The Rising = Etrian Odyssey!

[somekh]

I wanted to make a thread about this somewhere ;;; bc I haven't seen anyone else talking about it. But the Rising this year is actually a direct nod to another series of video games on the Nintendo DS called Etrian Odyssey, made by ATLUS!

 

They're pretty comparatively obscure, but EO is the father and king of all dungeon crawlers. Even the little mapping system over on the side is a simplified version of Etrian's in the Cheap Dungeon! The notes around are very reminiscent of the flavor text in Etrian Odyssey 4's sixth stratum: the Hall of Darkness.

 

I'm a huge nerd for EO so seeing this direct reference made my whole month... Also fun fact: one of the main developers of the Etrian franchise (Kazuya Niinou) is now a SE employe working on FFXIV!

[Erah'sae]

The style is far, far older than that series, and it is far from 'father and king'

 

The first I personally played was Wizardry in the 80's, I think is was predicated by Obleiette. These two spawned an entire legion of dungeon crawlers in the 90's.  Some of the ones to gain particular notoriety was the Eye of the Beholder series by TSR.

 

There was also a precursor to the Ultima series called Akalabeth that might predate the old Wizardry but was a similar dungeon crawler but I can't remember for certain, I never played it.  I just know it was a stepping stone to Ultima I.

 

If you liked Etrian Oddysy, check out the Eye of the Beholder, or the Ultima series.  I think you might find some real enjoyment in them even if they are quite dated by today's standards.

 

~ Erah'sae

[Scarlet Fisher]

I was legitimately humming the haunting drone from Wizardry V the whole time I was in the dungeon (and tensing up while expecting a jumpscare encounter).

 

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