Topic: Vudu: Bound to enjoy Earth Bound (?)

[vudu]

Wow, I was wondering where that chicken came from!  I completely forgot about the egg I bought.

But, no, I don't think that's it.  I send the Chicken off to my sister, and I'm still getting the beeping.

[Bill Aurion]

What else do you have in your inventory?

[vudu]

A broken machine, some invention I received from the Orange inventor, a telephone receiver I got from the Apple inventor, and some random weapons/equipment.

[EasyCure]

I think i've done that, The Chicken will beep no matter what so you might as wel get that back and sell it. I actually never knew the chick cured homesickness, i've only been home sick a handfull of times in the years i've been playing it lol. It's a good source of income especially if you load up on eggs for free in that one town... i dont wanna spoil it if you havent gotten there

[Bill Aurion]

Whoa, never knew you could get homesick...I guess I circumvented that by always calling home for the hell of it...

[EasyCure]

Whoa, never knew you could get homesick...I guess I circumvented that by always calling home for the hell of it...

wow. EB fans learn something new everyday!!!

It always felt like Ness would get homesick EVERY time i'd be in a major battle and it SUCKED that i'd miss a turn. After awhile i'd star calling mom before every save just to avoid it

[vudu]

I actually never knew the chick cured homesickness

LIES.  I was homesick today and all the chick did was make me "happy".  I had to call my mom to get rid of the homesickness.  (Prior to getting homesick, I kept getting the message "Ness craves a steak", but I couldn't figure out how to get rid of that.)

I had to resort to outside help for the first time last night.  I was in twoson and I couldn't figure out how to proceed.  I couldn't get past the tunnel with the ghosts because I didn't have anything that played music and I had completely forgotten that the barricade blocking my way to Happy Happy Village was shaped like a pencil.

Also, I've decided I completely hate the battle system.  My reasons for this are thrice.

1)  I hate that enemies get to attack after I choose my attack but before it connects.  It makes it impossible to fight without being wasteful of PP and items.

2)  I hate that my attacks "miss" so frequently.  I understand the need for some randomness, but it shouldn't happen so damn often.  It's retarded.  Earlier today I was fighting a sprout that I can kill in two hits and it kept sprouting siblings.  I got to Sprout E before I finally killed them.

3)  Enemies that steal my PP suck balls.  Those goddamn sprouts I mentioned in my previous point stole all my PP over the course of the battle.

[vudu]

Alright, I'm confused.  I just got the Franklin Badge from Paulina, and after I left the cabin Pokey and some cultist ambushed me.  I don't remember Pokey ever turning "evil".  In fact, I don't remember seeing him at all after helping find his little brother at the beginning of the game.  Last I heard he was up in his room without any dessert.  Did I miss something, or is my memory just bad?

[Smoke39]

As I recall that's the first time you see or hear about him after the night of the meteor.

[EasyCure]

its something that was lost in translation. His little speech when you rescue her is supposed to have more emphasis on him becoming a powerful figure within the cult (and not just getting more powerful than the last time he saw you). Besides if you can't figure out he's evil when he's hanging out with freaking cultist who kidnap a girl, somethings wrong with you!

Oh and your complaint about enemies attacking before you relates to your speed. Once you get stronger you'll encounter some foes who are slower than you and your attacks will come out first so it balances out. Sure you'll still have some faster but the enemies get more diversed as you go on.

[Kairon]

Oh and your complaint about enemies attacking before you relates to your speed. Once you get stronger you'll encounter some foes who are slower than you and your attacks will come out first so it balances out. Sure you'll still have some faster but the enemies get more diversed as you go on.

This.

Also, I've always liked RPGs that require you to think "one step ahead" in the course of a battle.

[EasyCure]

Oh and your complaint about enemies attacking before you relates to your speed. Once you get stronger you'll encounter some foes who are slower than you and your attacks will come out first so it balances out. Sure you'll still have some faster but the enemies get more diversed as you go on.

