Pokémon Sword/Shield—are you satisfied ResetEra?

[Deleted member 249]

We had the eighth generation of Pokémon shown off today, and I'm very happy with what we saw. The new region looks amazing (and I love the British flavor and the visual variety), the art is gorgeous, the new Pokémon look expectedly great, and it seems like the game is just going back to a no gimmicks traditional adventure executed to perfection- basically a new age Gen 4 Pokémon game.

So I'm happy and excited- are you?

 

[Bandage]

ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

 

[Richietto]

With the tiny amount of footage we have seen that's not representative of the broader mechanics and story yes.

 

[Fireblend]

Yes, it's everything I expected and wanted.

 

[Omnicore]

It met my expectations. So... kind of but not really?

 

[Crayolan]

it seems like the game is just going back to a no gimmicks traditional adventure

Click to shrink...

How can you say this when we know almost nothing.

 

[Phendrana]

Not really, no. It looks like HD Sun and Moon with a slightly increased scope.

Even worse is that the world design still looks incredibly corridor based. You can see open areas in the background, but they don't look accessible imo. Based on this reveal, I'll be surprised if there's any real exploration again.

 

[Master Chuuster]

I'm cautiously excited. It looks like more Pokemon, which is excellent, but what I saw didn't assure me that it wouldn't be more Sun/Moon, so I'm not completely confident.

That said, what I saw also didn't give any indication that it would be more Sun/Moon, so there's that.

 

[Deleted member 4976]

Not even close. Finding out it was the Sun/Moon director took any excitement I had and shot it out back.

I'm expecting another linear, cutscene heavy Pokémon game where I'm trying to skip whatever shit story it's throwing my way to get to the good stuff.

 

[Heromanz]

It looks like a game that was made in 2007. So no not really

 

[Finale Fireworker]

This should be in the announcement thread or the Gen 8 speculation thread. Please move this discussion there.