5th Gen Less of B2/W2?

Started by Chotix October 23rd, 2013 7:30 AM
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Judging the two games, since the plot in BW2 is more updated than in BW1, then I think it makes sense to have my Pokemon in BW2 while there's a lot more stuff to explore after the game. More areas to explore, more places to train Pokemon, it's like Unova had an upgrade, really. xD

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B2W2 is the better game, as usual with premium versions. Better story in BW isn't enough to make me choose it over B2W2.
Basically what he said.

While I enjoyed B/W's story, B2/W2 had more stuff to do and greater Pokemon selection. I hardly ever touched my original Black after I started playing Black 2.
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I definitely played more Black 2 than I did Black, mostly because of the expanded storyline and the fancier graphics to the game had appealed to me (including the animated sprites).

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I definitely played more of the originals, haha. I just was overall disappointed by the sequels here. I don't necessarily think it was because the storyline was bad, but just because I had grown old of Unova. This resulted in me never completing my White 2 game while I had well over 100 hours on my original White version.
This was the same thing for me. I played BW1 for hours! But when I got BW2... I guess the 100+ hours I played on the original BW1 made me bored of BW2 and Unova. I like how they added more content in BW2 yes, but it felt like I was playing more or less the same thing. the same reason why I never bought platinum, crystal or any of those kind of 'enhanced' versions.

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I had thoroughly went through B/W, completing the whole Pokédex and having a TON of boxes. I also had a team of Lvl. 100s. I only beat B2 like... 4 months ago even though I had it for a year... now, since I have more things on my White I'd prefer to stay with that stuff.
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Put it this way, I started a new file in my White last year and haven't gotten any further than Castelia City. I bought White 2 earlier this year and finished it within the span of a week or two. My White 2 would definitely be my main game where I keep everything. That said, once I finished it and did some post-game stuff, I haven't really played it since. So whatever I have in my [incomplete] White that I would want to trade over, it's still in my White. Now I can't be bothered with it anymore, since I'd just rather move it all to my Y once the PokéBank and Transporter become available.

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I played more of Black 2 rather than in the original White, because the B2W2 definitely have more features than in original BW.

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It'd make sense to have more play time on B2/W2 than Black/White, since there's way more stuff to do in Black2/White2.

The crazy thing is, I have 600 hours on my White (which I think is the most out of any Pokémon game I've played), and 346 hours on my Black2. And I don't get why. WTF was I doing the whole time? Did I really spend THAT much time EV training and trying to beat the Battle Subway on White?
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I don't think so.. Its the same for me although in breeding-wise, I like BW much better because I can RNG with ease on breeding. BW2 was a mess whenever I try to RNG breeding on it...
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I actually didn't like Black/White at all (except N, he was cool). I did LOVE Black2/White2 because they were better built from the foundation up. Vanilla BW were not terrible games, but they felt empty to me. B2W2 embraced the Pokemon Series as a whole, and brought together everyone from old school gamers to the newest players of the game. I only play vanilla BW just to say that I at least experienced it, while on the other end of the spectrum, I have Black 2 with 600+ hours of gameplay, while my white 2 has 400+. That's over 1,000 hours of playtime. I have spent more than 41 full days on Pokemon Black2 and White 2 alone!

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I honestly preferred BW to BW2. With BW being my second games when I came back from my Pokemon hiatus, I guess it's sort of sentimental for that reason.

I really liked all the new Pokemon that they came up with in 5th Gen and I liked the idea of only being able to play the main story with only the Pokemon from that region. I mean, come on, who doesn't like them some Scrafty and Sigilyph?! :P










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This was the same thing for me. I played BW1 for hours! But when I got BW2... I guess the 100+ hours I played on the original BW1 made me bored of BW2 and Unova. I like how they added more content in BW2 yes, but it felt like I was playing more or less the same thing. the same reason why I never bought platinum, crystal or any of those kind of 'enhanced' versions.
That's what I feared; that the gameplay in Unova would be pretty much like playing Pokemon Black all over again- same map, same people in the same places, same pokemon; with just a few new bells and whistles tacked on, which was why I never thought to buy B/W2
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I spent more hours on White 2 than any other pokemon game. I might end up passing that on X since I have 4 badges with 46 hours under my belt (haven't really played lately even though I got it on the release)

B/W are boring now that I played White 2. I tried playing through White (beat the original Black) and I just couldn't stay occupied. There isn't NOTHING to do after you beat B/W..there is plenty to do on B/W 2 however
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Until recently, I had played White a fair amount more than White 2. Before X and Y came out, though, I put some more time into White 2, so they may be similar at this point.

Compared with previous generations, I didn't play 5th gen that much. For whatever reason, I didn't feel that motivated to complete the Pokedex (even the local one), and I wasn't that attached to my Pokémon. There are a lot of things I'd like to go back and do there at some point (actually, I have a lot of Pokémon games I'd like to do more on), but it's not going to happen for the time being.

I think I already have more hours on X than I did on White 2, and it may not be long before I pass White (although I don't remember how many hours I have on it exactly). Gen 5 just didn't grip me that much. I guess I've also been pretty busy the past couple of years (leading to reduced Pokémon play time), but I've tried to make time in the evenings for X before I go to sleep, hence the discrepancy.

Not to mention, I still have Black and Black 2 files where I'm not sure if I've even picked a starter yet. I should really play those at some point, or maybe do a challenge on them.
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