2009-04-23, 12:46 PM
Dusk Wrote:Yeah, that's why I don't play the old ones either. I don't like Pokemon, the only thing that keeps the old ones going is nostalgia. Just like how I was excited to sit down and do 35 LPQs for cracked glasses but realized by the second one that LPQ is boring as hell.
What's so great about the new games? Other than upgrading the graphics and adding 5 billion more Pokemon and moves, the game doesn't seem to have changed much. You're still a Japanese teenager being raised by a single parent and working your way through the world, collecting badges and upgrading your Pokemon so you can fight the Elite Four.
Pokemon is mediocre as a competitive game. They only have four moves and there's only so many strategies possible. Most of that aspect of the game seems to be stat whoring by breeding dozens of generations of Pokemon and making them fight 255 Magikarps or something. Sounds exciting.
You're not absolutely required to be a tourneyf'ag and grind 400 hours to make a perfect team. The last game I ever played was Gold before I picked up Platinum earlier this month. I've already logged in over 70 hours, which is a lot for me.
It's just nice to see a huge update to an old favorite.