Least favorite Pokemon game and why?

[Hiatus]

I can't say I was too fond of Unova's region, either. It did have its ups and downs, just like every other region, but many of its places seemed to have been unnatural, so to speak. For example, when you visit one location, it would be filled with sand; when you visit next, we'd be having plenty of grasses and trees all around ourselves. I feel that they could have done a better job at connecting places like these.

 

[Trick 'r Treat]

BW2 were so boring for me. I had to force myself to get to the E4 and when i did I just gave up cuz I wanted to move my pokemon to XY already. I've recently tried to nuzlocke it but couldn't even get to the first gym without being bored with it.

 

[Gigadweeb]

The Unova games for me were probably my least favourite, I think mainly due to the region itself (I can't really put my finger on what was wrong with it but when I mentally picture any of the other regions, I know I preferred them a lot more); the Pokémon that were introduced were probably my least favourite of any gen; I didn't really like the way the moving battle sprites looked and I think I would've preferred if they'd stuck with having Contests (although I admire that they were trying something different). There are still a lot of aspects of Gen 5 that I like but unfortunately they're still my least favourite games.

With the region design, I think it's probably because it's a straight circle with 1 or 2 diverging points. Hoenn and Sinnoh were FAR better designed regions, and had a pretty cohesive theme. Unova is essentially the Nintendo version of Drangleic from Dark Souls 2 in terms of level design and cohesiveness - it looks alright at first glance, but when you study it more and more it falls apart into a series of levels with no interlocking design.

 

[Nah]

Aw, so much dislike for Gen 5 ;_;.....Generation V was my favorite.

But, uh, as for my least favorite Pokemon game......I guess Red/Blue/Yellow is up there. Yes, I know that without those we wouldn't be where we are today and that they were good for the time; I had fun with them when I was a kid. But it's just not something I'd wanna go back to. Red/Blue/Yellow is a horribly unbalanced, technologically inferior thing. And the post game is ass (all it consists of is "catch Mewtwo", nothing more). But I suppose I can't hate on it too much, it's not it's fault that it's old and was the first games (and there fore kinda experimental).

But another set I'm not that fond of is Ruby/Sapphire. The story and its evil teams were just one of the worst in the series for me. None of the characters were all that great, and worst of all, the post-game was ass like in R/B/Y.

Now, don't get we wrong, I don't hate these games, it's just that I didn't think that they were that great (which is kinda funny since the majority of the fanbase seems to think that R/B/Y, R/S/E, and FR/LG were the best things in the series).

 

[Pendraflare]

Now, don't get we wrong, I don't hate these games, it's just that I didn't think that they were that great (which is kinda funny since the majority of the fanbase seems to think that R/B/Y, R/S/E, and FR/LG were the best things in the series).

Really? RSE I understand, but I don't see that many people saying that about FRLG and especially RBY. In fact, while we do have several people saying that RSE were nothing short of amazing, i've seen several of those people also say that FRLG were boring, and that RBY while not "bad" games are hard to go back to in the modern days as they're glitchy and unbalanced compared to what we have today.

 

[Nah]

Really? RSE I understand, but I don't see that many people saying that about FRLG and especially RBY. In fact, while we do have several people saying that RSE were nothing short of amazing, i've seen several of those people also say that FRLG were boring, and that RBY while not "bad" games are hard to go back to in the modern days as they're glitchy and unbalanced compared to what we have today.

Really? It always seemed to me like most people either like Kanto or Hoenn the most. Buuuuuuuuuuuut I also don't have the world's greatest memory, soooooooooooo.....

 

[RivalGator]

Black and White, hands down. I think it just didn't fit my personal expectations, but I also just hate that it seems like a bit repeat of Hoenn, Sinnoh, and probably every game after it, of friendly rivals and easy training. The main bad guys acted like a bunch of PETA morons, and it also not only had one, but two editions of this horrible game. They barely changed the region at all, so I had to race through it all over again.

I hated HG/SS for the main fact that they destroyed some of the best things about that game, the quotes, they watered down the ONLY cruel and violent rival in the series, and they made everything look and appear childish and have pitiful character designs and do I even need to mention Voltorb Flip? I mostly dislike this one for the way they changed it from the original and made it appear more innocent, but I guess I did enjoy the PokeWalker, no denying that.

