Thread 12004834

I am playing Earthbound, and i am having fun.

Thanks for listening

>>12004834 (OP)
>I'm taking the girthround
>I'm enjoying it
Yeah, sounds pretty gay

the start of the game up thru the four towns is pure sovl. i love the game overall but that stuff in particular is what i enjoy most.

I lost like 3 times against the first boss (the ant)

>>12004894
The writing warms my withered, broken soul

>>12004904
Thats pretty bad, wait until you get to the moles

>>12004834 (OP)
I got filtered by the difficulty curve
>JUST

>>12004834 (OP)
Based fun haver

>>12004834 (OP)
uh we don’t do that here

>>12004904
>>12004976
the early game with just ness is arguably the hardest part

>>12004976
>mfw carbon dog
>mfw diamond dog

>>12004834 (OP)
Not going to spoil anything but don't let the cosmic horror and age regression shit hit you too hard at the ending.

Lets just say the segment after the Diamond Dog fight broke me to tears. Hold strong bro.

>>12005167
I got definitively filtered by Stonehenge :/

Okay okay, you win I'm going to play it.

I have previously played the NES game, Mother, but only for about an hour.

Do I need to play the other games to appreciate Earthbound?

>>12005167
This is probably true but since it is the start of the game it doesnt feel too bad because you are just starting to do battles and level. The part that usually irritates me the most is the path from twoson to happy happy village. The backtracking on top of tough enemies that afflict status effects on Ness and one shot attacks from exploding trees.

>>12005651
Mother 1 and 2 are not connected to each other, but 2 and 3 are. All 3 are very different, and 1 is also worth playing, but it's fine if you go back to it later.

>>12004834 (OP)
:)

i love this game

>>12004934
Third hardest bosses in the game.

>>12005663
Most people will agree that the areas around Twoson seem "really hard" according to their memories. But, without thinking why, that's generally because they instantly pair their memories of "hard Earthbound fights" to "randomly re-assigned direction controls because of that FUCKING MUSHROOM," and relent their time there.

>>12005651
I encourage you to listen to the music while you play.
Entering a new area? Sit for a second and enjoy the music.
Music WILL improve your enjoyment.

>>12006171
I would say the connection between MOTHER and MOTHER 2 is as strong as the connection between MOTHER 2 and MOTHER 3. They're both similar in that the protagonists are unrelated but the villains carry over.

>>12004834 (OP)
I do a yearly play through, fun charming game.

>>12006303
>I would say the connection between MOTHER and MOTHER 2 is as strong as the connection between MOTHER 2 and MOTHER 3
No. The two Giygases are completely different characters with different origins and no continuity between them. There's simply no turn of events where M1 Giygas magically turns himself into M2 Giygas out of nowhere.

Meanwhile in Mother 3 there's perfect continuity and the villain is exactly where he was left off in the previous game.

>>12004834 (OP)
Hell fucking yeah, anon.

>>12006285
No, I'm the 3rd hardest boss!

>>12004976
You gotta spend every penny on weapons and armour. Even +5 is the difference between life and death, let the stores fleece you

>>12005663
>>12005663
I hate mushrooms

>>12006216
That TV is pure soul, we need to go back

>>12007576
>I'm one of the masters of this hole.
>There are five masters in all. We are all moles, of course.
>I believe I'm the third strongest amongst us.
>Take your best shot!

>I'm really the third strongest master.
>I'll destroy you now!

>I'm truly the third strongest master of this hole.
>I'll demonstrate the power of being third to you!

>My strength falls between the second and fourth strongest masters.
>Do you wanna test me?

>Ha ha ha.
>You've fought the strongest master of this hole,
>the second strongest master of this hole,
>the fourth strongest master of this hole,
>and the weakest master of this hole!
>I'm truly the third strongest master of this hole.
>Now you see the true advantage of being third!

>>12008515
This writing just makes me chuckle.

Its so silly, and you just end up playing with a smile on your face

>>12006337
>The two Giygases are completely different characters with different origins and no continuity between them
Really?

