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TalkBack / Re: Five Spoiler-Filled Reasons Why Pokémon X and Y are My Least Favorite Pokémon Games
« on: October 12, 2013, 02:34:04 PM »
Right, just beat the game, and I really think you're well off-base with a couple of these, with the post-game comments in particular betraying something of a lack of indepth criticism.
How deep into the postgame did you go? Did you see the Mega Stone hunt? The lengthy Looker Detective Agency sidequest? The Battle Chateau gym leader rematches? The various mechanics of the Safari Zone, such as being able to catch Starter Pokémon? On top of this, some of your comments are nonsensical- why is the Battle Maison so unacceptable in comparison to the Battle Tower or the Battle Subway? This easily represents more postgame than Black and White saw (let's face it, the Sage hunt was hardly compelling) and probably more in terms of pure content than either RS or DP as well. You compare it to Ruby and Sapphire, but the comparison is like you missing the Regi hunt in that game and decrying that as content-free.
Also, whinging that Pinsir and Aerodactyl will never get evos because of their Mega Evolutions is significantly off-base. These are Pokémon that have had no significant new moves or strategies to play with for more than a decade. What on Earth makes them prime candidates for having a new Pokédex slot wasted on them? At least this way they get to be the vanguard for a major new gameplay feature- complaining that they shouldn't have got these improvements because you wanted those improvements instead is nonsensical.
I will agree that the low level of outright new Pokémon is a shame (although I personally found the standard of design way higher than that found in Black and White), but it's overall comparable to the levels of newbies in Diamond and Pearl, substituting the worthless pre-evos and variable evos of past Pokémon (and, come on, the likes of Lickilicky and Dusknoir would easily qualify as Mega Evos).
These were clearly meant to be 3D games- remember the wording of the announcement trailer, with its "breathtaking 3D world"?- but performance issues stopped it from being so. I like 3D as much as the next guy, but I have zero problems with it being removed to have a smoother gaming experience. Indeed, I turned 3D off even when it was available for the sake of a smoother framerate. I would, of course, favour a 3D game that ran as smooth as possible, but I find it hard to castigate Game Freak too much for making a decision like that.
How deep into the postgame did you go? Did you see the Mega Stone hunt? The lengthy Looker Detective Agency sidequest? The Battle Chateau gym leader rematches? The various mechanics of the Safari Zone, such as being able to catch Starter Pokémon? On top of this, some of your comments are nonsensical- why is the Battle Maison so unacceptable in comparison to the Battle Tower or the Battle Subway? This easily represents more postgame than Black and White saw (let's face it, the Sage hunt was hardly compelling) and probably more in terms of pure content than either RS or DP as well. You compare it to Ruby and Sapphire, but the comparison is like you missing the Regi hunt in that game and decrying that as content-free.
Also, whinging that Pinsir and Aerodactyl will never get evos because of their Mega Evolutions is significantly off-base. These are Pokémon that have had no significant new moves or strategies to play with for more than a decade. What on Earth makes them prime candidates for having a new Pokédex slot wasted on them? At least this way they get to be the vanguard for a major new gameplay feature- complaining that they shouldn't have got these improvements because you wanted those improvements instead is nonsensical.
I will agree that the low level of outright new Pokémon is a shame (although I personally found the standard of design way higher than that found in Black and White), but it's overall comparable to the levels of newbies in Diamond and Pearl, substituting the worthless pre-evos and variable evos of past Pokémon (and, come on, the likes of Lickilicky and Dusknoir would easily qualify as Mega Evos).
These were clearly meant to be 3D games- remember the wording of the announcement trailer, with its "breathtaking 3D world"?- but performance issues stopped it from being so. I like 3D as much as the next guy, but I have zero problems with it being removed to have a smoother gaming experience. Indeed, I turned 3D off even when it was available for the sake of a smoother framerate. I would, of course, favour a 3D game that ran as smooth as possible, but I find it hard to castigate Game Freak too much for making a decision like that.
