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Man, gave up on this game years ago because of the high encounter rate. This patch gives you more room to move around and encourages exploration. Very fair and balanced...did not feel my party was over powered until the very end of the game. If you enjoyed Earthbound, but did not like the time travel and wanted a darker story...do give this a try. Awesome work team !

Honestly? This is needed, if not absolutely necessary to play G.O.D. One of the things that holds the game down is the OUTRAGEOUS encounter rate - like there are plenty of instances in dungeons where you can't even last more than three seconds moving from your current position after going into a battle. Worse is that there's no item to get rid of encounters, only a Chakra skill that functions exclusively in the overworld. Reminds me of Gen 4 Pokemon encounter rates, eugh. And with the game pretty much encouraging you to more or less engage in every battle rather than running away from them unless they're weaker enemies - it makes the game a slog. Luckily this exists, and it definitely respects the player's time more with this patch. Make sure your friends don't get killed before you kill the last enemy, or heck, before beating a boss! And use those alcohol drinks too that double your rewards even more during boss fights (haven't gone to that point yet in a fresh play, but it should work)!

This game has an awesome j2e translation but,as with all RPG'S this fun,quirky,kinda Earthbound like game is locked behind a turn based progression system .Well much like with the Magic Knight easy patch..this speeds up leveling up considerably. Sometimes great games just need a little boost..this little change makes huge difference. Btw, I had to patch this to a Japan version of the rom first, then I applied the English patch. Didn't seem to be possible to patch this hack directly to the English translated rom directly.