Thread 724662061

Friday Halloween night dungeon crawling thread
What are you
DIVAN'
LOOTAN'
FIGHTAN'

>>724662061 (OP)
Thinking I'm gonna pick up my EO5 playthrough that I started about this time last year, I was about halfway through the 5th stratum

>>724662061 (OP)
Can you stop posting this specific picture it is so incredibly hot I actually cannot concentrate on anything else all day whenever I see it. Please I have things to do.

Been playing pic related

Kinda simplistic of a game, but it's very charming regardless

>>724662061 (OP)
Is this a boy

>>724663959
I've played the second game. It's fun, but pretty simple. Not sure if the first game had the feathers and the ability to get some optimal gear.

>>724665732
No

Looks like one

>>724662061 (OP)
what is this bodytype called?

>>724666518
9 year old child

>>724662061 (OP)
>>724666518
>>724666592
why do dungeon crawler games always have sexy children in them?

>>724666895
Because everyone's copying Atlus making the og loli dungeon crawler by hiring a literal loli porn artist

>>724666895
It's just people copying Etrian Odyssey, after it got really popular with its first DS release. There's plenty of other dungeon crawlers, even anime dungeon crawlers, which have different artstyles and tits. But after EO got popular, there were a lot of games which were just dungeon crawlers with flat anime girls as the images for each job you can pick up.

>>724666895
because those are the only good video games

After playing all versions of EO1, I still prefer the original.

Any game with a good cast, fun combat and exploration, and a kino story?

i don't like the EO artstyle.

>>724666895
Because while EO is good, nobody is actually going for the other aesthetics of dungeon crawlers. Its confounding.

>>724662061 (OP)
I played through EO1 a few months ago and really liked it. Personally, it was a 9/10. The reveal of the 5th stratum Lost Shinjuku almost pushed it to 10. Hexer was probably my favorite because the cute portraits the shackle stuff was really fun. I will say that dark hunter felt more like an unlock class than hexer. As in it was a more complex class.
How did you anons feel about claret hollows? I liked how evil it was, but getting to the end and finding out you have to kill the dragons made me ragekek.
Also does anyone have a halloween costume idea for the Ronin? Gonna draw her.

>>724672024
why

>>724672784 (me)
>Also does anyone have a halloween costume idea for the Ronin? Gonna draw her.
Eh I'll extend the offer to any of the portraits. Gonna draw ronin anyways.

>>724662061 (OP)
I'm too depressed to die.

>>724672784
Draw Ronin dressed as Hexter because she's spooky.
Remember that Hexer is canonically nopan.

>>724672920
too cartoony, i'm not a fan of stuff like Made In Abyss so "dark world with cute characters" doesn't do it for me.

>>724674494
This is why I only make parties of old men

>>724670181
Whether any of these apply to a game is gonna be subjective, but for me it's the Demon Gaze games. Very few games handle the ramping up storyline as well.

>>724674494
ok so go away and stay away

>>724663310
no idea how this became an lgbt icon desu

>>724676020
It's an ugly fucked up version of an animal that will probably die early.

Alone on a Friday Halloween night without a Party?
How pathetic

>>724677216
annoying potato requires first row correction

>>724674201
Okay I'll do a sketch of this after I finish this ronin drawing.

>>724666895
For me. Thank goodness.

>>724678581
Based and cunnypilled drawfag

>>724674930
But that's a cute old man.

>>724678581
Ooh, that's nice. Well done, thanks for sharin

Do you guys have any suggestions for real-time dungeon crawlers? 1st person, 3rd person, whatever camera angle. Just in the mood for something new but solid.

>>724679038
>real-time dungeon crawlers?
what, like the Legend Of Grimrock games?

I keep thinking of an EO1U run where I start with 3 ronins and at level 30 class change them into survivalists so they can finally deal good damage again.

>>724679038
>>724679141
Probably something like Lunacid maybe?

>>724679279
coward

>>724679314
there's Labyrinth of the demon king i guess.
ive heard it's way harder than Lunacid tho.

play tormented souls 2 actually dont it sucks

>>724662061 (OP)
Which EO has the Best Post-Game?
I only heard high praise for Star Devourer

Labyrinth of refrain 2 sucks

>>724680967
Do you think that the guy that constantly shills it actually played the game? I feel like it's one of those bible situations.

The fucking potatoes killed the series.

