by David Piner on Jan 29, 2015
Earthbound sort-of returns with Citizens of Earth, an Earthbound inspired RPG published by Atlus and developed by Eden Industries. After failing it's initial Kickstarter, Atlus picked the game up and helped development continue. Full of politically aware banter and tons of crazy creatures to battle, Citizens of Earth takes a very light hearted tone in a world of games like Dying Light and H1Z1, featuring very colorful graphics and very punny humor. You take the role of the "VP of the World" who sits aside and lets his team of up to 40 various citizens take on his defense as he tries to save the Earth from some unknown issue causing various citizens, wildlife, and fauna to turn aggressive.
This is a pure retro inspired RPG, a three member party (of your choosing), easy console friendly menus, and more will bring you back to the days of SNES and Mother/Earthbound and other similar titles.As VP your goal is to recruit citizens of Earth in order to help with strange occurances, these citizens would literally be NPCs in other games, but here they are possible party members. Each NPC has a day job and recruiting them unlocks your ability to level their day job up. This creates an interesting "Gotta Catch 'em All" dynamic that you rarely see in games with limited options for who or what is in your party.