@GameDadGrant Well ONE of the games has to be my least favorite lol.
All in all I thought:
- I wish there were more new Pokemon, or at least appearances from Pokemon from past generations. I get the appeal for the gen 1 Pokemon but I didn't feel like there were enough new ones. #nomorezubats
- There's not much variety in the landscapes. All the islands kind of looked the same.
- The music was mostly forgettable
- The trial system, while new and shaking up the old formula, felt a bit weird and arbitrary.
- I felt like the camera was looking down at the ground too much for my liking. Could've used some more vistas or something a bit prettier to look at. It also kind of made the field of view feel too small compared to older games. I know that's nitpicky because the older games were all top down, but the game in general just isn't very pretty. Just like I'm looking at dirt half the time.
- General graphics performance was poor, especially in multibattles
- The online stuff felt like a step down
- I wasn't a fan of them just putting a flag on the map of where you were supposed to go next.
That being said:
+ I liked the story towards the end. It was fairly slow throughout the game but I liked the last chunk of it.
+ I really, really appreciated a lot of the quality of life improvements. Putting Pokemon in your party immediately after catching them, box navigation, and other things.
+ The writing felt fun enough
I don't think it was a bad game but it just felt a bit repetitive to me even for Pokemon standards. Still very fun but not one that I'm itching to 100%.
I loved Pokemon Black. I liked Heart Gold a lot too, even if I felt it was a bit slow. I liked Alpha Sapphire too, though it didn't exactly knock me out.