1st June 2010, 8:01 AM
lmfao there should be a rule that if you're racist but a genius it's okay.
SPOILER'D
Lavos has a great sci-fi feel to it, it's why we're all here but it has to be killed before it destroys everything. The alien astronaut linked to Lavos is its cancerous host that siphoned everything from lavos. But it's never explained: Did the alien come with Lavos? was it already here? Did it arrive BECAUSE of Lavos? The alien is a platypus of physical features, it looks like a man who is part everything, is everything on earth created directly from his DNA? If this idea is true, then Lavos represents something very interesting. The entire game, it was like God or the earth, the universe, was opening the gates to heal itself from the scars of wars, personal anguish, etc. Like time itself was guiding you to show you these particular events that need your help, ultimately leading to the thing that will eventually bring time's end.
Lavos is the creator, but also our destroyer. Through the game of Chrono Trigger we see false prophets and religions, corrupt church's, praising statues and chanting. All of the 'religions' in the game are brought down yet we see that spirits exist, God exists and it is bound to nature itself - references to mountains, forests, particular plants. In fact one plant is so important, part of the game is to ensure its survival from 65m BC to 2XXX AD. Tons of references to the sun having power but not as a god, but as a source of life.
Ultimately, it takes the purity of mind from some youths to uncover it and abolish Lavos (but as DJ pointed out, only its single instance) and we are left with one understanding: Only life matters, what is here and now. There is no religion, no Gods, only your family and friends and the ability to do what is right - the choices we make.
False Gods is nothing new to RPG's but Chrono Trigger does an amazing job with the story.
On Earthbound's time line we are first presented with normality and a young boy. A meteor crashes and we go investigate. A Bee tells us it's not a bee and then we're attacked by an astronaut. This event gives perspective for Ness and Pokey. For Ness he saw a great trial, to do what the bee said and follow a path to ensure that the evils the bee spoke of would be destroyed. For Pokey, he saw great power. Perspective is important, its brought up multiple times in the Earthbound story. Eventually, in order to do what's right, you have to do something unspeakable. The series is called 'Mother' and the earth, our mother, plays the largest role in the story. Mothers in general are a constant theme, dad's are great too, but mom's are serious business. Mom's know these things.
In the story, I cant spoil it, but we see how a thing called 'Giygas' is made. Gigas is greek for giant and this thing is definitely big, in the series you see Giygas when it was young, an alien with pointy ears. Eventually it will grow to become penultimate evil, a God. But in Earthbound's story at its end you are first turned in to robots (as organic matter cannot travel through time) and then sent in to the past.
You travel up the caves.
![[Image: guts.png]](http://walkthrough.starmen.net/earthbound/image/screens/47/guts.png)
They begin to look like intestines, pulsating under your feet,
![[Image: giygaseye.png]](http://walkthrough.starmen.net/earthbound/image/screens/47/giygaseye.png)
At the end, you find what looks like an eye.. which turns in to the face of Ness but wearing a blue baseball cap. Giygas is an alien created without love and was torn from its mother, it could have been a boy, it could have been you but now it fluctuates in anguish. When the devil's machine destroyed, you see it.
![[Image: giygas-1.png]](http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll137/undeadinsomnia/giygas-1.png)
Its form isn't humanoid at all, it's a spirit, vengeful in the darkness. It screams at you, yelling your name over and over, it tells you it's happy, then attacks you, it begs you why. It begs why over and over.
As you attack it, it becomes more fierce and you see more of it. This in turn, transforms and shifts as it tries to defend itself.
![[Image: fetusgiygasvw9.jpg]](http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8820/fetusgiygasvw9.jpg)
Screaming your name, the music, if you can call it that, gets louder, screeches and biomechanical grinding. Paula, a girl in your team, prays "If anyone can hear us, please help us, please give us strength, if you can." It continues to yell your name, telling you it's happy, that it wants to die. It attacks you with energy you cannot comprehend.