>>12004834 (OP)
I'm glad you're enjoying it. It's really as good as the memes say.

I'm old and had it on SNES and friends were like oh it's like cartoon FF etc and hour or two in got hooked.

My one compliant (drunk) is Jeff doesn't scale.

>>12010136
Jeff is too busy fixing stuff instead of sleeping

I just beat moonside!

So trippy

>>12006337
>The two Giygases are completely different characters with different origins and no continuity between them.
???

>>12010469
Is that anon thinking of the novels? Since in those, Giegue/Giygas is two separate guys and the novels don't connect whatsoever.

>>12010692
>mother novels
i dont even want to know what that author looks like

>>12004976
How the fuck is a JRPG difficult? Just don't run away from the battles nigga

>>12010694
Her pen name is Saori Kumi, and yes, the novels are fucking weird. For what I can remember...

For MOTHER 1...
>She made Ninten a blond asshole kid named Ken
>Ken calls Ana hot in a sleeping gown
>Lloyd's dad is now Dr. Distorto
>she replaced Teddy with a 40 something ginger biker fucker named Hurricane Joe with what is basically a twink sidekick named Sharp
>the ending sentence is ambiguous but the worst reading implies she may be pregnant (this is after some weird cave shit where Ken and Ana get hypnotized by cave water, enter a psychic love bubble, and after all that is done, they stop arguing)
>Ken somehow whips out a grenade during the final battle

MOTHER 2 has
>Porky being pregnant with Giygas (who is not the M1 antagonist, but an unrelated fuck), and this results in Porky getting fatter and grosser, and the final battle is basically the party vs the Porky flesh dimension)
>Aloysius Minch is basically Plankton from SpongeBob, who bought Ness's dad's restaurant chain named Ness Burger and keeps trying to figure out the secret recipe (he dies in Deep Darkness counting leaves like money)
>Ness's mom is described as having a massive set of boobs (and at points, Ness may have a thing for her? My memory of these books are a bit hazy, forgive me)
>Jeff is handicapped because he got his legs crushed in an incident from his past that also killed his brother (he gets prosthetic legs from his dad)
>Paula gets drunk on hotel wine, Jeff tries to wrestle the bottle away from her, and Ness walks in, sees this, and thinks that Jeff and Paula are screwing while running away
>Ness gets hit on by an adult gay man in Summers
>Poo gets married off to a 7-year old little girl, and everybody is like, fine with it
I'm missing a bunch of shit because my memory is ass, but there's a fucking taste of the weirdness you can find in the Saori Kumi novels

>>12010734
Is this kino translates?

>>12010734
>

>>12010810
Not in your monkey language.

>>12010695
Nta but the early game can be unforgiving.

>>12010810
It got translated in English, though I would not consider it kino, anon

>>12010734
What.
The.
FUCK.

>>12010734
Someone should make a hack based on them

>>12010469
>???
What do you not understand?
>>12010692
The fuck are you talking about? Mother 1 and 2, the games, aren't connected either. Itoi said you can interpret them as connected if you want to, but just admitting they're separate stories requires way less mental gymnastics.

>>12013289
I honestly would morbidly watch a playthrough of it, I think. The novels are a fucking car crash you cannot look away from

Never played these before, do you need to play the games in order?

>>12013375
No, but in order is definitely the best way. People who can't stand old RPGs tend to skip the first one or play it later, though.

>>12004834 (OP)
>it took until Poo to have fun
Same for me too, shame it takes a while to get to that point.

>>12010734
Japan is an extremely weird place, hyper conseevative and rigid, whilst also perverted.

Actually that makes sense

>>12013953
Yeah takes ages, to get all the main characters.

I just realised these old school rpgs are really much longer than more modern games, 60/70 hours is standard for them.

And most isnt filler, you dont have to grind in Earthbound, just playing the game levels you up. But the early game is definitely tougher

>>12015450
Is this real?

>>12016192
Yes, please send bank details

>>12004894
the whole game is great but I think the much more surreal second half is more interesting.

