PLA has like 3 battles in the entire game, the most fun part of pokemon is battling, I don't understand why PLA is sucked off so much, the literal only fun parts of that game were when Ingo was around battling you, they fucking rebuilt the entire battle system for there to be only 3 trainer battles in the entire game, literally pointless game, why the fuck would i go around catching 10 magikarps instead of doing fun battles? do you know what's fun? Raihan doing double battles in his gym, being made to fight an overleveled gym leader in SV because you took the wrong path, that's fun, BATTLING is fun, not throwing balls at random pokemon, who the fuck ever thought "goddd I loveee throwing 50 ultraballs at legendaries thats my favorite part of the games!!!" I guess this is only my opinion but I seriously don't understand how you play all the mainline pokemon games which are battle-focused and then go and say "yes pla is fucking peak" despite it having 1 ingo battle, 1 ingo rematch, and 1 volo final battle, thats it, all else is filler, it fucking sucks man I don't get this dicksucking it receives, Volo using 8 pokemon instead of 6 does not warrant this much praise even if its coolALL that legends:arceus has is INGO AND VOLO, AND INGO ISN'T EVEN A FUCKING ORIGINAL CHARACTER!!!!!!I can not comprehend this, please explain to me why you guys seriously prefer legends arceus over z-a for example, I don't get it, what is the point, where is the fun in running around an empty open world catching the same pokemon over and over and over? why would you ever do that instead of trainer battles? I dont get it whatsoever, PLA feels like a tech demo, while Legends Z-A feels like a good game dragged down by completely moronic handholding which should have a skip button because this series is fucking 30 years old already I know how to fucking play pokemon but still at least its fun when the game lets you play without tutorials after an hourDo people just REALLY want to fuck Arezu?
>>59299027Arceus is for people who hate pokemon
Arceus is basedCope & seethe
>>59299033Regigigas is based and our true godArceus is a false evil god
>>59299027Battling is the least interesting aspect of the pokemon world. Exploring the world, learning about the creatures you find there, fucking Arezu REALLY hard, that's what pokemon is actually about.
>do people really just want to fuck ArceusFTFY and yeah, they do want to fuck the slutty Llama
>>59299027The battles in Pokemon are so boring in the main story.
>>59299044Kek based
>>59299052>>59299044Throwing bags of cocaine at noble pokemon is truly much better.
>>59299027I hated the battle system in PLA but everything else about it was quite nice. Sneaking up on pokemon, aiming a ball, then firing is a way more interesting system than pacing back in forth in tall grass until a loading screen appears.Game should have kept the classic battle system with trainers and gyms and only overhauled the navigation and catching, that would have truly been a winning formula.
>>59299062Yes
>>59299044If battles are so uninteresting why do all the Pokémon that matter get megas (super saiyan forms that only exist for battling)?
>>59299027Arezu :)-------------------------Arezu's Thighs :D
>>59299116There are many doors to the pokemon world. Battling is the biggest door.
>>59299027It's for those with the collecting and tasks autism, not battle autism
Will legends 3 be a catchfag or battlefag game?
>>59299302contestfag
>>59299027>PLA has like 3 battles in the entire game, the most fun part of pokemon is battling,PLA is good because there's not much battling and its about exploration and discovery in an actual wild world.
>>59299068I don't know if Gyms would have really worked in the setting
>>59299425>Its good because I don't have to engage with the main point of the pokemon
>>59299302It will be a RTS
>>59299434>The main point of the pokemon is battling because I don't want to engage with the rest of the franchiseYou forgot your "IMO" champ
>>59299435>Legends 3 plays like spore tribal stage
>>59299441The franchise is a turn-based battle rpg
>>59299460>to me
>>59299464Not to me, every single mainline game is like this
>>59299465...except PLA
>>59299473Exactly, the worst game in the franchise
>>59299475>to me
>>59299475PLA isn’t even the worst game in the switch
>>59299483t. guy who didnt play the games
>>59299484Well that explains it. You should probably try playing the games before defining what they are to others!
>>59299489I'm saying that you did not play the games you claim to dislike more than PLA, if you have, tell me what exactly makes them worse?
>>59299027You can just play Showdown for free you know? >>59299044This. Don't care about battling. Gotta catch 'em all.
>>59299027Legends Arceus pisses me off because it has EVERYTHING to be a good game but it isn't, it has good graphics, good character, good new designs, and yet it does nothing with any of that, the "boss" battles are stupid, none of the cool characters like Arezu even battle you unless you do the useless and meaningless battle challenges in the post-game that are absurdly easy, it could have been a great 1890s japan game but instead its just a complete nothingburgerI was really hoping it'd be like Golden Kamuy or something...