>>724682526
More like saved and killed billions

>>724666895
why wouldnt you send orphan child soldiers to their deaths? they are basically the illegal immigrant laborers of the fantasy genre.

>>724679038
King's Field 3

>>724682526
Speaking of potatoes, you should all go and play Potato Flowers in Full Bloom. It's a nice little indie dungeon crawler with an overabundance of soul.

>>724678756
>>724678858
Thanks a lot, anons, I finished it. Hope you guys like it. I'll make a sketch of the hexer one tonight hopefully.
Whenever I get around to EO2, I'm gonna use this ronin at the start and say it's the sister of my ronin from EO1 who died on the final boss.

>>724683486
I had fun with the demo, but I don't play games on Steam that much anymore. If it comes over to GOG or itch, I'll pick it up immediately. Otherwise, I'll likely buy it on Steam whenever I get around to picking up new games over there.

>>724683952
Damn, great work Anon.

>>724683486
I liked it until I reached endgame. It felt like I was punished for using a core party and not rotating anyone out.

>>724683952
Very nice

>>724679978
I like 4's post game
5's post game is pretty good too

the guy from made in abyss should do EO6 art if himukai doesnt get out of prison in time

>>724676134
It's already dead

>>724686571
Tsukushi is too busy sniffing plushies to draw anymore.

>>724686571
what do you mean, the artist of EO is in prison?

In your opinion what makes a perfect dungeon crawler?

My thor gets in tomorrow. Going to play all the eo games in order

First time playing an EO game(playing 3) how many times do you guys retire before taking on a super boss?
My team has a Sovereign/hoplite, Gladiator/Arbalist, Zodiac/monk, Ninja/Pirate, and Arbalist/Zoodiac

Beat the Kraken and Alarune. Getting dumpstered by Anemone and the elemental dragons.

>>724684909
I guess I got lucky because I was able to beat all the endgame bosses with my starter party and only a little bit of extra planning

>>724662061 (OP)
i wait for the loli guro dugeon crawling

I'll probably play Labyrinth of Zangetsu soon.

>>724662061 (OP)
Should i Pirate the pc port or just emulate it?

>>724693021
The PC ports give you better mapping tools, fix bugs, add some convenience features to the games (especially 1, paying 10 levels to respec HURTS), but otherwise remains faithful to the originals. They're also designed for mouse, unlike the originals.

>>724693021
>>724693135
I preferred the emulator where I could move with the keyboard and draw the map with the mouse at the same time. Didn't like the PC port where you could only do one at a time.

>do the Steam depot thing to get the version without Denuvo to use the font mod
>FORCED to update because of that gay Unity breach or whatever
This is so gay.

>>724694068
you could just not update it, Etrian Odyssey's not gonna hack you

>>724662061 (OP)
I really really want to __be_ this character

man why is Wildling so overpowered?

>>724683486
Already did, when is the next potatoes

>>724696073
for-chan =^D

I had more fun playing wizardry variants Daphne than I did playing smt or etrian Odyssey and I'm not joking

I miss Stranger of Sword City's original art style, but they'll never make another dungeon crawler that looks like that. I don't want loli shit, I want cool looking characters.

>>724696576
The other experience inc games generally use the same artists and enemy designs though, not to mention that while it's not an exact 1:1 Labyrinth of Yomi exists,

>>724668325
>and tits
post them

>>724697375
>Labyrinth of Yomi
One of the best dungeon crawlers ever. good artworks, good music, good atmosphere, good story and somewhat smaller and straight to the point dungeons.

>>724693349
you can make maps during random encounters

I NEED more DRPGs that are generics only
Fuck premade characters, they're boring and I don't care for them, give me generics with the most customization options possible

>>724698272
Play https://store.steampowered.com/app/2195780/

>>724666003
That's because you're a faggot.

1-3 Demon Gaze Extra.
4-6 Saviour of Sapphire Wings
7-9 Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
0 Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters And Gain Strong Weapons And Armor. You May Be Defeated, But Don’t Give Up. Become Stronger. I Believe There Will Be A Day When The Heroes Defeat The Devil King.

>>724698010
THIS. Name dungeon crawlers with big boobs... NOW!!!

>>724662316
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nplefywEFI

Is Wizardry Variants worth playing for the waifus?

>>724699227
I would play it on mobile devices. Because the PC version has some crude anti cheat from korea.

