>Game gives you a bike >Shortly thereafter, Paula joins your party, making the bike useless
BRAVA EARTHBOUND.
BRAVA
And what the fuck was the point of the condiment system?
>Oh man, waste a slot to carry a packet of salt instead of just having another hamburger!
When I think about it, this game actually kind of does suck. For an RPG, it has no replay value to speak of
>99% linear with no side quests >No party organization to give certain characters priority over others >No unique equipment builds that reward smarter thinking, not harder thinking >No way to truly test your characters skills with the lack of a new game+ feature
Would have been nice to have, but this is give or take: >Alternate party members >Alternate endings >Monster/boss arena
At the end of the day, it's still a VIDEO GAME and not an "interactive experience". You don't cut Gone Home any slack(the hipsters that love Earthbound LOVE Gone Home as well), neither should you with Earthbound.
I hate earthbound, but your post falls on mostly deaf ears, op.
They will just passive aggressively dodge all of your points because, "lol new age retro hippie, so whacky randumb xd!"
Say what you will about undertale, but it has 1000 times the charm as earthbound
Luis Foster
Isn't the big reason Gone Home was shit on was because it was $20 and you can beat it in two fucking minutes?
Jacob Kelly
It was just another walking simulator, but it triggered Cred Forums mostly because of it didn't star a lesbian, it wouldn't have gotten a fraction of the accolades it did, causing backlash
Isaiah Evans
Earthbound is quality crap, but it's crap nonetheless. Same with the other piece of shit game you mentioned. Also it's "bravo", you fucking sperglord.
Joshua Lopez
It's copypasta and I'm tired of seeing it.
Ethan White
This pasta is stale.
Henry Nelson
I just want another RPG with the pedometer HP counter.
Lucas Hughes
ok
Matthew Stewart
"B-but it did a few things other games in the genre weren't doing. Therefore it's okay to shill this game 20 years later even though hundreds of games are way more unique"
Anthony Cruz
ok
Anthony Lewis
Why are complaining about an SNES game? You'd do better if you bitch about more recent shit, like ReCore being buggy or Persona 5 or PS4 pro not being true 4K. Instead you choose Earthbound? get that shit out of here.
Dominic Howard
Earthbound is my favorite game. Watcha gonna do about it?
Jace Young
>And what the fuck was the point of the condiment system?
So you can heal larger in one turn. Every turn is important in Earthbound because of the count down HP. It's optional, I never really use it.
Michael Ross
The fans are still obnoxious shills that won't shut up.
I just want them to admit that their game isn't really that great, and that they are one of the most nostalgia blind fan bases in the industry, their game doesn't hold up, and to stop annoyingly bag people to buy Lucas amiibo so that maybe they'll bring mother 3 to the virtual console so that everyone can campaign to but that so that maybe they'll make mother 4
Elijah Hughes
I'm getting really tired of people using the word "shill" outside the context of accusations of viral marketing.
Jaxson Edwards
*nag people
Cameron Baker
At the end of the day, I'll always take a challenging game over a "story heavy" one.
>mfw I've only played Earthbound maybe once or twice in my wife >meanwhile on 20th replay of Gradius and Super Mario World >over 50 replays of Super Metroid, just now getting into the mod scene
Hudson Scott
Why not both?
Adam Sanders
This copy pasta is more obnoxious than any Earthbound threads in the past decade.
Evan Taylor
>Implying you even have a wife to play video games in
Sebastian Roberts
If both could exist at once, then that would be great. But I've never once seen a video game have both challenge and a large story heavy experience.
Oliver Sullivan
why don't you play a game you haven't played before instead of wallowing in nostalgia fkkr. And stop playing games in your wife that's why you didnt' like earthboun]d.
Brody Morales
>The fans kill yourself
Wyatt Wood
...
Robert Rogers
i do play plenty of video games, especially in the modern times. I just avoid cinematic experiences like Metal Gear and Uncharted.
Luke Evans
Stale pasta.
Henry Johnson
Shut the fuck up you nigger I bet you like Undertale
Jonathan Peterson
So anyone here enjoy and want to discuss earthbound?
Isaiah Torres
my favorite character is Kumatora
Asher Diaz
See
Robert Fisher
>Google earthbound >megalovania and halloween hack is almost the most searched
Christian Wilson
Oh shit, didn't know this was an ACfag thread. Everyone out before he starts shitting on Bayonetta and posting his ass-backward game rankings again.
Jaxon Lee
hello toby
Jordan Hill
My favorite character is Lloyd
Gavin Cruz
Not for me. That must be your search history affecting your searches.
Henry Robinson
Starts off fresh and actually rather brilliant, but quickly goes completely to shit.
Hudson Peterson
>Uncharted isn't cinematic
Oh snap, I think I'm in a Neogaf crossboarding thread. Everyone abandon!
Nolan Edwards
Pasta. The points aren't incorrect, they are annoyances that do exist, but it's nitpicky level and every RPG has bullshit worse than this.
Parker Powell
Was not earned.
Brody Torres
May I ask where you feel that occurs? Perhaps try mother 3. I like hearing others views on the series, good or bad.
Landon Rodriguez
>ACfag
What does Animal Crossing have to do with this?
Leo Jackson
Exactly. Earthbound is art, a game that transcends typical RPGs; its strict mechanics are not the reason it's beloved.
Kayden Ross
Have we really gone so far that people on Cred Forums are baiting the Gamergaters WITHOUT it being an Undertale thread?
Nathaniel Powell
>it's okay if the gameplay is mediocre, it's aaaaart
Now where have I heard this before?
Cooper Miller
Theres a glitch using a sugar condiment and rock candy to max out all your stats
Alexander Sanchez
Earthbound is a great game!
John Garcia
The only shit section of the game is Peaceful Rest Valley at the very beginning, so have a (you)
Except it's earned in Earthbound's case because the series is written by a real novelist who has worked with people like Haruki Marukami, not some generic AAA B-movie story.
Samuel Jackson
But it's not a novel, it's a video game. And what good is a game when the story constantly clashes with the gameplay and makes it unfun?
Example 1: too many filler segments, like backtracking between towns, fighting the moles who each think they're the third best while their battles play exactly the same, Magicant having no enemies until the last 3rd of it, essentially being a giant multicolored hallway with no gameplay, nonsensical rules and areas like Moonside, which requires trial and error just to get through, items that are only there to be LOLSORANDUM XD (the rulers, for example, or the orange machine), the entirety of the final battle which just involves praying, because actually figting Giygas would be too videogamey and "problematic")
Just for starters.
Levi Green
ACfag is a known shitposter and hardcore Armored Core fanboy that stirs shit up mostly in Metroid threads where he goes full paranoia saying he's the only one on Cred Forums who hates Other M and everyone else is trying to forgive and excuse Nintendo for their grave offense, he goes on an on about how much he HATES movie games and any games with cutscenes or NPC dialogues which take away from "raw gameplay", complaining that games like Bayonetta 2 and most every RPG out there are in fact "movie games". He also likes posting annual game rankings (on a ten point scale) images that are prime baiting.
Angel Lewis
okay, I think I see your point, but
>he goes on an on about how much he HATES movie games and any games with cutscenes or NPC dialogues which take away from "raw gameplay",