Ah, the remake of the first Etrian Odyssey.
The demo is limited to 10 levels per character and the first few floors in the new Story mode, where you have a fixed party (Protector, Medic, Alchemist, Gunner and Highlander; the last two should be exclusive to this mode) and revolves around Frederica, a girl found in a sleeping device (aka cold sleep) in mysterious ancient ruins (aka old civililization...no, it's not spoilers as the game is pretty open about this).
Unfortunately it's not possible to test the normal mode, but from the start of Story mode, seem that classes have retained their original skills, though only thr full game will tell if they are as in the first Etrian Odyssey (how you do, Immunize?).
The backgrounds have been redone in 3D and look gorgeous, character sprites are the same as in the first game, albeit at an higher resolution. And the have voices. Voices in my Etrian Odyssey? Noooo, they must be muted. Done. And the OST put to classic (16 bit tunes). Whaaaat, you can't? You can in the full game. Grumble...
The engine used is the same as EOIV, and many enemy models are the same, though they have new animations. Compared to the original EO the technical gap is quite huge, and it's even better than in the last game. Everything is still a bit pixellated, but dungeons are more varied than even before.
Maps are the same as the first EO, including shortcuts, events and enemies. Based on how hard they hit, it looks like Expert mode has the same level of difficulty than the first EO...which is great!
Can't wait to get my hands on the full game.
The demo is limited to 10 levels per character and the first few floors in the new Story mode, where you have a fixed party (Protector, Medic, Alchemist, Gunner and Highlander; the last two should be exclusive to this mode) and revolves around Frederica, a girl found in a sleeping device (aka cold sleep) in mysterious ancient ruins (aka old civililization...no, it's not spoilers as the game is pretty open about this).
Unfortunately it's not possible to test the normal mode, but from the start of Story mode, seem that classes have retained their original skills, though only thr full game will tell if they are as in the first Etrian Odyssey (how you do, Immunize?).
The backgrounds have been redone in 3D and look gorgeous, character sprites are the same as in the first game, albeit at an higher resolution. And the have voices. Voices in my Etrian Odyssey? Noooo, they must be muted. Done. And the OST put to classic (16 bit tunes). Whaaaat, you can't? You can in the full game. Grumble...
The engine used is the same as EOIV, and many enemy models are the same, though they have new animations. Compared to the original EO the technical gap is quite huge, and it's even better than in the last game. Everything is still a bit pixellated, but dungeons are more varied than even before.
Maps are the same as the first EO, including shortcuts, events and enemies. Based on how hard they hit, it looks like Expert mode has the same level of difficulty than the first EO...which is great!
Can't wait to get my hands on the full game.
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