>>59299490>t. embarrassed and embarrassing tourist faggot
>>59299511So you really didn't play them...- I played Legends Arceus on release, dislike it because of the points I made in the OP but I was happy when I saw Ingo- I played BDSP on release, thought it was a fun game but definitely a horrible remake, still, I enjoyed the original Diamond game so I enjoyed BDSP just the same, just felt disappointed - I played SV before release, due to the leaks, I had a lot of fun and adored finding out about the new pokemon without any prior spoilers, I enjoyed a lot of the characters as well, my only complaints are the artstyle being shit, that is all- I played Z-A before release, due to leaks again, had a blast, by far my favorite Switch era game, every character is great, it being battle-focused is perfect, and the artstyle is much much better than SV- I played SWSH, a year after release, because I really thought it was going to be total shit and didn't want to bother with it, at the time I was busy playing the yokai watch games, but! when I played it, it was actually quite fun, not the best sure but its really fun when you play it for the first timeYou should play the games you claim to dislike, you do know they're free right? just pirate them, the tourist may be you after all...
>>59299434ive played the battle rpg gameplay for 25 years. its ok to enjoy a different aspect of the universe. plus theres snap, conquest, rangers, MD and pinball
>>59299522Impressive, most impressive, but you are not an anon yet.Pokemon battles are great, but if it's your favorite thing in Pokemon then I can prejudge everything else you say on the grounds that you're shallow and basic. Gomen!
>>59299027Why the fuck did you buy/play PLA when you're a battle autist
>>59299027PLA is a stealth game first and foremost
>>59299566Good attempt, however, not good enough, your love for Pokemon is only surface-level if you do not adore the battle system, you may concede now.>>59299589Because one should play a game to know if it's good or bad, obviously, anyone who claims a game is bad without playing it is a larper and grifter.
>>59299595But it's known that PLA doesn't focus on battles, you could've known that you wouldn't enjoy it before playing
>>59299602That's the mindset of someone who doesn't understand art, you can never know if you'll like or dislike a piece of art like a game without experiencing it for yourself, as I said before, I thought I'd hate SWSH and I ended up enjoying it
>>59299605I think you just don't understand/accept that you're a battle autist desuSwSh was utter dogshit to me btw
>>59299595You show promise cordie, but if you battle like you banter you should pick a new favorite facet of Pokemon. Your angles of approach cause glancing blows, you're simply not penetrating.
>>59299626>I think you just don't understand/accept that you're a battle autist desuIt doesn't matter what I am, no matter the person if they don't play a game they can't say its bad>SwSh was utter dogshit to me btwWhy was SwSh utter dogshit to you? it's definitely my least favorite mainline game aside from arceus but i had fun>>59299631You are too obsessed with the wrong things, 4chan is a place to have fun and jack off, not larp
>>59299027>the most fun part of pokemon is battlinglmaoThe enemy used firemon?I'll use watermove!Firemon died!I win!
>>59299636Bro why are you posting porn on a blueboard, are you retarded>Why was SwSh utter dogshit to you?All 3 starters looked like shitNew mons in general pretty shit with very few exceptions like CorviknightRoutes are uninspired hallways, hell the whole region is a corridorWild Area was the worst way to do an open world format possibleStory was actual bottom of the barrel dogshit with whatever the fuck that shit with Rose wasAbysmal online functionalityIt's the worst game by far imo
>>59299027It's unironically fun to smack pokemon in the back of their head with your balls. You can't do that in other pokemon games
>>59299655>Bro why are you posting porn on a blueboard, are you retardedBan evading is fun and free>All 3 starters looked like shitI agree>New mons in general pretty shit with very few exceptions like CorviknightAgreed, though I'd say 50% of the new pokemon are good>Routes are uninspired hallways, hell the whole region is a corridorI wouldn't say this really matters, people always say this but almost every route is either this, a maze, or an open area in the earlier games, the closest to them not being this was with hidden grottos in gen 5 which I'd like to come back, even stuff like the hidden area around the johto daycare accessible by surf is scarce in the earlier games>Wild Area was the worst way to do an open world format possibleAgreed>Story was actual bottom of the barrel dogshit with whatever the fuck that shit with Rose wasAgreed>Abysmal online functionalityDidn't have issues with it>It's the worst game by far imoI would say the pokemon that I like, the dialogue with the actually good characters like Piers and Bede and the NPCs, the gym battles (specially Raihan's), and the overall formula of "beat all gyms and do the elite 4" all in a new canon region, made it fun for me, more fun than Arceus for example, the only thing that was fun for me in Arceus was looking for the unown, battling Ingo, battling Volo, and thats it, everything else felt so boring and lackluster, the characters dont matter for anything whatsoever, the post-game is nonexistent basically just "catch magikarp 1000 times and uhh use a move a bunch and if you do this a lot you get arceus), the characters and boss battles are really boring aside from as I said Ingo and Volo, I can always have fun with gym leaders, but I literally just did not have a single drop of fun with the bosses in PLA, alpha pokemon are a complete nothingburger, basically totem pokemon but worse>>59299678Z-A lets you do it and has a lot of battles still
>>59299636>*dink!*
>>59299682So you agree on almost all my points and still think it's good? That makes no sense lol but ok
>>59299732I told you before it's my least favorite mainline game ASIDE from Arceus, it's not "good", its fun for what it is, and what it is is better than the barebones experience Arceus has to offer
>>59299682>I wouldn't say routes matterBattle autism... it infects the heart and the brain...
