Etrian Odyssey HD Origins Collection Review - Missing Some Features, But Still Great

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[renegaderaven]

Original Etrian Odyssey is definitely an acquired taste. It’s not for everyone but it’s a taste I can’t get enough of.

[darkdawn]

Honestly, I just wished they ported Untold 1&2 and surprised us with Untold 3. Because I really wanted to fight the Abyssal God in 3D so bad :/

[oEllery]

I just got the Collection and I'm really happy with what I've seen so far. I LOVE Untold 1 and 2 for what they are, I also feel glad that this Collection exists and that I can also replay the original 1, 2, and 3 in a way that is very true to my experience playing those games for the first time -- no added core game mechanics, no major changes to the class skill trees, etc.

[XylitoI]

The point about the Untold versions fleshing out the NPCs and setting more is fair, but in gameplay terms I think it's best to just treat them as separate installments rather than improved updates of the originals. They're just so different in so many ways; the labyrinth layouts, the enemies, the items, the adventurer classes' abilities. It's absolutely worth it to play both the original 1 & 2 and the Untolds if you find you enjoy the series.
As for the HD Collection in general, it seems like a competent port job but there's a few major stumbling blocks that make it less attractive for me. One is obviously the pricing, while I may swallow it as a fan who knows just how good these games are, it makes it difficult to recommend them to friends. Atlus are shooting themselves in the foot by turning potential newcomers away like this. The other is a bit less obvious, but the western localisation's typeface choices for the UI and text boxes look very flat and boring, which is not good when a major part of the gameplay consists of reading. This is something Atlus West previously nailed with the 3DS installments, so dropping the ball here with such a dull-looking end result is strange.

[AHeru-ztqd]

Given Sega's price gouging on this collection I fully expect the Untold remakes to be their own separate collection, likely collected with the Shiren the Wanderer crossover and for EO 4 through Nexus to be a third collection. All at the $80 price point.

[alkayamassaly]

I really don't like the new font, but I absolutely adored Etrian Odyssey III back in the day. Will definitely pick it up on a sale.

[HealerMaow]

Can't be upset about loss of QoL improvements if 3 never got an upgrade 🥲

3 was the only one I planned on picking up anyways. I still have the artbook from the og DS release ❤️

[thejssyduo]

Not sure if these games are for me and at $80, seems steep.

[pedrozanon]

There is audio distortion in the video about 1:50, just a heads up

[kaikiske]

Never played this series. Will wait for a sale. 1 thing that seems odd is that it doesn’t include all of the games. Are they doing a 2nd collection?

Kinda weird omissions

[Faithnato]

I heard great things about Etrian Odyssey games but never got a chance to play back then. I am glad the series come to Steam as well.

[mogberry]

This would be my first Etrian Odyssey games. Excited to start them too. Missed opportunity to include the best versions of I and II though. Maybe on the next installments, hopefully they could :)

[karaiyamoon]

I’d start with the 3rd for that banger as battle theme

[mr.genatix-hardstyleandtra]

Gonna set a notification on my Steam list when it goes on sale :)

[xarver]

Most likely depending on how well the Origins Collection is received they may do 3D collection with 4-Nexus and Untold collection

[UshiUshiKakuThend]

I am interested in trying out this series, but unsure where to start.
Which out of the three in the Origins Collection would be the best entry point?

[randomlyhandheld]

I remember playing this game way back. Guess Imma but it now.

[danielgrajeda]

I thought about the hd collection and bought it for my love for the EO series. It was a big purchase for me, but definitely worth it. I’m loving the game so far!

[amurter]

I'm curious about the automapping since the manual stuff always sounded like it could be a lot

[shashwat]

1:18 hey, i guess you mistakenly used the wrong release date. It says April 20, 2023