>>724698395
Already played

>>724698010
>>724698934
I'm pretty sure that Omega Labyrinth (ω Labyrinth) is the one where you rub the girl's boobs to make them bigger. As for anime DRPGs, I don't quite remember specific names, but Mary Skelter has a few tits. There's some h-games like Sakura Dungeon or (if you count it) Dungeon Town with some stacked characters.

>>724700357
No ecchi or eroge crawlers with big boobs? Omega Labyrinth is too... happy.

Everytime I play a new dungeon crawler I'll play it for 2-3 hours and then drop it to replay an EO game again.

>>724683952
Very nice job

>>724662061 (OP)
loli with serious stares are qt

>Put denuvo on an overpriced rerelease of a bunch of DS games
>it fails to turn a profit because its an overpriced rereleaseon DS games+denuvo tax
>insult to injury they released the game without denuvo on it which got pirated immediately so the denuvo tax was for fucking nothing
>series gets canned again
NEXT STAGE my ass
fuck you sega

>>724662061 (OP)
playing wizardry the five ordeals. triggered a teleporter chest trap, and my party ended up in a rock, thus sending 8 hours of my life down the drain. i hate this fucking game. i'll play again tomorrow

>>724698272
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2712380/Legends_of_Dragaea_Idle_Dungeons/ this is coming out in a couple days. The demo was interesting but I don't know how it works out long term. I'm afraid it will lean too much into the idle game.

>>724662061 (OP)
Wizardry Variants Daphne
Currently leveling another party and trying to hunt bounties.

>>724679038
The Mary Skelter series is a dungeon crawler with EO-styled FOEs that move in real time. But you probably didn't mean that sort of 'real time dungeon crawler'.

>>724700889
Dungeon Travelers (1 & 2) maybe

>>724702419
>But you probably didn't mean that sort of 'real time dungeon crawler'.
this is why we need to normalize the use of blobber

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3065310/Nyaz/
cat kino
it's better on switch

>>724702236
isn't that one a /v/ dev game? I might give it a shot but if it's really too much of an idle game that's a skip from me

>>724688406
Late, but you shouldn't have to retire to do anything except the final final boss. It's been years since I played but regular equipment Def stats are awful in 3 and you just need to grind out for accessories with % damage reduction specific to that boss.

>>724662061 (OP)
i want to beat her in a 1v1 fair fight then rape her right after

>>724702236
>idler dungeon crawler
Funny enough theres a touhou game sort like like that already.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/867490/Remyadry/

>>724666895
To attract ojisan gamers over 40

>>724702236
from the dev stream, the dungeon seems incidental to the idling, so not very high hopes for a proper DRPG. Looks like a neat idler though, always wanted automated commands similar to FF12 in more games

Okay, please recommend me some good turn-based dungeon crawlers available on Steam/GOG, preferably anime style. I miss my EO.

Played so far, aside from EO:
>Class of Heroes I and II (on PSP)
>Stranger of the Sword City
>Wizardry 8 (cannot stomach 7 and 6 graphics, sorry)

Thank you.

>>724683486
This game cured my depression. I shit you not, it's so full of positive energy.

>>724705630
I've heard that Mary Skelter is pretty good. Pick up Mary Skelter 2 because it includes a version of the first game.

>>724705630
There is Class of Heroes III on Steam now. Otherwise if you can stomach the older ones, there is also Operation Babel.

I suppose Labyrinth of Galleria/Refrain are also anime style turn-based dungeon crawlers.

>>724705630
Touhou Labyrinth 2 is pretty good. The combat/character synergy is excellent, though the maps are objectively the most boring part about the game.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1131920/LABYRINTH_OF_TOUHOU__GENSOKYO_AND_THE_HEAVENPIERCING_TREE/

Though you might wanna wait because 3 is coming """soon""" and it seems to be just a direct upgrade in all ways including making the maps prettier.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3067930/Labyrinth_of_Touhou_Tri_The_Dreaming_Girls__The_Mysterious_Orbs/

is busin 0 still not translated?

is stranger of sword city good? it was cheap so i just grabbed it randomly

>>724706109
Isn't it like Mary Skelter have pre-made characters?

>>724706409
Good to know, thank you. Already played Refrain and it was good but Galleria is way too costly and from what I heard, post-game is literal nightmare.

