Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25648422-20160726043055/@comment-27701762-20160726053601

Aicilespear wrote: Tbh, I haven't play Earthbound either as well, but it was not until I was in the middle of Cry's playthrough that I finally decided to get the game and play it myself. You definitely can see the influence, but I've been encouraging a friend of mine to play it, and I've put forth the argument that it isn't necessary to have played Earthbound to understand and enjoy Undertale. It just provides a little extra enjoyment in being able to sort of see the development process.