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EarthBound (Nintendo SNES) discussion [game]
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09/30/12, 03:06 Edited: 05/12/14, 16:55
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We completed EarthBound as our fourth official Epic Center game a couple weeks ago; Breath of Fire II is next, cleanin' out the fridge. You'll notice our "leaderboards" below which were tracking the progress of the participants. If you missed the EC run, and you'd like to play on your own as if it were being done LIVE! for you, simply click on WEEK 1, WEEK 2, etc. and follow along that way. This, of course, is also the destination for the continuation of EarthBound in the Epic Center, for those (like Koovaps, woo! YOU CAN DO IT.) who did not finish as they maybe hoped they would.Earthbound is a game that a lot of people fell in love with many years ago, and as a result has ridden a Tsunami-level wave of hype since then. Outrageous prices on eBay and the game's rarity fed the legend, and the lack of localization played into that as well. Because of these factors, Earthbound became -- bar none -- the absolute Most Wanted game on the Wii's Virtual Console. And on July 18th, 2013..it arrived. I have not had the pleasure (or displeasure? We'll find out..) of playing this game, and was turned off by the way it looked in my Nintendo Power as a youngin'. We've heard whispers through the screams of "it's so good!!" that "hey, alright, it isn't for everyone," and hopefully we'll put that to rest, together, in this very game club. Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8EARTHBOUNDDungeon Master(s): chrisbg99 / TriforceBun Completed EarthBound: You Did It!Zero TheOldManFromZelda chrisbg99 DeputyVanHalen Ludist210 Hero_Of_Hyrule Dark Weres Mr_Mustache VickiL Week 3 Complete! Koovaps ------ Thats it! If you join up late, let us know how you like it! |
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Just beat the game!
I've given some of my opinion on RFN, but here are some more thoughts. Which may or may not make sense out of context.
I played through it very quickly but I loved it, despite the problems I raised on the show. I loved it for the tea-drinking sequences, the funny dialog, the crazy little touches like putting the player's name in the credits. Loved it for my favorite line in any game, the guy near Stonehenge, you know the one: "You kids don't look very bright..."
But I still never really loved the gameplay. The rolling health IS a nice touch and made a lot of battles pretty intense, and I won't take that away from it. But the limited inventory is annoying until the end.
I can't praise the unique touches like Praying, which never did much to help me in regular battles, the gadgets which never worked on bosses, the Mirror ability that I never got to work either... And I didn't like that my bottle rockets or monkey love were useless against the last boss, but somehow Bag of Dragonite did damage. There is no rhyme or reason to when and where items will work, and that made them useless to me.
And the constant status effect that only one character (for most of the game) can cure was almost a dealbreaker for me. It's really annoying. |
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