I never played it when I was young, why is Earthbound so loved?
Fun knocking on doors
Fishing into trash bins for items
Neat enemies
Great music
Not a huge amount of grind
Memorable scenes, characters and interation
>>332458028
nostalgia
seriously
it sucks
Because it's a good game?
It's a neat little adventure.
>>332458028
>why is Earthbound so loved?
because people like it obviously
i fucking hate it when asspies ask these stupid as fuck questions
It's good
Mother 3 surpasses it in literally every way tho
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>>332458028
>I never played it when I was young
AKA I wasn't born yet when Earthbound was released
>>332460467
yurop actually
I've come up with a formula:
"Cute" design + Dark yet Comedic tone + Open to Multiple Interpretations plot = Wildly Successful IP
>>332460638
Fair
>>332460821
delete this
Because in a time where the market was flooded with generic fantasy RPGs, Earthbound came out and did it'd own thing. It was unique, it had style, and it got surprisingly deep. Honestly, there's no wonder why it's so memorable
>>332459648
This. It's like one of those family movies you watched as a kid, it's not an AMAZING game it's just a nice and sweet one.
>>332460821
>>332459449
someone has never been more wrong in the entire history of humanity. You lack all sense of wonder, humor, and fun, and may all the gods have no mercy on you.
>>332461181
WHY BECAUSE ITS TRUE
>>332458028
Beacause it's the adventure of a typical suburban kid for typical suburban kids who refused to go on adventure but still wish they could.
>>332458028
Unique atmosphere and setting that's been replicated endlessly after it but never really trumped in my opinion.
Of all the games that are about a boy going on an adventure to save the world, this is probably the best mix of down-to-earth and bizarre.
Essentially the game is great for escapism. Not everyone can get into that so I won't recommend it to /anyone/ but I'd certainly recommend it to RPG fans.
On a related note: Mother 3
The sequel to Earthbound, in many ways, is a tone-shift from its predecessor.
If someone asked me to recommend an RPG and I knew they haven't tried this series, I'd probably ask whether they prefer Comedy or Tragedy to decide which of these games to recommend. Mother 3 is a tragedy, one that many people shed their first vidya tear to, and one that takes advantage of some of the best strengths of the video game medium for story-telling.
So if you're interested then give one of these a shot, whether it be the charming interpretation of 90s America through the eyes of a middle-aged Japanese man who never went there, or the wild ride with an ungraspable form known as Mother 3
