I just finished BW for the first time and I’ve got some thoughts.I think the good parts of this game start and end with the story, and even then it really only drew me in towards the end.Unova as a region just isn’t very interesting. Aside from route 4, all the routes are identical to each other. I also get the complaint about linearity, and yeah it is pretty much a straight line, the only time you backtrack is after the 6th gym to chase after Ghetsis. The only memorable parts of the region were the Desert Resort and Pinwheel forest.No real dungeon crawling to speak of. Victory Road was almost insultingly short.Underwhelming box legendaries, and the game just handing you the legendary without any challenge is kinda lame even if it is for story purposes.I wasn’t a huge fan of how the main plot of the game tied itself to the Pokemon league. Usually the evil team is defeated by the eighth gym, then you’re free to focus on the league challenge.N as a character fell a little flat for me, I found Alder to be more interesting. Though I liked the part where N sperged out at Juniper over the Pokedex in chargestone cave.The rivals were pretty good.Kinda mixed on the new EXP system and unlimited TMs, it’s a nice QoL but it does casualize the RPG aspect.Difficulty-wise, it felt like a step down from Platinum.The game also felt pretty short. I spent 40ish hours beating Platinum just playing casually, I beat White in 20 playing at the same pace, and I don’t think it can all be chalked up to the slowness of gen 4.
Here’s my team.A few other things:The early wild Pokemon distribution is the absolute worst out of any game I’ve played. Nothing but fuckin Patrats and Lillipups until route 4.Evolution levels being so high is annoying, but the lucky egg and scaling EXP system made it easier to grind.Anywho, I’m gonna explore the postgame routes. After that I’m replaying Emerald, then trying BW2, I need a break from Unova.
>>59346923Good post.
>"hype"People shat on gen 5 for being one of the worst gens until gens 8 and 9 came out. It was only after seeing how fucking bad the "online" of the most recent gens are, that people decided to look back at gen 5 more fondly and appreciatively.
But but Gen 5 games are ate for mature people game like me!!
>>59346975seething retard couldn't even write a coherent sentence
Only larpers hate gen 5. I'm not kidding either. Larpers hate it
It’s When Pokemon stopped being fun, making cringe drama stories, N is a retarded faggot
>>59346940You can't be older than 20 if you really think that.
>>59346923What's stopping unlimited TM fags from just using it once? No self-control, just like their urge to shit post?
>>59347064I prefer the game enforcing it. Else I have to keep separate track of which tm:s I’ve used. It’s added hassle. Like if they removed set mode you could technically play on shift and say no every time they ask for a switch but that’s annoying.As for why I want tm:s to be limited in the first place, distributing limited resources has more weight. Also places higher value on Pokémon’s natural learnset. This is only for the main story though. Having to replay the game to get another copy of a tm in the postgame is absolute cancer. Once you’re in the hall of fame there should be a side quest to obtain the tm-recycler that lets you reuse tm:s infinitely, including the ones you already used.
>>59346923Shadow Deoxys leveled Kalos and Unova for a reason
>>59346923>no berries>no contests>no following pokemonNo fun
>>59348007BW has berries
>>59346923>Difficulty-wise, it felt like a step down from Platinum.Anon, everything is a step down in difficulty from Platinum because DPP are the consistently the "hardest" games in the series.Dunno if you're sitll playing through each gen, but they simplify a lot of things and it gets even easier because they want even smartphone kids to be able to finish the game without getting stuck.
>>59346923It's overhyped in fact. It's a shit product with a fake deep story for edgy teenagers. BW2 on the other hand it's hyped for a very simple and shareable reason: it has a lot of content
>>59347080>Like if they removed set modeThey actually did later.
>>59346923Poor anon is still playing Pokemon expecting it to be some classic dungeon crawling like Etrian Odyssey.
>>59348186Too bad most of it is shit.
>>59348186>it has a lot of contentdoesn’t even have more routes than XY btwstill has no battle frontier btwstill has no contests btwstill has no secret bases btwstill has no berry farming btwstill has no trainer customization btw
>>59348210That's subjective>>59348222Yeah, still it has a lot of content
>>59348422Just learn what an opinion is?
>>59348473I don't, BW told me the world is black or white.
>>59348971Yeah BW unironically, "insisted upon itself."
>>59346940People already started fellating gen5 during the latter half of gen6.
>>59346923At the end of day, it's just your opinion lol
>>59351281Yeah, and? He made no claim it wasn't his opinion.
