Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

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Haven't played a Pokemon game since gen 3 but I've been playing through Platinum recently for the first time and...its not so good. The basic gameplay loop is the same which is still enjoyable but something just doesn't click, maybe all the little annoyances are adding up to a bad experience. There are way too many HMs and exploring the map is more annoying than previous generations. Doesn't feel like they added anything of substance other than a bunch of pointless side activities I couldn't care less about. The new Pokemon designs all feel uninspired and lame (though maybe thats my nostalgia talking).

I just got done with the Ice gym and was close to giving up completely on this game. Every battle in this area has an ice storm which adds bullshit time to every battle, there are snowy pits which slow you way down when walking and I had to fuck around trying to get a new HM slave because I already taught 4 moves to my other one by this point, all so I could climb some rocks to talk to my idiot rival. Give me a fucking break.

Do Gen 5+ games improve or am I better off just replaying Crystal from here on out.
 
Stasi said:
Haven't played a Pokemon game since gen 3 but I've been playing through Platinum recently for the first time and...its not so good. The basic gameplay loop is the same which is still enjoyable but something just doesn't click, maybe all the little annoyances are adding up to a bad experience. There are way too many HMs and exploring the map is more annoying than previous generations. Doesn't feel like they added anything of substance other than a bunch of pointless side activities I couldn't care less about. The new Pokemon designs all feel uninspired and lame (though maybe thats my nostalgia talking).

I just got done with the Ice gym and was close to giving up completely on this game. Every battle in this area has an ice storm which adds bullshit time to every battle, there are snowy pits which slow you way down when walking and I had to fuck around trying to get a new HM slave because I already taught 4 moves to my other one by this point, all so I could climb some rocks to talk to my idiot rival. Give me a fucking break.

Do Gen 5+ games improve or am I better off just replaying Crystal from here on out.
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It depends on what annoys you in gen 4. I was playing through black (stopped playing at some point, probably going to get back into it eventually) and I'd say it's a fun time, but again it depends on what bothered you in gen 4.
 
Stasi said:
Haven't played a Pokemon game since gen 3 but I've been playing through Platinum recently for the first time and...its not so good. The basic gameplay loop is the same which is still enjoyable but something just doesn't click, maybe all the little annoyances are adding up to a bad experience. There are way too many HMs and exploring the map is more annoying than previous generations. Doesn't feel like they added anything of substance other than a bunch of pointless side activities I couldn't care less about. The new Pokemon designs all feel uninspired and lame (though maybe thats my nostalgia talking).

I just got done with the Ice gym and was close to giving up completely on this game. Every battle in this area has an ice storm which adds bullshit time to every battle, there are snowy pits which slow you way down when walking and I had to fuck around trying to get a new HM slave because I already taught 4 moves to my other one by this point, all so I could climb some rocks to talk to my idiot rival. Give me a fucking break.

Do Gen 5+ games improve or am I better off just replaying Crystal from here on out.
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Gen 4 in general is shit. Team Galactic was such a non threatening villain.
 
Bewear: Can snap full-grown trees in half with a backhanded swing. Has been known to crush human spines on accident. Greatly feared for its immense strength.
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Ursaring: Random regular ol' bear who's lore is almost entirely just about finding food.
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(:_(
 
UntimelyDhelmise said:
Bewear: Can snap full-grown trees in half with a backhanded swing. Has been known to crush human spines on accident. Greatly feared for its immense strength.
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Ursaring: Random regular ol' bear who's lore is almost entirely just about finding food.
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Sure, Ursaring has a slightly higher base attack stat, but Bewear can still fuck up an Ursaring.
 
CrippleThreat said:
Really wish there was a half agree reaction. Team Galactic is a joke, in terms of the grunts and admins, but Cyrus is a scary dude.
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He's my favorite team boss but why are they even supporting him?

"hey guys I'm an emotionless psychopath with no eyebrows and I'm gonna destroy the universe wanna help"
"fuck yeah I wanna die gimme a bidoof"
 
Stasi said:
Haven't played a Pokemon game since gen 3 but I've been playing through Platinum recently for the first time and...its not so good. The basic gameplay loop is the same which is still enjoyable but something just doesn't click, maybe all the little annoyances are adding up to a bad experience. There are way too many HMs and exploring the map is more annoying than previous generations. Doesn't feel like they added anything of substance other than a bunch of pointless side activities I couldn't care less about. The new Pokemon designs all feel uninspired and lame (though maybe thats my nostalgia talking).

I just got done with the Ice gym and was close to giving up completely on this game. Every battle in this area has an ice storm which adds bullshit time to every battle, there are snowy pits which slow you way down when walking and I had to fuck around trying to get a new HM slave because I already taught 4 moves to my other one by this point, all so I could climb some rocks to talk to my idiot rival. Give me a fucking break.

Do Gen 5+ games improve or am I better off just replaying Crystal from here on out.
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I mean, it's only got 1 more HM than crystal.

If your issues are 'too many hms' and 'exploring is annoying' Gen 5 does change some things. It reduces the total number of HMs, and makes the number needed to progress through the main story a lot smaller (though you do still have side areas you'll need the hms for). Not counting fly, Black and White only need 1 and Black2White2 only need 2.

From Gen 7 onwards, they change it to not need HMs at all though.
 
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