I think a lot of reviewers can't actually review it yet because they haven't beat it. I know that one of the reviews I read mentioned something along the lines of the game taking him much longer than extected to beat so his review was late coming out. Might have been the IGN review...

Makes sense, too. I've put in a ton of hours and i have barely scratched the surface of this game. I'm sure well see some more reviews begin to trickle out soon.

Oh I'll give it tons of love....

Once it frigging releases here in Europe >_>

For some reason it was not showing up on the main page of the e-shop or the new releases page. I had to type it in the search box to find it. I'm guessing that's in part why a lot of people seem to have missed it's release.

I thought I was one of only few who actually bought Etrian Odyssey IV here. I got the pre-ordered copy, so it came in a nice little box with a little art booklet and a short OST CD.

I really enjoy the game, and I like how strategic you can be with the game. Placing little icons on the map is really fun, and assures you don't get lost.

I wasn't sure if I'm just not very good or if it happens to everyone, but I almost always struggle to keep my TP up after boss battles, so I try to leave almost as soon as I can once it's over.

What's your party/skills/strategy?

Lower offense from the beginning, blind/paralyze if I can, enhance magic, enhance defense, protect ally, healer in the back row, and do lots of magic attacks each turn, and I repeat this.  When I got the burst skill, I let the most powerful character use them.  

Oh, and I would also use fast attacks.  I'm not that far yet, to be honest.  I also don't use a lot of items either.  Only recently started finding items that healed TP.

I tried the demo on the eshop and it just wasn't my cup of tea. Sorry, I tried to love it but I just couldn't.

The TP restorers are going to remain expensive and scarce for quite some time. Have you considered focusing more on forging to inflict the status effects, and using dancers in lieu of medics to save TP on that front? The Runemasters' Free Energy skill is also great once levelled, as it effectively halves TP consumption.

I actually do have a weapon that inflicts status.  One for poison, one for darkness.  Sadly, the poison one is the more effective one.  There aren't many powerful weapons I have access to that have many slots for these things.  However it definitely is something I consider.

Also, I honestly wasn't sure what each class really did but I liked the way mine was playing out except for the fact that I kept on running low on TP.  One good thing I have that helps save TP is the medic's patch up that helps prevent me from spending TP during regular battles.

It's definitely not for everyone. I didn't even think it was going to be for me, but bought it due to nothing else being released that I wanted to play. Would have been a $39.99 mistake if I ended up not liking it, but luckily I'm having a blast.