/vr/ - Retro Games

Hey, why doesn't this game have a run button?
>LOL JUST BUY A SKIP SANDWICH!!1 <img class="xae" data-xae width="32" height="32" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/8b7cc3e0_WTFF.png">
You know those take up inventory slots, which is a problem in a game with a limited inventory, right?
>..... GAME RANDOM LOL <img class="xae" data-xae width="22" height="32" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/eda6f332_cockmongler.png">

Another in braindead EB design:
>Game gives you a bike
>Shortly thereafter, Paula joins your party, making the bike useless

BRAVA EARTHBOUND.

BRAVA <img class="xae" data-xae width="28" height="28" src="https://s.4cdn.org/image/emotes/fad6951c_Pog.png">

And what the fuck was the point of the condiment system?

>Oh man, waste a slot to carry a packet of salt instead of just having another bag of dragonite!

When I think about it, this game actually kind of does suck. For an RPG, it has no replay value to speak of

>99% linear with no side quests (woooow, you can buy a pointless house :O, hella freakin' epic lois)
>No party organization to give certain characters priority over others
>No unique equipment builds that reward smarter thinking, not harder thinking
>No way to truly test your characters skills with the lack of a new game+ feature

Would have been nice to have, but this is give or take:
>Alternate party members
>Alternate endings
>Monster/boss arena

At the end of the day, it's still a VIDEO GAME and not an "interactive experience". You don't cut Gone Home any slack(the hipsters that love Earthbound LOVE Gone Home as well), neither should you with Earthbound.

Reminder Undertale is for faggots (and don't give me that MUH MOTHER 3, I played it and it still has a lot of the same problems as EB). Dragon Quest is for homosexuals too.

I'm learning CoilSnake, an editor for Earthbound. I have some ideas like an end game town called Fiveten. My other idea is written sex scenes with Paula and Miss Venus (and MAYBE Tracy if I'm feeling weird enough)

>>3769496

>hula hoop punk
>iconic enemy

If I was going to name an iconic enemy from Earthbound, it'd probably be, oh, I don't know, maybe the enemy that's ON THE FUCKING GAME'S BOX, you knee-slapping, four-assed, shit-juggler.

It's not a very good game, but there are so many points that I couldn't help but smile again replaying it.

When I think about it, this game actually kind of does suck. For an RPG, it has no replay value to speak of

>99% linear with no side quests to speak of
>No party organization to give certain characters priority over others
>No unique equipment builds that reward smarter thinking, not harder thinking

Would have been nice to have, but this is give or take:
>Alternate party members
>Alternate endings

Yes yes yes, I know, it has a great aesthetic and soundtrack, but that doesn't change the fact that it's still a weak RPG.

By the way - what are the most difficult JRPGs out there? I've heard 7th Saga, but isn't that because of a glitch?