/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5674342
I feel good about it

I feel it's a tad overrated these days and the battle engine has aged poorly especially after playing Mother 3 with its fantastic rhythmic battles.

neat little hidden gem for the super nes

>>5674342
It's basically Dragon Quest but with a semi real time health system and a much more entertaining story. Great game for newcomers to RPGs, the first person viewpoint will hopefully help them get accustom to not seeing their characters in battle in other RPGs.

whoa, whered u find dis game?

i feel like pk fire

>>5674342
Its ok, the game was pretty outdated even when it came out and the gamplay doesnt get good till the last few hours where you finally get enough HP to properly exploit the rolling counters

Always wanted to play it

>>5674987
no you dont

>>5674779
>a tad overrated
>a tad

>>5674342
Why do you keep making Eartbound threads? Every time the current one dies you post another. Stop making these, it's obvious you're falsefalgging as a fan of the game to act retarded.

>>5674790
....................hidden gem?????????

Enjoyed what I played of it I should really pick it back up but been too busy playing MGS3

paula

the game stinks

It's pretty tight dawg

>>5675217
Is cute.

I liked the part where if you wanted to store items, you had to make a phone call to the storage business, and then you had to stand around doing nothing while you waited for the storage person to show up, who may get lost on the way and not actually show up in the end, causing you to waste all of your time. Really great idea that one.

>>5674342
Personally it shares a spot with Chrono Trigger as my favorite jrpg, so I feel pretty highly about it

Still baffled how the game was rated suitable for kids despite the Giygas fight. Censors probably didn't bother to play until the very end.

>>5675742
>Personally it shares a spot with Chrono Trigger as my favorite jrpg
Wouldn't rate it that high personally, but it is a nice game, as it clearly makes an effort to stand out from your classic RPG at that time, and this is why forgive it some of it's flaws. Better try a few new things and risk a few bad decisions, than just always sticking to proven concepts.

>>5674342
I still like it better than Mother 3

>>5675780
Mother 3 lost the suburban novelty and came off as forced. Mother 3 is what got us the tumblrtale scene. Mother 2's only problem was admiring homosexuality.

3 suffers from being a cancelled N64 project. The transition likely made the execution all the elements slightly off.

I don't know. I'd love to play it. Hopefully I can find an SNES Classic or a cheap 3DS.

Got into the series thanks to keiichi suzuki and itoi.
Cool game.

>>5674342

YES op OMG YESSS! FINALLY someone talks about my favourite game EVER! it really sucks how final fantasy and chrono trigger get all the limelight when this absolute GEM of a game goes unnoticed.

i can't believe so many people are missing out on an rpg game where you can fight hippies (loL!) , eat hamburgers out of the trash (EPIC MUCH?), fight a pile of puke (gross/randomM!!!) and so much more instead of the usual boring sword and sorcery crap!

[spoilers]and just wait til you reach that final boss... that thing is seriously MESSED UP. i mean, just LOOK at this thing. how is this allowed in a kid' game? what was miyamoto THINKING? NIGHTMARE FUEL![/spoilers]

i urge you all - go buy this game RIGHT NOW! literally the best game ever, worth every penny

>>5675948
>admiring homosexuality.
i... actually have no idea what you're referencing here, elaborate?

>>5675948
Playing Mother 3 now, way too much fkn talking, they just go on and on, the first two chapters really go nowhere gameplay wise and there is so much forced chitchat while the game forces you to go a certain route and can't even go into most places because 'it's night'. Seems like a good game but just a drag to go through if you don't like that kind of thing.

>>5676121
>way too much fkn talking
>in a JRPG
mother 3's story/dialogue is great if you have empathy

>>5675125
Its not exactly mainstream, although it is fairly popular among retro-gamers.

>>5676101
this but unironically

>>5675736
Doesn't the storage guy also wants something like $18 to use their service? I only remember calling them once and sending them away because I didn't have money.

Its pretty boring imo. I liked some things though for sure, but man they dropped the ball on others like the Dino land area sucked dicks.

>>5675736
>who may get lost on the way and not actually show up in the end
This never happened to me I think. Anyway, the storage problem ends once you get Paula, and becomes even more trivial once you get Jeff and Poo.
Just don't hoard shit, you don't really need to have a full inventory anyway, even with the must-have items.

