Etrian Odyssey IV

As previously mentioned I recently purchased a new game, that game would be Etrian Odyssey IV and here are my first impressions of the game. Firstly the presentation is superb, mixing beautiful 2D sprites with 3D models happens so seamlessly, the 3D models are used for the enemies whereas the 2D sprites are for NPC's and your own characters, in which you will always have a party of five members. There are seven starting classes to chose from with more unlock-able during your time through the game.

The game is a first person dungeon crawling, turn based combat RPG, it's not for the lighthearted gamer this is due to the game requiring many hours and also a quite large amount of grinding as the game is rather challenging. Exclusive to the Etrian Odyssey series (from what I know) is an interesting gimmick of allowing the player to draw the map as they explore, you can annotate and draw on the grid which is located on the touch screen, this is a pretty interesting gimmick and if you be lazy with your map drawing it could even cost you your life.  Challenging it may be but this is what makes the game really fun in some sort of masochistic way, then again this is coming from a guy who made it his goal to obtain 100% completion in Dark Souls.

The music, oh my gosh the music. The soundtrack of this game is excellent, every song played fits the situation you find your party in so excellently, ranging from terrifying scores during boss encounters to beautiful calm melodies as you explore new surroundings. The sound track itself is worthy of a listen even if the game doesn't interest you or if you're in the no 3DS corner.

 The plot so far seems some what decent although I cannot really comment on the plot too much as I've spent most of my time doing side quests, gathering items and grinding my way up the levels, essentially explorers from far and wide have come to Tharsis as the count has issued his support to help the explorers guild find the roots of the huge tree Yggdrasil (a word in which I still struggle to pronounce) as for centuries the tree has been visible and the roots are in a far off unexplored land. That's the the main premise of the plot that I can say without giving too much away.

So there it goes friends I hope you enjoyed my official longest post on this blog. Farewell and happy gaming friends.