The overall story is something that I appreciated in a detached sort of way only until I finished the game. I found the idea of a game about a family torn by tragedy which doesn’t devolves into angst as something remarkable. But it’s like… this big picture, as a great idea that sort of comes across DESPITE the annoying execution. Made me feel like I’d like to see such themes again… in a better game.

A friend of mine, who tried defending the game, took my analogy and asked “So you’re saying it’s bascially Homestar Runner, the video game?” Which I guess is right… can’t really tell for sure since I’ve never checked out Homestar Runner, ever.

He also stated that it’s a relatively short game, at only fifteen hours, but again, I really have better things to do with my time. So yeah, was gonna save all that for another post, after I had played some more, but at this point I’m thinking, what’s the point?

Though one more thing: said friend also asked, if I didn’t like Earthbound, which I didn’t (but once again, I didn’t spend hardly any time on that one, so I feel any real judgment is not entirely warranted), why in the hell did I bother with Mother 3 in the first place? Valid question btw. And my answer was simple: after all this time, I’ve finally gotten the means to play out of reach GBA games, and on the go, so why not give the holy grail a shot? Oh well… time to move onto Starfy 3!

I finished Mother 3 because I didn’t want to flat out criticize it without watching all of what it supposedly had to offer. There were a couple of neat ideas late into the game (the nightmare island, for example) and a few creative characters, but it hardly justified coming out of my retirement from traditional RPGs. Whatever emotional traits the game supposedly has crashed hard against my distaste of the obsolete form. The best I can say is that, as a game document, Mother 3 is lovingly written and not devoid of interesting scenarios… it just isn’t that much of an enjoyable gaming experience.

Cheers