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[Moonbread]

Lies and slander! Earthbound requires way too much grinding from my experience.

[SpacemanDan]

I don't recall grinding that much in Earthbound either... Maaaybe in the beginning, but it wasn't much. Ah well.

[Moonbread]

Once I got to Summers, I could never proceed because everything was too strong. Especially that damned Kraken.

[Rambly]

I found myself overleveled most of the game. I think the only really place where I had to grind any was, like, just before the sanctuary boss that was a mole or something.

Anyway, Earthbound has nothing on Mother 1 in terms of grindiness.

[kurt91]

Isn't Earthbound the game where the anti-piracy method was to put many times more enemies and stuff in it when it detected it wasn't on a real console? I don't recall, did that ever get bypassed and plays correctly on emulators, or is it still able to tell if it's being emulated? I only tried it on a PC version of SNES9x. Try putting it on a PC emulator and see if you can tell a difference. Your PSP emulator might be triggering the anti-piracy, and if that's the case, it's going to completely lock up when you get to the end.

[Russ]

Anyway, Earthbound has nothing on Mother 1 in terms of grindiness.

Mother 1 isn't too bad, the main problem is the dragon. You NEED to be level 25, otherwise the event won't trigger. That was the only time I had to level grind in it.

Isn't Earthbound the game where the anti-piracy method was to put many times more enemies and stuff in it when it detected it wasn't on a real console? I don't recall, did that ever get bypassed and plays correctly on emulators, or is it still able to tell if it's being emulated? I only tried it on a PC version of SNES9x. Try putting it on a PC emulator and see if you can tell a difference. Your PSP emulator might be triggering the anti-piracy, and if that's the case, it's going to completely lock up when you get to the end.

I don't think this had been a problem for years. And I'm pretty sure it only happened on a pirated copy of the game played on an actual SNES. Besides, you can tell if it happens because it gives you this "Pirating is bad" thing before the game starts.

[Smiles the Death Bringer]

You want real level grinding?
Play Dragon Warrior for the NES
That game is at LEAST 90% Grinding
You'll probably have to gain about 4 levels in order to beat the final boss, and at that point each level takes 3000 EXP, and the enemies drop about 40 to 70 EXP each

[Titanium Justice]

Well it only seemed to require some grinding near the beginning of the game with the first boss. Not to mention the Sharks were brutal at the time. Now I find the game is flowing at a much more manageable and fair pace, and there doesn't seem to be any signs of the anti-piracy stuff from what I've looked up. So I imagine everything's alright, its just that it started out seemingly harder than most RPG's.

[Fabbrizio]

Well, I've slipped out of Earthbound and Chrono Trigger slightly and am now focusing solely on Final Fantasy VII. On the bright side, I got to the overworld in a personal best time: 4 hours and 23 minutes.

[Ventus]

I've been playing Earthbound on a SNES emulator on my PSP. Real interesting game. I don't think I've ever played an RPG that requires as much grinding as this.

You know I've never had to grind in any earthbound game, except Mother 3...I wanted to have my team at max for the hell of it .

But really if you wan to see a game that has a lot grinding. Try "7th Saga" on snes. that game has to be the most hardest snes game I've ever played.
No kidding. There plenty of times you could mess the whole game by not leveling up. One I know of is before you go though a time machine. if you do not get up to LV-50 You will not be able to get any where in the past due too the monsters being increable hard.
and another thing is you can not go back to the prestet at all so you are stuck in that area till the game...which is like another 20+ hours of game play.

Now thats the only game I've ever had to grind in a LOT. just to beat it...

[kurt91]

I have an RPG on my computer called "Shrink High". That one is a major grind. It's an H-game made with RPG Maker, but it's actually really good.

Anyways, the grinding part is so bad, you can find a Death Note that will kill any non-boss enemy in a single shot. Unfortunately, the more you use it, the lower your maximum HP drops, so you can't use it to completely eliminate grinding. It all comes down to balancing how much you use the Death Note, and how many levels you feel you need. Of course, you can always go back to grinding the normal way.

Has anybody else played this game? There's a completely different game called "Distorted Travesty" that's really good, anybody played it either? I need a bit of help on that one, but there isn't a single walkthrough online, if you can believe it!

[The Satellite]

Completed all the shop quests, bought every building, and looted every chest in Brotherhood. Now I just gotta do some more missions and get at least 75% synchronization so that I can unlock the last Christina memory...

[Nicholas Steel]

Mother 1 isn't too bad, the main problem is the dragon. You NEED to be level 25, otherwise the event won't trigger. That was the only time I had to level grind in it.


I don't think this had been a problem for years. And I'm pretty sure it only happened on a pirated copy of the game played on an actual SNES. Besides, you can tell if it happens because it gives you this "Pirating is bad" thing before the game starts.

It just performed instructions that weren't emulated properly at the time by the various emulators. Since then emulators have improved and can emulate those instructions properly rendering the game unable to detect if it is running on a console or not.

[Moosh]

Pretty much every RPG for me ends up being a grindfest. I'm not a great strategist...

I have an RPG on my computer called "Shrink High". That one is a major grind. It's an H-game made with RPG Maker, but it's actually really good.

Anyways, the grinding part is so bad, you can find a Death Note that will kill any non-boss enemy in a single shot. Unfortunately, the more you use it, the lower your maximum HP drops, so you can't use it to completely eliminate grinding. It all comes down to balancing how much you use the Death Note, and how many levels you feel you need. Of course, you can always go back to grinding the normal way.

Has anybody else played this game? There's a completely different game called "Distorted Travesty" that's really good, anybody played it either? I need a bit of help on that one, but there isn't a single walkthrough online, if you can believe it!

H-game

Does that mean what I think it means?

[-DuCkTApE-]

Im playing the legend of zelda oracle of ages and i finaly went into the past.