Etrian Odyssey III HD

Item: Etrian Odyssey III HD
Rating: 85
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-29

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Summary

Rich content, best in series HD remaster
Excellent dungeon crawling, strategic combat
Manual map drawing is core gameplay
Unbalanced difficulty and grind present
Clunky mapping and UI issues
High price for an older game

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Satisfaction35%Frustration15%Disappointment8%Enjoyment7%Excitement6%

Reviews (sample size): 207
Helpful reviews: 72%
Unhelpful reviews: 27%
Protest reviews: 0%

85%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
15%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 520
Negative points: 335
Gameplay points: 427
Perf. points: 3
Rec. points: 145
Misc points: 102

Point	Description	Importance
Rich Content & Best in Series Description Players consistently praise the game for its extensive and diverse content, offering hundreds of hours of engaging gameplay. Many consider it the best entry in the series, especially among the HD remasters, citing its improvements and overall quality. Importance 99%	Players consistently praise the game for its extensive and diverse content, offering hundreds of hours of engaging gameplay. Many consider it the best entry in the series, especially among the HD remasters, citing its improvements and overall quality.	99%
Excellent Dungeon Crawling Description The core dungeon crawling experience is highly lauded, with players enjoying the intricate labyrinth designs, environmental puzzles, and the satisfying sense of accomplishment from exploration and overcoming challenges. It's considered a genre-defining masterpiece. Importance 42%	The core dungeon crawling experience is highly lauded, with players enjoying the intricate labyrinth designs, environmental puzzles, and the satisfying sense of accomplishment from exploration and overcoming challenges. It's considered a genre-defining masterpiece.	42%
Successful HD Remaster Description The HD remaster is well-received, bringing significant quality-of-life improvements, updated graphics, and new difficulty options. Players appreciate the enhanced visuals and the accessibility features that make the game more enjoyable than the original. Importance 31%	The HD remaster is well-received, bringing significant quality-of-life improvements, updated graphics, and new difficulty options. Players appreciate the enhanced visuals and the accessibility features that make the game more enjoyable than the original.	31%
Deep & Strategic Combat Description The combat system is highlighted for its depth, strategic possibilities, and satisfying balance. Players enjoy the intricate skill combinations, character synergy, and the rewarding feeling of building a strong party that can tackle challenging encounters. Importance 21%	The combat system is highlighted for its depth, strategic possibilities, and satisfying balance. Players enjoy the intricate skill combinations, character synergy, and the rewarding feeling of building a strong party that can tackle challenging encounters.	21%
Beautiful Art Style Description Players appreciate the beautiful and distinct art style, including character portraits, enemy designs, and environmental visuals. The HD remaster further enhances these details, contributing to an immersive atmosphere. Importance 19%	Players appreciate the beautiful and distinct art style, including character portraits, enemy designs, and environmental visuals. The HD remaster further enhances these details, contributing to an immersive atmosphere.	19%
Great PC Controls Description The PC port offers excellent keyboard and mouse controls, particularly for map drawing, and robust gamepad support. This ensures a comfortable and versatile gameplay experience across different input preferences. Importance 18%	The PC port offers excellent keyboard and mouse controls, particularly for map drawing, and robust gamepad support. This ensures a comfortable and versatile gameplay experience across different input preferences.	18%
Phenomenal Soundtrack Description The game's soundtrack is consistently praised as phenomenal and one of the best in the series. The music significantly enhances the overall atmosphere and player experience. Importance 18%	The game's soundtrack is consistently praised as phenomenal and one of the best in the series. The music significantly enhances the overall atmosphere and player experience.	18%
Extensive Post-Game Content Description The game offers substantial and challenging post-game content, including additional bosses and a legendary superboss. This provides significant replayability and a rewarding experience for dedicated players. Importance 9%	The game offers substantial and challenging post-game content, including additional bosses and a legendary superboss. This provides significant replayability and a rewarding experience for dedicated players.	9%

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