This.

Also, I've always liked RPGs that require you to think "one step ahead" in the course of a battle.

i've only played a small handfull of RPGs and (maybe sadly) MegaMan X: Command Mission was the only one that i really needed to think a few steps ahead. I didnt get it at first but i caught on and it was pretty fun. I think it just made it easier knowing what the order would be though since it was displayed for you at the bottom of the screen.. again, i'm not big on RPGs so i dont know if alot of them are like that or not.

[animecyberrat]

I like Breath of Fire II for SNES, it has the auto battle feature good for when you are level grinding.

I don't remember much cuz it's been like 15 years since I played it but I think Phantasy Star IV was like that, or maybe I am thinking of a different game, was it Sega CD or Genesis? Damn now I wish I hadn't sold my Genesis/Sega CD recently.

[vudu]

I HATE PAULA!!!

Stupid bitch died one hit before I beat the mole guarding the second sanctuary.  If I had one more second, I could have saved her before her life dropped to zero.  I hate that ****.

[Smoke39]

*pointlaff*

[nickmitch]

One think that made me mad about Paula was that our difference in level was ridiculous. It was probably mostly my own fault for grinding so much, but still.

[Bill Aurion]

First Franziska, now Paula...This is an unsettling trend you have going on here!

[Armak88]

On Pokey, if you talk to some of the people in Twoson and happy-happy village then they'll tell you that some fat kid and a guy with a mask nabbed Paula. The guy with the mask in happy-happy village and tells you a bit more about it.

On the level difference once you get Paula, I never had a problem with it. I just leveled her a little close to the cave mouth then once she's gained a few levels, and against the mole you can use PSI shield to help her out.

[nickmitch]

That's what I wound up doing. I just leveled her up for a bit, and it worked out fine.

[EasyCure]

On some play-thru's i like to kill Ness off and battle using only Paula. If i'm feeling risky i'll try to take on the enemies in that cave to level up quicker, but usually i'll save myself the headache (and the money from stocking up on health items) and fight some of the weaker enemies in Onett and the area between Onett and Twoson

[vudu]

On some play-thru's i like to kill Ness off and battle using only Paula. If i'm feeling risky i'll try to take on the enemies in that cave to level up quicker, but usually i'll save myself the headache (and the money from stocking up on health items) and fight some of the weaker enemies in Onett and the area between Onett and Twoson

I thought about doing that, but figured what's the point?  There's no harm in Ness being at a high level, so I'm not going to hurt myself just so they have the same experience.  Also, I hate power leveling.

[EasyCure]

On some play-thru's i like to kill Ness off and battle using only Paula. If i'm feeling risky i'll try to take on the enemies in that cave to level up quicker, but usually i'll save myself the headache (and the money from stocking up on health items) and fight some of the weaker enemies in Onett and the area between Onett and Twoson

I thought about doing that, but figured what's the point?  There's no harm in Ness being at a high level, so I'm not going to hurt myself just so they have the same experience.  Also, I hate power leveling.

well whatever you do, don't let Paula die and then go and fight some regular enemies as just Ness... If you start leveling up more while she's "dead" you'll be screwed when you revive her for a boss or something and she dies immidiately cuz she's now MUCH more weaker than you. Any EB fan can tell you how much it sucks to have to constantly revive her in battles via items or PSI.

[nickmitch]

It's a lot.

[EasyCure]

It's a lot.

see!

[vudu]

Life forced me to sideline gaming for the past couple of weeks, but now I'm back to Earth Bound!

I made it to Threed tonight.  Hints from Paulina tell me that I'm going to pick up a third party member in this town.  I'm greatly anticipating adding to my party in the hopes that it will make combat more enjoyable.  I'm still having a hard time keeping Paulina alive.  She's currently level 18 and only has HP of around 70.  She's weak, and since I have to constantly use Ness to keep the girl alive, it's dragging on fights longer than necessary.