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 Etrian Odyssey started off as a Nintendo DS game where you and your party of adventurers delve into a mysterious labyrinth in search of fame and treasure! It finally got a damned Switch port which is great because as much as I love the original, the DS makes my weird gorilla hands cramp and I couldn't play it for very long. The game works pretty much the same as the original, but with better graphics and controller support. It also adds new difficulty settings which is great but also it turns out the most difficult option is the same as the original, not the middle one that I picked  Needless to say the first few episodes involve a ton of me misremembering stuff from the original with a nearly 100% incorrect rate. It's kinda amazing.Yes I'm starting yet another thread if I ever have less than three projects to juggle I'll die Spoiler Policy I know the basic story beats, but never made it much past the second stratum. Grace hasn't played at all, so don't post about anything we haven't seen yet. The Team  Name: Dan Class: Landsknecht Skills: Holds the damned controller  Name: CirclMastr Class: Protector Skills: Getting hit instead of Dan  Name: Grace Class: Troubadour Skills: Rustic Nightcore and unhelpful advice  Name: GrandmaParty Class: Alchemist Skills: Radha's weed dealer  Name: Cici Class: Medic Skills: Literal squishmallow  EpisodesLet's Play Etrian Odyssey Episode 1 - Oh No, My Hubris
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Jun 13, 2023 21:27
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Well there's an auspicious first episode name if ever I saw one.
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Jun 13, 2023 21:32
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But entirely appropriate to anything Etrian.
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Jun 13, 2023 21:33
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Yesssss I'm still relevant even though I took time off to get jacked
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Jun 13, 2023 21:41
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Oooh, I sure can't wait to see you guys underestimate forest life!
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Jun 13, 2023 22:08
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 Love these games.
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Jun 13, 2023 22:13
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This LP is already everything I could ever hope for. Dumb voices, hostile wildlife, and someone already lying dead on the ground for half of it.
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Jun 13, 2023 22:46
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It's another Dan & Grace Also, share Cici with the thread.
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Jun 13, 2023 23:29
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(by the way we still need an Alchemist and Survivalist for loser farmer squadron sign up if you want to be called a loser and die for our cause also this is an explicit acknowledgement that you will be subject to the kind of bits we do)
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Jun 14, 2023 01:18
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Just Winging It posted:Also, share Cici with the thread. 
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Jun 14, 2023 01:24
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Jun 14, 2023 01:28
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I'm curious about this game but don't dare investigate it myself so I'm excited to see it presented by competent people who know what they're doing. Oh no.
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Jun 14, 2023 01:54
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Never played this game, but looks fun and I'm intrigued
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Jun 14, 2023 06:34
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I’d like to know why it apparently has tools to draw your own map, despite also auto updating the map as you walk.
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Jun 14, 2023 07:36
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Akratic Method posted:I’d like to know why it apparently has tools to draw your own map, despite also auto updating the map as you walk. Why can't some people enjoy living in the future where you don't have to pull out the instruction manual for plot critical dialogue as a form of copy protection anymore, and maps drawing themselves. Section Z fucked around with this message at 09:58 on Jun 14, 2023 |
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Jun 14, 2023 09:55
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Akratic Method posted:I’d like to know why it apparently has tools to draw your own map, despite also auto updating the map as you walk. On the DS only the tiles you stepped on gpt automapped, being colored blue. special tiles, doors, floor gimmicks, on map enemy patrol routes, everything else, you had to map yourself.
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Jun 14, 2023 10:35
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I would like to join your loser squad as a survivalist who is very bad at surviving~
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Jun 14, 2023 11:27
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This can only end well...
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Jun 14, 2023 11:37
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New Episode! Let's Play Etrian Odyssey Episode 2 - Gimme That Boot This might come as a shock, but I was one of those kids that tried to stick a fork into a wall outlet multiple times
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Jun 14, 2023 14:43
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I've always wondered what was to these games. I might as well watch this. I'll also volunteer for loser duty if you still need corpses to throw at the monsters.
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Jun 14, 2023 15:14
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Okay say hello to the gathering team   Between the first and second recording session, I use Rest to respec our main crew and remove the gathering skills, my plan is for Team A to explore and hunt, while Team 2 comes in later on and uses the paths we find to scoop up all the goodies. Our inventory is hard capped at 60 slots and we hit that limit a lot faster than you'd think. I only had nine letters to make names with so that's why some of your names are like that
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Jun 14, 2023 15:47
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You're absolutely right, anyone who heads a dungeon exploration party is disposable.
