From Pokemon evolving to late to a terrible design of the region itself I don’t see why people like these games. The story is interesting but falls a little short by not letting you choose what side you believe in or letting you speak or say what you think. The story concept is really good tho I think the execution could have been better.
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B+W and B2+W2 are the peak in the entire franchises history.
I didn’t think this was unpopular. I hated that they only had the new pokemon up until you complete the game.
People expecting complex shit from Pokemon games never fails to amuse me
You’re looking for more depth than what most Pokemon games do when it comes to the story, there’s not much of a need for there to be a choice between what sides to go for. That’s a pretty weak argument towards these games not being great Pokemon games, maybe put more emphasis on the variety of Pokemon and the addition of earlier gen Pokemon coming in too late in the game or something.
I love Gen 5. I like the designs, the soundtrack, the animated sprites. Overall a great Gen.
I agree. They are not my favorite..I thought the 3D graphics didn’t look as cool and I really hated that there are only 2 fire pokemon options the entire game!! Fire pokemon are my favorite so this really bothers me. And I didn’t like how they just decided to redesign every pokemon for some reason and not have any of the other ones….like WTF. And people say it’s their favorite I don’t understand. My favorites= FireRed/Ruby/HeartGold/Legends Arceus.
I know people love black white because it’s probably the first one they played but as someone who’s first game was pokemon blue and I definitely have a bias towards gen1 idk I just never loved it
“not that great”? Bro at least commit rather then taking a neuralish stance on a sub meant for unpopular opinions. The games were lazy and bad and the sales numbers showing gen 5 being the lowest selling generation agreed.
> but falls a little short by not letting you choose what side you believe in or letting you speak or say what you think
The other Pokemon games doesn’t do that either. If you only compare it to the other entries, there is no difference
Eh, I feel that way about a few new games vs old but people like them.
Yugioh for example. I liked it up to gx, now I can’t make sense of it
I think my favorites are diamond, soul silver, and easily the ORAS. ORAS despite being “remakes” kept all the good things while having cool new features.
It’s the one time they ever tried to put in a compelling story in the main line games. It’s already one of the better games in the series by that alone. DPP is still better as a whole, though.
TBF many of the problems you have in this game are solved by B2W2, but I understand why you are giving the criticism you are. The story in BW is better, but the variety of pokemon is worse. Try out some of the romhacks for some more variety in potential pokemon if this is a problem. Hard to play the OG games nowadays because of them
It’s a step back in terms of total content coming off HGSS but the visual updates are great and it feels rather new and interesting.
Also the music slaps real good.
This just shot me back to Gaia Online 2010 when the games came out. Some things just never change.
Personally they’re more ambitious than previous and even following titles until probably ScVi, and that’s why I appreciate them. BW2 probably be my favourites if HGSS didn’t have me in a chokehold.
The region is actually good. Set aside the linear connection between routes, and you can appreciate how explorable it is, route by route.
As for the failed reboot, yeah, that sucked.
You are right, it’s not great at all.
The whole world was huge but empty. It was bloated with useless animations and long walks, just to show off graphics. The graphics of a fucking handheld. Did they really think people would be in awe when seeing a 3d effect? What is the point of all these endless Stratos City alleys? Why would I want to walk two minutes over a bridge?
A lot of people praise the story, but it was just boring and insisted upon itself. Listening to N’s endless talk without any meaningful interaction took more time than fighting the gym leaders. A Pokémon game does not need an elaborate story. The story is me gathering and training Pokémon to become the champ. Anything else should just be side quests.
I loved all games up to Gen4 and still sometimes replay them. I also liked XY and OR/AS (didn’t play newer games) and replayed them. But playing B/W just feels like a chore.