Etrian Odyssey 3 Review (Nintendo DS) 

Thanks for the video. How are you playing the patched games? Emulator? I heard they are not possible on a DS unless a flash cart is included.

Yeah, a flash cart basically lets you play ROMs the same way you would on an emulator. I used to play a lot of EO using them over the course of years due to lack of availability. Never had any issue running the series across multiple types of carts, firmwares, and DS models. So things like fantranslations, ROM hacks, and balance patches work well on them. For emulation, I'd recommend MelonDS, it's a very solid emulator that requires very little fiddling to work well. DeSMuME kinda works too, but it has some pretty horrific input delay that becomes more noticeable with action games. I'm not too familiar with the state of DS emulation on mobile phones or tablets, but I'm sure that's doable too since a friend recently replayed EO3 during a camping trip using a tablet.

@@Aboveup Thanks for the reply. I want to play with twilight++ on the dsi, but that does not seem possible.

Ah boi fanpatches sound like a fantastic way to fix issues oof How does one install them? I'm a dum dum so--

Been getting back into the series since a year ago with 2U, now back to my first etrian odyssey game III all those years back haha, I stopped before because of narmer but now i've beaten it! (today in fact XD), banzai monk

I couldn't describe it better, both in gameplay and art EO3 was a peak in the series.

So nexus is not canon for everyone?

@@ricardohernandezr5765 Think to the majority of the community yes, not canon.

Its really sad. after rune factory release the new game, i hope there is a chance to get new title of etrian odyssey

Congrats your wish has been granted! On June 1 they will release the Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection you can get all three together or separately. It’s digital only hopefully we will get a physical version. Edit: It will also be on PC as well

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The Abyssal God? Oh boy, where do I start? • Designed to be fought at Lv. *80,* but so badly designed that recommended level is 99. • The first phase is easy to read, but the second one had to be datamined before we could figure out what was going on-almost 7 years after the game came out. • There are two forms-a defensive form with counter skills and a healing skill (which we’ll get too) alongside Sky high defense and an offensive form with attacks with different elements. • All its skills read player input, *which isn’t communicated to the player at all* so unless you know what you’re doing, you’re FAQed. • If you don’t attack it, it has a chance of using a healing skill that heals for 1/5th of its HP…in its defensive form. Again, *this isn’t communicated to the player.* • The second phase has a soft time limit of 40 turns, at which point, it stops following a pattern and just goes apeshit. Also, *all* attacks are powered up. And yeah, *the player has no communication about the power increase.* It says volumes that the general advice is to use a cheese party rather than fight fair.

I decided to give it a try and boot it up, and I can say that it was Etrian Odyssey 4. The timeline fits, and having decided to give the game a try, it probably is. It looks nothing like I remember, but my memory is almost certainly wrong here, but the core thrust of exploring Yggdrasil with an airship is the same.

Maybe you played Etrian Odyssey Mystery Dungeon, check it out

Wow i never had that progresión problems because sea quest let you lv up super fast. But yea some class are super slow to be useful, maybe you did a team whit 5 of those. Theres alway classes that are strong from the beginning to. Well the game does not explain a loot of extra mechanics until etrian 4. Like bind legs cause you not miss even being blind or using a low accuracy skills. Bind head make you receive and do more damage. Hands reduce your damage output. Fear makes you do and receive 60% more damage. Stun makes you do and take 50% more damage. Parálisis make you vulnerable to binds. Maybe that helps if you convine the hints the video gives like charge. Oh and make a team of farmers that avoid fights and escapes that makes you progres faster and get overpowered. Good luck.

@@ricardohernandezr5765 Well first of all, I've played literally every single game in the series by now expect the Japanese exclusive EMD2 (and EO Mobile lol), on Expert (barring some postgame superbosses, and not touching the DS postgames so far). I know how ailments work. (though the descriptions you list don't seem to line up, and I don't think EO3R makes such drastic changes? I heard only Curse affects infliction chances there, not Paralysis. And only sleep and head/arm binds affect damage in most games) Secondly, the game wasn't hard. There were some pretty difficult side sea bosses (which I probably did too early judging by how late the ship upgrades came), an enemy in S5 that would barely/almost 1HKO me (which I imagine you are supposed to avoid by exploring at night/day, and fighting it was just a matter of "can I take a hit with DEF buff") and the final boss (who I just didn't know hated my Princess' buffs, and folded in a few turns after unnecessary grinding) The problem wasn't difficulty. The problem was that the game was fucking boring in comparison to EO4, all the 3DS games I played afterwards (EDIT: Besides like EMD or PQ1 and maybe 2, but who even cares?), and hell, even EO1 (which had more simple gameplay, but also tighter balance with harder enemies/bosses, where my characters felt like they were actually progressing and contributing, with battles that would sometimes end at just barely enough HP/TP) Since you brought up ailments, my team only had Gladiator, Monk and Arbalist with skills to provide them. The first two had better shit to do, and when I gave the blind skill a try on Arbalist (because again, I figured it could work as a backline support class) it was shit. I imagine grinding for being overpowered or using Charge would make the game even worse. I didn't think about making a farmer team either, and it's not like I needed it.

