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EarthBound |OT| Look at the sun. Face the sun and smile.
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SpoonyBard
Banned
It's a hard habit to break...
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
I love reading the impressions from first-time players. <3
Hours Left
Member
This is a lovely thread.
Robin64
Member
Level her up first on the first mole in that cave right of Happy Happy. Just keep going in and out, get her to about 10. It will help a lot, Paula is really weak at first.
serotonina
Member
I read about this game on a magazine, in Italy, in between 1994 and 1995. I fell in love with the preview and really wanted it. In the end, I managed to convince my parents to buy it for Christmas in 1995, spending a little fortune at the time.
It was the version with the guide, the smelly postcard and everything.
I played it for months, enjoying every minute of it. No other game got me hooked like that, maybe only FF7 and Diablo.
Great game, I miss that sense of amazement coming from the simple yet genius mechanic the game had, like ordering pizza and getting an allowance.
I remember it fondly, one of the greatets and most ambitious projects of all time.
It was the version with the guide, the smelly postcard and everything.
I played it for months, enjoying every minute of it. No other game got me hooked like that, maybe only FF7 and Diablo.
Great game, I miss that sense of amazement coming from the simple yet genius mechanic the game had, like ordering pizza and getting an allowance.
I remember it fondly, one of the greatets and most ambitious projects of all time.
Davey Cakes
Member
You don't have to. For new players it's just a guarantee of a one-shot situation.
When I first played the game I got to Level 8 just because I feared being beaten. I was a little more sensitive back then, as I was only 8-years-old.
Of course, when PK Rockin' obliterated Frank, I was surprised. "That wasn't so bad!"
Other than just making that boss easier, grinding to Level 8 for Frank also sets you up to be better equipped for the rest of Onett. You won't just have an easier time with Frank, but the rest of the enemies and bosses as well.
That's one of my favorite parts of the game. It's just kind of awesomely creepy.
Being led by the mysterious lady, going into the hotel, hearing that the music is different.
Good stuff.
Davey Cakes
Member
dp
Sometimes? I think it's very dark, even though it seems kiddie and "happy". For example:
After Twoson:
Happy Happy village is a super creepy place. A seemingly normal village... That a man controlled by a statue of a devil controls everyone and there are many cultists. Moreover, they even kidnap a little girl.
flatearthpandas
Member
Wow, SMTIV on 3DS Tuesday. Earthbound on Wii U Thursday. What a week!
Wasn't expecting Earthbound until December
Wasn't expecting Earthbound until December
Davey Cakes
Member
This game and the original Mother are like that. One of the reasons I love them. They can be quite creepy and weird.
I never felt that way about Mother 3, though. That game had a different sort of atmosphere.
Davey Cakes
Member
The game will last you way more than a weekend, at least. It's 20-30 hours if you go for absolute full enjoyment.
People overblow the "$10 rom" thing. Just because EB on the Wii U is a 35mb download of an 18-year-old game doesn't mean that it lacks value. The work was still put into it way back then (especially considering the flop), and Nintendo still put effort into getting the Player's Guide up online for free. It's a good value considering the quality of the game and the pricier alternatives.
Interceptor
Banned
Be glad you did this. You could have spend 40,- on an Assassins Creed "Rom" instead.
It is useless. I never use it.
Good to hear man.
This is the truth. Always do this in a new area.
Weird, must be my nostalgia goggles, but I still have no problem with EB's combat system. I enjoy it actually, still to this day.
I would love it if they did some "premium" VC games in the form of newly localized "imports" with stuff like Marvelous (Aonuma's directing debut) for example. Will never happen of course.
This game is a bargain at 10 bucks. Well worth full asking 18 years ago and well worth a $10 premium now.
Big bottle rockets. BAM.
terrisus
Member
2nd-favorite game ever (behind only Chrono Trigger), and still have the SNES version and guide (and bought the Japanese version on GBA when it came out too).
Hope everyone enjoys it. An absolutely amaing game.
Finally got some time to play. Got up to Frank and his boy toys and sent them packing with no problem. I never really paid attention to my level when I do this, but since there has been a lot of conversation on it, I was Level 6 and had no issues whatsoever. Just bash and PSI heal. Didn't even need to use any items.
I still can never fully decide between those two, FFVI and FFIV.
I still can never fully decide between those two, FFVI and FFIV.
I just ran through that cave YOLO style and she somehow survived. Thank you based teddie bear.
Also Threed has lovely music.
Hobbestetrician
Member
This is where I am. Keep catching a cold (from a UFO of all places) and can't cure myself before I die. What is the best plan of attack (besides get the cold remedy)?
Soooo after I performed this feat and breezed through Giant Step I died 4 times in a row when fighting
the police
Ok Onett is still a tough part of the game.
