Dungeon Crawlers!

**dakidski** · 09 Apr 2007, 02:53 PM

Didn't the fans of the KF franchise strike down upon the psp port? I'll check out Monster Hunter (ps2) if i get the chance. I don't think I will invest a psp. (I'm all set with Zodiac II + Nethack).

**Compass** · 09 Apr 2007, 02:59 PM

Yeah, I think I posted that about KF PSP being dissed even by KF fans. I think I got this feeling from gamefaqs, either from reviews or posts on the board. But I ended up getting it for cheap, and I think it's really cool. If you don't mind the old-school style of step-based dungeon crawling (think Phantasy Star), as opposed to KF's usual style of a full open world, I don't see any major problems. I just hate not understanding any of the text, and having to consult a walkthrough for every little thing. But, eh, you don't have a PSP so you couldn't care less about any of this I guess.

Nethack is too primitive and cruel for me, I must admit.

**dog$** · 09 Apr 2007, 03:44 PM

I haven't played a single minute of Nethack since I started a game on the better Wizard mode and still have yet to cheat-finish the game. If you genocide enough species, y'know what's left? All the crap that's tougher to kill and surrounds you on the four planes. Fighting against 100 trolls and black slimes might be hellish but I guarantee it's better than fighting against 100 demons and Archons.

I am completely disheartened by discovering that it is impossible to beat Nethack by just killing everything in your path as you progress to the end.

**Vasteel** · 09 Apr 2007, 04:16 PM

Anyone who likes Diablo-type games needs to play Titan Quest. It is easily the best of its breed (including Diablo).

Older dungeon crawls on consoles I liked were Dungeon Explorer II and Brandish, and I had a lot of fun with Slayer on 3DO, though I imagine it is unplayable now.

**Survival Kid** · 09 Apr 2007, 04:21 PM

Etrian Odyssey. First person dungeon crawl for DS that Atlus is releasing in May. You map out the dungeons yourself on the touch screen. Supposed to be very good and very difficult. Google it.

**Compass** · 09 Apr 2007, 05:05 PM

Etrian Odyssey looks cool. The first time I'd heard of it was an ad on the back of this month's Play.

As for Titan Quest... well, if you don't have anything nice to say...

**bVork** · 09 Apr 2007, 05:42 PM

I must say that Wizardry on PS2 is awesome... and nearly as awesome as the PC games. If you haven't played Wizardry 8 on PC, you really should.

**Compass** · 09 Apr 2007, 05:44 PM

I missed my chance when it was like $10 at Best Buy. I kept thinking, bah, I'll buy it later, I still have to finish Might & Magic VII and VIII.

Now it's crazy expensive on ebay. T^T

[edit]: Just checked, and it's not nearly as bad as it was. Between $40-50 used.