which one is the "best"

[circuitdragon]

never played any of these games before but I've played similar games and since the price is so high for each game which one would you consider the best as an individual experience (still going to wait till their on sale but which would be the best place to start)

[Gsprfdude]

It's kind of hard to say which is the best. 3 for example is kind of a big departure from 1 and 2 since it has a new naval theme and all new classes. I'm partial to 2, but I haven't played the remastered version of it yet.

[魔装機神 Psybuster]

Honestly it's going to boil down to opinion due to things like class balance and dungeon design and the like. The series does get fine-tuned a lot as it goes on, so the closest thing to an objective answer would be 3 probably? That said if you plan to play them all eventually, I would recommend going in order so you can see how the series develops.

[[Nanami]Maxobiwan]

The 1 is the most classical entry of the serie. The labyrinthe and class are not hard to understand and you get a very good reward by going deeper. Step by step.
Also the FOE! meme

The 2 add some class, change some skills. I find it a little harder

The 3 add a lot of things, maybe too much to focus

[Sharticus:DestroyerOfToilets]

There isn't one. It's ALL up to personal taste.

[blizzcarsten]

3 is the best of the 3 Games/ EOs.

[raelynne63]

Originally posted by circuitdragon:

never played any of these games before but I've played similar games and since the price is so high for each game which one would you consider the best as an individual experience (still going to wait till their on sale but which would be the best place to start)

If you plan on playing them all, start with one. It's the more archaic of the games and it's hard going backwards.

[Asakura Shinichi]

1 is the most hardcore and the hardest, with each next entry it was getting a little bit easier, not much, all of them are still hard, but here an example in EO 4 the medic has a skill that heals after battle, in EO4 it actually heals quite a lot giving you more chances to stay longer in a dungeon without running out of healing options. In EO1 this skill at level 1 heals only 1 point where most enemies deal 10-15 at that point making this skill even on high levels quite pointless as there are better options later.
So which part is best boils down to personal opinions and most people you ask who played those games will have different opinions about that. For me best is EO4 but its sadly not out on steam, can only hope they release it. Out of those 3 that are out on steam i would say i go for 1 since i only played 2nd game for around 10 hours and never got the chance to play the 3rd one.

[魔装機神 Psybuster]

Originally posted by Asakura Shinichi:

this skill at level 1 heals only 1 point

It's actually 1% in the DS original, and 3% in this remaster. Granted, at the beginning of the game that's only going to be 1 HP per battle for most of the party, but it's an important distinction to note since your frontliners will obviously see more obvious benefits as their HP is likely to go up faster.

[Asakura Shinichi]

Originally posted by 魔装機神 Psybuster:

Originally posted by Asakura Shinichi:

this skill at level 1 heals only 1 point

It's actually 1% in the DS original, and 3% in this remaster. Granted, at the beginning of the game that's only going to be 1 HP per battle for most of the party, but it's an important distinction to note since your frontliners will obviously see more obvious benefits as their HP is likely to go up faster.

Still its far less than the similar skill from EO4. While I love this series I have to say that the very limited inventory and lack of better sustain in early part of the game is not really a way to make a game difficult that I like, and EO4 did it much better, by still being decently difficult and similar grindy as previous entries but was giving a better sustain in early stages and additional options w with having more than one dungeon to explore.

Edit. Found the numbers, in EO4 patch up was healing by flat numbers and level 1 was healing for 10 points.

[魔装機神 Psybuster]

Originally posted by Asakura Shinichi:

I have to say that the very limited inventory and lack of better sustain in early part of the game is not really a way to make a game difficult that I like

It's certainly not the most user-friendly approach, but then, it was never really meant to be.

[Cynicade]

Of this batch: I'd say 3 is the best. My favorite overall is 5 though.

3 is the point where they tried to do an actual story, added an overworld to explore, and started to play with Sub-classes.