Just got Earthbound on eBay due to curiosity (think I may have overpaid at $160 shipped). Is the game really that amazing or is it just a collector's item? Looking forward to getting to the SNES games I never got to play.
Earthbound
Just got Earthbound on eBay due to curiosity (think I may have overpaid at $160 shipped). Is the game really that amazing or is it just a collector's item? Looking forward to getting to the SNES games I never got to play.
Good game but very overrated.
Everything in the above post is opinion unless stated otherwise.
--ZeroOriginally Posted by kupomogli
If you think you overpaid on your copy of the game for $160, than I have something to tell you. I once saw the cardboard piece that goes on the inside of the box alone on ebay for $112, buy it now. Dunno if it sold, however.
The price spike in the past few years will come down. Look at Final Fantasy VII now and then a couple years ago and then five years before that. If you wait awhile, affordable copies will be plentiful. I do wish I held onto a copy of it though as it's a fun game to play through. I used to sell loose copies for $30 - $50 when I would come across one and I think I sold my last complete copy for $200 to a member here.
That karma will come back around eventually.
I'm still holding out hope for some sort of official re-release in any form, if that ever happens.
Hey, people said there would never be another Kid Icarus...
Way overrated. I simply cannot fathom how anyone could pay five times the amount of some of the best SNES RPGs like Final Fantasy IV/VI, Secret of Mana, Breath of Fire/Breath of Fire II. What you paid for that one mediocre game, you could have purchased these five top-notch games.
Well, at least I can resell it for a simlar price when finnished
Next time before you plunk down $160 for a retro video game, try it out on emulation first to make sure it's worth your time and money. Just a thought.
And why buy it first, THEN ask if it's any good?
Because it's worth 2k monies, obviously.
And I thought $160 was nuts to pay for (I assume) a loose cart. Ebay surprises me yet again.
That it, I'm going to sell my copy and buy a CIB Ogre Battle 64 with plenty extra leftover for other goodies.
Word. The mind boggles. Now that you've paid $160, why not play it yourself and make up your own mind?
I don't think it's necessarily overrated, but I wouldn't pay $160 to play it, much less to put a piece of plastic on display.
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Itchy bidder finger is a dangerous phenomenon.
Yay more Earthbound threads!
<Sothy> its the internet <Sothy> who cares
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...vip=true&rt=nc
This is quite crazy.
Please provide us with the contact for the moron who bought your label damaged cart for $150, we all have shit to offload. Share the wealth.
<Sothy> its the internet <Sothy> who cares
Not horrible damage, but definitely obvious. I was worried how the sale would turn out because the guy sent me literally 6+ messages asking questions about the cart, shipping, if it was a reproduction or not (I mentioned it wasn't in the listing) AFTER the auction ended, but he left positive feedback within 6 hours of getting it in the mail so overall that's a lot better than most people I've sold to.
Played Earthbound last year for the first time after hearing all of the hype. It is a well made game and fun in parts, but not my style of RPG. If you like silly, kiddie themes then and well made RPG's, then you are in luck. There isn't a ton of grinding and the game moves along pretty well, but it does that annoying thing where you are going along great and then you have to abandon your main character to play through a parallel plot to introduce the next character soon to join your party. I guess in the SNES era that was cool and groundbreaking, but by now it is played out.
A good game, but not $160.
SO not the Drama.
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