I have a hard time deciding between these two.

 

[Sopheria]

Really? RSE I understand, but I don't see that many people saying that about FRLG and especially RBY. In fact, while we do have several people saying that RSE were nothing short of amazing, i've seen several of those people also say that FRLG were boring, and that RBY while not "bad" games are hard to go back to in the modern days as they're glitchy and unbalanced compared to what we have today.

I think that's because a lot of people started with RSE. Even though they're in the same generation, RSE and FR/LG are pretty different (FR/LG being remakes of the originals and all). People who started with RSE probably don't like the fact that there's practically no plot in FR/LG and, in all honesty, the Kanto region is really bland in comparison to Hoenn. For those of us who started with RBY it's hardly a problem, but for people who started with RSE, I can understand FR/LG seeming lackluster in comparison.

As for me, my least favorite games are Black and White. I'm not sure why...but they feel really bland to me. They didn't really feel like an adventure to me, but more like "go in a straight line from one city to another and sit through mandatory dialogues along the way". Funny enough, Black and White 2 are my favorites. The world felt more open and the plot was a lot less pervasive.

 

[Eruption]

Undoubtedly Black & White. They have a nice story compared to the other entries in the series (and X/Y felt very poor in this regard due to the advancement of story in Gen 5), but between being on the same technology of last gen (not Game Freak's fault, but it's obviously going to prevent the game from being amazingly impressive) and forcing us to use only new species of pokémon for the main game, these games ended up being very disappointing. It probably didn't help that the most recent game before these was Heart Gold/Soul Silver which along with FR/LG was probably the best game so far in the series. Black & White 2 addressed a lot of these problems not much later though which made Unova a worthwhile place to revisit.

 

[Hiatus]

Plot of RBY and FRLG didn't quite bother me, personally (even though it might not have been as exciting as some of us had hoped), but what did get to me, sort of, was few locations that these games had in them; majority of them weren't distinct, causing things to look sort of stale. Of course, it probably wouldn't have made much sense had there been too much distinction, but it would've been nice, I believe, if they were able to find a better middle-ground.

 

[Aeroblast]

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl felt really slow for some reason, especially surfing felt really awkward. Also it had 2 fire types until post-game, one of which was a starter which made it even worse. Flint, the supposed Fire-type specialist, turned out to be a joke because not even half of his Pokemon had the fire type.

 

[Darkness84]

6th gen... Greninja and Talonflame are the reasons specificly i felt the meta game
in previous gens where just missing those super cool designs in the OU meta game
with so many other people giving in to conformity using carbon copy cookie cutter
builds that usually consist of fubar fugly mons that have less than attractive designs
for my mind set.

I honestly liked every gen and could find both good and bad things to say but in the end i am a fan of the series period.

 

[curiousnathan]

Pokemon X & Y
> LITTLE TO NO post game content
> everything way too easy
> Evil team story line was random and didn't make any sense
> lack of new Pokemon

 

[Xela]

Aw, so much dislike for Gen 5 ;_;.....Generation V was my favorite.

I know how you feel. ;_;

I felt the gameplay was some of the best in gen 5 and I actually really liked the Pokémon designs despite some of them being really simplistic. It felt modern to me and that was something I was really fond of that the earlier Pokémon games lacked. I was never a particular fond of Kanto either. I can understand people liking DPPt, but as you said, the post-game content and stuff in R/B/Y was horrible.

 

[mew_nani]

Aw, so much dislike for Gen 5 ;_;.....Generation V was my favorite.

But, uh, as for my least favorite Pokemon game......I guess Red/Blue/Yellow is up there. Yes, I know that without those we wouldn't be where we are today and that they were good for the time; I had fun with them when I was a kid. But it's just not something I'd wanna go back to. Red/Blue/Yellow is a horribly unbalanced, technologically inferior thing. And the post game is ass (all it consists of is "catch Mewtwo", nothing more). But I suppose I can't hate on it too much, it's not it's fault that it's old and was the first games (and there fore kinda experimental).

