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[Man God]

Another unique thing it has going for it is "not having a heavy focus on sexualized women and girls" in the space of dungeon RPGs these days.

Usually just one or two loli/moe designs per game, and a heavy chested NPC or two. All of the armored classes look properly attired for all available portraits but each game also has their Dancer/Troubador type as well.

 

[xevis]

There were Drpg's before EO and there will be ones after it. All of us long time fans have been pressing a button for a map for decades. Yeah making a map was fun but it's not so important that the series should die just because there isn't a second screen. I'd rather the series live on.

Not so important? The map making was a central mechanic of old CRPGs. I played through Shining in the Darkness last year. It's impossible to traverse its mazes without resorting to a pen and paper. The games you describe, where you toggle a button to see the map, create the map for you. In that context toggling a button to momentarily re-orient yourself is no big deal. If you had to interact with the map as well, drawing walls, adding annotations etc, it would be super annoying.

That said, there's probably an EO game to be had where the map making is no big deal but that experience is likely rather different to the one the series currently offers.

 

[Pepboy]

Another unique thing it has going for it is "not having a heavy focus on sexualized women and girls" in the space of dungeon RPGs these days.

I guess that's somewhat true but I felt there was always one or two player character designs that were pretty bad on this front. Enough so that I would have been embarrassed to have them in my party in case someone asked me what I was playing. Actually I thought this also created some controversy at the time.

Does Grimrock / Darkest Dungeons have sexualized women?

 

[Man God]

EO 1

EO 2

EO 4

 

[Dandy Crocodile]

I guess that's somewhat true but I felt there was always one or two player character designs that were pretty bad on this front. Enough so that I would have been embarrassed to have them in my party in case someone asked me what I was playing. Actually I thought this also created some controversy at the time.

Does Grimrock / Darkest Dungeons have sexualized women?

Well there's a big difference between the sexualized characters in, say, Experience Inc. DRPGs and EO.
Other games have characters that are sexual specifically for titillation but EO's designs never feel like that. Dancers wear real outfits that dancers in different cultures would wear.

 

[Mass Effect]

man, assuming they continue the series past the 3DS, it's going to be so strange having an Etrian Odyssey game with no dual screens.

 

[RpgN]

Another unique thing it has going for it is "not having a heavy focus on sexualized women and girls" in the space of dungeon RPGs these days.

This definitely adds to the vibe the EO games give, this high quality and classy franchise that is focussed on (challenging) gameplay and awesome soundtrack. No nonsense fluff but all around strong focus.

It is very appreciated that this sexualised focus is omitted. It's the reason why I can't give Demon Gaze a try despite hearing great things about it.

 

[The n00b Avenger]

There were Drpg's before EO and there will be ones after it. All of us long time fans have been pressing a button for a map for decades. Yeah making a map was fun but it's not so important that the series should die just because there isn't a second screen. I'd rather the series live on.

I wouldn't say it deserves to die but if it doesn't come up with a pretty brilliant alternative, that's probably what will inevitably happen once it moves off the 3DS

 

[Pyros_Eien]

I guess that's somewhat true but I felt there was always one or two player character designs that were pretty bad on this front. Enough so that I would have been embarrassed to have them in my party in case someone asked me what I was playing. Actually I thought this also created some controversy at the time.

Does Grimrock / Darkest Dungeons have sexualized women?

They don't, although Darkest Dungeons is a way different genre.

I think this is more in reference to dRPGs/crawlers specifically, with the vast majority of them being Vita games with a fairly big focus on the fanservice/ecchi stuff. Etrian has a very anime look to it but doesn't use it this way so that's pretty nice. Still some people hate the visual style.

 

[mclem]

'This is the last game in the series that will have a map to be drawn on the bottom screen on the Nintendo 3DS. For specifics, I hope that you can wait until the day when we can officially announce it.'

Reading between the lines, should we take this as them being confident that the series will live on beyond the 3DS?

 

[Aostia]

Reading between the lines, should we take this as them being confident that the series will live on beyond the 3DS?

I've read it that way

 

[JohannCK]

Heads-up: The game's being announced on a live stream tomorrow at noon Japan time.

I think it's pretty much a given that it's going to be a remake of 3 but one thing I'd like to see is them dumping all the classes from 1-2 in as well.

 

[staen]

Heads-up: The game's being announced on a live stream tomorrow at noon Japan time.

I think it's pretty much a given that it's going to be a remake of 3 but one thing I'd like to see is them dumping all the classes from 1-2 in as well.

The new Etrian Odyssey title, which was first confirmed in September 2017, is said to be a “festival-like” culmination of the series. In December 2017, series director Shigeo Komori said that it will not be Etrian Odyssey 3 Untold, but rather a “true culmination” with a lot of map drawing and “completely unexpected content.”

Source

 

[Danjin44]

I for one cant believe Atlus of all companies is developing games late into a console's life cycle

Really!!? Atlus released Persona 4 on PS2 in 2008 when 360 and PS3 was already out.

 

[JohannCK]

Source

Huh, the actual source for that is someone tweeting about last year's concert which I was at and I don't recall him saying that. Then again my memory is terrible so I'm probably just forgetting.

 

[Achelexus]

I'd much rather have a remake of 3 than EO6.

 

[staen]

I'd much rather have a remake of 3 than EO6.

This sounds like it's not going to be either of those.

~20 more hours for the live stream:

 

[bufkus]

Really!!? Atlus released Persona 4 on PS2 in 2008 when 360 and PS3 was already out.

not to mention, Persona 5 was basically a PS3 game and that came out last year.

also i really hope EO is moving to the Switch/PS4 after this final 3DS entry. I've never really cared about the map drawing feature, and with a bigger screen you can just have a minimap anyway.

 

[JohannCK]

Article on X is up.

http://www.frontlinejp.net/2018/04/10/sekaiju-no-meikyuu-x-etrian-odyssey-x-announced/

 

[Achelexus]

19 classes, subclassing, force boost/break. Looks like a balancing nightmare.

 

[Newk86]

19 classes, subclassing, force boost/break. Looks like a balancing nightmare.

Has an additional difficulty from the screens (so 4 I think?), possibly for this reason.

 

[Achelexus]

Has an additional difficulty from the screens (so 4 I think?), possibly for this reason.

I don't think this really fixes the issue.

 

[sotojuan]

I for one cant believe Atlus of all companies is developing games late into a console's life cycle

3DS is still going on strong in Japan. I don't know about now but shortly after the Japanese release, 3DS Dragon Quest XI outsold the PS4 version.

 

[JohannCK]

New details on the game are out
http://www.frontlinejp.net/2018/04/12/etrian-odyssey-x-new-details-revealed/

 

[JohannCK]

So the game is out; I just defeated the final boss (just the regular final boss though) and my review of the game is up on Frontline Gaming Japan.

It's really good.

Also I mentioned the new version of the boss theme from 3 in that review. I said it in there but I'll just say again that it's really good.