BUMP FOR HUGE GAME IMPROVING DLC
So the demo / FREE DLC came out a month or so back and I finally tried it.
...and it fixes one of the core issues of the game.
You know how the problem with the random dungeon was that you had to start at floor 1 each time with enemies at lvl.1 and slowly go through each floor and build up the enemies to high level to get good exp/money/drops?
Well with the newgeon (which is an infinite floor dungeon), the starting enemy level is based on your atk+def stat / 4. So for example my lvl.29 pudding with atk/def around 100 each started with enemies at lvl.44. In a short 2-3 floor run she jumped to lvl.37. I also got CRAZY GOOD LOOT of weapons/armor/shield better than anything I had the entire main game. The lvl.45-50 chickens drop really great stuff off the bat.
On top of this each time you finish a floor there is an extra random stat. FLOOR SKIP +/- "x". So you can get floor skip + 20 and instantly go from floor 1 -> 21. There also seem to be normal exits almost every other floor so you can leave whenever.
There's also a hitsuwaza/super move that you can get in the dungeon by fulfilling some requirement (I didn't stick around long enough to figure this out) and you lose it when you leave so it's just for use in the dungeon.
Overall these changes mean NO MORE WASTED TIME. Now you are always 100% of the time fighting enemies just above your level so you're always getting good xp/good money and GOOD LOOT.
Now the problem is that if you've already cleared the game what is the point of an infinite dungeon where you can level your characters and get better and better loot if there's no end? It's fun for a bit but there's just no point in the end.
But if you were just starting the game for the first time, this would make the game so much better. I don't know why they didn't include this from the start. If they release this game in the US with the newgeon included at the start, I think this would easily be an 8.5 or 9/10 game and one of the best rogues in recent memory. This DLC comes a bit too late for us early adopters, but for the new audience it really increases the quality of the game.
At the end of the day after playing all 3 big N1 games this year (Classic Dungeon, Zettai Hero, Prinny 2), I think Classic Dungeon, especially after this DLC, ended up being the best of them. While Zettai Hero has a much better story and much more content, the core gameplay in Zettai Hero is just kind of ...weak. Whereas the core gameplay in Classic Dungeon is a really good rogue crawler and the powering up your characters with the magic circle and artifact system is great. I think NIS would be missing a HUGE opportunity if they don't bring this out in the US and include the newgeon right off the bat.
