EnigmaticSpirit
Since: Aug, 2011
09/06/2011 00:00:00
I loved this game, and was playing it on my haxed wii gba emulator. I got to New Pork and had like half an hour left in the game, but of course one day I opened the wrong file that I made forever ago at the beginning of the game. Not a big problem right? Well I had it set to autosave... and it did it over the file in slot one... which was the one I was working on. I was sent from the very end to the very beginning. I was so mad...
Great review. I agree with pretty much everything. The storytelling is really the best part, and it will probably take more than just one day to clear out of your schedule to play it. ;)
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Video games are art. Plain and simple.
There are lots of people who say that video games have no real merit, literary or otherwise; that they're either violent gore-fests enjoyed only by attention-deficit adrenaline junkies or casual tripe with no lasting value.
MOTHER 3 is the single strongest rebuttal to that statement.
It retains the bizarre humor, quirky graphical style, and easy-to-understand battle systems of the previous installments, and manages to improve on them in almost every way. The battle system is fun and very easy to figure out; with each character having their own unique set of abilities, it lends itself well to strategies (that you'll need; this game quickly gets quite challenging). The soundtrack also deserves mention; with dozens of songs (including numerous unique battle tunes), you're sure to find something you like.
Of course, that's not what you play this for. You play MOTHER 3 for the story.
This may not be the greatest story ever told, but it's surely the story told the greatest. No matter how you interpret it, whether you see it as a symbolism-laden metaphor for modern life or a simple tale of good struggling against evil, you will find that the story is pure emotion. It's been said before, but 'Strange. Funny. Heartrending.' really is the only way to describe this. Unlike Earthbound, the story has a much darker edge, and manages to pull the change off wonderfully. It never becomes pretentious or obnoxious, unlike so many other stories. I could go on and on about this game; it's truly one of the greatest things I have ever experienced.
Play it.