Got to give the kid props for using Torkoal, Hariyama, Gigalith and Oranguru
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Pokemon Co. says "There is no way we will stray from basic elements" with Pokemon Let's Go
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Got to give the kid props for using Torkoal, Hariyama, Gigalith and Oranguru
Except they said it's for a different audience than the usual cheeseburger crowd, ones who like hamburgers. And they think people who eat regular cheeseburgers might enjoy them too.
This is actually a great example of how reasonable what they're saying is and how obtuse and entitled fans are being :thinking:
Except for the fact that Pokemon games have ALWAYS been for all audiences, so how is it entitled for people to be frustrated when GF is turning away their hardcore fans for literally no reason?
Game Freak could probably serve young children and their actual fanbase of 16-25 year old fans if, you know, Game Freak included options in their games.
But they don't for reasons that don't make any sense.
But they don't for reasons that don't make any sense.
Not really, but the people hyper defending the game in relation to the others in the series are cute. People are allowed to like what they like, but I've played enough games and I'm old and experienced enough to know how these things play out with most people.
People are going to buy up the game, get bored pretty quickly and peace out. Gamefreak still wins they sold a copy or two and some useless gimmick addons and laugh to the bank that their filler game worked.
These games are special and last a year plus of nonstop playing, I really dont see that happening here sorry.
Games were already super easy to begin with. Don't even have to look at the screen can just spam the same move over and over and win.
Really hope the 2019 game has a hard mode that forces you to have tight match ups and high level pokemon to progress.
I mean, why don't you read what they said and figure it out...
"Younger kids that dont usually play video games...people who played Pokemon Go"
I dont understand the confusion. In fact, the expectation that appealing to the traditional crowd even means anything when these guys already treat their audience like its 12 years old makes it even more weird to act super offended at kids getting a Pokemon game?
You seem to not like people discussing things that challenge something you like.
It would be nice but I highly doubt it.
Well yeah, that is true. Though with battles changed to SET, and without grinding, the games could get fairly tough. Obviously, one would have to go out of their way to make it so, but it was a nice way of challenging yourself.
Hyper defending defense force, super cute
If anything some people cant handle the idea that a game isnt for them. You can like or not like anything you want. If you wanna act confused by Game Freaks statements or act like people dont order cheeseburgers without cheese then thats on you, it doesnt matter to me one way or the other. The game isnt intended for me either.
I hate the idea that Pokémon games have always been for everyone. To someone who doesn't normally play games, managing a team of 6 Pokemon out of hundreds, with many combinations of type strengths and weaknesses, Pokemon with moves that don't match their elemental type, dozens upon dozens of items, TMs, HMs etc. To someone who doesn't normally play games, Pokemon games are obtuse as hell.
Part of the reason Go took off was because it simplified almost all of that and made it purely about collecting different Pokémon in a very simple way. I've played at least 1 game from every Pokemon gen and while the games were easy to me, I'm not going to pretend that absolutely everyone wants to deal with everything that they offer.
Part of the reason Go took off was because it simplified almost all of that and made it purely about collecting different Pokémon in a very simple way. I've played at least 1 game from every Pokemon gen and while the games were easy to me, I'm not going to pretend that absolutely everyone wants to deal with everything that they offer.
One the best additions to the most recent pokemon games is bosses which teamed up 2v1 against you.
This game lets you 2v1 generic trainers. That alone says a ton about how this is clearly not for people who liked what Sun and Moon brought to the table, so I'll just trust that gen 8 is good and continues in the direction that gen 7 went with making bosses tougher.
This game lets you 2v1 generic trainers. That alone says a ton about how this is clearly not for people who liked what Sun and Moon brought to the table, so I'll just trust that gen 8 is good and continues in the direction that gen 7 went with making bosses tougher.
knowing GF, if there's a hard mode, it'll inexplicably be an unlockable hidden behind large arcane prerequisites.
