You know, I don't think there's a single Pokémon game that's truly bad, aside from maybe base DP. The formula is just so rock solid that it can carry even the weakest entries.
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looking from a Pokémon fans perspective yes! they are all good, but when looking from not a Pokémon fans perspective, there is some amazing ones (ex generations 7,4 and 5) but majority of the franchise is eh, every game since lets go has been either buggy or had a lukewarm launch.
Eh, I think lots of it is relative to the rest of the series. Like, base Sword and Shield are poopoo terrible as Pokemon games, but on their own or if you don't really have a frame of reference? They're still good fun, at least for a majority of the runtime.
That's the thing- lots of people just don't care about that stuff in Pokemon games. Sure, the pacing and writing in SwSh is awful, but the gameplay (terrible area design and lack of variety aside) is solid as ever
Yeah I mean it is decently solid turn based combat for sure but now im wondering if its enough for todays standarts since many other turnbase combat games are more complex and interesting
I don't think it's even necessary to compare it to other turn-based RPGs because none of them have the simultaneous depth and simplicity that Pokemon does. Even just on a surface level, it's an RPG with- depending on the game of course- like, 400 party members, all of which are customizable.
Lowkey ageed, but I think XY and SWSH kinda border on being a net negative for the series overall just for "nothing" they are as games. Still fun moment-to-moment tho. I'd personally put DP in that same boat, destipte its... quirks
I think the reason why it doesn't carry DP as well is because DP's dex is so limited, the routes in sinnoh so samey, that there isn't much for the formula to *do* with it
I think that variety is why the formula has gotten more and more effective at carrying the games too
people complained about Sw/Sh's lack of natdex, but the *base game*'s dex is literally bigger than the ENTIRE third gen national dex, let alone R/S/E's regional dexes.
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people complained about Sw/Sh's lack of natdex, but the *base game*'s dex is literally bigger than the ENTIRE third gen national dex, let alone R/S/E's regional dexes.