I played mostly on the Steamdeck, and I gotta say, it runs great! It takes a second to get used to switching between drawing tools and movement, but it's great.

It's a fairly simple and quick to play dungeon crawler, especially compared to later releases in the series, but despite this it's surprisingly fun to play. Challenging without being impossible, and honestly I don't really care about the font, but there is a font fix mod if you need it.

No discussion of dungeon crawlers is complete without mentioning the Etrian series, and this remains true to this day.

Etrian Odyssey 1 (hereon referred to as EO1) had the EO gameplay loop and formula down instantly. Make your party, explore the labyrinth a little, return to town and sell the monster bits, buy new gear with those monster bits, return to the labyrinth a little stronger and explore a little farther. It's REALLY satisfying - but here it's somewhat held back by major balance issues, a hefty dose of early installment weirdness and some downright sadistic game design. I can enjoy some aspects of the latter, but many will not. Most notably, there are some fights that are virtually impossible without a specific class in your party. Be prepared to train a variety of characters!

Compared to the original EO1, this HD remaster improves a lot. Many new map icons were added that were not present in the original and the map icon limit is removed, but it would have been nice to have the same map icon selection as Untold as the current selection falls short for some floors (especially in the postgame). The Monsterous Codex is FAR more informative, and you also have fast map move speed and even auto wall drawing for the folks who don't like drawing their maps. Many bugs were fixed, translation was improved, and minor balance changes were made to fix trap skills or broken skills on some classes.

Aside from the additional QoL, it's just like the original and very distinct from the Untold remake. Give it a shot!