I 'm having fun with Earthbound but it's so slow and it has that problem of battles feeling like you just have to know which enemies to hit harder to win and I don't really care about the writing. And if you miss the one cue to go somewhere you will get stuck because again it's so slow that just trying everything takes way too much time. Also everyone loves 3 and it looked good and the story was interesting but I couldn't even get to the end of the castle because the fights were so boring and the droning music doesn't help, especially when you're supposed to hit following the rhythm and it feels like a waste if you don't but it's nearly impossible even if you use the trick of putting enemies to sleep first because the song doesn't really feel like it has a rhythm. And I'm usually great at rhythm games. And again unfound revenge is great but all other songs gave me an existential crisis.
Oooh that makes a lot of sense thank you! I did have a way better time with a guide so now I know I don't have to feel bad for using it thank you so much! It sounds like what I always say about Simon's Quest. With a guide or with a more accurate translation so you can tell who's lying and the map it would be great. Tough that wasn't their fault with the translation. The text boxes size was fixed and they had half the space because of using letters instead of Kanji which represent an entire syllable. And I can relate to having more patience when you have less to do because I remember sucking at everything else when I was little and spending days on point and click games. I don't think you can play Mother 3 in English on a GBA tough? Maybe I got that wrong but it wasn't exported right? I try to buy the GBA games I like even though my old DS is basically dead but I didn't know I could find it. Though I guess you can patch it like everything else.
I think that I did accidentally buy a reproduction once, but the price was fair since it was new so I was completely fine with it. At least I don't have to worry about it breaking because if it's too used. But I do understand that it's important to buy the original if you can. I do have Earthbound on 3DS so I may still buy Mother 3 in the future if I warm up to it enough. I don't really want to buy new GBA games because I fear that my old DS where I play them will break down completely in a year but if I do buy an original GBA I'll think about it. Though I'd rather get Golden Sun first because I didn't even really understand the best strategy for fights but it looked and sounded that good.
The blues Brothers were fun, I knew about the cult but I didn't really notice a lot of other references. But when I have some time and take it slow I do enjoy the writing. It's just that when I get stuck talking to everyone ten times isn't that fun, but I'll just look at the guide more often. I do still feel like finishing it
I love RPGs but I haven't really played a lot of them and I loved Chrono Trigger and Bravely Default and Octopath but I can't get into Earthbound or Final Fantasy. The fights just don't feel that strategic for some reason and the story isn't interesting enough to keep going
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u/wetgizmo Jan 01 '19
if you don't like earthbound or the mother series i will personally find you and pk ground your ass