/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.7854396]

the best one

[Anonymous No.7854420]

Sucks to start, but by the end amazing game. 3 is very tame by comparison, Earthbound is just spammed to high heaven for how mediocer it is and how our fag leader MARK sticks his sealed box up his ass to pleasure himself.

[Anonymous No.7854561]

>>7854396
I prefer Earthbound. Mother 1 is too much a product of it's time (I can't really go back to NES era RPGS. The grinding it just too much for me typically) and Mother 3 is great but not as comfy to play due to the overall different tone.

[Anonymous No.7854564]

>>7854561
Did you play the strict localization version of Mother 1? I never had to grind, when did you have to?

[Anonymous No.7854567]

>>7854564
I played the leaked NES version when I was younger. I'm aware there are versions and ports where the grind isn't as bad but even then I still prefer Earthbound. I don't DISLIKE or outright hate Mother 1 or anything, it's just my least favorite of the 3.
Beats Dragon Quest 1 and 2 at least.

[Anonymous No.7854570]

>>7854567
No the other versions that don't simply change the text are the ones where the grind is an issue. That's just odd then, was it like at Duncans Factory or Mount Itoi?

[Anonymous No.7854596]

>>7854561
You know if you grind in the first area you will be GOLDEN for almost the whole game. It's a natural progression with no grinding necessary if you just grind to like level 12 or something in the first area.

[Anonymous No.7854613]

>>7854567
Adding on to what the others said, the GBA version has ridiculous encounter rates for some reason (you can encounter an enemy after a single step and this is not an exaggeration, it occurs extremely often). I didn't play with the easy mode ring but I had to speed up through 90% of random fights which is something I tend to avoid doing.

[Anonymous No.7854636]

2/EB is neither the best nor worst of the trilogy in any aspect other than having the best sound/music, which taken overall I think gives it a slight edge over 1 and 3. Like, 3 has the better story but its general pacing is really bad compared to the others, and 1 is the best in that category but is kind of too disjointed and zany on the whole.

[Anonymous No.7854652]

Is the 25th anniversariy hack (and peoceeding moderations) sacrilege? I only truly played it as that.

[Anonymous No.7854656]

>>7854652
What I mean is, is it faithful enough to not be considered a completly different version of Mother 1?

[Anonymous No.7854720]

>>7854396
Completely unironically agreed. And without sissy handholding patches or Tomato's "improved" translation.

[Anonymous No.7854731]

>>7854652
The new visuals are great (our in-game Ninten isn't exactly a good looking fella) but it completely misses the Peanuts-inspired feel of the original.

[Anonymous No.7854767]

>>7854656
It's basically just a graphical overhaul isn't it? I prefer how normal Mother 1 looks honestly.

Anyway personally I think 2 > 1 > 3, I love all three games though.

[Anonymous No.7855374]

>>7854561
>>7854567
listen to this anon >>7854596
i'm so tired of hearing the same "mother 1 is grindy" shit every day. just go through areas in order, you won't have to grind much at all.
order is: Canary Village (get melody #2) > Cemetery (get #3) > Podunk Zoo (#4) > Magicant (DONT fight the dragon) > get Lloyd > factory > Snowman (get Ana) > Spookane (#5) > Yucca desert > fight dragon in Magicant (#6) > from there on it's straightforward and you can fight most enemies around anyway.
I only grind a bit at the very start just to make it a tad easier, and when I get a new character.

[Anonymous No.7855401]

Mt. Itoi is a fucking nightmare.

[Anonymous No.7855445]

>>7854652
It looks like fucking garbage.

[Anonymous No.7856306]

>>7855401
ahahhaaahaha how is mt. itoi even real just use buffs and 4th d-slip ahahaahahaahahahaahaha

[Anonymous No.7856398]

>When
https://youtu.be/z7BmEKWK_ko
>transitions into
https://youtu.be/A-rwgE38ZQs

[Anonymous No.7857390]

>>7854596
It doesn't even take that long to level Ninten if you rescue Pippi and keep her in your party during the grind since her broken level up scaling lets her one shot basically any random encounter pretty quickly.

