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re: Video Game Book Club
Posted on 8/26/15 at 8:56 pm to Mr Gardoki
Posted on 8/26/15 at 8:56 pm to Mr Gardoki
I'll second Earthbound..
While most RPGs are set in fantasy, quasi-medieval, dragon lands, Earthbound's starting location is small town USA (Eagleland). You take the role of 4 kids instead of a mystical dragoon and are armed with baseball bats, frying pans, and bottle rockets. You fight cranky old ladies and runaway dogs instead of the typical doldrums of RPG enemies. You get to fight a fricking cup of coffee. You save the game by calling your dad and he deposits money on your ATM card. The writing in Earthbound is one its strongest suits, imo. You will seriously try to speak to everyone twice to read the all funny arse dialogue, not to mention the cult spoofs of things such as the Beetles, The Blues Brothers, Monty Python, Mr. T, The Grateful Dead, and many more. I could go on and on.
Fuzzy pickles.
While most RPGs are set in fantasy, quasi-medieval, dragon lands, Earthbound's starting location is small town USA (Eagleland). You take the role of 4 kids instead of a mystical dragoon and are armed with baseball bats, frying pans, and bottle rockets. You fight cranky old ladies and runaway dogs instead of the typical doldrums of RPG enemies. You get to fight a fricking cup of coffee. You save the game by calling your dad and he deposits money on your ATM card. The writing in Earthbound is one its strongest suits, imo. You will seriously try to speak to everyone twice to read the all funny arse dialogue, not to mention the cult spoofs of things such as the Beetles, The Blues Brothers, Monty Python, Mr. T, The Grateful Dead, and many more. I could go on and on.
Fuzzy pickles.
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Posted on 8/26/15 at 9:09 pm to The Dudes Rug
I nominate Super Castlevania IV
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This was one of the first games for the SNES and one that really showed off the "power" of the system. It has imaginative level design where no two levels feel the same, and Simon's Super Castlevania iteration can control his jump and swing his whip in multiple directions.
This was one of the first games for the SNES and one that really showed off the "power" of the system. It has imaginative level design where no two levels feel the same, and Simon's Super Castlevania iteration can control his jump and swing his whip in multiple directions.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:42 am to The Dudes Rug
I'll 3rd Earthbound. I'm a huge RPG fan and have been since SNES/Genesis days but somehow Earthbound slipped passed me. I know all the fan-fare it gets and wanted to play it on a ROM one day but just alwasy ended up playing Chrono Trigger or FF6 a millionth time.
I have the Ouya on my TV in my bedroom which is a perfect setup for this (I got it for $70 at target and it plays everything up to dreamcast)
I have the Ouya on my TV in my bedroom which is a perfect setup for this (I got it for $70 at target and it plays everything up to dreamcast)
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