>>724706410
I actually do not know anything about Touhou.

>>724706721
For 2 it doesn't matter that much, the story has minimal to do with touhou but the only thing that might trip up people completely clueless are bonuses that have to deal with the various houses.
Like "Residents of Eientei" skill won't mean much if you don't know that Kaguya, Eirin, and Reisen aren't from the same game, but all the relevant characters will be the only one that has the skill so you can just look I guess.

Worth a pirate at least if you can find the steam/switch version.

>>724674951
Demon Gaze 2 pc port when?

whats the best etrian odyssey for gameplay? Or is there one you should absolutely start with? I played Labyrinth of Galleria and at first i really enjoyed it but the WHERE THE FUCK DO I GO level design and TERRIBLE balancing made the game a total chore to play

I played through Labyrinth of Refrain a while back and didn't think it was very good (I liked the variety of dungeon dungeons and enemies, but I disliked the story and that I was basically using the same team the entire time and didn't have to think about equipment/team design until the very end). I'm playing through Galleria and the 100 floor random generated dungeon twice in a row is making me annoyed, I'll stick with it since I'm 50 hours in but it's a shame that they improved the story but got rid of the neat dungeons and enemies. At least with this one you're forced to use different classes since you hit level cap during story pretty easily.

>>724707201
>whats the best etrian odyssey for gameplay?
there's no definitive answer to this
I like 3 and 5, some might say nexus or untold 1/2

>>724707201
>TERRIBLE balancing
>wants to play EO

>>724662061 (OP)
Are there any good dungeon crawlers on Android? Yeah, I know,
>mobile
but I spend a lot of time on trains and buses. I don't want a handheld or a Deck and since I'm already carrying my phone, might as well use it.

>>724707551
Emulate NDS and play SMT/Etriams

>>724707551
wandroid chronicles just came out
the art is pretty ugly though

>>724707292
They aren random IIRC. Also prepare for the final boss bro, you thought grinding for the others was bad I had to grind ten plus hours just for the last bitch. Game is great but way too hard on the player.

I dropped galleria at some point during the second randomly generated dungeon. I had a plan for my team, fully mapped out all the class changes and reincarnations and everything, now i forgot it all

which EO to start with?

>>724708984
1

>>724709162
the original 1?

>>724709214
well yeah, you always play games in release order

>>724709271
not really, there are lots of series with re-releases where the new version replaces the original

>>724709214
Don't play millenom gurl. The HD remaster is fine.

>>724709004
More games need surprise mechanics like this

>>724709370
EO is thankfully not one of them

>>724698010
>>724698934
I know Mary Skelter was already mentioned, but I want an excuse to post this. Otsuu has some of the biggest in the series but since she's a total tomboy she always keeps them bound and hidden for her wife.

>>724709370
no there aren't

>>724709004
This kinda bullshit is why i don't play these. Is there a way to raise those party members?

>>724682365
Lady Lemon!

>>724707551
>Are there any good dungeon crawlers on Android?
BuriedBornes
You could also give Wizardry Variants Daphne a try, if you can ignore the gacha part.

>>724709004
This is why you want to focus on AGI with your thief. It's not hard to start with 18 AGI and have a 95% max chance at identifying and disarming the trap.

>>724709779
Dunno what game this is but the classic wizardry system would be to bring the whole party back to town, get to the church, pay an exorbitant price for each ressurection with a chance of failure. If you fail, the character becomes ashes, you can try to ressurect the ashes but another failure means the character is permanently lost.
It looks like a low level party though so it's probably easier to simply recruit new members which is free.

>>724709698
i'll give you 1 example, Kingdom Hearts, the original Japanese version is played by almost no one, most don't even know it exists. The first international KH1 was played by everyone back in the PS2 era but now a days most people skip it and just play KH1FM instead.

>>724707201
Nexus
evey other answer is wrong and blinded by nostalgia

>>724709779
If this is a Wizardry game, then they can just go up the stairs back to town and raise them there. It'll be expensive, and it might be easier just to recruit new party members and hand their gear over, but it's easy to raise them. In early Wizardry, lives are cheap and equipment is valuable. Heck, if this is Wizardry 1-3, they can just save and exit, then make a new party on the surface and slowly bring the dead party members back to town, one by one, rather than trying to risk getting into a fight with just a 6HP fighter.

If it's another game, then hard to tell how they might handle the situation.