>>12005651
youre literally better off not touching mother (aka earthbound for hipster contrarians) and mother 3 (aka earthbound for redditors) and just enjoying earthbound.

why have there been so many mother threads the past week? astroturfing from nintendo in anticipation for a mother series re-release on the switch?

>>12016978
mother 3 is NEVER getting a western realize you dumbass. you can not release a game with realistically depicted troons as major characters in current year.

>>12016978
Honestly, dunno. I guess it's just MOTHER season. I made mine without even knowing a Direct was coming

>>12016979
Bro why

>>12016979
Those "troons" are
>clearly dragqueens
>willingly die for the greater good
>immortal psychic magical beings
Meanwhile the villains are literal capitalist pigs, Mother 3 would be beloved by the modern audience

>>12017143
>>clearly dragqueens
Yeah and they all have stereotypical masculine features, modern audiences would be offended by that
>capitalist
It's more about totalitarian regime, which can be communist too, in fact, military-run government are typical not capitalist but some form of communism or socialism.
The book Mother 3 was based off was about 2 twin brothers surviving a soviet occupied country (Hungary, possibly, per the book's author's own experience)

>>12017143
>Meanwhile the villains are literal capitalist pigs

How wild. Im so glad thats fiction and irl billionaires arent raping the environment, destroying the amazon rainforest, converting animal habitat into palm oil farms to pump it into our food to make everyone ill, so people are dependent on large pharmaceutical conglomerates to remain alive. That would be hell to live in

Remember, don't stop killing Starmen until you have the Sword of Kings.

>>12017454
Why?

>>12017460
Because Poo can only equip 4 items, and the Sword of Kings is the only one you can miss permanently.

>>12017463
Very insightful. Thank you, ChatGPT.

>>12017463
I googled, thanks anon

>>12017473
>chatgpt fluffing up itself
SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

>>12017467
What the fuck else do you want?
How does he play without it? I don't know, because I always get the full set. It's like a 1/125 odds drop, and that's mild for a JRPG.
Where are the others? I forget, but I think the Diadem is in the Dinosaur place.

I always genocide Starmen until I have the sword, and I always play straight through without stopping when Paula gets kidnapped.

>>12017476
You are a bot.

>>12017478
Fuck off

>>12017476
Thanks anon, im looking this up

>>12017480
You are either a digital bot, or a brown fleshbot. There is no meaningful difference.

>>12017476
he's mostly just an only psi user unless you're fighting weak enemies, so like ana but less frail. freeze alpha (later beta) is cheap enough to serve as his bash. i don't really bother with starstorm but alpha is pretty powerful and reasonably cheap. you can backup heal with him but since ness always has more pp i wait until he's getting low to do that.

also the bracer's in pink cloud and the cloak is in lumine hall, you're right about the diadem.

>>12004834 (OP)
good for you op

do you use the caterpillars for xp?

>>12017502
Yes.

>>12017502
Ness is level 43 and i havent met Poo yet

>>12017538
That sounds about right, from my memories, at least

>>12004834 (OP)
Is this your first playthrough, by the way

>>12018535
Its my first playthrough, I have made minimal use of a guide except when Jeff refused to fix anything broken.

Then I read he has to be the one in possession of the broken item lol. The game has become a bit easier, combat wise, which I really like since the strength of the game is in its writing which I enjoy a lot

>>12004834 (OP)
Is it One-nett or “Own”-nett?
Yeah I know TWOson, THREEd

>>12019762
Oh-nett

>>12004834 (OP)
love that game. have fun!

>>12004834 (OP)
It’s a great game. I hope you enjoy it. The sprites are fantastic.

>>12017538
I am level 34 and I meet poo every day, at least once a day

>>12020171
I only meet poo every 2 days usually

I'm not OP but also replaying it (on GBA).
Just got Paula yesterday and now we're on our way to Twoson back, always lovely to see her reunion with her dad (amd then him commending her to Ness)

>>12020917
Any differences between the gba and snes version?

