Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
By David Chapman,
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Expanded RPG remake encourages exploration, micromanagement.
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What’s It About?
ETRIAN ODYSSEY 2 UNTOLD: THE FAFNIR KNIGHT is the latest entry in the popular Etrian Odyssey series. The game is a retelling of Etrian Odyssey 2, adding a more linear story complete with fleshed-out characters, voice acting, cut scenes, and a new soundtrack to the original release. In Story mode, players are tasked with escorting the princess through the Ginnungagap Ruins to complete a ceremony that happens once every century. After something goes awry, the player somehow taps into a strange power and transforms into the Fafnir Knight. Afterward, the player and his party set out to discover the nature of this new power while fighting back the coming darkness threatening the land.
Is It Any Good?
As much a spin-off as it is a remake, this game adds an impressive amount of depth and content to what already was a fantastic dungeon crawler. The Fafnir Knight adds an intriguing new story, as well as unique new classes and even sub-games such as building and managing a restaurant in town to the tried-and-true RPG classic. Though the game's story mode substitutes pregenerated party members for the fully customizable blank-slate characters players created in the original, it's done for the sake of keeping the story on track. Plus, players who miss rolling their own characters can still play Classic mode, which is a more straightforward port of the original Etrian Odyssey 2 but with a couple of extra classes and enhanced graphics thrown into the mix.
As much as The Fafnir Knight has going for it, there's almost too much going on to take in. One minute you're organizing characters in the party by equipping them with armor, weapons, and the newly added grimoires while also keeping track of where you've been to maintain an accurate map. The next, you're trying to invest profits from your restaurant into rebuilding the town. Then, at least in Classic mode, you're busy crafting new adventurers from scratch and maintaining their skills in guilds. It's a lot of micromanagement to take in for a newcomer, but hardcore RPG fans likely will love the overabundance of details that can be tweaked.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about teamwork. How can different people and their respective talents complement each other in the real word?
How does creating one's own map in the game help the experience? How can writing out clear directions help one accomplish a task at hand?
Game Details
- Platform: Nintendo 3DS
- Pricing structure: Paid
- Available online?: Not available online
- Publisher: Atlus
- Release date: August 4, 2015
- Genre: Role-Playing
- Topics: Magic and Fantasy, Princesses, Fairies, Mermaids, and More, Adventures, Monsters, Ghosts, and Vampires
- ESRB rating: T for Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, Mild Language, Partial Nudity
- Last updated: August 24, 2016
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