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Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl
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Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl (Japanese: 新・世界樹の迷宮 ミレニアムの少女 New Labyrinth of the World Tree: The Millennium Girl) is a dungeon-crawler RPG for the Nintendo 3DS, released in Japan in November 2014, in North America in August 2015, and in Europe in February 2016. It is a remake of the first game in the series, Etrian Odyssey and is the fifth title in the Etrian Odyssey series overall, and the second entry for the Nintendo 3DS.
Story
"The hero is a young Highlander, a member of one of the many clans from the Highland area, who receives an unusual request and travels to the town of Etria.
"The request was to 'investigate an abnormality occurring in Etria.'
"The town's ruling council has sent for a Highlander to search for the source of a series of mysterious earthquakes and sounds that has begun to trouble the city in recent months. In the course of his investigation, he meets an amnesiac girl named Frederica.
"A trio of researchers from the Midgard Library, an institution several settlements over, has come to Etica to seek out the same abnormalities. After a chance encounter with the three, they introduce themselves as Simon, Arthur, and Raquna. It soon becomes apparent that there is a need for all of them to delve into the challenging wilderness of the Yggdrasil Labyrinth, which has some deep connection with a set of strange ruins.
"What could these abnormalities be? All the keys to this puzzle remain locked in the memories of the girl..."
Gameplay
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is the first game in the series to have two gameplay modes, Classic and Story. Classic Mode is the same as with other entries, with custom characters and maps. Story Mode is similar to other RPG series in that there's an expansive story with cutscenes and preset characters with voice acting, but players will still have to draw out their own dungeon maps as with other Etrian Odyssey games. There are also three difficulty settings: Picnic which gives an easy gameplay experience, Normal for a moderately difficult yet manageable gameplay experience, and Expert which replicates the difficulty of the original DS version.
Gameplay Changes
- Choose between Story Mode to experience a new journey with a fixed party, or Classic Mode to build your own team.
- Introduces the Highlander class as the Story Mode protagonist, and brings in the Gunner from Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard for a Story Mode exclusive character.
- Story Mode also includes Gladsheim as a separate five-floor dungeon with unique enemies and bosses.
- Retains most changes and mechanics from Etrian Odyssey III: The Drowned City and Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan, including separating quest items from the main inventory, quest EXP, enemy formations, improved mapping tools, auto-walk paths, FOE/boss overworld models.
- Revisions to skill trees and stat spreads of each class. Their skill tree is also displayed in a visual flow chart as opposed to a list.
- Change a character's available skill sets (without changing their stat spread) with the Alter Class function at the Explorers Guild.
- Purchase temporary expedition buffs with the help of your companions at the guildhouse.
- Proper mapping is rewarded with Floor Jump that instantly transports you to a properly-marked staircase in explored sections of the labyrinth.
- Requests that normally require specific classes have alternative, albeit more tedious, solutions.
Persistent Changes
- Correctly placed and oriented two-way shortcut icons now turn yellow once unlocked.
- Correctly placed gather icons turn dim when the player has already harvested from them for the day, and reset once midnight arrives.
- Introduces a Fast walking and battle speed.
Grimoire Stones
- Main articles: Grimoire Stones and EOU/Enemy Skills
Grimoire Stones are the mechanic for class customization in this game. Acquired from chests while exploring or from Grimoire Chances in-battle, Grimoire Stones can contain anywhere between 1 to 7 skills and can contain a mixture of skills learned by the character who generated them, and enemies they are facing in battle. Each character can only equip 1 Grimoire Stone at a time.
Grimoire Stones, on initial generation, cannot be used and will take up inventory space, and once brought into the guildhouse, will have their contents identified and stored for safekeeping. Grimoire Stones can also be customized through synthesis, where multiple stones are merged together, inheriting a combination of skills from their components.
Locations
Etria
- The Rooster Inn - Rest and save here
- Shilleka's Goods - Buy and sell goods here
- Mansion - Employ the guildkeeper's services. Also manage communications settings here. This can be renamed by the player
- Golden Deer Pub - Manage quests here
- Explorers Guild - Organize your guild here
- Radha Hall - Receive missions here
- Forest Entrance - Proceed to the forest's entrance, any unlocked stratum of the Labyrinth or the Gladsheim ruins
The Labyrinth
- Claret Hollows (Post-game)
Gladsheim
Classes
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl features a total of 11 playable classes. One class, the Highlander, is new to the game, and another, the Gunner, is borrowed from Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard, while the others return from Etrian Odyssey.
- Landsknecht
- (Pronounced as "lahnts-knekht") These powerhouses are capable of using either a Sword or Axe, depending on if they are built for multi-hit/chaser skills or single target skills. Their high offense and good durability are great for front line attackers, but be mindful of their subpar TP growth and that Chaser skills need cooperation to make use of.
- Survivalist
- Quick to act and swift to kill is a good way to describe the Survivalist, as their excellent speed and accuracy make them valuable back row options. Keyword being "back row" as their moderate defense isn't meant to be taking too many hits consistently.
- Protector
- Your very typical Sword and Shield users sporting some of the highest defense and good offense. They offer several skills to defend the party with and even offer some useful offensive skills and even a few basic healing skills. While their defenses are high, you have to anticipate the enemy attacks. Protectors are slow to move if not guarding and also have no elemental attacks.
