I just finished playing MOTHER 3 (along with a fantastic fan translation) and I personally am thankful that I ever considered playing such a life changing video game and quite frankly, has gotten me more interested in other RP Gs.
The story is one of the most involving I've seen in quite a while. I mean, they don't call it 'Strange. Funny. Heartrending.' for nothing. But I think there's more to it than those already awesome things that describe this experience.
First of all, this game's graphics looks gorgeous for a Game Boy Advance game. I mean, the backgrounds are beautifully detailed, the sprite animations are more fluid in motion and with more detail than the ones in Earthbound (which is already a fantastic game in it's own right) and enemies and bosses are very creative and allow for a challenge.
The game-play is also a lot of fun to play. The interface is less clunky to use than the one in Earthbound (it's not a bad interface in EB, per say, it just was a bit annoying to use on occasion). One thing I thought improved from Earthbound was that you could run in MOTHER 3. It made things less of a chore to do and could get things done a lot quicker. Something that bothered me with MOTHER 3 was that it never skipped an enemy that would be too easy to beat which is more of a minor gripe than anything but still bugged me a bit. But aside from that, the game-play is very enjoyable and you can be able to beat the game even if you don't have everything but even still, different play-throughs can lead to interesting experiences so either way there's nothing wrong with that.
The music is one of the best things about the MOTHER series. To list them all would be impossible considering how many there are but check out the awesome music page at the MOTHER page. You'll be very surprised by how diverse the soundtracks are.
Also, the ending is one of the most emotional and beautiful ones I've played since Portal 2. I highly recommend this game as well as the rest of the MOTHER franchise including Earthbound regardless of it's minor flaws.
Quite Simply A Masterpiece
I just finished playing MOTHER 3 (along with a fantastic fan translation) and I personally am thankful that I ever considered playing such a life changing video game and quite frankly, has gotten me more interested in other RP Gs.
The story is one of the most involving I've seen in quite a while. I mean, they don't call it 'Strange. Funny. Heartrending.' for nothing. But I think there's more to it than those already awesome things that describe this experience.
First of all, this game's graphics looks gorgeous for a Game Boy Advance game. I mean, the backgrounds are beautifully detailed, the sprite animations are more fluid in motion and with more detail than the ones in Earthbound (which is already a fantastic game in it's own right) and enemies and bosses are very creative and allow for a challenge.
The game-play is also a lot of fun to play. The interface is less clunky to use than the one in Earthbound (it's not a bad interface in EB, per say, it just was a bit annoying to use on occasion). One thing I thought improved from Earthbound was that you could run in MOTHER 3. It made things less of a chore to do and could get things done a lot quicker. Something that bothered me with MOTHER 3 was that it never skipped an enemy that would be too easy to beat which is more of a minor gripe than anything but still bugged me a bit. But aside from that, the game-play is very enjoyable and you can be able to beat the game even if you don't have everything but even still, different play-throughs can lead to interesting experiences so either way there's nothing wrong with that.
The music is one of the best things about the MOTHER series. To list them all would be impossible considering how many there are but check out the awesome music page
at the MOTHER page. You'll be very surprised by how diverse the soundtracks are.
Also, the ending is one of the most emotional and beautiful ones I've played since Portal 2. I highly recommend this game as well as the rest of the MOTHER franchise including Earthbound regardless of it's minor flaws.