>>12021103
I noticed GBA has no slowdowns (on SNES, there's some slowdown when there's a lot of enemies or characters on the map).
As a con, it has a thinner soundtrack (though it's interesting to hear the differences imo).
MOTHER 1 GBA has some more changes, like the EVE chip or the non-bugged run function

>>12021115
That's interesting, usually the GBA is the weaker version, good to see it was properly optimised.

I'm using the snes version and I did notice the slowdown but luckily reaction times don't really matter

yeah you could say i like this game a bit

>>12022046
How much is a copy worth these days?

>>12017502
The caterpillars in the desert?

>>12022074
$350

>>12022380
Fuck. I'm so glad emulation exists. Fuck Nintendo

>>12004834 (OP)
It's the best game ever, the most fun game ever too.

>>12006293
It was hard as a kid in the 90s and that's where I got stumped before we turned the game in and I didn't see it for years until Emulators came out.

It's hard, if you don't know what you're doing, essentially.

>>12006337
Nah, it was said in the original Nintendo Power interviews that Giygas was Giegue from the first game, but he physically collapsed under PSI powers.

>>12022564
People forget how obtuse gaming was before the internet

>>12022564
like a lot of jrpgs, the early game is arguably the hardest. especially in earthbound because you only have one party member and the rolling hp mechanic doesnt really work until later.

>>12022553
You're mad at nintendo for the prices collectors and resellers in the west decide?

>>12023006
Yes.

>>12023006
Yes, and about 30 other evil things

>>12023009
>>12023703
Based. Nintendo bad.

I got to fourside and had to go back to the desert to get some gold and i gave up there. It just isn't very fun to actually play besides all the wacky stuff. It's a really standard RPG.

>>12004834 (OP)
buy something will ya

Alright frens, I am a complete virgin to this series but I think it's finally time to change that. What's the ideal way to play each installmeny? I know there's a bit of a clusterfuck with re-releases and fan translations and I want to ensure I have a consistently wnjoyable experience

>>12024379
● Select the SNES Official Release of the Nintendo published game "Earthbound."
● Play that.

That's it. Done. Enjoy.

>>12024423
This. Why is this fanbase who obsessed over three games so retarded? The first two games have official English releases. Easy. The third was never released in America so it has a fan translation. Use that. No other series has this much autism. If you need hacks to beat these three easy games you are retarded.

>>12019762
Wunt

>>12024450
Rhymes with cunt.

>>12024379
>1
there's either the prototype nes rom or the gba fan translation, personally i prefer the latter as it's less dry but they're both serviceable.
>2
the released localization is fine.
>3
it only has a fan translation, but it's a pretty good one.

>>12015450
What the fuck is this from?

>>12024632
probably the earthbound player's guide. it's laid out like an almanac.

>>12024638
I hate that guide and the two official Japanese ones and it is not in any of those.

>>12024646
*have, not hate

>>12023747
You didn't even meet poo. Keep going anon

>>12015450
I think this may be from Fangamer's guide thing it had/has

>>12024449
>If you need hacks to beat these three easy games you are retarded.
i play the first game with the easy ring mod because its too boring without it. earthbound is fine. i barely remember mother 3 and im never playing it again

>>12005167
I always got stuck on the mid game area where you get teleported somewhere with one character and have to fight those goats

>>12025510
>fan merch
Ew.

>>12025510
oh cool, i forgot they had an earthbound guide too. their mother 3 guide is great and used to be online for free, still archives of it up though.

Alright, anons. How do we feel about the greatest motherfucker of all time in this series

>>12026402
He's a literal CHAD.
Recently did my first Mother playthrough with him to the end.
I also got the Banpresto figure.

>>12023006
I'm mad at Nintendo for a lot of things, but this isn't one of them. If anything, high prices make collecting more exciting for me.
>t. >>12022046

>>12017480
Notice you didn't say I was wrong.

>>12021103
gba OST is absolute fucking garbage and nerfed by screen crunch with 0 positives redeeming it. anyone choosing this version is mentally damaged.

>>12022553
nintendo has rereleased earthbound for cheap multiple times at this point. plenty of valid reasons to hate them but this aint one.

