ORAS or X/Y ??

Started by animenerd December 8th, 2014 8:58 AM
  • 1333 views
  • 24 replies

animenerd

Male
Norway, Oslo
Seen October 30th, 2017
Posted December 9th, 2014
4 posts
8.5 Years
Soooooo...

I just bought the 3DS XL (btw I don't have the normal 3DS) after 2 years maybe :D
And I was wondering if someone could give me some opinions on wether I should get X/Y or ORAS, I was going to get Y and AS but my budget is yeah...

I've also read many reviews on which one to buy and I was like "waaaaat" so please help? :D
At first I wanted to get X/Y just for the simple reason that I've never played it, but I think ORAS has more features(?) and more mega evolutions :7: which is awesome.


Please help me :D

Thanks in advance.

Pendraflare

Age 32
Male
Pennsylvania
Seen July 30th, 2021
Posted March 29th, 2021
6,263 posts
9.8 Years
Well, XY has a few things that set it apart from ORAS, such as character customization, more Pokémon to choose from and use during the main story, and Friend Safari, which makes it quick and easy to get certain high IV'd Pokémon depending on the friends list you have. But ORAS does have more stuff to do and more interesting mechanics.

What I think it comes down to is XY is more for the "have it your way" style players, while ORAS is more for those that want something to keep them occupied.
Azurilland | Twitter | Nuzlocke Forums
May someday resurface in full. We'll see what happens down the road!

Pinkie-Dawn

Vampire Waifu

Age 30
Male
California
Seen February 16th, 2021
Posted May 16th, 2019
9,528 posts
10.5 Years
Doesn't matter which game has more features and whatnot. The most important aspect of Pokemon is type diversity, but because ORAS failed to fixed the original games' problems by not adding more Pokemon into the regional dex other than cross-gen evolutions, I suggest you go with X/Y.

Spinosaurus

Seen May 27th, 2019
Posted June 7th, 2018
4,569 posts
14.1 Years
Doesn't matter which game has more features and whatnot. The most important aspect of Pokemon is type diversity, but because ORAS failed to fixed the original games' problems by not adding more Pokemon into the regional dex other than cross-gen evolutions, I suggest you go with X/Y.
Pacing is MUCH more important than Pokemon diversity. What point is there if the region itself isn't fun to traverse?

Plus, as I mentioned, Hoenn's selection opens up eventually, and we're in a time where trading Pokemon you want is much easier, so if you wanna go that route, you easily can with ORAS. You can't ~fix~ Kalos, though.

blue

gucci

Male
United Kingdom
Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
21,056 posts
15.4 Years
ORAS.

I enjoyed X&Y, but I'm already having way more fun with ORAS as it is, and I've only obtained 5 badges so far. Partially because Hoenn is my favourite Region, but GF have really done a smashing job with ORAS imo.

Nah

Age 30
she/her, they/them
Seen 5 Hours Ago
Posted 5 Hours Ago
15,645 posts
9.5 Years
While I am an X/Y mod, tbh I think the best thing would be to get ORAS and then wait for the next Kalos game to come out (which should be the next game and should be announced in 2015, unless Game Freak really wants to screw with me), because that game will hopefully fix some or all of the problems X/Y had. Not saying that X/Y was bad, but it was left rather unpolished because Game Freak likes to give the 1st pair of games of a new generation the short stick; it was totally lacking in post-game content, the story was so meh, it was lacking important features like move tutors, etc.

ORAS is superior in story, post-game, and features for the most part (it cut out trainer customization, which is a big plus for X/Y in my book). Hopefully the next Kalos game will be an improvement over ORAS.
Nah ンン
“No, I... I have to be strong. Everyone expects me to."

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
Both games have their exclusive features, but I think it's best to go with OR/AS and then maybe give X/Y a shot.

OR/AS has better postgame content, extra new Megas that can't be used in X/Y and also a lot of key Hoenn features like Secret Bases and Contests. Sadly the trainer customization (and Friend Safari to a lesser extent, but I know customization was more wanted by fans), which was a huge selling point in X/Y, was cut from OR/AS so basically in the end it's still worth playing both games, and even just simply trading between X/Y and OR/AS will get your Pokedex filled up very quickly given most of the Pokemon that X/Y's Kalos Dex lacked are found in OR/AS.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
Visit my Tumblr page if you wish to contact me.

http://daikenkki.tumblr.com/

KamikazeSSoH

Gym leader of São Paulo,brazi

Male
São Paulo,Brazil
Seen June 21st, 2015
Posted February 24th, 2015
108 posts
9.5 Years
Well. i did not like X/Y and i did not like ORAS so.... i think this Generation is not more bad then Gen 5 Because of some stuff. but this Generation is so Easy,So Dumb. even Pokemon Pearl are harder then this games. but i say ORAS. because im a Remake fan.


@KamikazeSilver
My Two Favorite Pokémon.

Hiatus

Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
Personally, I've liked X and Y; they weren't so bad.

What I was most fond of these games were definitely features; in regards to them, they were truly filled, so to speak. X and Y have character-customization, which is something that many of us have wanted to see for a while in Pokémon games (myself included), and I find it to be quite fun to be experimenting with. They've also got Pokémon-Amie, which allows us to interact with out Pokémon up-close, which is definitely nice.

What's disappointed me, though, is their story-line; if you ask me, it was rather short, which, in a way, caused me to not feel very engaged. If it weren't for that, they likely would have been perfect. In regards to plot, I would say Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire does gain an upper-hand.

bobandbill

one more time

Male
A cape
Seen 4 Hours Ago
Posted 7 Hours Ago
16,794 posts
15.2 Years
Well. i did not like X/Y and i did not like ORAS so.... i think this Generation is not more bad then Gen 5 Because of some stuff. but this Generation is so Easy,So Dumb. even Pokemon Pearl are harder then this games. but i say ORAS. because im a Remake fan.
Turn off exp share and try catching more than 6, or go with a monotype team if you want your games to be challenging. Pokemon games usually have been fairly easy though.

