/v/ - Video Games

>>16599885

I wouldn't say psychonauts fits because none of the characters are really normal in any way. The world itself is full of psychics and weird shit that everyone is fully aware of and acknowledges as being weird as hell.

>>16599911

When I made this thread, YIIK came to mind, but that game was very clearly trying to be an Earthbound ripoff by design, but also trying to be pretentious as fuck, like a worse version of Scott Pilgrim.

One game that did come kind of close is Citizens of Earth, which is clearly meant to be an Earthbound homage, but does try to have its own identity without just copy-pasting as much pop culture nonsense and "US NERDS HUH?!" writing as YIIK does.

>>16600010

>Citizens of Earth

mah nigga I was just about to post that

rather than be a "Take that Trump", it goes more into how the left can't meme "I thought the signs meant 'no, don't cross out the Vice President's face'"

>>16599890

the professor looks like Professor Andonuts, but other than that the games are quite different. It's still a very odd game though, being from Grasshopper Manufacture (but not directed by Suda 51)

>>16600060

January 2015 release date sounds too early for jabs at GRONALB BLUMPF.

I know YIIK attempts to ape Earthbound but it demonstrates such a superficial understanding of the spirit of Earthbound that it can only rape Earthbound.

You see, When Shigesato Itoi made Mother, he drew a lot of inspiration from the love he had for his own family because his job didn't give much opportunity to have contact with his children outside of phone calls so he made the first game as a heartfelt present to them.

On the other hand, The characters of YIIK, and by extension the makers of this game, seem to care more about the products they consume than they do about their families but that's not to say that they're shy about letting us know that they resent their moms, have gross fetishes involving their moms, go on tangents about how their moms screwed them up, etc.

The skeleton of Sigmund Freud probably grew a baculum that would frequently get engorged because of the development of that game.

god

>>16600372

Might be worth mentioning for those not aware that the SFC original saw an English translation patch last year.

>>16602073

EarthBound's humor didn't really suffer from translation problems. The jokes are actually translated well for the most part, and they stay pretty close to what's in the japanese version.

In the japanese version, the eraser items were called "tako keshi" (octopus eraser) and "kokeshi keshi" (wooden doll eraser). They're both basically the same play on words, only the second is much more direct and sounds kind of stupid.

With the english version, the objects these items erase are changed to maintain the wordplay. So you get a "pencil eraser" that erases pencils, and an "eraser eraser" that erases erasers. Just like with the japanese, the wordplay in the first is followed by a similar but less clever version in the second.

>>16599938

Came here to post this, but there it is.

>>16604217

The main difference between Mother and it's clones is that the latter bases itself around being ironic and self-aware while the former is a more genuine kind of humor, where the quirky aspect of the characters and world is less of a joke to be laughed at and more of an expression of it's identity being exaggerated, mainly because it's seen through a child's POV. The main theme of the Mother series is family so this expression is embraced in an honest way, like having a weird family member that you love. It has to come naturally. In stuff like undertale this is so fabricated that it seems like every single character in the game was made with tumblr fan art in mind. I think the main issue here is that most people don't remember how being a child feels like

LISA? I'm sure this is one the obvious options, it's strange, but it isn't very lighthearted.

>>16599911

It's less that and more that weird games just aren't safe. Big companies and insecurity just don't mix anymore, they're too scared of losing money that unless it magically got greenlit and halfway through production before they snapped out of it, it just isn't going to happen.

The devs are still part of the problem, the main problem for indies for sure. But on that side I think it's more them trying too hard, they don't have any genuine to say. So instead they try to force it and be like the games from their childhood.

>>16600206

Like this. Weird games need a sincere heart to them to be good. Otherwise it's just vain or empty 'Haha look at this wacky stuff!' over and over.

People don't have enough self awareness or interest in making something because they feel it should be made anymore. They just consume and regurgitate most of the time. They don't want to make a thing because it means something, they want to make a thing so they can talk about it.

Also to contribute to the thread:

Goblet Grotto (Kinda weird but still funny in a weird way)

Raccoon who lost his shape (Short and not much of a game though)

And Ittle Dew (Kinda 'quirky' but not shoving it down your throat)

The Color Tuesday might be up your alley.