Platinum, the game I always start and never complete. For some reason I never get past the first Gym. I think I got to the second one a few years ago but for some reason I always abandon the game shortly after starting.
So before we start, let's talk about it for a bit.
So before we start, let's talk about it for a bit.
There's something about this game that just doesn't grab me. I don't know if it's the pokemon selection, the characters, the story, wether it's because i picked it up later in life compared to the other games, or because I started playing it right as I was turning sour towards the franchise. I don't know.
~The pokemon selection
Let's start with this one: The starters are not my favorite; I don't dislike them, but I also don't love them. The one I always pick is Turtwig, it's the one that I like the most out of the three, but it's not very fun to play with for some reason. I think it has to do with the fact that the first Grass type move it learns is Absorb at Level 9, and doesn't learn anything before that either. When you compare it to other starters like Snivy and Treecko, those learn their first Grass type at levels 7 and 6 respectively. That makes the Turtwig line slow not only in they speed stat, but also in their learnset. This way, battles are slow and boring. Get Leer'd, use Withdraw, Tackle, chip away slowly at the foe's HP. As long as you're higher level than then you're gonna win.
Ok, enought shitting on Turtwig. I love the little guy, but boy does he test my patience.
The pokemon that appear in the first routes of the game are very important, not only for constructing an early team, getting an HM slave or getting through the first few Gyms, but they're also the first impression of the game. That being said, let me be blunt: Sinnoh is not my favorite design-wise. I think with the exception of Shinx, who I adore and named after one of my cats, they're all pretty... meh... I don't hate them, I'm just indifferent towards them.
Indifference, maybe that's what I feel for these game.
~The characters and the story
Like I said, I never got that far into the story, so I can't comment on that, sorry. From what I've seen of the characters, they're very... kinda... sorta... a little..? Ok I'll say it again: Meh. Again, I haven't gotten far enough into the story to comment on this, that's just what I feel after plating for an hour last night. I just wanna say something about one specific character, but you gotta promise you won't hate me. Ok?
Barry
I don't like him LMAO
He's just so pushy, bossy, inconsiderate. I don't like his attittude, what else can I say? This goes back to the centrury (or quarter century) old discussion: Should our Pokemon rivals be jerks? My answer is simply No. They can be, but I don't prefer that. I prefer rivals like Cheren; he wants to succed and learn and grow, he doesn't trample over anyone, he respects you, etc.
Anyway let's move on.
~Is it ever too late to start playing new games?
Ok, time to get real for a moment, I'm gonna try to keep it short tho. Back when Sun and Moon came out, I had a major falling out with the franchise and pretty much stopped platying for years. This was also when my depression started to get noticeable to the people around me, and that affected my enjoyment of media and hobbies in general too. This is still one of my biggest struggles in life, and it still affects me, to the point of not being able to read entire books/ manga, watch TV serieses, and of course, not being able to play games to completion.
I started playing Platinum towards the start of that era, then again in the middle of it. And now here we are, I want to play all the games in the series and I can't complete this one. My memory is trash because of my condition, so if I were to take a break from something, I'd have to start over from the beginning. But I can try! That's also a reason why I joined this community, maybe if I post here about my progress I can stay motivated. Btw if you read this far: hi, you get a cookie; but also hey you're welcome to comment on my adventures if you want to!
~In conclusion
I don't know. I'm gonna attempt to play this game in its entirety and I'm gonna write here with the progress i make to see if that motivates me to keep going.
>>>>the game
This is how I'm gonna play the game:
Aside from the basic "i went here and did this", I'm also gonna write down stuff i'm enjoying about the game! It would be something like "hey i went here and did this and i loved the music and how peaceful this part felt". Sounds good? Good.
Additionally, I'd like to attempt doing one Gym per day like i did with Soul Silver back in the day. It will take a bit of time each day (a lot, i'm very slow with these games) but I don't have much else to do anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ HOWEVER! I don't expect to be able to do this tomorrow cause it's my birthday and it's probably gonna be a long day; I'm still gonna try but it's not guaranteed.
I started playing last night (I think), but I'll write about that in the next post as to not have a gigantic wall of text here.