EO Untold Rantage!

[noodles]

what on earth do you have to grind for in this game??

[noodles]

In both modes (and with a lot of party combinations in classic) i found that if i dont run from more than maybe 1 out of 10 battles, and do every quest, i have enough exp to basically trivialize the first three strata on normal difficulty with no grinding at all.

on hard mode it lasts a little past the wyvern, i had trouble with the bees but it was nothing i had to grind for

[noodles]

if you think that because i worked on the game i was given some kind of insider knowledge or cheat sheet you'd be wrong, most localization teams have very little input from the devs in that regard. we had no information like that.

i literally only had to not run away from stuff most of the time and do all the quests, and i had enough exp to build effective characters who could be quick on the binds and buffs

EOU totally does away with the padded stuff in favor of fast gameplay, and has by far the lowest difficulty curve in the series. THAT'S the reason most people don't like it, not because it's grindy of all things

[heprea]

I have never considered running away from battles, maybe if you get surprise buttsex from a FOE you did not see, then I could consider running away but, then again I might find it enjo... I mean its always worth a try! Doing the quests and tasks give you plenty of experience to gain levels fast, on top of that you get all these buffs that increase the encounter rate for rare breeds as well.

[noodles]

FOEs still warrant running away from but in some runs I could take out ragelopes before clearing the second floor

[Snowdome]

[heprea]

[Snowdome]

The pumpkin brothers that exist in all EOs - Trigourd, Flygourd and Hexgourd.
It seems like you haven't finished the game yet, so I won't spoil you when you would meet them
And by the time I posted, I was thinking about their encounter in EO2

(Spoiler for those who haven't played EO2)

[lulzace]

[MeltingPenguins]

Adding my two cents:
I don't think Untold has the lowest difficulty curve. I'd rather say it doesn't even exist, in the sense of, the game basically tells you 'press a to win' throughout the whole main-game (except for a sudden and unavoidable peak in the frustration department, after which it goes back to being plain 'press a to win') to then just through the entire volume the whole curve should have had at you in the post game in a way that's just no.
I could go into an hour long rant as to why I'd almost go as far as to disregard the story-mode story from canon, but I shall spare you, unless someone's interested in my ramblings.
In short: I think EO4 was the superior game in terms of gameplay and storyflow and difficulty curve.

[Dangerus]

I agree with you Meeps.

[MeltingPenguins]

but you know, even with all I rage and rant about U, the mansion will never stop being hilarious:
"Hey daughter, I bought you a hugearse mansion. It has no bedrooms."

[Dangerus]

[MeltingPenguins]

[Dangerus]