12-16-2012, 09:14 AM
I prefer the story over the message, the message is too absolute for my own liking.
Though even if we take it that Mother 3's story isn't amazing (which I disagree on), for a video-game it's still far above the norm.
I mean games with a story even worth mentioning are few and far between so one which at least gives something to talk about and is entertaining/engaging while you're playing the game is something pretty unheard of in it's own right. The stories of each character are also enjoyable. You can take out the whole big story of needles and dragons and the characters with their own little stories and emotions are enough to make it note worthy.
I think it falls into the same category as Braid. You either think it's a load of bull, good but over praised and that the people behind it get far more credit then they deserve, or you swallow down everything as gold and any fault can easily be pushed away over the grandness of the big picture.
With Braid I think he's a bit up his own arse. Mother 3 is charming enough that any criticism is simply buried under smiling dinosaurs, funky music and it's simplistic but emotion filled sprites.
Though even if we take it that Mother 3's story isn't amazing (which I disagree on), for a video-game it's still far above the norm.
I mean games with a story even worth mentioning are few and far between so one which at least gives something to talk about and is entertaining/engaging while you're playing the game is something pretty unheard of in it's own right. The stories of each character are also enjoyable. You can take out the whole big story of needles and dragons and the characters with their own little stories and emotions are enough to make it note worthy.
I think it falls into the same category as Braid. You either think it's a load of bull, good but over praised and that the people behind it get far more credit then they deserve, or you swallow down everything as gold and any fault can easily be pushed away over the grandness of the big picture.
With Braid I think he's a bit up his own arse. Mother 3 is charming enough that any criticism is simply buried under smiling dinosaurs, funky music and it's simplistic but emotion filled sprites.