My first introduction to the Etrian series was with III and while I felt like it had a lot of amazing qualities and took old school dungeon crawlers into the present, I also found it a bit irritating and would tend to lose interest a third of the way in or so. I attribute that mostly to having done all available side quests, caves, and all I had left was some boss in the way of progression.
Well I can't say that much has changed here, but I'm really digging the story and there are enough ways to grind so it doesn't seem too sloggy. But let's face it, these games are meant to be grind fests. If you're not into that, do not apply.
The bosses and tougher enemies here don't bug me as much, if I die I simply go grind a few levels and come back. Some of them are still pretty rough no matter what your level, but hey, there's an easy mode I believe if you really want it.
These games are all gorgeous combos of 3D and 2D.
I'm about 75% of the way through it and I can't say I'm having much trouble yet as long as I grind it out every once and awhile. I'm sure the final dungeon will be some kind of hell but we shall see.
Well I can't say that much has changed here, but I'm really digging the story and there are enough ways to grind so it doesn't seem too sloggy. But let's face it, these games are meant to be grind fests. If you're not into that, do not apply.
The bosses and tougher enemies here don't bug me as much, if I die I simply go grind a few levels and come back. Some of them are still pretty rough no matter what your level, but hey, there's an easy mode I believe if you really want it.
These games are all gorgeous combos of 3D and 2D.
I'm about 75% of the way through it and I can't say I'm having much trouble yet as long as I grind it out every once and awhile. I'm sure the final dungeon will be some kind of hell but we shall see.