Earthbound

Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 4:53 pm Post subject: Earthbound

Back in the day, RPGlunatic and myself had a website called Earthbound Invasion. This is def. one of my favorite games ever made. And I also think it is the first RPG I ever beat.

Flamez · Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 6:06 am Post subject:

One of those few SNES RPGs that I missed.

SoulBlazerFan · Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 7:56 am Post subject:

Whatever happened to that website?

EverPhoenix · Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 8:08 am Post subject:

never played earthbound. but, i have heard many things about it. strange, disturbing things

Flamez · Sun May 22, 2011 9:51 am

boxxleman wrote:Back in the day, RPGlunatic and myself had a website called Earthbound Invasion. This is def. one of my favorite games ever made. And I also think it is the first RPG I ever beat.

If I recall you guys also had a Lufia 2 website?

Sun May 22, 2011 10:06 am

Flamez wrote:
boxxleman wrote:Back in the day, RPGlunatic and myself had a website called Earthbound Invasion. This is def. one of my favorite games ever made. And I also think it is the first RPG I ever beat.
If I recall you guys also had a Lufia 2 website?

The lufia 2 website was all RPGlunatics. And sadly they got deleted once homestead decided to start charging people for websites.

tay120n64 · Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 1:26 am Post subject:

Lufia 2 = Amazing.

Earthbound = Overrated.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Earthbound, but it feels rather dated (even for its time).

Binarynova · Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 9:07 am Post subject:

I enjoyed Earthbound quite a bit. It had a few unique gameplay concepts that surprisingly didn't catch on. The one that always stood out for me was that once you were significantly strong than an enemy the game auto-resolved the combat and gave you the money and xp.

I remember listening to my Queen album "It's a Kind of Magic" while playing EB. So much so that when I hear those songs I think about the game.

Freedan · Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:17 am Post subject:

tay120n64 wrote:Earthbound = Overrated.

Personally, I think it's underrated. It only ever achieved a cult classic status, and never really got the widespread attention it should have.

The only thing I found dated on it was the graphics, which was an intentional stylistic choice; if they could make such mesmerizing battle backgrounds, they could have made the sprites more detailed. To me, Earthbound was one of the earlier examples of the graphics debate; they set out to show that a simple game can keep a player engaged through its less tangible elements.

And yes, they did introduce a few concepts that I wish had stuck for more RPGs. The fleeing enemies on the map, the rolling HP meter, etc.

tay120n64 · Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject:

Fleeing monsters and Rolling HP were awesome, but the battle system as a whole just screamed NES Dragon Quest. The style and humor were really the only things keeping me playing. The game was very demanding and never forgiving.

TENCHI · Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:29 am Post subject:

Yeah,I played it last year.it's a delicate and intersting game,the story is childlike,music is funny but good

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