This thread is mainly about Earthbound.

[Grandy]

 Never managed to beat it, but I had a blast playing up to shortly after Moonside. The game is great, and so is the music. And I'l totally name my newborn kid "Poo".

 Also, old RPG games, like Earthbound and Mother 3, you know, cult classics, let's discuss them. Any other you guys feel like sharing? I really can't remember many, most likely because I just got into RPGs with a near-lethal injection of Chrono Trigger and Suikoden II, both of which are too recent.

[Razor]

Earthbound was a wonderful game. For me, it lived up to its hype perfectly. It had such charm, such magic. You can't find that in games these days.

[Grandy]

 I think it's because it didn't try to be beautiful, only good.

[Drace]

I remember playing it long ago, but not for long. It's for the NES, right? I should see if I can get my hands on it.

[Grandy]

SNES, actually.

[Drace]

Ah, gonna be on the wait list for getting it then. Don't own a SNES at the moment, plan on getting one in the summer when I can work a bit more.

[X_marks_the_ed]

I've been trying to play it on an emulator for my DS, but the graphics get all messed up. I don't want to look at eBay, as I know how much that's gonna cost.

[Grandy]

I've been trying to play it on an emulator for my DS, but the graphics get all messed up. I don't want to look at eBay, as I know how much that's gonna cost.

That's what I'v been doing. But the souns is also sucky, and sound is a very important issue in a game for me.

[Apex]

Oddly enough, I too tried playing it on my DS for a while.

[SaiKar]

Earthbound was very "love it or hate it." The random crap that happens in that game made a lot of gamers reject it. That's why Earthbound is more of a cult classic than a legend. If it was less weird it would have been more accepted, but if it was less weird it wouldn't have been so freaking cool.

If I have to make one complaint about it, it's extremely linear. There's no sub-questing type stuff at all. Once you've completed the storyline up to the final boss, there's pretty much nothing to do other than putz around or go fight him.

Best interactive ending though. If I ever finish an RPG, I want to make the ending sequence like Earthbound's.

[Archem]

Earthbound was very "love it or hate it." The random crap that happens in that game made a lot of gamers reject it. That's why Earthbound is more of a cult classic than a legend. If it was less weird it would have been more accepted, but if it was less weird it wouldn't have been so freaking cool.

If I have to make one complaint about it, it's extremely linear. There's no sub-questing type stuff at all. Once you've completed the storyline up to the final boss, there's pretty much nothing to do other than putz around or go fight him.

This is some of the reason why I hated the game. Also, I wished I could delete some select songs from existence. Battle music was atrocious.

[arcaine91]

If it was less weird it would have been more accepted, but if it was less weird it wouldn't have been so freaking cool.

I played Killer7. Weird does not bother me in the slightest.

[X_marks_the_ed]

I finally got a consistent GFX setup for Earthbound, so I'm playing it again.

[WarxePB]

I never really cared for Earthbound, but I just recently started playing Mother 3, which I believe is miles better.

"But Warxe," you ask, "Mother 3 is Japan-only!" Well, if you do a little bit of searching on Google, you can find a way around that...

[HobomasterXXX]

I never really cared for Earthbound, but I just recently started playing Mother 3, which I believe is miles better.

"But Warxe," you ask, "Mother 3 is Japan-only!" Well, if you do a little bit of searching on Google, you can find a way around that...

I sort of agree. Earthbound was amazing, but Mother 3 was... more amazing.