*eats crow*
Yeah this is probably the biggest flaw of the game. I like the idea of a constrained inventory, but it's just a bit too small, and at a few points in the game it's really painful to constantly shuffle things around.
On the topic of the inventory: Use your health items!
I feel like the game is paced such that it expects you to regularly use health items that you find around. If you grew up playing Final Fantasy games with infinite inventory and you're "saving stuff" for later expect to not be able to save health items you find due to already having health items. Don't use your PP on restoring your health. Use items you find.
I feel like the game is paced such that it expects you to regularly use health items that you find around. If you grew up playing Final Fantasy games with infinite inventory and you're "saving stuff" for later expect to not be able to save health items you find due to already having health items. Don't use your PP on restoring your health. Use items you find.
Actually, you don't need a cold remedy. I used the PSI healing more.
So, every character is more than 30 level now. I'm on Saturns' town.
Hobbestetrician
Member
Didn't think to use that, thanks!
Hecatonchires Custom
Member
Call your sister and store unused items.
Good advice on both. And holy shit Qurupeke, how many hours have you put in the last few days?
PezDispenser
Banned
Eat your food! The inventory is really not bad at all as long as you do this and remember to store away the story-related key items after you've finished using them.
Hmm, about this battle...
At first, he beat me after many nauseous turns. Did he somehow recovered hp? On my second turn I easily beat him though on my second turn. What I did? ._.
Good advice on both. And holy shit Qurupeke, how many hours have you put in the last few days?
Haha, a lot surely. I'm really hooked on it.
Oh btw, I just realized I had skipped a sanctuary... Lilliput steps is a sanctuary, right? :/ I need to go back now...
I was honestly expecting them to do a "Is Nintendo harming the business of poor, innocent Ebay scalpers by releasing Earthbound digitally?"-piece instead.
... While ignoring that to buy an ALBUM (which is a more appropriate comparison for a whole game, at least one like this rather than, say, Donkey Kong) is usually around $10, frequently higher. That is the single stupidest example I've ever seen for why digital games are overpriced.
EDIT: Ok, I think I found the comment and that was actually more about 99 cent songs made it impractical to pirate versus just buying, and Nintendo probably does need to be way more flexible with gaming prices... but Earthbound's one of those that I think can actually get away with $10, whereas $8 can be way too much for some SNES games, and similar for $5 for NES games (SMB1-3 are a good value at $5 or even $6, but Donkey Kong and Mario Bros, along with a lot of those other very early NES games, probably SHOULD be $1-3.)
PezDispenser
Banned
Many of them are skippable, and can be done in whatever order you want. I'd recommend waiting a bit before going back, as you will find something that will make backtracking a bit easier...
Oh, all right then. I think this will save me a lot of time.
For years, I've told my brother he needs to play this game. Unfortunately it was expensive to acquire it legally and I lost my cart+guide years ago during a move.
While I do not agree with Nintendo's digital policies, I couldn't resist giving my brother a legitimate opportunity to play the game in a similar way as I did as a kid. Instead of cozying up with a paper travel guide and a buzzing CRT, he gets to play it in a recliner on the Wuu gamepad and the PDF guide on his iPad.
He's enjoying it so far and has just arrived in Happy Happy Valley. More people need to enjoy this game and I am glad there are so many here experiencing it for the first time. Take your time with it.
Thanks, Nintendo.
While I do not agree with Nintendo's digital policies, I couldn't resist giving my brother a legitimate opportunity to play the game in a similar way as I did as a kid. Instead of cozying up with a paper travel guide and a buzzing CRT, he gets to play it in a recliner on the Wuu gamepad and the PDF guide on his iPad.
He's enjoying it so far and has just arrived in Happy Happy Valley. More people need to enjoy this game and I am glad there are so many here experiencing it for the first time. Take your time with it.
Thanks, Nintendo.
Dark Octave
Banned
That sounds fun too.
Lucent
Member
Yeah. I know it's an old game, but honestly I'd rather buy this than a lot of the games that are out now. I wouldn't argue though if they made digital titles much cheaper. And you would think they can do it since they were doing those 30 cent games on Wii U.
Hmm, about this battle...
At first, he beat me after many nauseous turns. Did he somehow recovered hp? On my second turn I easily beat him though on my second turn. What I did? ._.
Haha, a lot surely. I'm really hooked on it.
Oh btw, I just realized I had skipped a sanctuary... Lilliput steps is a sanctuary, right? :/ I need to go back now...
Awesome, good to have another EB/Mother fan in the fold.
Absolutely. I would buy this game over anything out on the market right now.
GiantBreadbug
Member
Playing this for the first time since I played some of it at a friend's house as a child. Loved it then, excited as hell about it now.
Let's do this.
Let's do this.