Do you see what this form of Giygas is? Look closely.
![[Image: giygasbabyap9.jpg]](http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/6779/giygasbabyap9.jpg)
You are aborting a fetus inside its womb. It has no mother to call for help, no one to give it love. It has no rational thought, just anger, hatred and sadness that binds it together.
This boss and Earthbound in general... it gets to me.
SPOILER'D
Lavos has a great sci-fi feel to it, it's why we're all here but it has to be killed before it destroys everything. The alien astronaut linked to Lavos is its cancerous host that siphoned everything from lavos. But it's never explained: Did the alien come with Lavos? was it already here? Did it arrive BECAUSE of Lavos? The alien is a platypus of physical features, it looks like a man who is part everything, is everything on earth created directly from his DNA? If this idea is true, then Lavos represents something very interesting. The entire game, it was like God or the earth, the universe, was opening the gates to heal itself from the scars of wars, personal anguish, etc. Like time itself was guiding you to show you these particular events that need your help, ultimately leading to the thing that will eventually bring time's end.
Lavos is the creator, but also our destroyer. Through the game of Chrono Trigger we see false prophets and religions, corrupt church's, praising statues and chanting. All of the 'religions' in the game are brought down yet we see that spirits exist, God exists and it is bound to nature itself - references to mountains, forests, particular plants. In fact one plant is so important, part of the game is to ensure its survival from 65m BC to 2XXX AD. Tons of references to the sun having power but not as a god, but as a source of life.
Ultimately, it takes the purity of mind from some youths to uncover it and abolish Lavos (but as DJ pointed out, only its single instance) and we are left with one understanding: Only life matters, what is here and now. There is no religion, no Gods, only your family and friends and the ability to do what is right - the choices we make.
False Gods is nothing new to RPG's but Chrono Trigger does an amazing job with the story.
On Earthbound's time line we are first presented with normality and a young boy. A meteor crashes and we go investigate. A Bee tells us it's not a bee and then we're attacked by an astronaut. This event gives perspective for Ness and Pokey. For Ness he saw a great trial, to do what the bee said and follow a path to ensure that the evils the bee spoke of would be destroyed. For Pokey, he saw great power. Perspective is important, its brought up multiple times in the Earthbound story. Eventually, in order to do what's right, you have to do something unspeakable. The series is called 'Mother' and the earth, our mother, plays the largest role in the story. Mothers in general are a constant theme, dad's are great too, but mom's are serious business. Mom's know these things.
In the story, I cant spoil it, but we see how a thing called 'Giygas' is made. Gigas is greek for giant and this thing is definitely big, in the series you see Giygas when it was young, an alien with pointy ears. Eventually it will grow to become penultimate evil, a God. But in Earthbound's story at its end you are first turned in to robots (as organic matter cannot travel through time) and then sent in to the past.
You travel up the caves.
They begin to look like intestines, pulsating under your feet,
At the end, you find what looks like an eye.. which turns in to the face of Ness but wearing a blue baseball cap. Giygas is an alien created without love and was torn from its mother, it could have been a boy, it could have been you but now it fluctuates in anguish. When the devil's machine destroyed, you see it.
Its form isn't humanoid at all, it's a spirit, vengeful in the darkness. It screams at you, yelling your name over and over, it tells you it's happy, then attacks you, it begs you why. It begs why over and over.
As you attack it, it becomes more fierce and you see more of it. This in turn, transforms and shifts as it tries to defend itself.
Screaming your name, the music, if you can call it that, gets louder, screeches and biomechanical grinding. Paula, a girl in your team, prays "If anyone can hear us, please help us, please give us strength, if you can." It continues to yell your name, telling you it's happy, that it wants to die. It attacks you with energy you cannot comprehend.
Do you see what this form of Giygas is? Look closely.
You are aborting a fetus inside its womb. It has no mother to call for help, no one to give it love. It has no rational thought, just anger, hatred and sadness that binds it together.
This boss and Earthbound in general... it gets to me.