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Jun 14, 2023 16:22
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Akratic Method posted:I’d like to know why it apparently has tools to draw your own map, despite also auto updating the map as you walk. Drawing your own map as a retro thing is part of the series appeal. Automapping is expressly optional, and the tools to customize your map are still going to be there and useful for things like making notes and reminders. bbcisdabomb posted:You're absolutely right, anyone who heads a dungeon exploration party is disposable. Look, there's a reason I jumped for the Protector role when Danaru did the casting call for gathering monkeys. I'm gonna be Nodwick with a shield here.
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Jun 14, 2023 17:01
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I've had a copy of EO4 on my 3DS for a while that I've barely touched, let's see if this LP makes me more likely to try it or less likely to.
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Jun 14, 2023 18:54
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I'm real tempted to change my name now. Edit: It's worth $10 to make Grace happy. G-Mawwwwwww fucked around with this message at 20:11 on Jun 15, 2023 |
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Jun 15, 2023 01:04
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C-Euro posted:I've had a copy of EO4 on my 3DS for a while that I've barely touched, let's see if this LP makes me more likely to try it or less likely to. EO4 is simultaneously significantly less and more bullshit than 1.
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Jun 15, 2023 08:28
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Ooh, interested to seeing how a relative first timer makes it through this particular game.Rigged Death Trap posted:On the DS only the tiles you stepped on gpt automapped, being colored blue. special tiles, doors, floor gimmicks, on map enemy patrol routes, everything else, you had to map yourself. Akratic Method posted:I’d like to know why it apparently has tools to draw your own map, despite also auto updating the map as you walk. Walls weren't auto mapped in DS either. That was added in the 3DS era. It's a QOL feature backported from that.
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Jun 15, 2023 15:54
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Oh god that manual mapping seemed painful. I assume it is better on PC where you can always pick up your mouse and map the DS way.
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Jun 15, 2023 17:54
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Oh huh, I totally thought auto walls were made for the switch version. Either way it's a big help. The map controls get a lot easier once you're used to them but also I'm very glad they'll just draw walls for meNew Episode! Let's Play Etrian Odyssey Episode 3 - Something Came Up Dan Look, there's only one sure way to know if something is poisonous or not
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Jun 15, 2023 21:28
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Omobono posted:Oh god that manual mapping seemed painful. The controller-based mapping works fine, IMO, though it does take some amount of getting used to, and it's never as fast as stylus mapping was. Also I don't know why the game makes the minimap start so zoomed in, or why it even lets you zoom in at all, the max zoomed-out size is perfect.
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Jun 15, 2023 21:31
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I've always wanted to give this series a shot, the music and art style are amazing, but the mapping was such a huge turnoff that I never even bothered actually looking into it. Might have to pick it up now that I know it can automap. If you're still taking
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Jun 15, 2023 22:55
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I gots to see this big beautiful murderhorse. They don't show FOE models during dungeon crawling? I remember that they did in the little bit of 4 that I played (which TBF was also fully 3D-rendered).
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Jun 16, 2023 22:20
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C-Euro posted:I gots to see this big beautiful murderhorse. They don't show FOE models during dungeon crawling? I remember that they did in the little bit of 4 that I played (which TBF was also fully 3D-rendered).
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Jun 16, 2023 22:55
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New Episode! Let's Play Etrian Odyssey Episode 4 - Screaming At Circs Okay I know I accidentally went on an easier difficulty, but they also don't usually keep screaming instead of attacking
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Jun 17, 2023 15:45
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Even on an easier difficulty that is very weird behavior from a FOE, as the later fight demonstrated. Just the AI going "lol i dunno" for a few minutes. Also I was playing Persona Q recently, the Persona Etrian mash-up, and yeah it was pretty fun as far as I got. Its automap is also real generous if you turn it on, and a bunch of other cool stuff that makes it friendlier than EO in general but not like pathetically easy. I didn't get too far in, though - a piece on my 3DS broke and I'm still waiting on a replacement part. The character writing in Q is painfully one-note, though.
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Jun 17, 2023 18:29
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I own 51 percent of this adventuring party
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Jun 18, 2023 00:20
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Persona Q is fine up until the 4th Stratum, at which point it completely falls apart. The 5th Stratum isn't as bad but it's still not good.
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Jun 18, 2023 00:58
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New Episode! Let's Play Etrian Odyssey Episode 5 - I Wish We Didn't Do This Man I still had episodes from Final Fantasy X on here  I gotta clean this out more often
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Jun 18, 2023 20:51
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Murderhorse was a letdown but murderbull and murderbug did not disappoint.
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Jun 20, 2023 16:28
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I'm loving how (relatively) well challenging every FOE is working. Just waiting for the upcoming moment where it stops working and Dan finds out his last save was too long ago.
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Jun 20, 2023 16:45
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