You want a harder experience? Just have your best friend complete their National Dex, at which they'll unlock a Hard Pass, which they can send to you through Mystery Gift!
That shit don't even sound implausible because it's Game Freak
Why are people talking about cheese burgers? I want a cheese burger.
I'm hungry now. Stupid cheese burgers. I need to catch up on the rest of the thread.
I'm hungry now. Stupid cheese burgers. I need to catch up on the rest of the thread.
The hard mode/easy mode unlock shit in black and white was so stupid. Why the hell would I want to unlock an easy mode after I already beat the game *white* and have to get hard mode passed on from someone that beat the other game *black*
It doesn't matter. The game looks great and I can't wait to play it. I'm getting a core game next year so it doesn't bother me.
But they don't NEED to water down the game to appeal to kids. I played the shit out of Pokemon games when I was a 8, and I didn't need to have the game mechanics spoon-fed to me and with over 50% of the battles ripped out. Most of the people on this thread can say the same. There's no good reason why they couldn't have made a game that embodies what long time fans want from the series, AND caters to new fans as well. "They made this game shit because it's supposed to be for kids!" is a stupid argument.
And yet here they are showing hardcore fans the door just because, while at the same time telling us to "just trust them" even though they've given us not a single reason to.
For comparison.
Top Left is the exact same trainer in FR/LG
Good lord, this is actually worse than I what I was expecting.
Maybe it was adjusted for the demo?
No thats not how it works, I can break it down for you if you need to. I can make a venn diagram. By your logic you dont like people liking things you dislike? I am not even arguing that this is going to be a good game or anything, thats how you know this argument is barely even being made in good faith.
You are arguing that Game Freak is somehow being nonsensical, and forcing confusion upon yourself by not understanding how in the world this game could possibly not be for you when they just said you might enjoy it, and wondering where your favorite elements are since now thanks to this misunderstanding somehow Game Freak has promised you a game.
This game is for babies, literally even younger audience than usual. I dont know how else to say it to you. They hope you will enjoy it too. But if them saying they are making this for a younger more casual audience that doesnt even usually play video games means nothing to you, youre being delusional? Like, look at the game, listen to what they are saying.
If you want to criticize the game go ahead, if you want to pretend that this game is supposed to be for you, ignore that they have 2019 games stated to be catered more toward traditional audiences, and act confused and affronted, and liken it to something as crazy as someone wanting a burger with no cheese (wow impossible) then I am happy to continue to point out how silly it looks. Simple as that.
But this is your opinion as someone who does play games. If this were the prevailing opinion of people who don't play games they wouldn't be nearly as popular with younger kids as they are. We would haven't enough younger fans to have a Jr division at the Pokemon World Championships. You don't ever need to know all the pokemon, or weaknesses and resistances (and the game shows you move effectiveness in battle anyway), nor do you need to use TMs, and HMs have been phased out for the last few gens and don't even exist anymore. You're intentionally making them sound vastly more complex than they are despite the fact most of that can be largely ignored and not affect a player's ability to get through the games at all.
Not like the internet is a good measure for this. Ultra Sun and Moon was the same.
It's been like that in the trailers too, it's not a coincidence and there are more examples.
Yeah, it's dumb. Just give me trainers to fight that have full 6 pokemon that are fully evolved and high level. Hate being far into the game still fighting trainers who only have 2-3 unevolved low level pokemon. Snooze fest, beat Moon by just having my Slowbro use watergun, give me challenge damn it.
And yet they remove the wild Pokemon battles?
Doesn't come off any better if you ask me.
You think the game is shit, thats not an actual fact.
They didnt sit down in the board room and say "lets make this game shit"
They might...and I know this is shocking but hear me out...they might think this is a good game? They might have actually tried to make a fun video game idk maybe im crazy here lol
Maybe youre right maybe they were like "to make this for kids we should put in a bunch of shitty ideas and make the game shit" but something tells me they actually thought this stuff was a good idea
I'm not saying it's impossible for a young person to get into Pokémon games, just disputing the repeated assertstion that all Pokémon games up until now have been designed to appeal to everyone, because thy simply haven't. To someone like my girlfriend, a mainline Pokémon game is absolutely too complex, yet she's played Go almost daily since it launched.
