EarthBound

released on Aug 27, 1994

A turn-based JRPG and sequel to then-Japan-only Earthbound Beginnings (1989) in which Ness, a young boy living in a land based on the USA, leaves home to go on an adventure through strange locations, get to know quirky characters and defeat an unknowable alien threat called Giygas while facing up to the realities of growing up and becoming familiar with the real world.


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Got traumatized for missing attacks.

Otherwhise, it's a good game.

Currently playing; up to Summers. Playing for it's 30th Anniversary.

It took me ages to get into Earthbound, a friend described the experience as an exercise in mindfulness or taking one's time. Chill out, interact with everyone and mosey through the game. I'm seeing the through-line between Earthbound, Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Undertale and more.

Maneirinho, mas não me prendeu não, quero terminar só por conta de undertale

goat ost, revolutionized the rpg genre, unfortunately where it falls short is the amount of RNG that is required to beat certain bosses early on, and with the lack of checkpoints the game has you repeating the same easy characters over and over again, but overall fantastic experience and I could see this getting raised with more time

I know it's a meme to talk about how amazing Earthbound is, but it really is an amazing game. The characters are super fun and likeable, the story was engaging, and the game really succeeding in tapping into real human emotion! I love this game to death but the reason I gave it four stars instead of five is because inventory management is annoying and the difficulty goes from hard-to-easy for some reason.

I wanted to check this out since it inspired Undertale, one of my all-time favorite games. I'm sorry. I know there's an interesting story and lots of funny dialogue in here, but the inventory management is ridiculous and the slow walk speed combined with the slow combat was actually putting me to sleep.