Etrian Odyssey

very well-designed, old-style dungeon RPG

User Rating: 9.5 | Sekaiju no Meikyuu DS

By msm0000 | Review Date: July 30, 2007

I will update this review after I finish the game. For now, I'll just say that I really liked the combat system, character customization, the feel of the world, and the fact that you draw the dungeon's maps as you explore it. Ohter reviwers mentioned that the game has too much backtracking and is too hard. I thought the backtracking is not excessive, and I felt it's nice that it forces me to think how to fight through the dungeon without wasting too many resources. And yes, the game is harder than other RPGs I played. I like it because of that.

I wish this game could be made multiplayer...

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