed but now at least there's a chance we're getting EOU3

>>389287387
And now she can be used for a porn book since she actually wasn't used for the game

Patchy princess > Blonde slut

>>389287418

Do, it's more about the experience of creating a party and having the interactions play in your head as you explore, great music, nice visuals and a pretty cool sense of progression, just don't get greedy and be careful.

Start with 4 on the 3DS, definetly, then play them in release order (Untold 1, Untold 2) and you feel like you want more, play 3 for the DS, and IF YOU WANT MORE, try Mystery Dungeon, altough I didn't really like it, it's kinda annoying and broken for better or worse, the a.i. kinda sucks too, would've been a great if it was multiplayer too.

>>389251149
>Etrian Odyssey V to be the last to use bottom screen mapping
So what reasons are left to keep living?

>>389251149
Well at least the series is not dead

>maps will now be drawn by hand
>minimap will only display a 5X5 square

>>389287418
If you like to make parties out of custom characters, this game is your jam. All sorts of party synergy awaits, and the later games let you respec and fiddle around with options such as sub classes and grimoires (which are kind of lame in Untold 1 but are fantastic in Untold 2). The level design is on point, with all the stratums feeling unique and memorable. I think 3 is probably the best in this regard, although U2 and 4 are strong contenders. And the music is just superb.

The games are incredibly relaxing to play and have free demos that can transfer saves to the game if you end up buying them. The demo for 4 is the best one, check it out.

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>>389289654
>incredibly relaxing to play

>>389270773
That sax was the closest I ever got to sexual orgasm without touching my johnny.

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>start with 4
Reminder to ignore opinions and recommendations from EO4 babbies

>>389289293
What if along with the box they send cartography sheets and you gotta draw the maps yourself

>>389290026
This, it sets you off on a horrible precedent for the rest of the games.

Start there if you want but its really different from 1, 2 and 3 with the whole overworld thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeLld65dFkc
How did you feel when you heard this for the first time?

>>389290447
Never liked it and I'm glad they got rid of it in 5

>>389290447
Pretty great, the only time I didn't really like it was in 4 when it had that odd delayed loop.

End of Raging Waves is way more obnoxious.

Best EO to start?

>>389291954
do you really love drpgs? eo 1
If any other reason, eo4, like the other children ITT.

>>389287601
we are gonna get EOU3 you dumbass

>>389293039
Having the last traditional EO be a shitty remake we don't need would be terrible

>>389287579
Just do classic mode in the Untolds

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PRINCESS!

I never liked the mapping aspect anyway. Sure i would do it but being left handed made it a pain to draw the map and move at the same time

>>389251149
Hope Sega kill this trash and make another Shining in the Darkness. For pc.

Reboot ala 7th Dragon 2020 incoming

>>389278319
>most fun classes
I'm at the third stratum and everyone feels weak as shit.

>>389294615
Yeah it sucks to stop every few tiles to draw the floor and walls, but i've got used to it eventually.

>>389295106
every class in every game does at that point

It's not a huge factor for me, I eventually ease into it but it doesn't drive me crazy. And my screen gets scratched to hell after finishing one game.

>>389265404
>You can easily google them.
>I have no source

Okay, cool

>>389295323
Not him but the only thing close to a 3DS successor was during the initial release of the Switch when kimishima said that they where open about it but mostly because they where still waiting for the sales performance of the Switch. To put it bluntly, if the Switch failed to sell well, they would develop the 3DS successor alongside the Switch lifespan, but if the Switch is successfull then they will call it the 3DS successor.

>>389278319
my problem with eo3 was that a lot of class options didn't actually work and a lot of them were really weak without specific setups. I ended up quitting in the 4th stratum because my party I wanted to use still didn't work even after I reset everyone and I didn't want to do it again.

>>389287418
Casual Wizardry with cute girls and some neat gimmicks like overworld super monsters puzzles you have to play around.

How much longer do I have to wait until V?

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>EO3U
>Secret quest where you set out with EO2U's remaining party to find the fafnir knight

>>389271924
Not him, but I think it would be pretty neat if they had animated sprites in battle like SMT IV as opposed to 3D models to save space and allow more content to be introduced.

>>389275843
Hahahahahah what a fucking joke.

http://www.dlsite.com/ecchi-eng/work/=/product_id/RE192319.html
https://mega.nz/#!1w9x1ATY!AC_QBwBM_iqGRoqrbZPsBgA6aLgALSKahrVIaW13YYg
;^)

>>389299831
>1.94 GB
What am I in for

>>389301661
CG set + animated versions with voice. Several shots with soles that aren't the main focus but is a little extra touch for those who like feet.