Hey Buddy! Now that's what SOUL is !
Earthbound is the textbook example of Soul, what's Soul ? Well hmm .. uhhh.. It's what Earthbound have ?
The most striking thing with Eartbound is its setting, departing from a long tradition of a fantasy world, we arrive in a cliché view of the United States that manage to stay delightful while playing with its tropes in a whimsical manner, making it really refreshing to play.
With this in mind, know that the bestiary derives from this premise and is, therefore, really interesting to witness, and bears a lot of unique and funny ideas. There's a gas pump enemy with drowsy eyes ! Woah, now that's something else compared to those goblins !
So yeah, Earthbound manage to be unique by working hand in hand with its settings, add on top of that a really fresh colour palette and you're in for quite a visual ride !
Now, you might be aware that Earthbound OST is hailed as a pretty neat one, and if you go into the game with those assumptions... well you might be pleased to know that you were right to believe what people say. It's really lovely and the soundfont they used hold its own cartoony texture, making it instantly recognisable.
What else is unique to this game ? The writing ? Indeed. A herculean tour de force happened on this cartridge, Prometheus stole the fire of comedy and gave it to this JRPG. Now that might come as a surprise, even as a shock to some people, but Earthbound managed to be a funny game. It made me laugh audibly, rendering me stunned, because, first of all, the game was funny, and two, it was funny enough to make me chuckle. Now that's a feat ! The writing is also quite cute and touching when it needs to be, overall, they really nailed it.
The uniqueness of Earthbound is that every time you think it's unique, it ends up being even more unique.
This game has a Soul !
Earthbound is the textbook example of Soul, what's Soul ? Well hmm .. uhhh.. It's what Earthbound have ?
The most striking thing with Eartbound is its setting, departing from a long tradition of a fantasy world, we arrive in a cliché view of the United States that manage to stay delightful while playing with its tropes in a whimsical manner, making it really refreshing to play.
With this in mind, know that the bestiary derives from this premise and is, therefore, really interesting to witness, and bears a lot of unique and funny ideas. There's a gas pump enemy with drowsy eyes ! Woah, now that's something else compared to those goblins !
So yeah, Earthbound manage to be unique by working hand in hand with its settings, add on top of that a really fresh colour palette and you're in for quite a visual ride !
Now, you might be aware that Earthbound OST is hailed as a pretty neat one, and if you go into the game with those assumptions... well you might be pleased to know that you were right to believe what people say. It's really lovely and the soundfont they used hold its own cartoony texture, making it instantly recognisable.
What else is unique to this game ? The writing ? Indeed. A herculean tour de force happened on this cartridge, Prometheus stole the fire of comedy and gave it to this JRPG. Now that might come as a surprise, even as a shock to some people, but Earthbound managed to be a funny game. It made me laugh audibly, rendering me stunned, because, first of all, the game was funny, and two, it was funny enough to make me chuckle. Now that's a feat ! The writing is also quite cute and touching when it needs to be, overall, they really nailed it.
The uniqueness of Earthbound is that every time you think it's unique, it ends up being even more unique.
This game has a Soul !