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Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard is a dungeon crawler that seeks to induce nostalgia for the very earliest RPGs; games that, if given half a chance, would happily hand a player their own teeth in a bag. The game’s designers have succeeded in producing a tough, classically-styled RPG, but its high level of difficulty, slow-paced plot, and one-dimensional cast is going to make it fairly impenetrable to anyone without a pre-existing love of dungeon exploration and turn-based combat. As far as dungeon crawlers go, Etrian Odyssey II is better than the vast majority, but this particular sub-genre remains a very insular and traditional one, and Etrian Odyssey II isn’t going to change any of that.

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For those anxiously awaiting Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard for the Nintendo DS, we have a few new juicy character classes to whet your appetite. Adding to those already detailed, Atlus has added Medic, Troubadour, and Protector.
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Atlus has let fly with details about Etrian Odyssey II’s classes, for those of you that are salivating for more details about the next game you’ll end up dumping massive time into.  The classes detailed include: Gunner; Alchemist; Landsknecht; Hexer; War Magus; Dark Hunter.

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