MuttersomeTaxicab

Yeah, I really hope they do away with the 30 Use Limit. I think it's just because Nintendo hasn't really done the demo thing, so they're not quite sure how that works. Still, you'd think they would look at what other cats are doing and do it like that.

I loved the shit out of EOIII. It prompted me to pick up EOII on a whim, but I still haven't played it. EOIV was an immediate pre-order. I was going light on playing the demo because I was worried about conserving demo uses. Since my copy should show up tomorrow, all bets are off. Only around level 5 or 6 for my party. I'm currently rolling Landsknect/Fortress/Dancer front and Sniper/Medic back. I am still pretty freaked out by FOEs. I like that mechanic where you're drawing them out and getting them to smash barriers. Is that new to EOIV?

@BBAlpert said:

I've been looking for a grindy RPG to play on my 3DS, and an Etrian Odyssey-ass Etrian Odyssey game would certainly fit that description... Perhaps I'll look into it. Thanks for the heads up.

If you've played any of the earlier games and liked 'em, EO4 is probably worth a look. Really seems like they added a lot of polish to this one. Plus, the 2D menus mixed with the 3D effects make the game look really nice.

Looks like you have free reign with the classes (aside from unlockable/secret classes) and the level cap for the demo is 10. Progress carries over to the retail version.

At any rate, the game's 3D effects look great if that's the life you want to lead. Otherwise, this seems like an Etrian Odyssey-ass Etrian Odyssey game.

Anybody else stoked for this?

@Icicle7x3 said:

750 games.

Ask me again once I hit 1000.

Probably this.

@Disconnect: I want to hug this post.

@CornBREDX said:

@MuttersomeTaxicab said:

I save-scummed in DoomRL and XCOM.

With the new XCOM, ya me too. I don't care. I don't want my people to die. I didn't think that was fun. At some point though the game becomes really easy if you are playing it right so that no longer was an issue. I have always quick saved a lot when a game allows it. I actively hate it when a game doesnt allow it but auto saves these days are getting better. Still not as fun to me as being able to save when I want. I really hate doing something (like the last however long it rolls back) again. Games that force me to I am most likely to not finish, sometimes. In Postal 2 if you save a lot the postal dude will make fun of you. Something about his grandmother not saving as much as you do or something. I don't know why, but I still remember that for some reason. I don't really consider these things "gaming sins"; it's just how I enjoy to play games. I consider cheating at games you haven't finished yet (a lot of caveats too) or a game that is multiplayer to be a gaming sin. Griefing in a multiplayer game (with people you don't know). Stuff like that. Mostly just pertaining to multiplayer. Single player games, play how you want. There is no sin to single player.

I was usually okay with losing new recruits, but once they got a nickname and a few promotions, it was really hard to let them go. I'm on my second playthrough right now, and I bumped the difficulty up to classic and started playing on ironman. Just got to the first UFO mission and I think I need to restart. Bloodbath after bloodbath.

But yeah, I get what you're saying about being able to save whenever. It was one of the things I really liked about that new Devil May Cry game. Checkpoints out the ass. Not because it's particularly difficult, but I like knowing that I can play for as long as I have time for, but can get up and go without having to replay a mission from the start.

I save-scummed in DoomRL and XCOM.

I also backtrack back to the last bonfire I used after I beat a boss in Dark Souls, rather than press on into the unknown with a shit-ton of souls.

@BisonHero said:

@kristov_romanov

I think he is trying to shave a child.

Brad needs to go to the top of the CBSi building and glare back into the all-seeing eye of Sauron, just to let it know he won't brook no bullshit. Not today, not ever.