Pokemon Quest |OT| The Quest for Gen 8 continues

Thought this looked dumb but tried it out on Switch and it was actually... kinda.... fun? I dunno if fun is even the right word, it's pretty mindless but addicting. Seems easy enough to play without spending money too but maybe I'm just still in the free to play still trying to hook somebody phase where everything is easier.

Pokemaniac said:

I mean, technically you can, but it's just an awkward mapping of the cursor to an analog stick,

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You can also switch between Pokemon with the Shoulder Buttons and use moves with X and Y
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My Magmar and Onix are cleaning up shop. Magmar has a high ATK and Onix has a high HP. Perfect Dynamic duo

GiantBreadbug said:

I'm actually kinda looking forward to giving this a try when I get home. I hope it's not one of those games that just becomes literally unplayable without spending money after a little time.

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It is and isn't. It's very similar to any energy-based game on mobile. However, you can purchase permanent upgrades that drastically decrease this issue, which is different from most of the energy-based mobile games I've played. If you buy the $30 pack, it becomes almost a non-issue.

To put it in numbers, if you started a session fully charged, completed it within half an hour (so you didn't get any extra energy by waiting), and used only the tickets you get for logging in each day (nothing from the bonus challenges), you could only do 15 expeditions. If you buy the $30 pack, that number becomes 56, which will be plenty.

I figured I would download it and check it out when I got home from work. I didn't expect to like it as much as I am.

The game is adorable, and at least for now, I'm entertained.

SyndicateWars said:

This is the first game from Game Freak for a Nintendo home console since 1997 for SNES/Super Famicom, Bushi Seiryuuden.

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Oh my God, why can't we get more art like this?!

Anyway, I like the cube art style and stuff, but the game just isn't for me.

Where are the mobile versions? I think I would prefer testing it there instead on the Switch.

Of course Comcast is down right now for me

This is the first Switch game I've played without any joycon attached. It's pretty interesting to use the Switch as a gaming tablet. The presentation and UI are pretty slick and the simple gameplay has been entertaining so far.

Just spent an hour playing. It's aight.

Curious what the "mainline" games are gonna be like considering I HATED sun/moon.

I may just be done with pokemon. X/Y were good and HGSS were perfection. What I want from pokemone will probably never exist, but at least HGSS happened and gave me everything I could want from a 2nd gen remake.

I didn't much care for the reveal, but playing it, it ain't too shabby for a mobile/free-to-play/turn exhaust thing. Cute, with good tunes.

It's pretty bad. Pretty mindless timer based time killer, except it's on the Switch, and I have like at least 5 other things on the Switch to play at any given time, which makes it pointless to whip the Switch out just to play this. Will probably install it on my phone when the mobile one is out and play that more since time wasters on the phone makes more sense than time wasters on a dedicated device.

duckroll said:

It's pretty bad. Pretty mindless timer based time killer, except it's on the Switch, and I have like at least 5 other things on the Switch to play at any given time, which makes it pointless to whip the Switch out just to play this. Will probably install it on my phone when the mobile one is out and play that more since time wasters on the phone makes more sense than time wasters on a dedicated device.

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Yeah, I can see myself enjoying it more when I'm in transit and have nothing better to do on my phone.

Fun little time waster, or for short burst play. No complaints here.

thank goodness for the Auto mode, just press on an expedition and come back

pretty tedious on the switch though, it's perfect on the phone

Well I played to the limit of what the freemium mechanics would let me.

It's alright, nice little game.

Caught my first shiny in the game, a Farfetch'd. Who actually has insane attack.

finally a confirmation

http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/30/pokemon-quest-for-nintendo-switch-announced

When the mobile version is released, there won't be any shared data with the Switch version.

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Stamina, timers... I think I'll pass on this one.

darkwing said:

finally a confirmation

http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/30/pokemon-quest-for-nintendo-switch-announced

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Mother fucker. Gamefreak you disappoint me.

This is some bullshit.

Okay, I have that out of my way now.

darkwing said:

finally a confirmation

http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/05/30/pokemon-quest-for-nintendo-switch-announced

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Oof

Anything I should know about these recipes?

Still in free to play and got a level 13 Porygon when everything else was like lvl 6. He fuckin rules

Sozzled_Bucket said:

Anything I should know about these recipes?

