Etrian Mystery Dungeon
"Far off in the mountains, the small village Aslarga becomes a hub for adventurers looking for fame and fortune from the Mystery Dungeons. But dire challenges await even the most stalwart adventurers in Etrian…
Etrian Mystery Dungeon is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Spike Chunsoft, released 5 March 2015 on Nintendo 3DS.
What Etrian Mystery Dungeon is
Etrian Mystery Dungeon is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Spike Chunsoft and released in 2015. It was published by Atlus. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Behold Aslarga, a beautiful town known for its picturesque scenery, with the Amber Yggdrasil crowning the landscape. The town flourishes thanks to a steady stream of adventurers, all drawn by the mystery dungeons that dot the area. The mystery dungeons' structure is as twisted and complex as an anthill, and changes each time an adventurer enters, so only the bravest challenge these maddening labyrinths. They receive a great deal of support from Aslarga, from both its citizens and its government. This includes lessons in exploration given by the Guildmaster, as well as laborers who build forts that serve as front-line bases. Why is Aslarga so active in supporting the adventurers? To hear the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Mystery Dungeon series
Etrian Mystery Dungeon is the 31st of 39 entries we hold in the Mystery Dungeon series. It arrived 2 years after Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity. The next entry was Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate in 2015. Its critic score of 78 is 8 points above the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island at 86.
How it was received
Etrian Mystery Dungeon holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 3,813 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Etrian Mystery Dungeon launched on 5 March 2015, within three weeks of Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0 and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Bloodborne, Ori and the Blind Forest, Yakuza 0, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D.
Official trailer
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