- Dark Hunter
- Masters of deception, able to immobilize an enemy using their skills with the whip or to deliver powerful blows to destroy an enemy's nerves using a sword. Their meager defenses and relatively high TP costs may be a hassle in the early stages, but they are formidable despite this.
- Medic
- All-purpose healers for the party who have a secret weapon: both in the powerful skill Immunize to prevent even the strongest of damage, but also their offensive skill Caduceus which provides the basis of the combat medic style. But keep in mind, regardless of how you build your party's medic: their HP and defense isn't the best, their speed is modest, and their main healing skills down scale.
- Alchemist
- Accomplished mages that can exploit an enemy's elemental weakness to the fullest. Suited to the back row of the party due to their low defense and HP, and might be hard to use early on without proper skill point distribution from their high TP costs.
- Troubadour
- Bolstering the team with song and dance, these performers excel in granting modifying effects to both ally and enemy alike, even going so far as to augment enemy stats and ally attack elements. Small problem: Troubadours aren't the best at fighting... or defending... but are still useful and are worth thinking about making use of.
- Ronin
- One of the strongest physical attackers: the Ronin will employ 3 stances to change how they function in battle, unlocking different moves and options in battle to help them adapt to just about anything. Ronin in this game also gain Peerless Stance, an all-purpose Stance that can only be entered from any other Stance but enables access to all Stance-based moves, and Slantwise Cut serves as an attack skill that provides temporary access to any Stance-based move afterwards.
- Hexer
- The strength of a Hexer lies in their varied arsenal of curses to debilitate, weaken, control, and outright kill their enemies making them some of the best at turning the tide of battle without even having to raise a weapon. Which is to say that you'll probably not want them battling anything as their low defenses and mediocre offensive abilities leave them quite fragile and locked to the back row.
- Highlander
- The class belonging to the protagonist of the Story Mode party. Highlanders are spear-wielding warriors that have a variety of utility skills and can strike entire groups of enemies, but often trade their life force in the process.
- Gunner
- The class belonging to the titular Millennium Girl, in the Story Mode party. Gunners are flexible back-row combatants that can bind different body parts or dole out elemental damage, and their Action Boost skill lets them execute the same skill up to thrice in a row.
Characters
In addition to characters from the original Etrian Odyssey, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl introduces several new characters, mostly in the Story Mode party:
Story Mode party
- The player's avatar, a young man who is dispatched to Etria to investigate the cause of earthquakes that have been troubling the town lately.
- A mysterious 18-year-old girl the Highlander meets in the ruins of Gladshiem. In the beginning she has no memories due to being frozen for a thousand years in the past, but regains them later on.
- A 24-year-old researcher who works for the Midgard Library. He is a calm and pragmatic thinker who leads the Midgard Library's investigation team composed of himself, Arthur and Raquna, but not the guild when it is formed.
- An orphaned 14-year-old boy who works for the Midgard Library. An energetic and mischievous youth who idolizes Simon and sees him as an older brother.
- A 20-year-old girl descended from the nobility of the distant city of Ontario. She has a hedonistic side, but is also honest and loyal. She was originally to be the leader of the Midgard Library's investigation team, but she refused the position.
Other New Characters
- An artificial intelligence stationed within the Gladsheim installation, serving as a guide to help Ricky carry out her mission after her thousand-year slumber.
- A maid who serves the Sheldon family, and has been dispatched to Etria to assist Raquna by setting up a Guildhouse.
- A detective who has come to Etria in pursuit of his nemesis, Baroudeur.
Equipment and Items
Monsters
- Main article: Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl Monsters
Missions and Quests
Maps
- Main article: EOU/Maps
Development
Reception
Having sold 90,297 copies in the first week of release in Japan, Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl received positive critical reception from reviewers. Within a month of release, the game sold more than 114,000 copies worldwide.
The gameplay and story were generally well-received by critics, though aspects of its new characters were seen as stereotypical, such as Frederica's amnesia. Its single save slot was also criticized, as it did not allow the player to have one save for each mode. Untold was seen as easier by default than the original, with various quality-of-life features such as an automap feature, being able to sprint, and an adjustable difficulty setting. The decrease in difficulty had mixed reactions: While many critics praised the additions, they were criticized by Kill Screen, who claimed that they spoiled the intentional retro-style challenge the original had focused on.
The existence of a story itself was seen by some critics as unnecessary, given the original's purposeful lack of it. The added dialog was described as slowing down the game's pacing, and the preset characters decreased player freedom by preventing them from unlocking certain skills until later in the game. Others believed that the story did well on elaborated certain plot points from the original game, and thought the existence of these preset characters did well to ease newcomers to the franchise into the game's open-ended gameplay.
In a review of Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl in Black Gate, Josh Bycer said "Etrian Odyssey Untold does feel like the definitive edition of one of my favorite series in recent years."
Trivia
- This game is a remake of Etrian Odyssey
- This game is the first of two Nintendo 3DS remakes with the other being Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
- This is the first game in the series to have a story mode
- This game introduces the Highlander class
- This game introduces the Grimoire System however this is modified in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
In other languages
Gallery
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The Japanese box artwork.
References
External links
- New Labyrinth of the World Tree: The Millennium Girl official Japanese website
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl official North American website
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl on Wikipedia
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl Strategy Guide on StrategyWiki
- Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl on the Nintendo Wiki
