Was hoping Deep Down to be that game. It looked really promising, but alas it's stuck in development hell.
_/¯Explain Dark Spire then
Having played Persona 4, wouldn't that mean popular dungeon crawlers with poor dungeons? Unless you mean vast increase in production values and more downtime between dungeon runs, in which case I agree.
Considering you make your own characters and half are males, you don't have to see any moe if you don't want to.
What the heck is this nonsense? What does Kingdom Hearts have to do with anything?
Truth. The Dark Spire is an underrated gem, the truest heir to Wizardry I've ever played. Can also be played in a plain old Nintendo DS.
Really don't get where that's coming from? It even has difficulty settings. It's quite accessible for a DRPG imo.
Yeah, it's true for me. EO sounds very much like a game I enjoy, but I just can't bring myself to give it a try because of the art. I'm generally pretty tolerant of anime art style, but EO crosses the line.
Have you played (or seen/watched) Shining the Holy Ark?
It's more like a hybrid between a more traditional JRPG with DRPG styled dungeon exploration.
Presentation-wise, it makes a very important distinction for itself: Your perspective is specifically that of the main character, Arthur. In combat, your perspectives moves up to enemies and shows the special effects of you attacking, or casting spells, or whatever - but if another party member does something, you specifically see them go out and do their thing.
Additionally, in a bit of mechanics enabling presentation, random encounters require that certain directions of approach are available for specific enemy types to be encountered; some will only appear coming around corners, others from pits or pools of water nearby, some come charging down long hallways at you, etc.
Similarly, this type of presentation carries over into towns as well; your perspective only very rarely ever leaves that of Arthur's viewpoint. Characters turn and talk to you when they address you, or to each other or your other party members. This isn't particularly noteworthy on its own, but the fact that the game treats your characters as characters that actually exist, rather than simply extensions of the player, makes for some significantly nicer presentation than your average DRPG.
That said, unlike most DRPGs, it doesn't feature anything in the way of character creation. It's really more like a normal JRPG, just with DRPG-styled dungeon exploration.
EO is ugly.
Have you played (or seen/watched) Shining the Holy Ark?
It's more like a hybrid between a more traditional JRPG with DRPG styled dungeon exploration.
Presentation-wise, it makes a very important distinction for itself: Your perspective is specifically that of the main character, Arthur. In combat, your perspectives moves up to enemies and shows the special effects of you attacking, or casting spells, or whatever - but if another party member does something, you specifically see them go out and do their thing.
Additionally, in a bit of mechanics enabling presentation, random encounters require that certain directions of approach are available for specific enemy types to be encountered; some will only appear coming around corners, others from pits or pools of water nearby, some come charging down long hallways at you, etc.
Similarly, this type of presentation carries over into towns as well; your perspective only very rarely ever leaves that of Arthur's viewpoint. Characters turn and talk to you when they address you, or to each other or your other party members. This isn't particularly noteworthy on its own, but the fact that the game treats your characters as characters that actually exist, rather than simply extensions of the player, makes for some significantly nicer presentation than your average DRPG.
That said, unlike most DRPGs, it doesn't feature anything in the way of character creation. It's really more like a normal JRPG, just with DRPG-styled dungeon exploration.
I'll never forget the guy who had an EO character for his avatar and continuously got shit on and never changed his avatar.
