etrian 1 DS progression?

[geozeldadude]

when i first started playing etrian odyssey i got really into it and obsessively finished the first 3 floors or so. but then as my crew got levelled up and it got easier, floors 4 and 5 were more repetitive and slow, although the boss battle at the end of floor 5 was fun. floor 6 has a sudden jump in difficulty so it's more interesting, but there's not enough that's different to keep me much engaged. so my question is: does the game throw in any surprises for the following 24 floors or if i'm not still interested now i won't really have much motivation for finishing the game? i enjoyed the game enough that i would probably look into the 3rd game, although it sounds like the 2nd game is pretty similar to the first.

[MrPopo]

There is some backtracking to get to parts of the floor you couldn't before, and the story starts to kick in as you go forward. It's presented pretty well; they give you bits and pieces as you go along but you never find out the real mystery til the end, at which point it's a pretty big "whoa'. The difficulty also keeps going up as you get deeper; you won't just be able to auto attack your way through.

[geozeldadude]

There is some backtracking to get to parts of the floor you couldn't before, and the story starts to kick in as you go forward. It's presented pretty well; they give you bits and pieces as you go along but you never find out the real mystery til the end, at which point it's a pretty big "whoa'. The difficulty also keeps going up as you get deeper; you won't just be able to auto attack your way through.

there's a story?? when does that start?

[MrPopo]

If I recall right the main stuff kicks in late stratum 2/early stratum 3.

[Erik_Twice]

Man I remember how happy my friend was when he beated this game. He even put it in his Steam profile lol.