Earthbound Beginnings is underrated and overhated

I've heard so many bad things about Earthbound Beginnings/Mother 1, the grinding, the encounter rate, the cryptic progression, bad localization, etc. But I am really enjoying it so far, the encounter rate is high, but not as crazy as people make it out to be. I haven't had to grind at all, and the "bad localization" is very charming, and it doesn't hold your hand progression wise, but I haven't gotten stuck yet.

I think anyone who dislikes the game probably just dislikes old, NES style JRPGs, because almost all the complaints against it are just one old school JRPG quirks, pretty standard honestly.