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Earthbound is praised for being awesome as gently caress and all that jazz, but i think it plays just like ff7 -- the random battles on a world map. i got all of that outta me during my dragon warrior I & II play through and now i don't enjoy the mechanic anymore. when I last tried to play through ff7, I just couldn't get into it. does earthbound really have a loving awesome story that will keep me playing?
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earthbound has a lot of interesting things happen and doesn't have a random battles mechanic, just avoid dudes if you don't want to fight them or powerlevel until it skips fights for you. the battle system also has a cool rolling mechanic if you don't like it don't play it though
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Jul 17, 2014 18:42
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Hog Butcher posted:doesn't have a random battles mechanic drat this game sounds awesome as gently caress
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Jul 17, 2014 18:43
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i like being able to choose my battles by seeing dudes on the world map and running after/away from them if you go up behind someone you get a free turn but if they do it to you then they get a free attack
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Jul 17, 2014 18:44
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Earthbound plays pretty differently then FF7. Non random battles isn't a big difference in all honesty though.
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Jul 17, 2014 18:44
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I know this wasn't the thread's intent but it convinced me to finally get off my rear end and play earthbound 
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Jul 17, 2014 18:47
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it's such a relief playing rpgs without random encounters that going back to them is a significant drag
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Jul 17, 2014 18:47
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i dont rreally like ff so far but earthbound was pretty great, give it a try and see how it goes. if you don't like it you could still stop at any time
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Jul 17, 2014 18:48
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Hog Butcher posted:i like being able to choose my battles by seeing dudes on the world map and running after/away from them you really know how to sell a game. i'll probably start playing this when i get home. only heard good things about it for decades now. but i heard good things about ff7 too, which is why i asked
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Jul 17, 2014 19:04
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I loved Earthbound as a kid and after Tomato finished his translation/localization I tried mother 3 and holy poo poo I was not prepared for how much darker that game got. I'm partway through the Earthbound Halloween romhack and so far I'm enjoying the ramped up difficulty quite a bit.
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Jul 17, 2014 19:06
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Wait a second... Wait a second. HOld on Are you loving telling Me that you did NOT like Ff7 (Final fantasy 7)??? That game have Sephiroth. That game have Leviathan. And Shinra Electric Power Company. Your a loving Moron bro
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Jul 17, 2014 19:07
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Kewpuh posted:Wait a second... Wait a second. HOld on its not that i didn't like it, it's just my favorite character died like an hour into this 30 hour epic full of cool characters such as CHaos and a black guy with attitude
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Jul 17, 2014 19:09
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earthbound isnt an ugly loving mess to look at in 2014 unlike ff7, this is one mans opinion, but its right
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Jul 17, 2014 19:09
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FF7 appealed to me as a young girl because Cid was really cool I think I was supposed to like Vincent because "so bishy" but Cid puts meat on the table and doesn't take any poo poo.
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Jul 17, 2014 19:13
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Kewpuh posted:Wait a second... Wait a second. HOld on My fondest memory of Final Fantasy the 7th came not from playing the game, because I have yet to play it and here is why. See I was at the show with my best friend and his brother seeing some random movie that I can't remember cause it was so long ago. We arrived a little early and they had a game shop there near the food court so we went on over to check out what we could find. I saw final fantasy in the jewel case at the counter where some fat wonderbread nerd motherfucker was working the register. Pricetag 149.99, gently caress that, I went over to some rack on the side and looked at some strategy guides and poo poo when I overhead this gem. Some girl was asking the cashier why the game cost so much and he had the nerve to try to tell her the poo poo was a classic. But I digress for one day I did come to enjoy final fantasy the 7th in the end if only for a fleeting moment. For this moment right here
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Jul 17, 2014 19:49
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oh yeah earthbound was fun when i was a kid tho, you'll prob like it op, i had good taste in games when i was loving 9
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Jul 17, 2014 19:53
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Mark Brouhard posted:i had good taste in games when i was loving 9 your an og, friend.
