Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection: I want it, I got it

 

When Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection graced the RPG landscape on June 1^st, I knew I had to buy it. Sure, I failed to clear the first instalment and haven’t touched the second and the third, and I own all of them already on the DS; but the prospect of enjoying the initial trilogy on my beloved Switch Lite was just too alluring. Just a couple o’ extra ports and remakes, and I can ditch all 7^th generation systems without regret — but hey, that’s a story for another post ^^

 

 

Anyway, Origins brought more than a visual revamping of the DS original games and a couple of new character models. We’re talking quality-of-play improvements, folks: stuff like being able to tweak battle and animation speed, or being offered three levels of difficulty right off the bat. Let me tell ya, dear fellow gamers: I’ve taken up enough gaming gauntlets to be able to relax now. And so, I proudly rolled with the ‘Picnic’ difficulty — and with a full five-rangers crew while I was at it, because I wouldn’t tackle a solo run of EO again even if my life depended on it. 

 

 

But wait; I’m getting kinda ahead of myself here! The plan was simple: as soon as I got my greedy paws on my copy of Origins, I was going to play it with abandon. I went as far as to preorder the thing from Play-Asia, and I fully expected to be lost in the labyrinths by the end of June; however, my order wasn’t due to be sent before July due to production delays regarding other games I had ordered at the same time. Then I had to cancel my order and place it again due to other reasons; when Origins arrived somewhere at the beginning of August, the Pokemon Summer Season was in full swing and capturing all my gaming attention. Fast-forward to late September: as I finally polished my last Pokemon run of the summer, I was finally ready to give Origins the attention it deserved. 

 

 

No mystery here: if I have the strength to do so, I’m gonna play all three games back-to-back. I just need ample amounts of intense grinding & crawling these days, and Etrian Odyssey is the perfect series to scratch that itch. I wanna explore and fight until I feel lightheaded and slightly delirious — so give it to me, baby! As I’m writing this, I’m done with EO I and starting EO II; dedicated reports will come soon enough, so stay tuned! ^^