It'd be funny as fuck if those squirrels are in this and nabbed those infinite ATs as well till you got back to town.
I don't quite follow what you're getting at.
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I don't quite follow what you're getting at.
Chrono Helix
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wumster3000
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I am in the same boat. I want to play this but I have to choose casual for time constraints also. I am glad that they do offer this mode for various reasons.
This is my first EO game and after playing the demo, I am pumped for this game.
Koroviev
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My manly pride won't permit me to go below normal.
Labombadog
Member
I preordered this bad boy at Amazon. Should get it on the day it comes out, but I will not be playing it until I finish Dragon Quest 9.
It's not..I am playing the demo on casual...just go and try and kill those Baboon in Old Mines if you are not levelled up a bit,they absolutly destroy you...for those fights,which have always been the ones that made me rage or stopped playing in EO 1,you will still need a good team,some skills in choosing what spells to use etc...the only thing I noticed on casual though is how I can use auto attack more often now and not worry about dying on regular ennemies hehe...
Deified Data
Banned
I've always strongly disliked this series' artstyle, despite enjoying the games.
Koroviev
Member
I would go with FE.
I might wait until the LM
M demo. I hate these decisions--I know whichever game I buy, I will think that I should have bought a different one.
cj_iwakura
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Soul Hackers!
Hispanicguy
Member
A few things from the digital manual you may or may not care about:
Casual mode: "In casual mode, if you lose in battle, you can restart from town. You will also start with some items that have unlimited uses." There are some medals/achievements you can't earn in casual mode.
There will be quests you can accept using QR codes, but you can only accept one at a time. If you accept another QR quest and you have progress on the first one, the first quest will be overwritten.
You can register another player's character to your guild. Some restrictions on them:
They need to be your level or lower.
They cannot earn experience.
They cannot change equipment.
They cannot rest or retire.
A rare/shiny FOE will never run.
Casual mode: "In casual mode, if you lose in battle, you can restart from town. You will also start with some items that have unlimited uses." There are some medals/achievements you can't earn in casual mode.
There will be quests you can accept using QR codes, but you can only accept one at a time. If you accept another QR quest and you have progress on the first one, the first quest will be overwritten.
You can register another player's character to your guild. Some restrictions on them:
They need to be your level or lower.
They cannot earn experience.
They cannot change equipment.
They cannot rest or retire.
A rare/shiny FOE will never run.
Yeah, they seem to get more and more 'moe' with every entry.. I had a hard time finding a portrait for each character in the demo that I liked. I mostly picked what bothered me the least.
Labombadog
Member
Would be a cool feature to create your own portrait or import one that another user created. Although it might be a different complete style and theme to the actual game but I think it would be a nice addition imo.
cj_iwakura
Member
Could go either way, some get rare, some don't.
I'd wager Soul Hackers will be the rarer one.
Deified Data
Banned
Yeah, each sequel seems to get more and more bondage lolis for my taste.
Trust me, that Sword is a total rip off of epic proportions
Say no a few times and he drops the price I think
ImpassionateGods
Member
Any tips/strategies for newbies to the series? I've never even played a dungeon crawler before haha.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I'm in love with the game, I played III for around 100 hours and now I'm a huge fan of the games.
I have been testing different builds and I have at least a level 10 of the 7 classes, can't wait to get my copy.
I have been testing different builds and I have at least a level 10 of the 7 classes, can't wait to get my copy.
fatgamecat
Member
Glad to see these are still being localized. Got EO3 a while ago but never got around to playing it, will prob. do the same for EO4. Dungeon crawlers are a pretty big time investment.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
check out the demo, I'd just jump to 4 if you never played 3.
DR2K
Banned
I'd pick up EO4, unless you want to end up paying double down the road to play it.
Koroviev
Member
Both will probably be on the eShop and like I said before Soul Hackers is a good month and a half away. Regardless of time availability I imagine fund availability will be fine by then.
Formaldehyde was in the demo, dunno about skills though.
Keep haggling with him.
You can do a skill reset at the cost of 2 levels with the "Rest" option.
And it used to be 10, but either way it was very hard to screw yourself over permanently. You'd have to do something crazy like blow through ALL of your money then reset everyone, and at worst you're basically just replaying from the start then anyway.
Awesome, I didn't notice that. I guess I'm sticking with Normal then.
Hispanicguy
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lol, after spending 16 hours with the demo, I had no intentions of deleting it but I understand what you're saying.
Beating a shiny FOE and getting 9k experience is a great feeling, btw.
Might be too early to say but this may be my GOTY.
So excited. I can't wait to have that soundtrack!
I've always been interested in these games because the fun looking art style, and the map drawing, but never did get around to getting them. Played the demo to completion, and I've been grinding up every since.
Any reason to keep the other units levelled other than the team of 5 I got rolling from the start?
I've always been interested in these games because the fun looking art style, and the map drawing, but never did get around to getting them. Played the demo to completion, and I've been grinding up every since.
Any reason to keep the other units levelled other than the team of 5 I got rolling from the start?
The game will automatically draw floor tiles you walk across, but it's up to you to add other details like shortcuts, gather points, walls, etc.
None of the other EO games are that expensive.
Same with SMT games really. I think both will be OK. Then there's also a digital option.
You can turn it on or off regardless of difficulty setting but like someone else said you have to add in other details.
In prior games it wouldn't track FOEs not on tiles you walked on anyway, so it's why I stuck with auto fill. I think this is different though.
And good for Soul Hackers to be confirmed, though I kind of expected that.
SatelliteOfLove
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This is what that bolding was for earlier, Bururian: going in with hiding from frustration being a goal will mess up your emotional state somehow, somewhere, especially for a dungeon crawler rookie. "Overcoming" is a series' hallmark, and there will be an FOE trap, confusing multifloor layout, or boss that will force it upon you.
FUCK. I may have to rename my Fortress from Chie to this. :O
Mandatory. The better you get at it, the safer and richer you are later.
I see what you're saying now. I beat the first EO back in its first year, but by the end of it I was frustrated by the game as being a new player, it didn't feel too accessible. The casual mode will give me a little easier go at it with the 'back to town' if you die and not lose time playing from not saving frequently which happens to me a lot. I expect boss frustration, oh how I do. Rune masters are helping out a lot against FOE right now, however.
Which FOE did you shiny-ize?