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Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan
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Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan | |
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English logo and North American box artwork. | |
Developer(s) | Atlus |
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Designer(s) | Daisuke Kaneda |
Artist(s) | Yuji Himukai |
Composer(s) | Yuzo Koshiro |
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Platform | Nintendo 3DS |
Preceded by | Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City |
Followed by | Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl |
Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (Japanese: 世界樹の迷宮IV 伝承の巨神 Labyrinth of the World Tree IV: Great God of Legend) is a dungeon-crawler RPG for the Nintendo 3DS, released in Japan in July 2012, and internationally in 2013. It is the first of five games and three spinoffs in the series released for the Nintendo 3DS.
Story
The player starts as an adventurer in Tharsis, the city closest to the legendary tree, Yggdrasil. On the request of the Count, you obtain a Skyship and explore several labyrinths on the way to reaching Yggdrasil. Along the way, however, you encounter three other factions, a forest-dwelling race named Vessels and their Medium, an animal person race named Sentinels, and the humans that stayed by Yggdrasil, dubbed the Empire.
As you progress through strata, you learn more about the history of these factions and Yggdrasil – that Vessels and Sentinels were created by humans in the distant past, along with the holy tree, with the intent of bringing fertility back to dead lands, and that this infertility is encroaching again, leading to the Empire seeking out a means of reactivating the tree and sending Logre to Tharsis – and have to stop the Empire and its leader, Baldur. The tree, however, is reactivated, and assumes the form of the namesake titan, for you to stop.
After the game concludes, a new stratum is opened up, allowing players to explore a closed-off quarantine that sheds further light on the history of Yggdrasil, the people who created it, and the environment they found themselves in.
Gameplay
In common with previous games in the series, in Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan, you can create a team with up to five characters to use as you progress through the game. The main gameplay consists of fighting monsters and mapping out each area as you progress with optional quests and items that you can find.
Changes
Similar to some of the changes in Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City, this game expands upon exploring outside of the main labyrinth and has an overworld that can be explored in a skyship and has multiple unique navigational challenges which add puzzle-solving elements to overworld exploration.
For the first time in this series, all monsters are now animated 3D models with designs comparable to the released artwork with FOEs and bosses presented as 3D models in the overworld in this game. Additionally there is no single labyrinth in this game as it is split up into multiple parts in the overworld with caves acting as additional areas of exploration within a given area. The music in this game is also fully orchestrated and no longer uses FM synthesis.
Locations
Windy Plains
- Saehrimnir Inn - Rest and save here
- Berund Atelier - Buy and sell goods here
- Dancing Peacock - Manage quests here
- Explorers Guild - Organize your guild here
- Cargo Wharf - Manage communications settings
- Mark Grand Court - Receive missions here
- City Gates - Exit Tharsis to enter a maze, cave or land. Skyship equipment can be changed here
Maze
Caves
Old Forest Mine • Small Orchard • Valley Spring • Dense Bushland
Scarlet Pillars
Maze
Caves
Miasma Forest • Moth's Garden • Noisy Marsh
Sacred Mountains
Maze
Caves
Cramped Nest • Toxic Cave • Underground Lake
Cloudy Stronghold
Mazes
Echoing Library • Forgotten Capital
Caves
South Sanctuary • Windy Archive • Golden Deer Keep
Classes and characters
- Main articles: Category:Classes in Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan and Category:Characters in Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan
Etrian Odyssey IV features a total of 10 playable classes. Most classes are similar to those of the first two games in function, with two, the Landsknecht and Medic, being borrowed directly (albeit with different portraits and slightly altered skillsets). Three classes, the Arcanist, Bushi, and Imperial, are unavailable at first and must be unlocked by progressing through the story.
Development
Reception
Trivia
In other languages
Gallery
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The English logo.
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The Japanese logo.
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The North American box artwork.
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The European box artwork.
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The Japanese box artwork.
References
External links
- Labyrinth of the World Tree IV: Great God of Legend official Japanese website
- Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan official North American website