But another set I'm not that fond of is Ruby/Sapphire. The story and its evil teams were just one of the worst in the series for me. None of the characters were all that great, and worst of all, the post-game was ass like in R/B/Y.

Now, don't get we wrong, I don't hate these games, it's just that I didn't think that they were that great (which is kinda funny since the majority of the fanbase seems to think that R/B/Y, R/S/E, and FR/LG were the best things in the series).

Red/Blue not having any postgame content is arguable.... It all depends on if you like glitches or not. You can even write your own minigames if you know what you're doing. And build custom trainers... Battle hooked Metapods...

My least favorite are X/Y. I admittedly have a soft spot for Sapphire as it was my second Pokemon game, and at the time it wasn't too bad. Had awesome music, had decent sprites, had quite a few things to explore for a little girl and her kickboxing chicken. X and Y though are incredibly unpolished and all over the place story wise, with more loose threads than a beat-up old rug. And really had too many Pokemon in it. That seems like a strange complaint to make but I'd run into certain Pokemon in one area and I'd go into another area and there were totally different Pokemon, and there were no real rhyme or reason for their locations. Why do Floatzel and Likitung live only on Victory Road, and why do I never see the evolutions of other Pokemon in later routes? Considering all the routes are a short walk away it seems odd. And of course there's nowhere to explore. At least 70% of the routes were really linear, and Route 1 really was more of a walkway than a route.

 

[Hikamaru]

I can't understand why people dislikes 5th gen that much... For me is the best one, And 4th gen is very close to it.

Most of the hatred towards 5th Gen is usually caused by Unova's linearity and the fact most hated the designs of the resident Pokemon. In fact, it's Black & White that are hated more than Black 2 & White 2, mainly because the sequels did make the route around less linear while the originals forced you to only use Unova Pokemon until the postgame.

Black 2 & White 2 had a massive postgame which was why it's less hated, along with also having more Pokemon variety in the Dex.

 

[blue]

Red & Blue.

They just lack so much to me, I know they're the first games of the franchise, but to me they're just really bland. I like the games, just out of all of them they're probably my least favourite set.

 

[Hiatus]

> LITTLE TO NO post game content
> everything way too easy
> Evil team story line was random and didn't make any sense
> lack of new Pokemon

Aside from difficulty (I believe we were able to controller that ourselves by enabling and disabling Experience Share at will; had it been turned off, not all of your Pokémon would gain experience every time you battled, causing you to train more and generally spend extra time and energy), I agree with all of those; they definitely could have improved on them if they had tried.

Personally, what I disliked most about Pokémon X and Y were plot. Not only did it seem kind of... mashed-together, so to speak, but it wasn't too long, either; for me, main storyline took only about five to seven days to finish. I wasn't playing non-stop, either, I took things slow, and the game still wound up finishing up rather quick. If it weren't for that, definitely would have been better.

Also, I feel that it would've been pretty cool had they allowed us to download more clothes and accessories for character customization.

 

[GhostTrainer]

It would probably be the FireRed/LeafGreen games. I like them don't get me wrong, but I played them so much when I was little because there was a time when those were my only Pokemon games, so seeing the same region over and over again was getting sickening. I rejoiced when I finally got Ruby & Emerald.

 

[Pendraflare]

Most of the hatred towards 5th Gen is usually caused by Unova's linearity and the fact most hated the designs of the resident Pokemon. In fact, it's Black & White that are hated more than Black 2 & White 2, mainly because the sequels did make the route around less linear while the originals forced you to only use Unova Pokemon until the postgame.

Black 2 & White 2 had a massive postgame which was why it's less hated, along with also having more Pokemon variety in the Dex.

I'm gonna be honest, for the longest time in early 2013 I saw nothing but people who praised BW and slammed B2W2, particularly on Marriland and Serebii. I remember when people were all "bw = story is epic and only new pokemon best game ever!!!" and "b2w2 = story is utter s*** and there's nothing new f*** this game!!!" I'm not gonna go into every person who was like that, but I read some pretty jarring things said about B2W2, some of which said the game was Game Freak being more out of ideas than ever. Yeah, those people would be very wrong.