In a long time ago, Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan for the 3DS has finally hit the shelves before Atlus did a major slump and a terrific job on announcing Dragon's Crown. Atlus is a developer that made those fine RPG games, like Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, Dragon's Crown, Etrian Odyssey and more. If you are one of the gamers, then chances are, you have came to the right place to read the review of the remake of the series, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl.
The Story of Untold:
In the beginning of the story, a young male highlander begins his new journey. (A highlander needs a name, so I'll name him Robin.) His name was Robin. He was a highlander in the Untold story. Then, he came across a rural place called Etria. In the middle of Robin's journey, he found new friends Arthur, Simon, Raquna and Frederica. Here, they joined him for an investigation. Although, they are looking for whereabouts about the Millennium Girl during the middle of an investigation.
The Gameplay:
You may not like it, but the gameplay in Untold is a bit different than the previous games and the music is remade. Here, you can have up to 5 people in your party and you can set your characters either in the back line or the front line. You can give your guild and a mansion a name, but it's better not be any offensive content or it won't count. The Labryinth has Stratums and each of the floor has maps you can make. Making a map is a creative idea and if you complete the floor's map, you are able to directly floor jump to a spot. It's a pain that you can't earn money in battle, but if you beat missions from the Radha Hall, you might earn money. The Radha Hall is a place where you can accept missions. Also, selling materials, equipment and items earns you money at Shilleka's Goods. You can accept requests at your mansion and partake side quests at the tavern-like place the Golden Deer Pub.
At the top left corner is your time and it has 4 pictures, dusk, dawn, daytime and nighttime. When it strikes at 07, the time changes. Also, you can take as many time as you can and there's no time limit from Atelier games. In the field, there are FOEs scattered on the field. FOEs are giant monsters. FOE stands for Frantic Ordeal Enemy. Once nearby, a gauge by the circle gauge appears. When it reaches the red mark, you are closer. When the circle gauge turns red, you are expecting monsters. You can either avoid them or show courage and confidence and face them. When a FOE is nearby, it can join in the middle of a battle. The FOE has 3 marks, gray for resting, purple for normal and red for alert. Some FOEs take a step every time you take a step. If you're having any trouble defeating one, you can escape from battle. However, if you managed to defeat one, you earn more EXP. Every time your characters level up, they earn a Skill Point. You can spend Skill Points in the Skill Tree under Custom. Spending a certain number Skill Points opens up a skill. The more points you used on the branch, the better the skill will be. Each branch has a 10 point limit and reaching a max is called mastered.
Plus, there are rare monsters and FOEs. To know it's rare, the monster has a glowing effect. Do not let it escape. If you win against one, you earn more than the usual amount of EXP. Although it may be familiar to you, but Etrian Odyssey has a blue gauge called TP (Not the Tales of series version of MP). It can be consumed by using skills. If your HP and TP is low, you can rest at the Rooster Inn. However, it will cost money. If you have a 6th character in your party, you can use the Switch option to let him/her fight. During battle, a Grimoire Chance! phrase appears ahead of time. It means possessing the power of the Grimoire stone. You can equip or synthesize Grimoire stones in your mansion. Selling certain materials makes a new item and equipment in Shilleka's Goods. It's a shop where Shilleka, the owner gives out items and makes new merchandises. You need enough money to buy any new items. During battle, there's a gauge below the command. That gauge is the Boost gauge. You can only turn on Boost when it's full. During Boost mode, attack and healing rate increases.
The Right and the Wrong:
Untold has its benefits of being a decent RPG game. The right thing is you can give a highlander a new name. However, offensive content doesn't count and that is a wrong thing to do. Defeating the FOEs so easily after strengthening your characters is definetely a right thing to do, but the wrong thing is being easily defeated by them. The wrong thing is not having an Internet Cafe on Etrian Odyssey Untold. However, the right thing is having a pub.
Pros:
+Remade music is catchy
+Rare monsters defeated earns you more EXP
+Boost gauge is interesting
Cons:
-Barely awful gameplay experience
-FOEs are annoying
In the end, I give Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl an 8.0 for great.
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