@@dutczar5436 mm by what's You mention maybe your team has a Bad sinergy. I remember My harbalest/ Gladiator destroyed post Game bosses súper fast. Maybe Bad sub class alineation i mean theres videos of people beating last post Game boss alone,or using 2 characters, thats why i feel more Freedom in that Game.

@@ricardohernandezr5765 Ironic you mention the superboss being beatable with one or two characters as an example of freedom, when from what I've heard it's generally considered to be one of the worse superbosses in the series with limited options for casual players. And from what I've played, only EO4 and 5 had reasonable superbosses, so that's saying something. The game does have more *options* than EO1 or EO2 on the sheer fact that the skills are more varied and with many more gimmicks. The problem is, for every good skill/tactic/synergy this game has, it feels like there is another one that is underwhelming, despite *seemingly* being a reasonable idea. You could also just not have options synergies between classes. My Gladiator/Monk/Princess/Zodiac/Arbalist team didn't seem to have them, besides maybe some healing shenanigans. And looking up some skills and guides later on, I fail to see any. Sure, maybe I got unlucky here, and got lucky with my EO1 party comp, but I didn't have this occur in any later game, so clearly EO3 still had a *lot* of things to improve on. If you mean main class/subclass synergies, I imagine there is a LOT of options I had I didn't use, but with the 5 level rest option the game isn't exactly welcoming to experimentation. I remember doing Princess/Wildiling because I figured I could fill up that empty 6th slot and use some extra ailments, and ended up being both disappointed by how ineffective it was, yet also not punished at all because my Princess was fine spamming buffs for the rest of the main game anyway. Which is another thing, the game just doesn't give you enough SP to experiment for my taste - EO1 didn't have much either, but it also didn't have 2 classes worth of skills available to everyone. Slapping Gladiator on Arbalist and spamming Charge to kill everything doesn't really translate to "fun" for me. In fact, recommending "meta" builds for someone in general is a pretty shitty way to advertise the game's freedom. "Oh look you can beat the superboss with a single character, just use these specific strats no player would reasonably come up with on a blind run!"

@@dutczar5436 im almost finishing My homework so last reply for me. I dint stick Gladiator because of charge it was because of the multy hit. Anyway i dint use any guide, My team was purely combined by reading the skills. Like monk has fire fist, so it combo using a Zodiac elemental. Ninja by example needs 2 slots to work properly cause if not his primary skill doesnt work. Or My monotype run that i tend to do on all etrian Odyssey games. I mean once i got to deep city i feel i could do a lot of combos. Un comparation to etrian Nexus were You unlock sub class at 9 story maze. Or Eo5 were imperial can one shoot by exception 2 bosses. But then again You can do a run of one characters almost in all etrian by exception of súper BOSS. Only Nexus,3 and original 2 are posible at least to me. By the way amrita 3 farmers... Well see You around , have a good night? Or day? I'm going to finish My homework and rest. Thanks for the distraction helps to rest the mind.

Well as much as I love my robots there's no denying that Shogun works better as a class in a team oriented game. Yggdroids are too gimmicky with not great stat spread, bad equipment options, static TP and half of their tree demanding free slots in a party. They are powerhouses solo though. Been able to solo the main game pretty easily with one. Admittedly I was abusing every avenue I could (there isa reason why in latter games you can only equip one acessory) but still it wasn't exactly hard.

Ive always thought it was for the different endings replaying.

Is Nexus too fat compare to the other?

@@soratheorangejuicemascot5809 13 or 14 labyrinths 6 of which are the same type of dungeon mechanic initial level cap is 99 it's good but man it drags

Look at the enemy name at the top when Fred Savage shows up.

@@Aboveup that's crazy. i was too confused to notice the name when it flashed by😂

@@immanisaur It was on my mind every time I fought that enemy, so I just threw that in there as a joke in the video. No worries.