>>12024379
snes earthbound and dont even bother touching the other 2 shitty games unless youre absolutely desperate for more mother series and have appropriately lowered your expectations

>>12027906
>0 positives redeeming it
Well as already started it removed the overworld slowdown so it has at least that.
Anyway I played the SFC game a lot of times so I'm doing GBA now for a change. It's not that big of a deal.

>try Mother 3
>get turned off by the kiddie shit atmosphere
>turn off game
>years later, try again since it's a "cult classic"
>get turned off by the kiddie shit atmosphere
>turn off game
it keeps happening
i never had this problem with earthbound btw

>>12028179
You're just too mature

>>12028182
ha ha, very funny
i'll give it a proper chance some day, but the intro sequence has filtered me like three times now

>>12028179
for me its the shift from genuinely funny and clever writing to straight up reddit tier humor, the boring generic setting compared to eagleland, the heavy handed attempts at melodrama that come off as pretentious and an annoying battle system that makes you play a really shitty rhythm game to do any kind of decent damage.

>>12028713
oh and forgot to mention that terrible intro sequence and awful pacing before you finally start the game about 7 hours in.

>>12028713
>>12028714
...huh. maybe that's why the Japanese audiencedon't like it as much as the first two games

>>12010421
Hello... and goodbye!

>>12004976
The part that is a peeve for me is the ass inventory. You have like 10 key items that take up space and you can't get rid of with a bunch kf other unnecessary stuff you also can't get rid of. So I have like 5 healing items at a time, if that. Other than that, I really enjoy this game

>>12031201
thats what escargot express is for

>>12031580
>"escargot express" is faster than "mach pizza"

its the little things

>>12031201
>>12031580
>>12031584
I'm playing through Mother 2 again right now and I noticed the game gives you one extra option to manage your inventory, you can call an NPC and they will buy items from you. That alone eliminates any issue people may have with the inventory (which btw, is fine because it discourages item hoarding, a common RPG player problem).
Also reminder that another problem people have, which is the menu speed, is not an issue on original Mother 2 in japanese.

>>12004834 (OP)
did you beat giygas yet

>>12017143
they are capitalist pigs under the control of a fat kid who travelled through time and space

>>12030835
Shall I?

>>12031694
>capitalist
I don't think so, they are more concerned about the control of the population (the contrary of freedom).
Mother 3's military themes are taken from a novel called The Notebook whose author based off her own experiences of having to flee her home country due to the Soviet military occupation.

How do we feel about EarthBound Zero? Kino?

>>12031803
try thinking for yourself, zoomer

>>12031803
It's incredible. I like it more than Earthbound.

Why do so many here hate mother 3? I've never played mother 1 or mother 2. But when I was young I found mother 3 in a pile of second hand games and played it. I really liked it. Its special. I'm surprise at how negative everyone here is at mother 3. It makes me sad

>>12031923
>I've never played mother 1 or mother 2
Then play them before asking.

>>12030835
No means yes and yes means no!

>>12031687
Not yet, poo just returned and I have to help those cute little things over come their shyness

>>12010421
>>12030835
I will send you first, and then you second......to the hospital.

>>12031803
its more similar to earthbound than 3 is to either of them. its a fun game and worth playing for sure. early game can be a bit of a slog. if you like the more eerie aspect of earthbound i feel like that is way more prevalent in the first game, there is just something about 8-bit that has that effect

>>12031923
>Why do so many here hate mother 3?
It's mostly juxtafag. Mother 3 was well liked before Undertale released.

>>12031838
I am, dork. I just wanted to know what others think of it.

Juat got Jeffs Heavy Bazooka, absolutely based.

Press to kill

>>12032574
That's the one called Super Bazooka in Mother 2 right? Yeah that's the best fucking physical attack weapon in the whole game. Like, it should be equippable because why would you ever want to use anything else?
I don't remember if maybe using it makes Jeff slower? There had to be a drawback.

