>Game gives you a bike >Shortly thereafter, Paula joins your party, making the bike useless
BRAVA EARTHBOUND.
BRAVA
And what the fuck was the point of the condiment system?
>Oh man, waste a slot to carry a packet of salt instead of just having another bag of dragonite!
When I think about it, this game actually kind of does suck. For an RPG, it has no replay value to speak of
>99% linear with no side quests >No party organization to give certain characters priority over others >No unique equipment builds that reward smarter thinking, not harder thinking >No way to truly test your characters skills with the lack of a new game+ feature
Would have been nice to have, but this is give or take: >Alternate party members >Alternate endings >Monster/boss arena
At the end of the day, it's still a VIDEO GAME and not an "interactive experience". You don't cut Gone Home any slack(the hipsters that love Earthbound LOVE Gone Home as well), neither should you with Earthbound.
Reminder Undertale is for faggots (and don't give me that MUH MOTHER 3, I just played it and it still has a lot of the same problems as EB)
Are you actually Rockcock64? Is this what you do, while waiting for your train?
James Thomas
Yeah because buying an overpriced used game from over 20 years ago from some sweaty virgin for $1,000 really supports Nintendo
Chase Young
>falling for so y bait >feeling the need to justify piracy Kys
Benjamin Evans
How many games, much less JRPGs produced by small studios, released in or prior to 1994 had: >NG+ >Alternate Endings >Fight arenas >Extensive equipment systems >Genuinely substantive side quests
Is this the best Gen Z can do for video game criticism? Saying retro games are bad for not having modern features?
Anthony Hill
>I’m nootrulll! Classic.
Gabriel Robinson
You're not wrong, but Earthbound is a bad game.
David Rodriguez
Mother 3 was better.
Jose Martinez
what did rockcock64 do
Luke Stewart
Mother 3 is from 2006 and also lack a lot of those features
But it's still my favourite game
Jaxson Russell
I'd love to see you pick up a single RPG made before 1990.
I don't care if it was an objectively "bad" game, it made me feel like I was a kid again. I played it last year, and the memories of booting the game up and getting into the little world within it isn't something I thought I could experience ever again. There's a reason this game is popular, it elicits a feeling.
Christian Watson
M1 is the best (witg guide)
Cameron Flores
>tfw designing my own mother clone on agdg >this thread reminded me about how to capture the essence of SOUL
Good. Fuck run buttons. JRPG's are meant to be comfy.
Nolan Morris
Is he still financially supporting that girl friend of his he doesn’t fuck?
Christopher Evans
I'm a hipster faggot then, because I enjoy all 3 games you trashed. Whenever I need to relax from being the coolest dude around and I don't feel like playing another game of Alpha Centauri or starting up another cRPG, I like casual carefree games like the ones you mentioned.
Nathaniel Murphy
Based BRAVA pasta
Pretty much what this user said. One can have Earthbound as his favourite game while acknowledging all of its flaws because it provides a unique experience, which to me, encapsulates playing videogames. There's quite nothing else like Mother despite people always comparing other games to it without even knowing what makes them so loved
I don't personally like it that much, but this post is hella dumb.
Christian Morales
Inorite? Shit isn't even in 3D and there's no online co-op? Man, what were they THINKING!? I too expect my games from a bygone era to have features popularized after its release. I mean, we're living in a society!
Liam Russell
I think itori confirmed the bike was literally a troll item.
David Hughes
EB was not as popular in the 90s as other SNES JRPGs. I hated it as a kid because it was too annoying to move shit around in your inventory. Now that I see a bunch of Twitter verified game journos saying they have nostalgia for the game, I know this game is being pushed on us. I really gave it an honest try replaying it and it's just slow boring garbage, forcing you to wander around from NPC to NPC listening to nothing important and teasing items. Even Mother 3 acknowledges how tiresome EB was and fixed a bunch of UI issues.
