/vr/ - Retro Games

They're pretty good games. Definitely have a unique feel about them. To me, it's the same sort of feeling you get from a home cooked meal, or as if the entire game is a friendly conversation with the people who made it. You really feel the loving presence of a friend throughout the game, especially in the music. That's how I feel about it anyway.

Mother 1 was a good RPG for its time. It's still good if you go in with the right state of mind. Earthbound is basically Super Mother, and they improved on the experience. I think all the simplicity and flaws with stuff like the inventory system were meant to recreate a nostalgic feeling for the Japanese audience. That's what the gameplay itself is about, a celebration of the experience of playing a video game as a child. If that means the games are childish, well yeah they are, but the games are for people of all ages because it's about recreating that experience. I'm not just pulling shit out of my ass, look at the Mother 2 Japanese advertising slogan: “Grownups, kids, and even your sister.”

The stories are actually rather interesting and emotional. There's always some unique twist that gives the story some punch. Queen Mary's backstory in the first game, for example. But overall, the games are a series of smaller scenarios strung together sometimes discontinuously.