Still in free to play and got a level 13 Porygon when everything else was like lvl 6. He fuckin rules

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Certain recipes lure certain pokemon. https://serebii.net/quest/cooking.shtml

Do I have to pay real money for more info in the OT? ;)

This seems quite nice. I was always a fan of the various F2P things on the 3DS, as you could wake up and do a few tasks. This will be my replacement for that.

Game seems really shallow but fun enough, the art style is pretty nice too. My main issue with it is using a cursor for the analog stick/button controls. Like seriously? The UI is comprised of a handful of buttons, it would not be hard to jump between them at a D-pad press instead of a crappy cursor.

My brother has been playing this and he just messaged me freaking out about a shiny Diglett he got. His first every shiny in a Pokemon game lol

Is there any reason to use everstone?

Well glad i don't work tomorrow so i can play this. Seems cool from the trailer.

touchmykatamari said:

Is there any reason to use everstone?

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If you want to role-play as Ash?

How do stone evolutions/trade evolutions work? It seems like other Pokemon just evolve at their main series evolution level.

Just got a shiny Aerodactyl woo.

This is actually okay? Love the art style, thought about buying the pack actually but I don't know the game length or if its even worth it so I'll pass

Just woke up to this madness. In so hard for Pokemon Cubivore/Realm of the Mad God.

woo lvl7 Scyther with 710 attack just showed up..without stones it has over double the attack of my best with 2 atk stones. God damn..it just crit a boss for over 4k.

This is... actually really fun! Good little shots of dopamine in the progression, if a little mindless. Great in little bursts.

I'm not too hot on this game. Graphics look amazing, I'd love a more "normal" game on this graphical style. The thing is, this is no normal game. It's a free-to-play game with free-to-play mechanics like energy, PM Points, whatever the hell these are, and, ugh, forced waiting. This, in my opinion ,just makes the experience worse, but I get what they are aiming for - this is a mobile game, and it's not the kind of game I see myself playing on the Switch. Gameplay also was kind of dull, I guess, but evolving the Pokemons is fun.

gaiadyne said:

If you want to role-play as Ash?

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This. In every Pokemon game i play, I never evolve my Charmander.

Such a grinding wall in this game

Serebii said:

Such a grinding wall in this game

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welcome to mobile games :3

I actually don't mind the gameplay. Once you get used to switching with L and R and using the face buttons to trigger spells, it's actually good fun. I am completely turned off by the micro upgrade mobile gamification loop shit though. Which sucks.

Considering this is free to play, this game is really fun.

You can tell it's designed for mobile, but the core mechanics are fun and addictive, i beated the first level, i'm actually happy to have this on my Switch cause it looks perfect for short sessions.

It will be a new phenomenon once it comes to Android/iOS.

Hit the wall already, was fun while it lasted though.

Probably just gonna stop playing until it comes out on mobile since I never take my switch anywhere.

I have yet to get into a situation where just clicking auto didn't do a better job than me playing the game myself, and that really makes the game feel shallow.

Tried it out last night. It's definitely a "shallow" game specifically with mobile in mind, but knowing what limits that entails I actually wound up enjoying it a little more than I would have expected. I don't intend to ever put money into it, but as a little idle time use or some brief de-salting after Splatoon I could see myself tossing in 20 minutes every once in a while and still having fun enough.

I need a new close-range pokemon though. I didn't realize that Vulpix would be a ranged attacker so now my poor Eevee is the only thing in front and it's getting beat on quickly.

Pokemaniac said:

I mean, technically you can, but it's just an awkward mapping of the cursor to an analog stick,

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No, you can use buttons for gameplay. L/R switch between Pokémon, Y/X use skills, B to retreat.

That really sucks that I can't sync data between Switch and my phone, seems like an oversight on their end. Why not have that feature to encourage me to play more? If I don't bring my Switch to work and I have 5 mins of free time, let me grind out an expedition or two and sync back at home, so when I'm on the Switch waiting on the wife I can run a few expeditions?

Is there any benefit manually controlling my pokemons? I just let them battle automatically, and they did pretty well..

I haven't deleted a game this quickly since....Onrush's beta.No thanks.

I got addicted to this shit....

champloo said:

Is there any benefit manually controlling my pokemons? I just let them battle automatically, and they did pretty well..

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The tactical benefit is astronomical, wait until you get an Abra that likes to just Tele all the time :P

So......... are there any non-gen 1 Pokemon in this game? I kinda dig the concept, gameplay and whatnot but if it's just gen 1 then I don't think I'll bother- gonna be another time and day for that on the horizon.

can they simply move up the release for android