>The story is trashWho plays pokemon for the story?>The graphics are trashWho plays pokemon for the graphics?>The game is too easyWho plays pokemon for the challenge?>The game is full of bugs and glitchesAlways has been>The game is way too behind the current eraIt's pokemon, what do you expect?
first two are perfectly valid. you know goddamn well you get yourself into
>>56958309JRPGs depend on story and characters, the gameplay damn sure isn't what people play them for
>>56958302OP ain't wrong.Pokemon as a whole from the earlier gens was effectively an indie company that struck gold, and in the later gens is a company drowning in the crunch with the same indie developer mindset.
>>56958324>the gameplay damn sure isn't what people play them for
>>56958302SV has a good story though.
>>56958324The gameplay isn't what people play most JRPGs for, but in this case the core gameplay loop of catching and battling Pokemon is fun and has carried the series largely unchanged for decades
Why playing pokemon at this point?
>>56958302>Who plays Pokemon for anything at all?
>>56958370Only because the Pokemon designs are good. It's carried by good creature design and the merch based on those creatures.
>>56958302>The lack of single player contentWho plays pokemon for the single player?>The powercreepWho plays pokemon for the multiplayer?>The dexcutWho plays pokemon for the pokemon?
>>56958393Nah, the gameplay loop is strong enough to help. It's why Legends kept the core loop while changing the extraneous details around it.
I don't care about the story, I care about the single player component of the game that people often generalize as the "story mode".And it's often not great.
>>56958302I just play pokemon to get lost in a colourful world and go on an adventure with my pokemon bros. I could care less about anything else
it's over...
I'm starting to think none of you actually like Pokemon.
>>56958302>>The story is trash>Who plays pokemon for the story?>>The graphics are trash>Who plays pokemon for the graphics?>>The game is too easy>Who plays pokemon for the challenge?>>The game is full of bugs and glitches>Always has been>>The game is way too behind the current era>It's pokemon, what do you expect?Are we talking about gen 4 or gen 5? Gen 5 wasn't that buggy or glitchy, though every other point definitely applies best to gen 5 out of any gen.
>>56958324>the gameplay damn sure isn't what people play them forThat is quite literally the only reason people play jrpg other than persona.
>>56958324This is true, but Pokemon is unique in this respect. Pokemon has objectively the best gameplay of any turn based RPG, as proven by its robust competitive scene.
>>56959682Gen 4. It doesn't really fit gen 5.
>>56958302I play for the designs, the music is nice too
