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appeal of the etrian odssey series

create your own characters from scratch
complex skill system which allows you to customize builds
high build diversity which can be fairly unforgiving in the earlier titles if you mess up a character, but in general allows for a ton of different strategies to approach the same content
incredible party synergy well above almost any other RPG I can think of
the above two points combine in a great way which make it so that you have to actually construct a party out of builds that you also fully customize, and the party composition itself is an added layer of strategy

this marriage of micro and macro strategy, and lack of randomized advancement elements, make it so

that you are fully given the ability to design your own team --
the there are many different viable teams --
any spot on the roster can be tweaked in ways that make them feel unique to your personal design preference --
changing one person or even one major skill in your entire party line up can change the entire strength or playstyle of the composition --
the list goes on and on with this point, to the extent that I needed to separate it into its own entire list instead of just one entry

status effects are viable
having attackers that fill different roles actually matters, you'll have a much harder time if you create a team that is designed to win every encounter by auto attacking
tanks are viable and can be damn near essential,
but because of the free design of the game you can also build comps that don't rely on a tank

there's probably a lot more that I'm missing just off the top of my head, but the games are basically unique and excel in a lot of categories that most other RPGs can't even hope to compete.

anyway, long story short, persona Q contains NONE OF THE ELEMENTS FEATURED ON THE ABOVE LIST
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