Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City (2010)

Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City cover

Developer: Atlus
Publisher: Atlus USA, Atlus
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating: 4.5 of 5, 4 player ratings
Where to get it: Website

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How it feels

A demanding first-person dungeon crawler where players chart their own maps through atmospheric ocean-side labyrinths.

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About

The embodiment of adventure and discovery in the purest sense, Etrian Odyssey III transports gamers to a sparkling oceanic paradise filled with atmospheric dungeons to chart and survey, vast watery expanses to sail across, and rumors of a sunken city to investigate. Aspiring explorers are responsible for charting their travels utilizing the intuitive touchscreen map editor, meaning that careless cartography could easily spell doom for a fatigued party trying to escape danger. Powerful challenges demand cunning and strategy: players will assemble and fully customize their party of adventurers from a variety of highly specialized classes and sub-classes. For the patient and prepared, fame and fortune await.

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