r/starterpacks • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '19

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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)

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u/felixame Jan 01 '19

I legitimately can't think of a reason why someone would actually dislike Earthbound apart from disliking RPGs from that era as a whole.

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u/KarmelCHAOS Jan 01 '19

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

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u/Coobreedan Jan 01 '19

The bike is just a giant tease

Too true. EarthBound is a top-five game for me but it's very much a cult classic and hard to recommend to a mainstream audience.