>>59299748I'm saying it doesn't matter because the past routes were not much different whatsoever
>>59299589battle autists aren't the sharpest tools in the shed, anon
>>59299750You're saying it doesn't matter because to you, they don't. But! The fact that it doesn't matter to you is a clearsymptom of the retardation you stand accused of.
>>59299762I know you're baiting but to any non-baiters that repeat those comments about routes, how exactly are these any better? routes are almost always just liminal spaces made to drag you to one place to the other with SOMETIMES something hidden, like as I said before with the triple battle accessible by surf close to the daycare in johto, or for example, the gible area in sinnoh, those are OUTLIERS, that SWSH also has, not the norm, this is how most of the routes look like
>>59299784>cherrypicks simple routes>they still look kinoOh no... maybe PLA would've been the better comparison, we(the Battle Autists) are so foolish :(
>>59299799I don't think you understand what point you're even trying to make anymore if any at all, PLA is completely different from these routes
>>59299841So too are your switch era hallways, but the zones in PLA are far more comparable to those than the routes you showed. But you did see that, you're just hoping feigned ignorance will force a blunder. No such luck cordie.
>>59299027People like it because it's different not because it's good. Same with Sonic Frontiers.
>>59299863>switch eraSWSH, SV does not have hallways aside from the single one leading to the elite 4>but the zones in PLA are far more comparable to those than the routes you showed?
>>59299879>?Exploring > battling, simple as>Verification? We don't need no stinking verification!
>>59299891What exactly is there to explore in PLA after you get the Unowns? nothing, it's an empty game, even the Spiritomb wisps are just "go back to the places you already visited lol", it doesn't even have a feebas-like pokemon, if you're talking about exploring, fishing for feebas in emerald and DPPT were both so fun and yet they will literally never do it again including in PLA, Cherrim is not the same
>>59299912>Explores>Has fun>Area is explored>Stays>Already explored>Not fun anymore>wtf empty game bad gameSounds retarded, doesn't it? Sounds like you? That sounds like you.
>>59299926Now explain to me why you like Arceus more than SV then
>>59299933Exploring. Most of my favorite games I've only played once. I know, I know, battle autism, Pokemon is your Madden, your FIFA, maybe your Call of Duty, it's hard to fathom putting down something you love. But after 30 years and never even reaching 1400 elo in ANY meta, it might be time to hang up the cape...
>>59299954SV does exploring a trillion times better dude
>>59299958Haven't laughed that hard since I was a little girl
>>59299966Explain to me why you disagree exactly?
>>59299967Immersion. Paldea has some neat spots, but what isn't empty feels sloppy. I did not like Pokemon centers being gas stations. NPCs are haphazardly placed, the scenery feels very theme park, Paldea doesn't convince me. Hisui is an uglier presentation visually, but what those visuals express contains more of the sensation of exploration and discovery.
>>59299995Fair enough, we like different things
>>59300001Probably but I don't think that's at play here. I bet you do like exploring but your approach to exploration is probably different and you like it less than battling. I like battling, I would've liked to see more trainer battles in PLA. But I prefer exploring, and somewhere around 20-30% of other trainers agree. PLA caters to exploring, PLZA caters to battling. There's some fine exploring in PLZA too. But to answer the OP,>please explain to me why you guys seriously prefer legends arceus over z-aIt offers experiences to trainers that the other mainline games don't, trainers who may have faded from the battle scene faster than others or who never got that into it in the first place.
>>59299784Yeah they're linear but atleast they tickle your balls a bit by not making the path a straight line
>>59299027I like completing the pokedex, PLA let me complete the entire dex without trading simple as.
>>59299323DEAR GOD PLEASE, the only thing that could get me more excited would be a online battle sim but for contests
>>59299995What did you want the Pokémon Centers to be?
>>59300740A sigh of relief when I make it to the next town, having them out in the wild makes the wild seem less wild. Plus I live in pic related and have some opinions on the cancer of petroleum infrastructure.
>>59300753Ah, American problems lolI thought it made sense, the open world format would make it pretty rough if Pokémon centers were only in the cities. Don't forget it's a game for kids first and foremost, can't make it too difficult. Plus it made sense with your mon (and the most common ride mon in Paldea) being motorcycle lizardsIt would be annoying if they're buildings you had to enter because of the loading zones, that shit would've taken ages
>>59300816Lizard bikes, I feel like the gas station thing leaned kinda hard on those and they didn't do it for me either. Difficulty, kids have a different definition and if they're already doing the bikes it's fine, but there are other ways to make the open world survivable without dropping big, steaming buildings all over the place. Do you think the Babylonians got to vote on building that tower?
