XenoTown

XenoTown is an RPGmaker game that takes less than ten hours to complete. It does the Earthbound thing but with a completely different style and perspective: you're an alien invader here to conquer Earth, and you pair up with a misfit Earth kid (and a germaphobic robo-toilet). You place mind control goggles on people after battle to make them friendlies, and your ultimate goal is to mind control the principal of the local school. There are no random encounters which is nice. Maybe the creators planned for random encounters then later took them out, because the maps are laid out like a game with random encounters would be: lots of long empty hallways and mazes. To compensate the game throws a lot of items your way (mostly found by digging through trash or going to vending machines). The setting is a small American town called Pinewood in the 1990s. Like Earthbound, but more down-to-earth and at times cynical in an authentically American way. Your earth child companion is a misfit/bully. ...

A cozy but clunky invader zim inspired RPG. Lots of funny dialogue and a decent but item/skills heavy turn based combat system. If you want an indie RPG with soul try this out.

By the barest margin, I do not recommend this game to other people. The setting and premise are unique (You play as the invading force, rather than defeat them) and the art style, while looking a tad amateurish, is charming in its own right, akin to a crayon drawing come to life, but the game-play has some serious strikes against it. I found it a tad strange that the player characters don't get any EXP until all three party members are in your ranks. If that decision was made as a technical thing, then fine; I don't expect RPGMaker to be that perfect. What irks me the most (and ultimately decide to not recommend the game) is the fact that the bosses and other scripted fights have an ungodly amount of HP. The player characters' health varies around 25 to 40 points worth, which is appropriate for low levels. The fight with Inventor Verne and subsequent fights were just bullet sponges, with HP in the low 300s and high 400s. I tried using clever tactics to beat Inventor Verne, like usin...

A story that has made me screen record dialogue to share with my friends so they can laugh too, it's engaging and throws many unique chapters at you throughout the whole game. The music made by Myles Lynn ties the scenes smoothly together and fight scenes keep you on your toes by needing to be strategic on how to use one's abilities. It's a great fun game and I can't wait to see what Boatmeal Brothers release next

Very enjoyable. It's a straightforward role-playing game that looks Earthbound inspired, kind of reminds me of the movie They Live but just with really quirky teenage dialogue.

Works great on Steam Deck! I can only recommend this with reservations. There's good and bad, but the bad can mean the game feels a bit tedious. Positives The art, music, and story are all really fun. It has an Earthbound vibe, and they created a game that pays homage while also finding its own identity. Negatives The biggest problem is the dungeons. It feels like they were designed for a game with random battles, but the game only has battles at pre-planned locations. Therefore, you end up walking through long, empty corridors. I saved a lot because I didn't want to have to walk through empty hallways again if I died. Because there aren't many battles, it feels like the developers decided to make the battles longer, much like Cosmic Star Heroine did. However, CSH had an interesting battle system with interesting decisions. The battles here find you simply repeating the exact same actions over and over.

A quirky MOTHER-inspired RPG that takes place in a charmingly dismal slice of America. Had a good time with it and am interested to see what else the creators will put out in the future!

No malarkey, all neck.

clogsworthe my beloved

This is definitely an earthbound like game, which is why it is great. I hope it gets a sequel.