*solves the dungeon crawler genre*
>>3865767I just wish the character designs weren't so moe cringe, its near perfect otherwise but your only choice of party members is guys who look like hipster doofuses or cartoon 12 year old girls. I love the game design but damn have Japanese aesthetics gone into the toilet.
>>3865794Japanese nerds absolutely adore child soldiers for some reason.
>>3865767it's pretty bananas how hard this series mogs the rest of the genre. shame we'll never get another
>>3865802>mogsFucking squaretards...
*really solves the dungeon crawler genre*
>>3865854kek, it's a pretty shit genre yeah. I think it would've been better if there were better games.
I, II, or III?
>>38660533 is when they started to get good>>3865794Part of why 5 is my favorite, it's still clearly Himukai's artstyle, but it just has more of a fantasy aesthetic, the different races and classes are cool too
>>3865767I like them, especially the third one since it's on steam and has pirates but I think Labyrinth of Refrain was just as good. Gotta support NIS games apart from Disgaea as well. Other than that I wish I could get into Elminage and Wizardry more but they just crush your balls so hard.
>>3865794EO1/EO2 had a great Gainaxy art style, I dunno what you're talking about with "hipster doofuses". EO4 has a lot of crap art though.
>>3865805It took me a sec, you're alright anon
>>3866183EO2 portraits especially are kino.
>>3865854BASED
>>3865767My problem is they're just dungeon crawlers. Old first-person blobbers like Wizardry, Might & Magic, etc. were actual, proper RPGs underneath it all.
>>3865794says it all. cool games but i'll never recommend it to anyone due to the art
>>3866183>great Gainaxy art style>greatSubjective.
>>3865794Yes, it's perfect.
>>3865854fpbp (fifth post best post )
>>3866204they know what they want to be
>>3866204What's the distinction for you?
With Etrian Odyssey, I'm in this weird place where I love the character design and the party building, but I think the series is too old school for me. I really want them to make one with freeform 3D movement, like a weeaboo Might & Magic 8 or Wizardry 8.
new EO never ever, fuck atlus.
>>3866409To be fair it is a niche style of game, but it is also one with people fucking HUNGRY for anything new that doesn't entirely suck. Don't even need to put your A team on it and make it a multimillion dollar AAA trashfire, just let the B team put something out and we are so starved for even half good dungeon crawlers we will eat that shit up.
>>3865767>niche genre>fixniche genres don't need fixing, they exist in that niche for a reason.
>>3866579This doesn't really apply to the later releases. The only thing niche about these games is the pricetag. Same with Atelier games. If they would have sold the games for a more attractive price they could have easily captured a larger audience. Something JP companies are still unable to comprehend to this day.
>>3866768>AtelierKoei Tecmo is probably one of the worst publishers when it comes to lowering their prices and always has the most insulting and out of touch discounts. I'm still waiting for their Fatal Frame re-release to go on a sale deeper than 30% and it's been 4 years.
>>3865794Shit taste. Consider suicide.
The loot sucks in all EO games. Makes Larian randomized loot look good in comparison.
>>3865767Why is it always up to Japan to solve video game genres?
>>3867537I have no idea what you are referring to.
>>3867537Not really? Once they got into "conditional drops are 100% if you meet the condition" so you're not fighting bosses and trying to get them to kill themselves with curse damage multiple times, they're pretty generous. And you can always use a formaldehyde if you suck too.
