/vr/ - Retro Games

I find Mother 3's themes of social alienation amidst an increasingly evil and immoral society to be the most poignant thing I've ever seen in a video game. The experience of Lucas seeing his world go through radical changes after the time skip from chapter 3 to 4 seems to directly mirror what my own experience has been like living in the real world post 2020. I could get into specifics, but I think you can probably infer the kinds of things I'm referring to by that. I actually had to put the game down shortly after I got to chapter 4 during my last attempted playthrough in 2022, because this aspect was just too depressing for me. I always knew Mother 3 had a reputation for being a "sad" game because of what happens in chapter 1, but it turns out that doesn't even scratch the surface of how fucked up this game gets. I'm trying to give it another go, and I just got to chapter 4. I intend to see it through all the way this time. Can anyone here relate to my feelings about this? I think it's worth discussing and acknowledging, because this game clearly has something very poignant and relevant to say about society and our willingness to completely drop our previously held "moral values" and ostracize people when they don't go along with whatever hip new flavor-of-the-month social pressures that de-facto authority figures impose on everyone.