>>724709779
death is a pretty good alternative to some of the traps and enemy attacks in wizardry
there was one time when my priest got his armor broken, drained 4 levels and paralyzed on the first turn of the encounter
it's fun to play around and mitigate such things as you go along

>>724662061 (OP)
I want to crawl up her dungeon with my erect party member if you know what I mean.

>>724703119
the pc version doesn't even boot lmao

>>724705630
Path of the Abyss

>>724662061 (OP)
!

i will now play your game

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4004490/CosmicGalaxyWars/
this one has a 5% chance of being a legendary game
not really a blobber though, more of a mystery dungeon type deal

>>724711045
WTF

>>724706721
>Isn't it like Mary Skelter have pre-made characters?
It has story characters, yeah, but their classes aren't predetermined and you can bring most skills/passives to other classes once they're unlocked. The only restrictions are that some skills are locked to a class to keep them with some identity and that each character only gets to change classes inside an archetype IE Mage characters have a bunch of different variations of mage that range from aoe, support, all rounder, glass cannon, blood mage, etc. The builds are sort of like Etrian Odyssey in that you eventually make a little mix class of your own, except you can't roleplay.

>>724707015
>Demon Gaze 2 pc port when?
Right after Demon Gaze 3.

>>724711045
-4 AC btw

>>724711618
>more of a mystery dungeon type deal
Not even.

>>724703524
>grind out for accessories with % damage reduction specific to that boss.
Top tier advice, I just beat Anemone by giving everyone the instant death immunity accessory then just tanked the binds until my party grew enough resistance to not get binded anymore

>>724711016
>real-time combat

Meh.

>>724694914
What part of "FORCED" don't you understand?
>oh but you can play in offline mode!
No fuck you.

>>724681221
not whichever anon you're talking about but I had fun with it.
Burned out on the final stretch though and it's painfully obvious that it shipped before it was ready.

>>724713151
just pirate it then

>boot up Mary Skelter Finale again to actually finish it because of thread
>can't remember what any of my 15 characters were building towards
>one of them is just everybody wearing swimsuits and bathrobes to use basic attacks for some reason
>progress is right at the start of a new dungeon so the enemies are kicking my ass tok
>about 30 hours in so don't want to restart
It's over already...

>>724711823
wtf I love THAC0?

>>724713669
Remember to strip all your female characters and propose to them with wedding rings. -10AC for nudity, and another -10AC for the ring. Best party adventure ever.

What game would you recommend to run in a shit laptop?

>>724713910
How shit are we talking here?

>>724713943
It's actually really decent
T14 thinkpad, 10th gen i7, nvme, 16 gigs of ram.
I don't like to strain it tho, since it has no gpu.

>>724662061 (OP)
is there a comfy dungeon crawling game with heavy scenario and and relationship dynamics among party members?
the only game I can think off is rance games.

>>724713993
Looks like dungeon travelers. I've had it installed for a while but the really basic dungeon exploration kinda killed my interest.

>>724713993
Dungeon Travelers 2's post game is legit insane. Giant fuck you dungeons that require decades to fully explore. Is 2-2's post game similar?

>>724714126
Savior of Sapphire Wings has a hero party storyline involving preset characters with bond mechanics. It is definitely a heavy setting where the stakes are high too. Demon Gaze does all that as well, especially 2, but many can't get past the art style that's hiding it.

So DT2 just got censored from steam permanently?

>>724714546
You mean banned? Yes.

>>724714694
Where would an enterprising, red-blooded man that has only a moderate fear of nude titties obtain a copy then?

For pay or not, my morals only cover seething rage against censorship.

>>724714872
nyaa

>>724714694
I don't understand why, it doesn't seem like it even has any loli porn or anything crazy in it. There's way worse on the platform right now

>>724662061 (OP)
>etrian odyssey
So THAT'S where this little semen demon is from? Guess after all those spilled buckets i have to at least try to play her game.

>>724714932
It was probably reviewed by one of the campo santo faggots with a massive hatred for anything Japanese. If it's obscure/indie enough, it'll automatically get the boot.

>>724714932
You're making the mistake of assuming that there is any reason other than that they hate you and your culture. There is no reason, if there was it'd be a selectively applied one that doesn't actually reflect their morals and principles.

>>724713910
most of them? etrian odyssey and experience inc. games run on anything. wizardry the five ordeals too.