Pokemon Go exploded because everyone was playing it. People who rarely play games, never mind Pokémon games, were playing go because of how accessible it was. Everyone has a story about how their grandparents or uncles who never played a game in their life were out catching Pokémon in Go, who has a story about their grandma getting into Ultra Sun as their first game?
Oh man I think I quoted the wrong post my bad, I was referring more to the levels of Pokemon in the demo not necessarily having to mean anything for the final build.
Pretty much the same with that translation, I'd even say it ends up even worse. "no way that we will stray from the basic elements" - **proceeds to stray from the basic elements and show everyone in the world how much they strayed away from the basic elements**
Exactly? I'm getting it regardless because I've been in Pokemon drought since Gen 6 and barely touch Gen 7 because wild battle in several occasions knock me out while grinding (Before people assume that I'm against Wild Battle because of it, I'm not but I'm against not having it thou); unlike most people I don't hate the Pokemon Go throwing mechanics thou I got bored of Go after 1 month, but even if they don't have wild battle I wish they could of done more with this GO function then throw a Pokeball to capture because this is Gamefreak we're talking about. Since they got rid of Safari Zone and turn this whole game into that I stated this couple times like add in type of throwing stuff besides berries or Pokemon Passive Move assist in which we can weaken Pokemon to capture easier without HP depleting to gain exp.
Example:
Fire/Rock Pokemon = Water Gun
Water/Flying Pokemon = Thunderwave
Grass/Bugs Pokemon = Fire Spin
Anyways back on topic about the trust in them, I read on Joe Merrick Twitter yesterday or day before or whenever that Gamefreak put out a survey stating about the core aspect of the Pokemon games and asking what we enjoy the most about it, and one of the check box is Battle Turn-By-Turn and choosing how my Pokemon Attacks. Probably reading into this too much but hopefully this could mean implementation of wild battle still in Let's Go and that this is what they mean with this quote of trust in them.
I already know who it's intended for. It's intended for people that want to have a nostalgia grab and ditched the newer games while milking the go players with a game they could dump out quickly in the downtime before their gen 8 game.
This is a business first and foremost
This is a pretty apt analogy, actually.
Previous Pokemon RPGs:
Not too many toppings, nothing super weird or hard to understand, and a wide appeal enough appeal for most people to enjoy.
Pokemon Let's Go:
The above, brought down to its barest essentials with most of the toppings and extras removed. Easy to understand, and some people may genuinely prefer it. But it's awfully boring and bland for most people, even for someone who's never had a burger.
Sure, whatever crazy pessimistic cynical narrative of a video game company making a game for kids you have to tell yourself to sleep at night.
As long as you understand its not for you and arent confused by that.
It's fine, the fact we are getting a Switch Pokemon game at all this year is a bonus.
I expect most people complaining about the Let's Go games are probably the core fans who are upset over having to wait until 2019 for the next core game. Yeah it sucks to wait for things but let the new comers and beginners have their game, which to be honest still looks decent enough, I'm gonna check it out and let it fill the gap until the 2019 game.
I expect most people complaining about the Let's Go games are probably the core fans who are upset over having to wait until 2019 for the next core game. Yeah it sucks to wait for things but let the new comers and beginners have their game, which to be honest still looks decent enough, I'm gonna check it out and let it fill the gap until the 2019 game.
That they're asking these kind of questions 5 months away from release date in a lengthy online survey gives me the polar opposite of "trust". It gives me "we dun goofd" panic reaction.
No, I'm actually glad it's not releasing till next year. I was getting annoyed at their insistence of not giving the games enough development time. I always to get the kind of game the Switch warranted, 2019 at the earliest was when it should be released