Etrian Odyssey 2 is more of the same with some mapping and class improvements.

User Rating: 7.5 | Sekaiju no Meikyuu II: Shoou no Seihai DS
By digitaltiger | Review Date:
Etrian Odyssey 2 is a fun and additive game. Combat is simple turn based and you get to have up to 5 characters in your party. You also have to be sneaky to advance in some parts of the game which is fun, some special monsters called FOE's are so difficult to defeat that you have to sneak around them in order to advance. This can create lots of suspense since the FOE will chase you and will some times corner you in dead ends. The characters also have a child like quality to them that gives Etrian Odyssey 2 a charming feel. Combat and exploration is the core of the game and both are well balanced.

What isn't well balanced is the amount of combat needed to level up a class to see if you want to have it in your party or not. A lot of skills don't work very well until you max them out, this means lots of wasted time combat grinding to see which classes you prefer. During my adventure I had to create many new characters that were much weaker then the rest of the party and then baby sit them until they finally were strong enough to pull their own weight.

Overall Etrian Odyssey 2 is a very good game that is fun but will punish you for any mistakes you make.

Game Play = 7
Graphics = 7
Sound = 7
Value = 9

Overall = 7.5

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