>>5676103
Tony is supposed to be endearing because he's an overly attached gay. It was made worse when Itoi jk rowlinged it

>>5677092
oh yeah, that guy
to be honest he's a really forgettable character, hence why i had no idea what you were talking about. i'm not really too bothered about there being a gay character in earthbound, it'd only be a problem if it was really forced/prominent. i think it's meant to be more 'awkward' from jeff's point of view than anything

>>5674342
visuals and sound design are kino
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ42Afr_F3E

>>5674950
Dragon Quest 5's story is pretty good, Anon.

>>5674779
>rhythmic battles
>fantastic
It's a gimmicky garbage mechanic that's out of place in a jrpg

>>5677262
good taste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26Uz6Z5uSw4

>>5677279
retard

>>5674342
First off, I have zero nostalgia for this game and only discovered it was some insane holy grail when I began collecting. I found a cheap copy many years ago and was excited to see what all the fuss was about. And, well, it's certainly overrated. Like very overrated.

I've played a lot of SNES RPGs and it is certainly bottom tier in terms of gameplay, story, and just overall quality. It does have its moments, but it tries way too hard to be edgy and different that it hit me as being pretentious most of the time. It is certainly not worth its asking price.

>>5674779
>battle system has aged poorly
>>>/v/

>>5677331
>it tries way too hard to be edgy and different that it hit me as being pretentious most of the time.
>Earthbound
>edgy
For fuck sake.

>>5677279
Someones got no rhythm

>>5676658
Based

>>5675217
is sexy.

>>5675125
Well on its time it was

>>5678287
Creep.

>>5678287

I like it but it's a shame the battle system becomes a joke when you realize you can use Jeff as a mobile bottle rocket launcher platform

>>5678876
Jarpigs are easy, more shocking news at 11

>>5678478
>>5678474
rude

>>5674342
I'd buy it for 30 dollars

>>5674342
I loved it when I was a kid in the 90's, still one of my favorite games to revisit every couple of years.

On a random note, did anyone else ever mistake the reflection of Ness on the game cover for him piloting the Starman from the inside like a giant robot? I was minorly dissapointed when I reached the end of the game and realized it wasn't going to happen.

>>5674342
Never heard of it. Is it some kind of hidden gem?

>>5679608

>>5677331
i think you're trying too hard to be edgy and different

>I've played a lot of SNES RPGs
>certainly bottom tier
You haven't played enough if you think it's bottom tier

>>5677386
Replace 'edgy' with 'quirky' and he is absolutely right though

>>5674342
It's overrated by people who like to pretend they didn't first saw Ness in Smash.

>>5678287
>>5679547
hot and yummy
polestar c*nny

>>5680281
What about it "tries too hard"? It all feels pretty natural to me.

incredibly overrated. I don't know if I'd even put it in the top 10 RPGs of the SNES

>>5674779
I'm extremely butthurt no other game has ripped off mother 3's rhythm based gameplay

>>5683451
You feel overrated?

>>5674342

>>5676134
Before calling me a zoomer, I have to ask if you realize Mother 3 came out when games were vastly changing and had much, much more dialogue and the storytelling system quickly changed in games? Games before the 00's have much less talking than Mother 3 99 percent of the time. The era of Phantasy Star, DQ, FF originals had very little talking, especially required scripts. The PS1 era had a huge impact on how story was told, and the amount of forced scripts and custscenes drastically ramped up from FF7 and MGS to FFX and MGS2. You can also just compare Mother 2 and 3. It has nothing to do with 'empathy', it's how the medium changed and not necessarily for the better.

>>5683665
i just don't think mother 3 has any more unskippable dialogue than your average JRPG. i'll concede the 'empathy' comment was rather silly but i was referring to how necessary each character feels and how the story is genuinely emotional without feeling forced.
i just don't understand when people complain about dialogue/story in a JRPG.

>>5684126
It's not a major complaint, I'm not saying the game is shit because of that, but the start especially is very heavy with the talking and it takes a very long time to get to a steady flow of actually playing. Personally I prefer being more dropped in and either choosing to talk to people or not, and have storytelling told more through actions than words. Just me personally. For example reading books, I really don't like highly descriptive books where it sets the environment, details of everything etc... To compare:
He stepped into the woods.
Versus:
He carefully treaded onto the brilliant green verdure as the sound of cicada rang out amongst ancient trees....etc...etc...etc...
I prefer less details and having things left up to my imagination with events moving along. The cream of the crop was probably the FFXIII series as far as how some games would go, as the characters like Lightning go on long ass monologues about how they feel in reaction to every event. A long way from how many games had silent protagonists.