Doing so is, surprisingly, one of the game's best hooks and helps to provide a true sense of discovery that most games simply can't match. While it's possible to enable an auto-mapping feature which keeps track of every step the player takes, everything else - including walls, stairwells, and other objects - must be added manually. Specifically, EO utilises the DS' touch screen and allows players to draw their own map of the Labyrinth as they progress further and further into its depths. Etrian Odyssey takes this practice - which some will find to be rewarding and therapeutic, and others will simply see as archaic and unnecessary - and updates it for a modern generation of gamers. If a game didn't include built-in mapping functionality you had to draw your own using good ol' pen and paper. Some of you reading these words will undoubtedly remember a time when the use of a map to navigate in-game locations was not a right, but something you had to work for. It's just one element of Etrian Odyssey that serves as a throwback to the role-playing games (electronic and otherwise) of yesteryear.Īnother such element is map-making. As such, you won't find any lengthy cut-scenes or extended dialogue between characters in this game, but rather a blank template upon which you can imbue your own personal creations. Although it might seem like a cop-out, EO's director, Kazuya Niinou, suggests that a game becomes far more enjoyable when the player uses his imagination (as a tool to create dynamic and fun situations).
As far as plot goes, that's about all there is to it. Fuelled by the promise of riches and prestige, a stream of adventurers from across the globe take it upon themselves to enter the Labyrinth in an attempt to uncover its mysteries. The game begins by detailing the sudden appearance of a mysterious labyrinth, known as the Yggdrasil Labyrinth, near the outskirts of a small town named Etria. Etrian Odyssey is a turn-based 3D role-playing game with a heavy focus on dungeon-crawling.
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