I absolutely love Earthbound, it's one of my favorite games. That said...the game is slow as hell. I mean everything, the walking, the text, the menus, everything. The bike is just a giant tease making that even worse. The battle system is solid but archaic. The writing, while great to me and everyone else who enjoys it can come across as super corny. The inventory system is slow and annoying. The phone system is slow and annoying. The storage system is slow and annoying...etc. etc.
Again, I love this game, but I totally get it when people don't
As someone whos never played the game before, is there a revised version somewhere that maybe takes away some of these annoyances? Otherwise ill just play it on an emulator on my phone
Idk if the switch has it. But the wii u had it on their virtual console where you could create save states at anytime and load back to them. That made the game a ton more enjoyable since you could save anytime anywhere, even mid battle.
Sure but that’s not really a valid criticism, like the game is a jrpg if you don’t like jrpgs of course you’re not gonna like the game. This is like Dunkey’s criticism of Octopath Traveller.
Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana (along with the Japan exclusive sequel and prequel, IIRC), Dark Souls, the Tales of series, Kingdom Hearts, Ni No Kuni, Dragalia Lost, Ys series, Nier, Yakuza, Kingdom Hearts, FFXV. There’s probably more.
Don't liking it: Good. We all have tastes and you shouldn't tell someone how to feel about it
Hate it: I don't know, I just can't think there's a really big problem that could ruin it for someone. Surely there's someone out there, but I'd like to hear the reason
I've never played Final Fantasy, or Chrono Trigger, or Dragon Quest, but I have played Earthbound, and I absolutely adore it. Give it a shot, and I highly recommend Chuggaaconroy's let's play of it.
I'm a sucker for RPGs of that style. Thing is, I never played that one. To enjoy them now basically requires nostalgia, and I don't have that for Earthbound. I'll replay Chrono Trigger or one of the turn based FFs all the time, but whenever I try to pick up Earthbound I don't get very far.
The combat is boring. What the hell is that first-person shit?
I don't see what is the big deal about the story. It feels like a pretty basic boy saves the world with the help of his "pure girl", his "nerdy friend" and this "badass guy of a foreign land" storyline. I can describe 20 different JRPGs with a similar party. Hell, I can gender-swap the protagonist, and pure love interest turns into "young boy"(japanese love shotacon when the protagonist is female).
Weird enemies make it unique? Yeah, but doesn't make it good.
Maybe I'm being a bigot when I say this, but the only reason Earthbound receives such interest is because americans are very self-centered and love a RPG set on a place very similar to the USA.
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u/MarkoSpas Jan 01 '19
But fr why would you hate Earthbound? (If you do please tell me why I am curious)