>>714751668 Why don't you actually PLAY the games you claim to be a fan of Anon?
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 9:02:09 AM No.714752069
I've beat the game at least five times. Rented it at least a dozen times when I was a kid from Blockbuster and I beat it again in college on an emulator. Really wish I had been able to get a copy of it for myself but when it was (relatively) cheap I had no money (poor college student) and my part time minimum wage job was only paying around $7.50.
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 9:02:52 AM No.714752104
>>714751071 (OP) Tried playing this game at least twice in my life and just could not be bothered with the clunky menus and NES-looking graphics. I get that the game is supposed to be amazing, and I’ve seen some of the gameplay further in, but I still don’t get it. What’s truly insane is how many buttfucking ugly earthbound clones got made in rpgmaker.
>>714752104 >I still don’t get it It's an homage to DQ, it was basically intentionally anachronistic in 1994.
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 9:15:40 AM No.714752626
>>714752104 >the clunky menus how is it clunky? seems like a pretty basic menu system to me
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 9:16:15 AM No.714752656
>>714751071 (OP) I actually played it last year, but I was never particularly a fan before and even if I liked it I don't have strong feelings towards it now.
I'm gonna start in on tuesday! I finished Mother 1 and today i tried Encore. Holy shit is mother 1 a garbage ugly boring game. I hope Earthbound is better, it does look prettier! Shame the starman website for the running hack mod is down
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 9:22:48 AM No.714753003
>>714751071 (OP) I'm not even a fan and I beat it when SNES was current gen.
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 9:23:41 AM No.714753041
>>714751459 Managing your fucking item box sure ain't funny.
>>714752104 earthbound has terrible gameplay it is however a masterfully written anthology of short stories with touches of brilliant interactive narrative devices
if you dont care about that second part it's just a game you wont like and think is overhyped (despite literally being a hidden gem that took over a decade to reach it's audience)
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 9:58:18 AM No.714754708
>>714751071 (OP) Lets be real bros, how far did you get before you dropped it?
>>714752104 it's not for everyone but the fourth reply to you sums it up. either you like the writing, the atmosphere, the style, or you hate it. i'm the fifth best reply.
Anonymous
7/7/2025, 10:16:29 AM No.714755606
What order do you play the series in? I usually start with the first part of Mother 3 Chapter 3 followed by the Mother 3 prologue and then a flashforward to Earthbound when Pokey turns off the devil's machine. I then play each game in parts, sometimes jumping forward and backward and throwing a couple of The Wedding Present and Gang of Four albums in as thematic bridges. Usually I finish playing all three final boss fights at once