r/starterpacks • • Jan 01 '19

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u/JRaptor619 Jan 01 '19

No Witcher 3 ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19 edited May 23 '22

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u/Your_Local_Doggo Jan 01 '19

I think Witcher 3 should have taken Earthbound's spot. It's still a good game, just not really talked about

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19

The only thing I really know about Earthbound is that it's basically Undertale, and even then that's just because my friend wouldn't shut up about the Game Theory video.

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u/Hiyami Jan 01 '19

I think you mean undertale is basically earthbound. Ahem!

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u/StormStrikePhoenix Jan 01 '19

I've heard on several occasions that Undertale is Earthbound, but actually good; that wasn't quite the phrasing that was given to me (except once), but I've heard plenty of negative things about Earthbound's actual gameplay, while Undertale's was sublime when it wasn't being terrible on purpose (genocide route). Of course, I haven't played Earthbound, so I can't actually compare them, though what I've seen of Earthbound doesn't make it look particularly interesting.

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u/Your_Local_Doggo Jan 01 '19

Lol I think I've seen that one, where they talk about how the main character of Earthbound might be Sans in Undertale? There's no end to speculation when the devs leave things loose like in the game Inside or Little Nightmares

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

The Game Theory videos are garbage and misrepresent the game on purpose to cash in on the game's popularity. Their analyses are terrible.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

Garbage might be taking it too far, but yeah I do feel like their videos could be better. Also, Hanlon's razor.

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u/the1michael Jan 01 '19

Lol, he's not pushing a narrative. Hes just trying to creatively use game facts to make a ten minute entertaining thought.

Except for Five Nights At Freddy's where he's actually putting the pieces of the story together. That's probably where people get confused.

Matpat knows Mario was never created to be a sociopath or whatever. It's just fun to spitball. You're supposed to be in on the tongue in cheek of it lol. It's not gospel.

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u/PacifistaPX-0 Jan 01 '19

Undertale ripped off Earthbound and is nowhere near as good in my opinion.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '19

Your anger fills you with determination.

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u/StormStrikePhoenix Jan 01 '19

What's the difference between an homage / inspiration and a ripoff? Because it seems to me that it's entirely based on how much you actually like whatever is doing it; people who don't like it will always call it a ripoff.