Machinima: "With dozens of hours of gameplay, plenty of replayability with multiple class types, and a difficulty that is balanced with the right amount of reward, Etrian Odyssey IV is far and above the best dungeon crawler I’ve played. It does a lot of things right with the nature of the genre, but it was the minute details that made the game better than the games before it, not the least of which being the map editor. I could see the dungeon crawler genre surging back to life if more games were designed with this much care, and I’d happily embrace this resurgence. If you’re up to the challenge, Etrian Odyssey IV will find residence in your 3DS for a long time."
Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan arrived in Europe a decade ago, taking the Nintendo 3DS RPG scene by storm.
Back in 2007, Atlus decided to use the Nintendo DS to do something ambitious. It brought back the days of first-person RPGs with original party members you had to customize and dungeons you needed to map. Thanks to the handheld's design, the bottom screen allowed people to practice cartography as they played. Since then, 10 games have been released, each bringing something new to adventurers.
DualShockers ranks the Top 10 essential games for every Nintendo 3DS owner in the Fall 2018 DualShockers Definitive series.