>>12017463
>>12017454
I just used the eraser eraser, thanks anon

:)

>>12032656
Don't grind for the Sword of Kings. It might take hours and you will be overleveled making the rest of the game less challenging. Poo and Paula are already OP because of their PSI offensive.
If you get it by chance, great, but otherwise leave it for a 2nd playthrough.

>>12032651
It never misses either, even when crying.

The only con is it takes an item slot. Causes damage to any enemy next to the main target.

Who knew Jeff would be the destroyer of worlds

>>12032670
I'll give it a try but I don't fancy grinning for hours, I actually want to play the game.

You dont think it's worth the effort?

>>12032928
>Causes damage to any enemy next to the main target.
Yeah this is great.
Equipped weapons also take a slot, so might as well just store his equippable weapon with Tracy and just use the Bazooka.
>>12032931
It's not worth it. Poo already is super powerful with his PK attacks, he doesn't need the sword.

>>12004834 (OP)
Do people under 30 just not understand what forums are for?

>>12004904
Breh. How do you bear franky but not the ant?

>>12033428
>Equipped weapons also take a slot, so might as well just store his equippable weapon with Tracy and just use the Bazooka.

Why didn't i think of this lol

>>12033428
>It's not worth it. Poo already is super powerful with his PK attacks, he doesn't need the sword.

He runs out of pp so quickly though, sometimes I just want to bash enemies quickly

I love this game. One of my top hidden gems for snes.

I'm currently fighting the super starmen and losing the will to live... 30 more mins then I'll give up

>>12033590
good luck, anon

>>12033516
>He runs out of pp so quickly though
PSI Magnet

>>12033669
I hate giving up a turn to use magnet when I could be inflicting damage reeeeee

>>12033690
i specifically didn't attack enemies with PP so I could magnet the fuck out of them, then once I refilled I killed them.
You can also use PSI Block/paralisis on them

I loved just circling those towns talking to everyone, finding the weird one off enemies like the hippie who drops a toothbrush.

>>12035018
>angry woman said something nasty
>ness couldn't attack

Lol

I sold the casey bat, because I'm a fucking moron

>>12035389
>If you accidentally sold the Casey Bat in EarthBound, you can obtain another one by revisiting the location where it is first acquired. The Casey Bat is found as a random drop from the Master Barf boss fight.
You can attempt to re-fight Master Barf to receive another Casey Bat. However, be aware that the bat has a very low accuracy, hitting only 25% of the time, making it extremely difficult to use in combat.
It is primarily considered an Easter egg referencing the poem "Casey at the Bat" and is only recommended for specific situations, such as farming for the Sword of Kings.

Ok let's go back to the swamp

>>12035396
>If you accidentally sold the Casey Bat in EarthBound, you cannot retrieve it, as it is a one-time obtainable item that cannot be bought again once sold.
>The Casey Bat is the strongest weapon in the game, providing 125 additional attack power to Ness, but it has a 75% miss rate, making it impractical for regular combat.
[Its primary use is for farming the Sword of Kings in Stonehenge Base, where a successful hit can result in an instant kill, or for triggering enemy encounters outside of battle where a hit might lead to an instant win.

Which is it? Fuck my life

>>12035401
yeah you can only get one, it's only dropped by barf and once he's dead he's dead. another strat that makes you less liable to be overleveled is spying on enemies (any of them iirc, so long as there's a super starman in the fight) and running away. although then you have to deal with running away being a pain and not working, but at least they're pretty harmless enemies.

>>12035418
I cant believe I sold that bat, I'm so dumb.

I'm going a bit mad looking for this sword of kings. 2 more hours and I'll call it quits

Oh god.

So I've been trying to find this bloody sword of kings for hours now. I had just said to myself "fuck it, I'm giving up" and decided just to carry on playing the game.

Then I found it!

anytime i think of earthbound i think of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vniPtX1PQ7g
i wish i didnt lol

>>12035389
The real best Ness weapon in the game is the one that only Bio Kraken dops in the final area of the game before Gyiyg. Good luck getting it though, its a 1/128 chance drop

>>12035804
Have you played the game before? You must be overleveled now, might spoil the rest of the game.

