5th Gen Pros and Cons Discussion Thread Page 18

Started by Masterge77 September 16th, 2010 10:30 AM
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Male
Southampton,UK
Seen July 5th, 2011
Posted April 18th, 2011
72 posts
12.2 Years
Not too keen on : lack of following pokemon, new pokemon are a bit 'the same' only uglier and with worse names, it seems to be a lot more 'grindy' than previous versions, no classic pokemon until after the game is finished, the pixelated battle sprites. Music isn't as catchy.

I do like the 'world' graphics though.

PS - I like the reuseable TMs! Best thing about it!

PS - I like the reuseable TMs! Best thing about it!
Male
Seen March 13th, 2011
Posted March 13th, 2011
3 posts
12.2 Years
So I beat pokemon White with only 12 hours of gameplay.12.On top of that,this game feels very unorganized.The pokemon are stupid and the story tried to be deep.How deep can you get with a pokemon game?I caught the main legendary with one ultra ball (not sure if its suppose to happen) and was amazed.Victory road took like 10 minutes and the pokemon league was very easy.(Yes I know you can go back and fight them at higher levels)


The thing that really ticked me off was the incompatibility with the 3rd generation games.I cant pop in my Ruby or Sapphire and simply use PalPark.I have to transfer to 4th gen.What a waste of time.

Ive been a pokemon fan for years and Im so disappointed.Diamond and Pearl got it right,Black and white did not.

Ho-Oh

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Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
So I beat pokemon White with only 12 hours of gameplay.12.On top of that,this game feels very unorganized.The pokemon are stupid and the story tried to be deep.How deep can you get with a pokemon game?I caught the main legendary with one ultra ball (not sure if its suppose to happen) and was amazed.Victory road took like 10 minutes and the pokemon league was very easy.(Yes I know you can go back and fight them at higher levels)


The thing that really ticked me off was the incompatibility with the 3rd generation games.I cant pop in my Ruby or Sapphire and simply use PalPark.I have to transfer to 4th gen.What a waste of time.

Ive been a pokemon fan for years and Im so disappointed.Diamond and Pearl got it right,Black and white did not.
You have a lot of complaints there :(
Merged with pros and cons anyway, since you're mentioning the cons you've found.
Male
A Random Forest
Seen March 8th, 2011
Posted March 7th, 2011
6 posts
12.2 Years
The thing that really ticked me off was the incompatibility with the 3rd generation games.I cant pop in my Ruby or Sapphire and simply use PalPark.
They're going to make a remake of the 3rd Gen, like they usually do.

adhdguitar

Newbie Pokémon Hacker

Male
Seen January 16th, 2015
Posted July 7th, 2011
210 posts
13.1 Years
So much hate. D:

Okay, one thing I really love is the fact that all of the little problems and inconveniences have been cleaned up.

-Faster Battles.
-Eyes closed during sleep status.
-Easier leveling.
-A lot of moves fixed, like Tackle and Giga Drain.
-Smarter AI.
-Moving Pokemon.
-Faster battles.

And the big stuff like...

-Much better plot.
-Fantastic Pokemon Design.
-Better characters.


Cons.
-Palpitoad. He scares me D:


Yellow: Complete
Crystal:
Complete
Sapphire: Not Started
Cherrim: Not Started

King Gumball

Haven't been here for ages...

Male
Sydney
Seen April 8th, 2013
Posted April 8th, 2013
2,178 posts
12.8 Years
Okay so I was reading that you do not receive any poison damage outside of battle... that is a bit of a con imo, what good reason was there to take out that logical feature? That makes poison rather useless now.
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PlatinumDude

Nyeh?

Age 29
Male
Canada
Seen July 31st, 2020
Posted May 30th, 2020
12,958 posts
12.7 Years
Okay so I was reading that you do not receive any poison damage outside of battle... that is a bit of a con imo, what good reason was there to take out that logical feature? That makes poison rather useless now.
I didn't know that. But it's more of a pro to me because it's annoying to have your Pokemon lose health as you walk aorund.

King Gumball

Haven't been here for ages...

Male
Sydney
Seen April 8th, 2013
Posted April 8th, 2013
2,178 posts
12.8 Years
I didn't know that. But it's more of a pro to me because it's annoying to have your Pokemon lose health as you walk aorund.
Yeah I was reading about it on Serebii Forums. I think even though it can be annoying, it was really unnecessary XD I will miss it a little even though it caused many problems.
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Livewire

Male
Sunnyshore City
Seen December 3rd, 2022
Posted August 2nd, 2019
14,091 posts
13.8 Years
Some minor things I noticed that I really love are that the Pokemon's names are no longer in all caps, and when you use items, like potions/rare candies, etc, it's a lot faster. ^___^

So I beat pokemon White with only 12 hours of gameplay.12.On top of that,this game feels very unorganized.The pokemon are stupid and the story tried to be deep.How deep can you get with a pokemon game?I caught the main legendary with one ultra ball (not sure if its suppose to happen) and was amazed.Victory road took like 10 minutes and the pokemon league was very easy.(Yes I know you can go back and fight them at higher levels)


The thing that really ticked me off was the incompatibility with the 3rd generation games.I cant pop in my Ruby or Sapphire and simply use PalPark.I have to transfer to 4th gen.What a waste of time.

