At that point I (mistakenly) thought the game had permadeath - usually when a game says "Character has died," and full-healing your party doesn't fix it, they're gone for good. Tragedy Strikes Fastīefore I did much in the Labyrinth, one of my characters died. Unfortunately for me, both melonDS and Medusa lack savestate support in their current versions. While I didn't know much about Etrian Odyssey, I had been warned that it's very hard and my friends did recommend savestates. I decked out my front-line of units with better weapons and tougher armor. While I'm not familiar with Etrian Odyssey, I am familiar with RPGs in general and immediately invested some of my starting money into basic equipment.
I created my guild with a bunch of characters along with sometimes goofy character portraits to give them a hint of personality.Īn inexperienced medic may have been a poor choice. Going through the opening on melonDS was fairly pleasant. Perhaps the interpreter can be optimized more in the future, as both DeSmuME and Medusa's interpreters don't seem to slowdown during loading screens.
Desmume lag full#
In the few games that run mostly full speed in Dolphin's interpreter, loading screens tend to be very slow compared to the actual gameplay. More annoyingly, the game chugs pretty bad within loading screens on melonDS.Ĭonsidering that melonDS uses an interpreter, this isn't especially surprising. A few spots in the labyrinth's dip a bit when there's a lot on screen, but I wouldn't consider it a serious problem. For the most part in game is full-speed or close to that. The titlescreen greeted me with poor performance on my i5-3570K, running at around 85% speed. A quick note though, if I do run into a serious problem in both emulators, DeSmuME can also import raw savefiles to get me past any potential crashes or impassable areas in the new emulators. Switching emulators is as simple as booting the other emulator. One of the nice things about melonDS and Medusa is that they both use raw save files. The quality of your maps determine how hard or easy your journey through the labyrinth will be!
Desmume lag software#
Meanwhile, Medusa and melonDS are both active and I can easily report bugs to the developers.ĭespite being a much more mature emulator, DeSmuME does have quite a few bugs with Etrian Odyssey, particularly in the software renderer.
I didn't choose DeSmuME for my playthrough simply because I know it's been tested and the project is mostly stagnant at this point. There were some quirks and problems I ran into that a more mature emulator wouldn't have had. Why not DeSmuME/DraStic?Īfter trying out Etrian Odyssey, I can confidently say I would have had a easier time on DeSmuME.
If I get recommended another one that's coming together, I may add them to the list. I know there are other DS emulators on the up-and-coming list, but, these are the two I feel the most comfortable with after testing on them and reporting issues in the past. I have a hard time diving into games without justification, so, I'll be testing both melonDS and Medusa throughout this playthrough.
Desmume lag series#
Thank you and enjoy.Īs I detailed in a previous post, I have been waiting to play the Etrian Odyssey series for quite some time only because I really liked the soundtrack. Not only will I judge the game, but the experience the emulator provides for the game. Foreword Tales Through Emulation is a series of articles about playing through games on various emulators and sometimes alongside console.
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