I wanted to reply in the old one but it's reaching necro age so:
https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,17673.0.htmlAnyway, I got around to purchasing Etrian mystery dungeon a month ago or so, that being my first mystery dungeon game. And I'm actually having a hard time really getting into it. Though I suspect not for the reasons people think.
I've heard some people complain about the party members getting in each other's way and whatnot. But my complaints are the following:
1: Doesn't feel like a roguelike very much... feels more like a normal EO game in the sense that you kinda are stuck with your party and it levels up for dozens of hours, even in your first playthru. There's no risk of death or whatever...Simply deleting the save upon a wipe isn't really an option because the game is balanced/scaled to be done with a perma party in mind, not one where 20 hours means you pretty much endgame, but with challenge making it so simply getting that far is an accomplishment.
2: I think this is my biggest problem.. I'm trying to do a quest and I just can't get the materials. It's some quest where I have to gather 3 or 5 wood from the 2nd dungeon, I forget the wood type, timber or something? Anyway, I've done the 2nd dungeon like 8 times and I got 1.. yes one.. and yes, I've been skilling up my chopping skills, it's like 2 points away from max, and I STILL can't get the darn wood, and yes, my chopper is the one gathering it, not my herb dude or mine girl. stubborn quests happen I know, but I'm pretty much way overlevel now trying to do this one damn quest
3: Game doesn't really document stuff well. For example It's kind of hard to tell what the difference between an ordinary outpost is, and a scout outpost. I also recall the game saying that building an outpost in a dungeon "locks" it from being random, but they are still clearly random. I don't know what the heck the point is minus feeding exp to the people camping the fort. Also in EO fashion, skills don't really tell you the #s and %s...but this is a series habit so I don't hold it too against the game.
4: not the game's fault but last time I played there was virtually no information on the game via wiki or gamefaqs or anything. so if I was wondering something about the game, I was SOL.
Anyway, I still don't have EOU2, though I plan to get it. EO2 is my fave EO to date (4 was good but something about 2 clicked with me). Just curious though, Is EOU2 pretty much exactly the same to EO2 as EOU1 was to 1? Or is there something new that may interest me? I assume it has something like that gladheim dungeon? If so how is the music for the extra dungeon?