>>724714546
I have "Dungeon Travelers To Heart 2" in my library and checked - it's still in store, just hidden by default unless you log in and explicitly state you want to see such games. Some nudity warning.

I admit I bought the game on a whim but now I see people warning about post-game. Is it really that bad?

>>724714126
What do you mean by "heavy scenario"?

Most DRPGs tend to not have characters in the story, so that players don't need to worry about investing in particular characters. It also means that the game can be very mean to the characters in your party, since the story doesn't revolve around a particular one staying alive.

Throwing:


Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters And Gain Strong Weapons And Armor. You May Be Defeated, But Don't Give Up. Become Stronger. I Believe There Will Be A Day When The Heroes Defeat The Devil King.

Into the ring. It's another experience game, but pretty good. Game gives you a grade after each dungeon clear based on your level at boss and how many turns it took, etc.

WARNING: may unlock a fetish for bean-shaped women.

>>724715410
It's dungeon travelers 2 and dungeon travelers 2-2 which were banned.

>>724715410
>I have "Dungeon Travelers To Heart 2" in my library and checked
That's the first game, because it's a spinoff of the "To Heart 2" game. The game is actually named "To Heart 2: Dungeon Travelers" but since Dungeon Travelers became a series, they've renamed the first game into "Dungeon Travelers: To Heart 2 in Another World" to have it line up with the other Dungeon Travelers games.

The three games in the series are:
>Dungeon Travelers: To Heart 2 in Another World
>Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library & the Monster Seal
>Dungeon Travelers 2-2: The Fallen Maidens & the Book of Beginnings

Steam let the first game onto the storefront and banned the second two, which is why they're only available for purchase on Johren. Well, "purchase". It's not much of a purchase if you install it three times and then need to buy the whole thing over again.

>>724715542
I ran only into bad opinions about this game before - that dungeons are painfully repetitive with reused sets, that monsters have no variety and again are reused over and over and that game is quite boring. I also see that it's always very expensivez even on sales.

>>724715794
How would you rate the first game?

>>724662061 (OP)
OK I have to ask, do any of the other EO classes dress nearly is sexy or is the reason I mostly just see her because she's the only one that goes maximum slutwear?

>>724715970
plenty of whores in every game

>>724715542
>Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters And Gain Strong Weapons And Armor. You May Be Defeated, But Don't Give Up. Become Stronger. I Believe There Will Be A Day When The Heroes Defeat The Devil King.
Holy fuck, I'm surprised that is the actual name.

Also, $50? That's quite a high asking price. I'm generally fine with splurging a bit on occasion, but there's a limit on a game I'm not at all familiar with. Plus, I'm not seeing anything exceptional that makes it different from every other Etrian Odyssey clone out there, with basically all of them being cheaper. That's the same price as Labyrinth of Galleria, and at least that has a story and a 15-character party to offer something different - and I'm not in a rush to pick up Labyrinth of Galleria either.

>>724710212
bait used to be believable.

>>724715539
Good thing he isn't asking for most drpgs. You can exclude those and name only the plot-heavy ones.

>>724715970
>she's the only one that goes maximum slutwear?
Nah, though it's usually limited to specific classes rather than being every female portrait.

>>724715836
>>724716236
These are VERY fair judgements, and I agree the price is too high.

Only got it because there was a huge drought of Dungeon Crawlers and I've played everything (yes, everything) else.

In which case I would throw Dragon Ruins 2 up. It's trimmed down and a bit mechanically unsatisfying, but it scratches the itch a bit.

>>724715963

was ist das?

>>724716490
>>724714126
Well it's not common to have relationships with party members, so that sort of narrows it down. Persona 3+ have party member relationships, and kind of a heavy story, but I'm guessing that's probably not what they meant. Something like Wizardry Busin (Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land on PS2) has a fairly dark story going on, but the party members are just blank slates and the occasional NPC doesn't have involved interactions with the MC.

I guess Oreshika could kind of fit here. It's not so much building a relation with characters in the party, as much as you collect gods and breed party members with gods to produce new party members, investing into them and the gods they get related to. I'm not sure how dark or deep the story is in that game.

>>724716236
>Also, $50?
that's only for dirty gaijin, it started at $0.99 on release on switch

Since you mentioned relationships, it made me remember Witch & Lilies. I even bought it and left to wait for full release but I guess it will never come - last update was months ago, developer is practically silent now. Fug. Nothing suggested it would be abandoned like that, updates was steady, content would be added and suddenly this.

