pull up map, walk 3 steps, get into a fight, win fight, pull up map, draw, walk 5 steps, get into a fight, win fight, draw map, go back to town because your resources are exhausted

if that sounds fun to you etrian odyssey is up your alley. you do nothing but fight and map the dungeon. the story is an afterthought. the game will still take you hours to complete, even on picnic mode (which is very easy baby mode the game plays itself in battle mode).

the later entries (most of which are not available on steam, unfortunately) are kinder and more fun to play, with better dungeon design. if you want to do a full series run then EO1HD is here for you. controls work well for a DS game port, although i do recommend a controller with a good d-pad, because you'll be using every button on your controller for this one.

the biggest boon here is sped up combat, which as i said you will do a lot of! unfortunately EO1 is not recommended by a lot of players and playing it will make it very clear why that is.

pull up map, walk 3 steps, get into a fight, win fight, pull up map, draw, walk 5 steps, get into a fight, win fight, draw map, go back to town because your resources are exhausted if that sounds fun to you etrian odyssey is up your alley. you do nothing but fight and map the dungeon. the story is an afterthought. the game will still take you hours to complete, even on picnic mode (which is very easy baby mode the game plays itself in battle mode). the later entries (most of which are not available on steam, unfortunately) are kinder and more fun to play, with better dungeon design. if you want to do a full series run then EO1HD is here for you. controls work well for a DS game port, although i do recommend a controller with a good d-pad, because you'll be using every button on your controller for this one. the biggest boon here is sped up combat, which as i said you will do a lot of! unfortunately EO1 is not recommended by a lot of players and playing it will make it very clear why that is.