Talk:Earthbound: Crypt of the Ancients/@comment-25021327-20141130165249

I found this to be pretty enjoyable. Fairly nicely written, and well paced. It had some silly parts like the phantom employee at "Robot City Games," and some of the game's attempts at instilling morality, or rather, punishing immorality. But those are far from dealbreakers in this story as far as I'm concerned.

The character of the narrator was something I liked. A normal guy who never found many games he genuinely enjoyed. It's a nice change from the kid who LOVES VIDEOGAMES, and will never play them again after their strange experience.

I will now address some very nitpicky complaints that are barely relevant. The father stepped on and destroyed the game cartridge. This kid doesn't play any other games, so I founf it odd that he would have removed the game from the console and placed it somewhere on the floor. Most of my friends and I kept a cartridge in the system while we were working on a game. But like I said, nitpick...

The other thing was a little more confusing to e, and perhaps I have to more carefully reread the story. When the game gets to the Crypt of the Ancients, the narrator describes walking through hallways, and entering doors. But if every door contains one of the game's few playable characters, then what character, or sprite is the player controlling as he walks around and enters doors? This is something I missed on my first reading, so I guess it isn;t a huge deal.

But Like I said, this was a story I pretty much enjoyed. I can tell that some love, and attention  went into it, which is nice. The author seems to have a good grasp, and knowledge of Earthbound (moreso than someone like me, who has only played through it once) and it is a kid of different take on the haunted game genre. At least the mysterious Crypt of the Ancients feels kind of original to me. So I'm glad to have read this.