Etrian Odyssesy 2 preview at 1uP!

[GilloD]

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3166702

ZOMG. Maybe if I put in 10 hours a day I can finish the first one before this one makes it here.

[The Sceneman]

fucken hotness, cant wait for this

10 hours a day.. yep that'll do it. You can get an ending and credits without too much trouble... but the optional stratum... fuuuuuckk. Im getting there though, Up to B29F now

edit: I read the whole article and that cuntrag didnt say anyhitng about the music

1up

What I was wanting to read was 'EO 2 has another slammin' chip-tune soundtrack from game music god Yuzo Koshiro' , obviously this guy doesnt have priorities or something

[tiesto]

A third new character class is available to be unlocked through the course of the game, the Pet class. As its name suggests, Pets are animals that behave as party members. Big, scary animals, like bears.

demi buying this day one? 

[The Sceneman]

yeah he was quite pumped up about the bear pets iirc

I was rocking the official bear pet (lifted from famitsu scan lol) picture for my avatar for a while... its still my avatar at GAF but I never go there anymore, all the news, tips, opinions and impressions that matter are here at EB

[The Sceneman]

Such an awesome game, but I never got past the 27th floor.  It required me to retire all my characters and I just couldn't do the grind again. 
Anyone saying the game isn't a grind is either
a) Full of Shit
b) Extremely lucky in how they set up their skill points
c) Spending way too much time letting Gamefaqs do the work for them.

Anywho, this is Day 1 for me.

the only correct answer is a), you'll have to 'grind' to beat bosses regardless of how well you spend your skill points. the quests are nice in this regard as you can often gain levels, sweet items and gold without actually mindlessly grinding.

So yes and no...