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Nope, just EO4 so far and the demo of EO Untold: The Millenium Girl. I'm thinking about asking for the latter from my family for Christmas. I've been thinking about getting the DS titles, but I'm not sure if it's worth my time. As complex as EO4 is, I think the DS games may be even harder.

It probably is, but it's also a fantasy RPG. Even if it's made up, the point is that they're overpowered monsters that really put pressure on you. Some FOEs will stalk you if you get their attention, while others just move around on a set path. Most of the ones in EO4 are pretty annoying, especially since some can move faster than others (for instance, there are these giant preying mantises called Omnihunters that fly around parts of the second land in the game. They guard said areas because there are actually hidden dungeons there. If they spot you while you're near them on the overworld map, they'll come after you, which is a problem since they move two spaces for every one space you move).

F-ing Overpowered Enemy is right! Well, I looked it up and it's short for "Formido Oppugnatura Exsequens." Etrian Odyssey Untold('s demo) mentions it once, but I forgot the terms until now.

In EO4 (and the demo of EO Untold), everything's basically in first person, which kind of disorients you are first. The key feature is cartography (map-making). As you explore dungeons, you need to create your map and note where things are so that you don't get lost. In terms of the battle system, it's all turn based. However, you're limited to whatever skills you teach your characters (you get a set amount of points to spend on abilities, which you have to budget since you only get three points per character to start and only one every time a character gains a level). There are different types of skills that have different effects: Dungeon skills allow you do things in the dungeons you explore, battle skills help enhance your characters combat abilities, and rune skills are basically this game's version of spells.

On top of that, the game's enemies can't be taken down with straightout attacks. Generally, you'll find yourself trying to cripple them with status afflictions and weak binding attacks somehow before you can actually kill them.

To add to that difficulty, there are powerful set enemies called FOEs (I forgot what that stood for though). FOEs are the enemies that can kill you quickly no matter how strong your characters are. Eventually, you will get to the point where you can take down weaker FOEs without much effort, but other versions of the same monsters tend to stay stronger than you as you progress through the game.

EO4 is pretty addicting, but it gets a little frustrating when you find yourself constantly running back to the main town in the game just to heal your party. There are characters like Medics that can heal your group in the field, but they become a little ineffective when your entire party's Tactical/Technical Points (EO's equivalent of MP or PP) starts to dwindle from constant skill/spell usage. It's truly a game of survival.

I guess I'm just used to RPGs where it doesn't matter if your characters die since you can revive them at some point, which is why I chickened out of Classic partway into the game. Admittedly I never really played Fire Emblem until Awakening.

I have to say though, FEA doesn't really compare to Etrian Odyssey IV in terms of general difficulty. The EO series is supposed to be hard to begin with, but I didn't learn about it until recently when I tried the demo of EO4, which actually has two settings: Casual and Normal. Normal for this game is very hard and I kept having to go back to town to heal my party every couple battles it seemed like; Casual is almost laughably easy in comparison. The battle system is a little awkward, too, since it's supposed to resemble old table-top RPGs like Dungeons and Dragons (or perhaps the older Final Fantasy games); however, the game is complex as hell and it forces you to use a lot of advanced tactics from the beginning just to beat random monsters. I got the full game a few weeks ago, but my progress has still be kind of sluggish, even in Classic.

Yeah, I thought that was a nice touch. I've made other Miis out of boredom that were...rather disturbing... I'm surprised how far apart I can spread their eyes and make them look like freaky aliens (or perhaps even frogs).

Lunatic... Eh, I tried it and died on the first level... >.> FEA is actually pretty hard outside of Normal mode (and even that difficulty can be rough if you don't keep your guys' levels up). My only regret is that I never really played the game through on Classic mode. I guess it doesn't matter, though, since the only difference is that, when your characters "die," they're actually dead. Also, the game allows you to soft-reset it if you don't like the way things are going, so you can restart where you last saved (which kind of defeats the point of Classic mode).

Ahahaha, I get that all the time! You can tell I was bored that day. I'm surprised that the Mii Maker actually allowed me to make a Mii like that. I know the Wii's version doesn't.

Also, ack, that close to the ending... Well, I guess I don't blame you for trying to milk abilities. I played the game through twice since I got it and spent a lot of time trying to get as many accessable abilities as possible (I'm surprised that some people actually had classes that didn't seem to match their personalities, like how Libra and Cordelia could reclass into Dark Mages and Sorcerors). If you ever do get to the Endgame level, make sure you play it twice...

Ooh, please tell me you finished FEA at least. This game is one of the few truly EPIC titles for the 3DS released this year. (I have a bad tendency of starting a game, but not finishing it until later too; otherwise, I'd have finished EO4 before Pokemon X and Y came... On second thought, nevermind... Etrian Odyssey IV is a really hard game, even with two different difficulty settings you can switch between.)

Also, yes, I was going to ask you if you wanted to exchange FCs too. My 3DS is 3866-8575-6955.

Mmm, I never saw the point in Ace Attorney, even though it sounds like a lot of people like it (or at least it has its own fanbase). Coincidentally, I hadn't been playing Pokemon as much until lately. In fact, I sprung for a bunch of different titles this year to kind of break the monotony (namely, tactical RPGs like Fire Emblem Awakening and Etrian Odyssey IV).

Nothing much. Playing Pokemon X mostly, aside from working. How are things for you?

Hi.

Fixed it

Added your fc
Name:James
Fc:0275 8046 9140

Got 2 numbers the wrong way round, my bad, should work now

I added your 3DS FC.
Mine is Snowpoint 3952-7463-1030

I guess not. :( It's been so long though, so idk.

Yup, they wanted people to start posting in the manga subforum instead of only posting about the manga in that club lol. But it kind of backfired when most of the active members of that club left, cause it was the only reason they were here, so yeah. :(

Yeah, probably says 2009. XD And most of them left after the club got locked in favor of the manga subforum in Pokemon General, sadly. :(

Yeah, try keeping it updated. ~_~ I gave up at one point lmao. And yeah, too bad she's never around here anymore. D:

Yeah, I stopped hanging around after a while. There got to be so many people and the topics were constantly changing, and I gradually lost interest in the manga sadly. :( ValentineUmbreon was awesome, yes! She drew me a picture of Wally and Parasect for my birthday in 08 if I'm not mistaken! :)

I thought your name was familiar! :D That was sooooo long ago. At the time it was closed, I believe it was the longest running Pokemon club. XD