Just had the most epic boss fight against Master Belch.
I did most of the fight without using the fly honey, because I forgot about it. I barely just made it before dying. I prayed with Paula a lot, and good thing I had a reviving lunch item because I used it for her.

>>12035804
the RNG gods have smiled upon you, friend.

>>12036331
Literally, I was just on my way to defeat Starman DX, I end up winning a battle without fighting and the enemy drops the weapon.

Its probably the best luck I've had in years, in anything

>>12036219
No, first time player. I just helped the Tenda village overcome their shyness.

I am reasonably powerful but these electric enemies casting thunder and taking off 200hp a hit, so I am having to heal frequently, I defo don't feel invincible

>>12036234
He's so disgusting lol, even his minions can't stand fly honey. Threed is saved!

I liked when stereotypes were not only accurate, but happily prasied in society. People felt more comfortable when their culture had an example everyone related to.

>>12036702
Raiden in 30 years time

>>12036828
I was going to post that in a /v/ thread that had this image, but then it got archived because, apparently, people create over 130 new threads in less than an hour. Seriously, a new thread every 19-fucking-seconds.

>>12031694
>Least schizo commie troon

Lol

>>12005167
the department store was the only place i died

>>12017143
the average person cant tell the difference

>>12036852
/v/ isn't driven by organic users, sadly.

/vr/ largely seems to be. No way a comfy earthbound thread can survive on the other, garbage board

>>12037263
Depends on the population

>>12036852
>Fan game
kys

>>12037254
Poor Paula

I want more rpgs in a modern setting

>>12037670
EarthBound is probably the single most influential game on the indie RPG scene so there's no shortage of those
Whether or not that's a good or a bad thing is up to you

>>12037674
I've never really found any. But I think I'd prefer a more polished thing anyway heres my number

>>12031923
when you play a 10/10 game and then play its 6/10 sequel it makes you think its worse than it really is because youre so disappointed. youd have to play EB first to understand, now THAT is a special game.

>>12037674
too bad literally all of those games are gay and retarded, including mother 3.

>>12037678
>>12037670
wrpgs with modern or contemporary settings are much more common than jrpgs with modern or contemporary settings.
Mother 1 and 2 are probably the only ones that do this without veering into cyberpunk/dystopian/apocalyptic, though

>>12037506
the enemies were just really strong
also i gave paula the franklin badge for some reason

>>12037756
she's usually best with it anyway just with her lack of health
gotta take those vitality pills for her to actually tank shit

>>12037756
Yeah always give Paula the best defence possible

>>12038001
Agreed. Like Ana in the first game, her defenses are like butter, so reinforce her with as much defense as possible

>>12031923
>Why do so many here hate mother 3?
it was less similar to the previous games. its story/commentary was stupid and out of place. chapters. constantly changing characters.

>>12038654
Nta but i really should play it for myself. It's on the n64?

>>12039987
It was gonna be on the N64DD at first, but plans fell through because it was the N64DD and nothing went right for that add-on, so it got moved to normal N64 development, but that also didn't work out, so it died for a while and eventually did manage to release as a 2006 GBA game

I don't know why but I love that backyard place in saturn valley where the Milky Well is.
It's that mixture of comfy strolling through 16-bit valleys and the confidence on fighting new types of enemies after getting boosted up from defeating Master Belch.
Also, a sprout that's a trillion years old is also a cool idea for a boss.
Itoi knew what he was doing.

rip thread to 2 week timelimit

>>12040254
but I was about to beat the game

>>12040189
Thanks for helping me remember I'm not completely insane.

I remember looking up Mother 3, the magazines at the time were obssessed into it, I didn't understand rhe connection to earthbound because I was a kid lol.

Well, like any other divisive game, I will have to play it for myself, and make up my own mind if I like it.

Right now I'm battling dinosaurs in some underground lair, much fun, almost beaten EarthBound

>>12040245
Anyone got a spare $70 so I can go visit the blue haired witch doctor?

>>12040254
I've had this thread open the whole time I've been playing, I didn't self harm once in the past 2 weeks. I'll be sad if this thread dies