>last update from February 2025

Yup, dead. Double pity since it was very openly inspired by EO.

>>724717975
>>724718125
yuritards must suffer

>>724717975
>>724718125
yuriGODs always win

>>724718327
>>724718251
I don't give a shit about yuri, I want my dungeon crawling. And my EO parties were always only made out of girls anyway.

>>724715970
You get a fairly good amount and basically any class that isn't in heavy armor is fair game for having a skimpy portrait or two. I think its just because EO1's class portraits are fairly iconic so there's a lot of art there. That said probably not as blatantly sexy as EO4's Dancers or EON's bikini hero DLC

>>724717975
>>724718125
Why the fuck would you buy an early access game, especially if you're just going to wait until release to play it anyway?

>>724662061 (OP)
only dungeon crawler i liked was labyrinth of refrain. not galleria, since i was filtered by the randomized floors. i prefer the story of refrain more too.

>>724720169
Because developers absolutely love to ram up price 2-3x when game gets released for full version.

>>724720403
Just buy it a day before release

just picked up DT2-2 for the first time in over a year and getting my shit smacked

>>724665760
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nplefywEFI

>>724718125
Aw damn. That's cute. Shame the game apparently sucks

>>724662061 (OP)
I'm debating if I should buy a physical copy of the Switch collection off PA.
I have the original 3, plus all the 3DS ones outside of MD.
Also, which one has the EN text without the shit font? It's listing "Asia" and "Japan" versions, I assume the Asia one has AE as a language setting while JP has only well...JP.

>>724722501
Don't. EO is dead.
Plus is not worth the money either.

>>724714938
this is my favorite gif of all time

>>724698894
>Demon Gaze
They killed Lancelorna and I immediately uninstalled the game and gave it a negative review. Is it actually worth playing or did I make a smart decision stopping there?

>>724722605
Ah? What's wrong with it?

>>724715836
That isn't a fair characterisation, Drpgs very often (maybe even most often) have garbage random encounters that are reused because they aren't the point most of the time and the game is aiming for a different kind of approach then most in the genre as well. Mon-yu is basically a little puzzle game in the form of a drpg, the core concept is turning a dungeon crawler into a "challenge" run. You choose from three difficulties each time you enter a dungeon and then you're encouraged to beat the dungeons with restrictions to earn rewards based on your performance. Easy starts you with full map + minimap and the highest level cap for the dungeon, then Normal and Hard have restricted map access until you find a Map Beetle inside the dungeon itself and much lower level caps. For example the first dungeon was Easy = lvl 7 cap and Hard = lvl 3 cap.

When you actually do clear the dungeon you're given a rating like Devil May Cry depending on how well you did. It counts map exploration, the average level of the party and how many turns it took to defeat the boss. It encourages more aggressive set ups than the usual newbie trap of relying only on tanks and taking risks more often, makes you engage with the game more by rewarding the player.

It is absolutely on the easier side of drpgs and don't buy it for $50, but calling it shit is an overstatement. I'd say it is a good introduction to the genre.

>>724723868
Nta but nothing, buy it if you're a huge fan of the series and want to support it. I imported a psychical copy of the collection and bought it digitally.

>>724723396
Why are you back here asking the same question again? Anyway I'm autistic enough to respond regardless, it is 100% worth playing. I think the battle of attrition buff vs debuff aspect of the boss battles is engaging and the story while cliche is played in a completely earnest way that's very charming. The sequel somehow bucks the universal trend of being worse or a side grade and is a way better game in every single aspect with a postgame expansion so big it might as well have been a third game. There are definitely much better dungeon crawlers out there from an objective point of view, but there's not very many of them that handle every aspect of the genre well at the same time like this one does. It's possibly one of my favourite games.

>>724662061 (OP)
That tummy is going to get inflated by monster tentacles and turned into a breeding bed.

>>724725826
>by monster tentacles
>not doing it yourself
Gay and lame

>>724709451
What's wrong with EO1: Millynum Gurl

>>724727449
Literally nothing, he's just some homo mad the game has an optional story mode because Gladsheim is stuck behind it.
MG is fine, especially if you prefer playing with dual screens.

