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4. Etrian Odyssey 5

Not my first time playing this game, and likely won't be the last. Although I haven't beaten 5 yet, I tend to have a lot of fun with this one designing new guilds and seeing how my characters fare on the first few stratums. My current party is currently sitting on stratum 3 which is kind of like the hellish difficulty spike in EO5.

I think there's a pretty good consensus that this game has the most brutal 3rd Stratum difficulty spike of any game in the series, but I might be wrong about that. As a weird example of how my brain works, I don't even consider this a downside. If anything I consider it a positive. The idea of my battle tested guild members getting thrown into the most deadly gauntlet possible is a great way to test my strategy and builds.

One thing in particular I really like about this game is that it adds the most unique character building dynamic seen in the series thus far (Having race and class sets instead of just classes), while at the same time being the first game since the release of Etrian Odyssey 2 to capture the same feeling of exploration and dungeon design that was in Etrian Odyssey 1. As a big fan of the classic EO1/2 experience this one stands out to me as a solid game in the series because of its ability to innovate while still feeling familiar.

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3. Etrian Odyssey Untold 2

Okay all that being said and I still prefer the remake of EO2 more...

I'm a huge fan of Untold 1 and think it's even better than the original Etrian Odyssey - a game that I freaking absolutely love, so that's high praise. Untold 2 fixes basically all of the minor issues with Untold 1 (like the ridiculously high Grimoire drop rates and them taking up space in your main inventory!) and is arguably an even better upgrade over the already fantastic EO2. So, yeah, this one is top tier for me. "I've been playing EO2U until the battery indicator in my 3DS comes on and I have to charge it." is an actual quote from me this year.