/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4351420
I am the anon you were helping. Thanks for recommending the game.

I did the severance ending then watched the good+paradox endings.

I really enjoyed it. I do recommend severance ending, only because it doesn't really change consequences much vs the good ending, and it's much more emotionally potent. Also in the context of the game with the timelines, it doesn't really change much. It's happier than the good ending and compatible, might as well take it.

Pros:
Every area is pretty interesting. Saturn, Pluto, Neptune, Mothership and Deepsea ship in particular are great.
The alien party members were great. Most NPCs were great too.
Story was great (with some caveats)
Classic Mother series feels towards the end Giegue's Magicant memory room and good/severence ending (the latter especially)
Pretty great music (much of it is remixes, but the original stuff is good too).
It's nice to see alien NPCs in a good light. e.g. dancing starmen, shambler fan. Chill mooks
Classic Mother series dark stuff.
Interesting take on George. The Maria and George scenes were handled well.
Ties in surprisingly well with Earthbound.

Cons:
Alien NPCs in a good light arguably diminishes their characterization as otherworldly unapproachable foes.
I think it's worth it though

Biggest con is, without a doubt. The slow move speed. It's awful. I know it's an RPG maker thing, but there was one part of the game where party could speed up to outrun a tank so I don't know. It makes certain area exploration tedious. Despite this, you still ant to talk to everyone, as in typical Mother series style.

The combat is interesting. It's a weird time based thing. It's neat except for when all your party members are charging up their turns, and you know you'll be able to attack before the enemy; so, you just kind of sit there.

I have more thoughts.

>>3709373
They're all very good, it's tough to pick a favorite personally. I think all of them have their own strengths and weaknesses.
>>3709389
3 has the deepest combat though you dummy. I get not liking 3 but it's combat isn't a complaint if you can deal with 1 and 2.
>>3709394
3 also has this, you just don't get experience for it.

>>3406871
>>3406929
M1 is VERY rough if not familar with famicom jrpgs, if you can't do it don't force yourself. Sometimes the game expects you know where you need to go but it barely tells you, other times it expects you tp figure out puzzles you may not of even heard clues for. Earthbound is more fair, never really pulls that kind of stuff. Also I reccomend playing the fan translation if you aren't already, the official NoA translation is kinda iffy. This makes M1 sound unreasonable and shitty, which you could argue, but it just is dated a bit. Still a great game with tons of charm.

Huge mother fan here, favorite game series actually, if you have any questions feel free to ask and I'll help to the best of my ability.

>>3113264
Interesting, earthbound feels much darker with stuff like the happy happy cult, moonside, mu training, and giygas among other things. Mother 3 is, well I shouldn't have to explain that one. May I ask what scene you cried at? Maria's leaving and the final battle always felt so heavy to me like no other famicom/nes game had moments like them.In a few ways 1 is superior to 2 and 3, just as 2 and 3 have their own strengths.

>>3089143
I imagine OP had good intentions but you're right, there really isn't that much to discuss. Honestly not enough news on the series, the only true mystery we have left is the n64 mother 3, which I imagine will never be found or possibly doesn't exist outside of nintendo's vaults. Although not retro next month is the 10th anniversary of mother 3 so I guess that is exciting, just not for this board.

>>3064190
I always grind in MOTHER, when you leave your house, entering magicant for the first time, and when Llyod and Ana join your party always require me to grind. Personally I don't think the grinding is that bad but I imagine some finding it annoying. I guess with the easy ring no grinding would be required but it makes the game to easy in my opinion.