There have been threads about his game before, I believe, but they are long gone, and I was not playing this game when those threads were made. Now I am. And I think it's fuckin' awesome. Dodie demanded I play it with her, or she'd lock me in a freezer for a week and see if I survived, and I was like, "Well, I better play this game then, because I'd prefer not to be a popsicle.*" I am glad she threatened my life, because I might've put off playing this game for another five years otherwise.

I am only to chapter 5. I ran all the way back to town from the club, and went back into the haunted castle and got that weapon for that one character. He does the strong attacks now. But anyway, that was just to give an idea of where I am. My favorite character by far so far is Flint. I was even inspired to do a fan pic of him, here. I drew it soon after I played the part
SPOILER!!:
Where he finds out his wife died and goes berserk. So sad! The music was stuck in my head too.
I liked him more when I thought he was a silent protagonist, though. That was an interesting choice to have characters be silent when you play as them, but give them dialogue when you aren't. I like all the playable characters a lot so far, though. Also, the NPC's; I like how they aren't just random townspeople for the most part, at least in the first town, but have somewhat distinct personalities and such.

But yeah, only five chapters in, and I think this might already be my favorite in the series. I've played both the others, and Earthbound/Mother 2 is one of my favs ever. I loved it for its whimsical and strange nature, but this one has a bit of that whimsical and strange nature too, but also gives the characters more personality, and makes me care about them more. But maybe if I go back and play it again, I'll like Earthbound better again. Maybe, maybe not. And the original (Mother 1/Earthbound 0) was alright, although it really didn't have as much humor, and didn't have as much variety of setting and models and such (it's an NES game though, so go figure.) Anyhoo...

Wuv, Yer Mom

EDIT: Forgot to add the disclaimer

*Dodie did not actually threaten me.