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Jul 17, 2014 19:54
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Widestancer posted:I loved Earthbound as a kid and after Tomato finished his translation/localization I tried mother 3 and holy poo poo I was not prepared for how much darker that game got. Regardless of one's opinions on earthbound mother 3 is a wildly better game, and is cool as heck.
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Jul 17, 2014 19:54
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LaTex Fetish posted:your an og, friend. thanks oh and that reminds me i need to see if anyone LP'd blast corps cause that was my poo poo too on a unrelated note
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Jul 17, 2014 19:55
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Mark Brouhard posted:thanks oh and that reminds me i need to see if anyone LP'd blast corps cause that was my poo poo too on a unrelated note not only was it lped, it was done so in a weird manner and then the lper went on to become peaches, world famed blast corps runner
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Jul 17, 2014 20:07
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Earthbound is an okay Dragon Quest clone with some goofy extra mechanics and a very appealing child-like/surreal visual style and story. Enjoy, OP!
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Jul 17, 2014 20:15
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Mark Brouhard posted:But I digress for one day I did come to enjoy final fantasy the 7th in the end if only for a fleeting moment. For this moment right here  Welp, pack it in final fantasailures
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Jul 17, 2014 21:21
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hmm one of those things doesn't belong in the same group.
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Jul 17, 2014 21:30
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FauxGateau posted:hmm one of those things doesn't belong in the same group.
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Jul 17, 2014 21:31
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Earthbound good. Play earthbound
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Jul 17, 2014 22:56
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The Wu-Tang Secret posted:Agreed, Skyrim's story is p. weak I liked at the end when you're in Sovenguarde you can pick what title you choose to enter Shore's Hall and the list is a mile long if you did everything in the game before the final quest.
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Jul 18, 2014 00:31
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I played earthbound when I was in highscool(2008) and though it was great then, so it's not a nostalgia thing. Earthbound is legit one of my favorite games ever.
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Jul 18, 2014 02:49
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If you don't like ff7 you have brain damage.
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Jul 18, 2014 02:51
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Ragg posted:If you don't like ff7 you have brain damage. I have it burned into my brain since I was 15 that people who like FF7 believe its worth 150 bucks, are nasty and sweaty looking as gently caress, and get no pussy. I think I'm good tia.
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Jul 18, 2014 07:53
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ff7 was really good if you thought shopping at hot topic was also really good
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Jul 18, 2014 07:57
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people who claim to hate ff7 are contrarian holier-than-thou nerds and I refuse to believe otherwise
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Jul 18, 2014 08:10
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Sometimes I think I want to try FF7 but it never lasts long enough for me to buy it.
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ladyboy pancake posted:Sometimes I think I want to try FF7 but it never lasts long enough for me to buy it. it's on steam, so time your want around the time it goes on sale
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Jul 18, 2014 09:30
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enjoying a gam w random en counters ishard
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Mark Brouhard posted:I have it burned into my brain since I was 15 that people who like FF7 believe its worth 150 bucks, are nasty and sweaty looking as gently caress, and get no pussy. I think I'm good tia. You have brain damage.
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Jul 18, 2014 10:47
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Mother 3 is even better, be sure to play that too.
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Jul 18, 2014 10:48
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Hog Butcher posted:i like being able to choose my battles by seeing dudes on the world map and running after/away from them The cool thing about this is some enemies are always aggrod or cowards so a lvl 3 ant will try to berserk your lvl99 party and you can give it the first hit. Youll also chase a certain green caterpillar(?) for miles in a desert.
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quakster posted:enjoying a gam w random en counters ishard
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Earthbound isn't even a fun game compared to other jrpgs from the same time. It oozes style and humor and whatever, but the battles are simple (so simple the game lets you autowin them. Hooray?) and wandering most places out of town is boring as poo poo. I loved it when it came out, but unlike a lot of games from the time I can't replay it.
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Earthbound was better than Mother 3 for me. It ain't a popular opinion. You get a lot of hate from angry nerds. As for your question OP, if you didn't like FF7 you probably won't like Earthbound because it sounds like you don't like good games
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