I made one failed attempt at beating Giygas. I was going to go back and try again, but first I decided to call my brother and ask for tips. He pressured me into playing EarthBound in the first place. He claims it’s his favorite RPG. He’s gotta know how to finish it, right? WRONG. Turn out he never even finished Fourside! He stopped playing right after Moonside and was “too busy” to ever go back!

Of course you don’t have to finish a game to know you love it, just like you don’t have to finish it to know you hate it. But you’re definitely calling your fan-ness into question when you can walk away from your so-called favorite game so easily. You’re also making me feel like an idiot for trying so hard to get into a game that even you couldn’t successfully get into.

So I “finished” the rest of the game by reading a Let’s Play and called it a day. Two can play at this quitting game, you know. And so it ended between me and EarthBound.

Thoughts

I’m glad I played it, if only to shut him and several people up, but I didn’t enjoy it too much. I didn’t not enjoy it either, but apart from the music, the funny NPCs and enemies and the art style I’d be at a loss if you asked me what I liked about this game.

Umm…

Gee, this is awkward.

I can’t remember the last time I had this much difficulty finding something to write about a game. Especially after spending at least 20 hours on it. Umm, there wasn’t much backtracking, I guess? And the story was pretty straightforward too. The ending seemed nice, though it sucks that Pokey got away. The Runaway Five were amusing. And, umm… yeah. I’m done here.

What’s next

I was supposed to play Dark Cloud 2 in September, but I skipped it over because I wasn’t done with this game. Guess I’ll start with that. Devil Survivor 2 is on the list for October, but I don’t know whether I want to play it or not. The first Devil Survivor was about being trapped in Tokyo, and I just finished playing 7th Dragon 2020, which takes place entirely in Tokyo. I’ve had enough of Tokyo. I’ve never even been there so I have 0 attachment to the place. I know it’s Japan’s capital city and all, but can I be trapped in Okinawa or Sapporo next time? Or better yet, not be trapped at all? Anyway, I’ll start Devil Survivor 2 and put it on hold if it turns out I need to wait a bit.

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