[Anonymous No.7858725]

>best one can't even keep a thread afloat

[Anonymous No.7858730]

[Anonymous No.7858754]

At being an overrated RPG franchise that fans can't see to shut up about.

[Anonymous No.7860565]

>>7858730
>we'll never have a remake in this artstyle
why even live

[Anonymous No.7861093]

>>7858730
At least they got Ninten's fucking bandana right in this fanart. Most faggots draw it like a fucking cowboy's, even though the commercial it's from never has him wearing it like that.

[Anonymous No.7861101]

>>7855445
This. TumblrBound.

[Anonymous No.7861384]

Surprisingly it's the one I've replayed the most. Even compared to Mother 2 it's incredibly cozy.

>>7858730
Knowing that Itoi based the character art on Peanuts was pretty neato. It definitely shows.

[Anonymous No.7861489]

>>7854396
Ninten's face looks like a question mark, but aside from that is an amazing game.

[Anonymous No.7862169]

>>7861093
>Most faggots draw it like a fucking cowboy's
I suppose you can blame people for not recognizing the boy scouts anymore.

[Anonymous No.7862173]

>>7861384
>Surprisingly it's the one I've replayed the most.
Mother 1 offers the most replay value due to how minimal its story is and how much of its difficulty is retained after repeat playthroughs.
Plus, sequence breaking is totally possible.

[Anonymous No.7862276]

>>7854564
different poster her. im playing this series for the fist time, i just finished monkey grotto and beating the dragon. the grinding isnt too hard imo. i believe im playing the strict localization version as it doesnt say "zero" or "beginnings" at the title screen, but im not 100% sure where i even got the rom. so far this is the first rpg outside of pokemon ive enjoyed, neat little game

[Anonymous No.7862290]

>>7854396
Mother, more like Motherfucker.

[Anonymous No.7862336]

>>7854396
Don't forget, best official soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBbRJoHTJAM

Itoi only ever had a studio album made for Mother.

Also, the only build worth playing is the Wii U VC version. Skip any fan translations or hacks. Go ahead an pirate, idgaf, but accept no substitutes to the official build.

[Anonymous No.7862339]

Ness is FAT

[Anonymous No.7862626]

>>7854652
It's better than original, don't listen to the retarded faggots here

[Anonymous No.7862646]

>>7862339
Ness IS NOT a file system

[Anonymous No.7862705]

It's honestly kind of bizarre how much the Mother commercial influenced the fans's perception of the characters.
Both Japanese and Western fans draw Ninten, Ana and Lloyd in same costumes as the actors.
Has that ever happened anywhere else in a video game franchise?

[Anonymous No.7862738]

>>7862646
Nah man, he’s fat, chunky, pudgy, chubby, whatever you want to call him, he’s fat!

[Anonymous No.7863092]

It's nice, factory is pretty annoying though.

[Anonymous No.7863116]

>>7862626
How do you ruin an artstyle that badly

[Anonymous No.7863154]

>>7863116
>ruin artstyle
they never wanted to kept the game's artstyle and tried to reproduce official concept art feeling. You would have known that If you weren't a goddamn fat imbecile gargling on dicks 24/7

[Anonymous No.7863751]

>>7863154
Goddamn that's ugly

[Anonymous No.7863754]

>>7854652
Visuals are inferior.

[Anonymous No.7863907]

>>7863751
kill yourself trash

[Anonymous No.7864135]

>>7855374
>spoiler
For me, it's brute forcing my way to Teddy and then effortlessly getting melodies 5, 6, and 8

[Anonymous No.7864553]

>>7864135
you mean after getting lloyd or some other way? nice idea

[Anonymous No.7864863]

>>7864553
Get Lloyd, high-tail it to Youngtown to get Teleport.
The game truly opens up when can Onyx Hook/Teleport anywhere and everywhere.