>>724727670
Nice, I'll go hunt it down then. Never played an EO before. It's dumb that they didn't bring that version over to Steam.

>>724709451
Fuck you millennium girl has Raquna and is worth playing just for her.

>>724727973
O CANADA, OUR HOME AND NATIVE LAND

>>724666518
Bowling pin.

>>724727973
Ontario girl

>>724704557
>9 niggers in a column
Whoa.

>>724727845
Just know that the Classic mode is how all entries normally play, not the Story mode. Though the story is not as bad as people say, you'll have somewhat skewed expectations with it.

Play Quester

>>724727449
nothing
it's better than the original in almost every aspect same as every other Fatlus re-release

>>724728382
Did the Untold games sell like dog water or something? I saw they stopped making them at EO2. Actually, why'd they stop making the regular ones too?

>>724702236
>>724704557
>dungeon crawler idler
Why would I want to watch a CPU play a dungeon crawler? The point of these games is to explore a dungeon and to manage fights to get thru them or back to town. If I'm not doing any of that, what's the point?

Did anyone else here make a Farmer/Princess in EOIII?

>>724686647
Nan-ACK!

>>724728771
I had an idea of using an auto-battler function and party manager type of game with socializing aspects with your waifu party VN style in a Fantasy Adventurer life-sim once even before u/ma was a thing.
Gameplay loop: You got 4 days to train/socialize and 3 days on the weekend to quest and raid dungeons, stats determine your party's outcome. Skill uses are entirely dependant on stats and luck. It would work as a nice game.

>>724728352
Tohou labyrinth is 12 niggas in 3 rows

>>724728650
2U ended up in hot water with the JP fanbase because it had paid DLC. Possibly led to no EO3U because of it, despite them teasing it in supplemental material showing a certain character from 2U washing up on the beach in front of a character from 3.

>>724666895
all gamers are pedophiles.

>>724729232
Wrong, we just like watching numbers go up, your excuse, officer?

>>724714938
she's in 1 and 2, but 3 is overall better in my opinion and has better semen demons

>>724730073
She's also in IV and V (bunny form).

>>724726557
Hmph.
I... am a monster...

>>724730608
>forma de conejo

>>724730716
I would both conejas and Jenetta.

>>724729232
kill yourself

>>724662061 (OP)
got labyrinth of galleria on steam and played it yesterday.
already beat the game on ps4(didnt plat didnt spend alot of time in post game)

also got refrain with it, also played it on ps4 but dont recall how far i made it in that one

was thinking of getting the nisa dungeon crawler bundle but all the other games seem to have a bunch of negative reviews aboot bugs in those games and shit

Which version of Stranger in Sword City do I want to get? The stand alone one or the one packed with a second game.

>>724731145
>called nisa dungeon crawler bundle
>but it only has two NIS titles from the same series
>others are by Experience inc including two versions of Stranger of Sword City when there's no reason to play the original
>the rest is just artbook type dlc
The bundle is kind of silly, there's no relation at all besides NISA publishing the western versions iirc. All those other games are great on the original hardware, but I don't know how their pc ports turned out.

>>724732040
Savior of Sapphire Wings is the first game. It was originally released as Students of the Round a few years before Stranger, Savior is a remake of that. Regardless you want Revisited bundled with Savior Wings since it's the definitive version, and it doesn't really matter what order you play them in.

>>724729232
>all gamers
all men

>>724732608
>and it doesn't really matter what order you play them in.
nta but isn't Savior technically a prequel to Stranger?

>>724733167
>nta but isn't Savior technically a prequel to Stranger?
Stranger is the sequel to Savior, yeah, but not in a way that matters for the overall experience. Basically they are set in the same world and you'll get fun references if you play Savior first, but Stranger takes place something like 200+ years later and as such their actual main plots aren't directly related. The same is true of Demon Gaze which takes place many years after Stranger, in that game for example all of the best equipment you can find is the gear of the legendary heroes that you play as in Savior.

It's neat in that you can track the background lore of the world throughout the games like the lives of major lore characters such as the Neutral God/Dragon King, Spirit God, Ol=Ohma the dark lord's descendants, etc. But all it really amounts to is fun fan theories like whether Quasar in Demon Gaze is actually Lucifel and how he's connected to the Alien "God" that shows up.

>>724732608
>besides NISA publishing the western versions
Well, NISA is a publisher, not a dev.

bamp