Ive been a pokemon fan for years and Im so disappointed.Diamond and Pearl got it right,Black and white did not.
U mad, bro?

Pyrax

Midnight Guest

Age 27
he/him
UK
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Posted 1 Day Ago
1,522 posts
14.1 Years
So I beat pokemon White with only 12 hours of gameplay.12.
Sounds like you rushed through the game.
For comparison, I've clocked 34 hours and I've only just gotten my 6th badge!

3. Only one region
Someone obviously got spoilt by HGSS.


i just wishes i had people beside the elite four and rivals to rebattle
You can rebattle the trainers in the Nimbasa sports dome as well as the ferris whell.
After you beat the game, you can battle Cynthia every few months.
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Male
Seen May 17th, 2016
Posted May 16th, 2016
526 posts
13 Years
I guess this counts as a con, so I'll put it here - for some reason, every so often, I use a move (I think it only happens on my Herdier, Belvedere) and I lose half the move's available PP, instead of just one. It just happened; I used Dig, first move I'd used in my first battle since leaving the PokeCentre, and the next turn Dig only had 5PP remaining.

Has this happened to anyone else?
Sapphire - Pearl - Fire Red - Soul Silver - Black

Oryx

CoquettishCat

Age 30
Female
Seen January 30th, 2015
Posted December 27th, 2014
13,184 posts
12.2 Years
So I beat pokemon White with only 12 hours of gameplay.12.On top of that,this game feels very unorganized.The pokemon are stupid and the story tried to be deep.How deep can you get with a pokemon game?I caught the main legendary with one ultra ball (not sure if its suppose to happen) and was amazed.Victory road took like 10 minutes and the pokemon league was very easy.(Yes I know you can go back and fight them at higher levels)


The thing that really ticked me off was the incompatibility with the 3rd generation games.I cant pop in my Ruby or Sapphire and simply use PalPark.I have to transfer to 4th gen.What a waste of time.

Ive been a pokemon fan for years and Im so disappointed.Diamond and Pearl got it right,Black and white did not.
I'm at 10 hours and haven't beaten the fourth gym. Did you try to set a speed record or something? Or were you rushing through just so you could point out how fast you can play Pokemon on a forum?
Male
Seen March 13th, 2011
Posted March 13th, 2011
3 posts
12.2 Years
I'm at 10 hours and haven't beaten the fourth gym. Did you try to set a speed record or something? Or were you rushing through just so you could point out how fast you can play Pokemon on a forum?
Yea man,I totally rushed just to be cocky. -.-

All I did was use the same pokemon in every battle.Maybe emboar is overpowered(Arm thrust was wrecking every pokemon)

Oryx

CoquettishCat

Age 30
Female
Seen January 30th, 2015
Posted December 27th, 2014
13,184 posts
12.2 Years
Yea man,I totally rushed just to be cocky. -.-

All I did was use the same pokemon in every battle.Maybe emboar is overpowered(Arm thrust was wrecking every pokemon)
Yeah Tepig evolutions are super powerful. I try not to use him so much so I can level up my other Pokemon, because I could probably take everything out right now with either Flame Charge or Arm Thrust and I'm still in the Pignite stage.

I also play the game by exploring EVERY house in every town, watching all the TVs, talking to all the people. I just have way more fun that way and the game is longer. My boyfriend can't stand that; he just kills things, grinds up his Pokemon, and beats the game with massively overpowered Pokemon, haha.
Male
Glasgow, Scotland.
Seen November 13th, 2019
Posted October 14th, 2014
239 posts
13 Years
I'm only on my way to the 6th gym so my pros/cons might change but here goes...

Pros:
-Overworld graphics are incredible.
-The plot is great so far.
-ADDICTED (first time since Emerald).
-Rivals are fun, especially having two.
-Like most of the new pokemon.
-No other region's pokemon until you beat the elite four.
-Battles are fast and look great.
-Cutscenes!
-Music is pretty good.

Cons:
-Backsprites annoy me a bit, but I'm kind of used to it now.
-Steep level curve are some points.

JP

wut?

Age 32
Male
USA
Seen December 13th, 2019
Posted February 27th, 2019
2,163 posts
14.8 Years
Cons:
-Disappointing gym leaders.
Design-wise? Or just their teams and whatnot? I think their designs for the most part are far more appealing than previous ones. Sadly, their teams were severely lacking. I suppose thats mainly due to wanting pre-5th generation Pokemon separate from Unova.

shengar

♥ Mikan Enthusiast ♥

Age 29
Male
Seen June 25th, 2013
Posted June 15th, 2013
667 posts
13 Years
Design-wise? Or just their teams and whatnot? I think their designs for the most part are far more appealing than previous ones. Sadly, their teams were severely lacking. I suppose thats mainly due to wanting pre-5th generation Pokemon separate from Unova.
If you referring to Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, yes some of the new Gym Leaders are more appealing design wise. But if you referring to HG/SS, all redesigned Johto&Kanto Gym Leaders certainly have much more better design than B/W gym leaders and in my opinion they are the best gym leaders design wise. Just look at Pryce, Blaine and Morty.


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