I kinda agree that ORAS may be the better choice, but it does depend on what game we'll get next and in which region (if in Hoenn or Kalos?), although history does suggest a Kalos region game is more likely. ORAS offers more to do besides beating the game than XY do with a great feature in DexNav, contests and secret bases, plus the Maison which XY also has... but XY aren't bad choices either.

(And yeah - RSE's story is dumb in a number of areas but ORAS helped polish it a bit, and even without that it'd still be far better in pacing and etc than what XY's offered. @[email protected])

The most important aspect of Pokemon is type diversity, but because ORAS failed to fixed the original games' problems by not adding more Pokemon into the regional dex other than cross-gen evolutions, I suggest you go with X/Y.
Hardly the worse problem RSE had imo... at least, worst when applied to this day and age when the GTS and wonder trade (plus ways to organise trades online) and Bank if you had other 5th/6th gen games are all options available to using different Pokemon. And with DexNav (and the very generous exp share), I've never been more inclined to use different -or as many - Pokemon in a team than before.

Staff Anime Villain Collab - Earl de Darkwood - Interstella 5555

Daily | Drabble Dex | A Change of the Season
The Retelling of Pokémon Colosseum
Paired to Sheep :>

destinedjagold

You can contact me in PC's discord server...

Age 32
Male
Seen 7 Hours Ago
Posted March 24th, 2023
8,579 posts
16 Years
Get ORAS and then when a third version of X and Y comes out, get it. ^^
You don't really miss out too much if you skip X and Y though. If anything, I like the post-game contents of ORAS WAY MORE than X and Y (XY only has, what, breeding and the Battle Maison >.>)

Age 35
Male
Dream World
Seen December 21st, 2016
Posted October 8th, 2016
1,638 posts
10.8 Years
If you like battling competitively and want a game now, get ORAS.

If you like legendaries, then get ORAS, too. It has most of them.

I'd wait for the third Kalos game, though. The Hoenn Dex is ****** and the region isn't so good as the more streamlined Kalos IMO (which really isn't so much streamlined compared to Unova). I'm not getting ORAS for example, as I don't like Hoenn and don't feel like playing through it again. My main interest in the game is the Delta Episode, but you have to play through the main game to unlock it.

The only real problem with X/Y with regards to pacing is between the two first gyms. It takes a long time to get from the first to the second one. On the other hand, there's tons of things to do in between. Plus, if you like the 6th gen Pokémon, X/Y is the better game anyway since you get to use them during the story, but, as I said, I don't recommend getting X/Y now because with GF's refusal to patch the new Mega Evolutions into them, they've been made obsolete.


Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, the day Pokémon pulled a Dallas and jumped the shark.

Kenchiin

1/2,578,917 ☆

Male
Rokkenjima
Seen July 29th, 2018
Posted October 30th, 2017
1,429 posts
8.7 Years
If you read the first post, you'd have an answer.
Hello.

I have read your first post, that doesn't change what I meant.

Hope that clarifies.

Ken.

As I am a robot, I am incapable of dreaming, but... how shall I put it? I have very much longed to
MyanimeList » Last FM »
Hello.

I have read your first post, that doesn't change what I meant.

Hope that clarifies.

Ken.
Not my post -- TC's post; Post #1; the topic/thread-starter post; scroll-up-til-you-reach-the-top post. Idk if I'm even still doing this the right way. *shrugs*

Soooooo...

I just bought the 3DS XL (btw I don't have the normal 3DS) after 2 years maybe :D
And I was wondering if someone could give me some opinions on wether I should get X/Y or ORAS, I was going to get Y and AS but my budget is yeah...

I've also read many reviews on which one to buy and I was like "waaaaat" so please help? :D
At first I wanted to get X/Y just for the simple reason that I've never played it, but I think ORAS has more features(?) and more mega evolutions :7: which is awesome.


Please help me :D

Thanks in advance.
Hope that's clear enough.

Kenchiin

1/2,578,917 ☆

Male
Rokkenjima
Seen July 29th, 2018
Posted October 30th, 2017
1,429 posts
8.7 Years
Hope that's clear enough.
Hello, that's what I said. I still say what I said above.

I'm sorry if your sense of humor didn't get the joke, that's a problem you will need to clarify yourself n__n

As I am a robot, I am incapable of dreaming, but... how shall I put it? I have very much longed to
MyanimeList » Last FM »
Age 28
Male
Oregon
Seen September 24th, 2018
Posted July 3rd, 2018
17,520 posts
13.1 Years
While OrAs were unfortunately easier than the originals they were still fun, and had their own charms. Also it's story is better than XY's. As for type diversity you can capture a great deal of Pokémon after capturing the mascot. Also seeing all the hints to the things in past games including the originals would make you giddy if you are an old fan that is.
I'm currently working on some novels. If you're interested you can read them here:
https://www.wattpad.com/user/ImperialSun

Megan

She/Her, It/Its
Seen 1 Hour Ago
Posted 2 Hours Ago
17,824 posts
10.3 Years
If you want the most out of the Gen 6 technology and something everybody's been playing, go for ORAS. X and Y lack a lot of Mega Evolutions and other implementations and while they are still compatible with ORAS, people want to use the new stuff, so interacting with other players will be rather hard.

And just one thing about X and Y that gets confused really often: the games have postgame and it certainly isn't bad at all; it's just really simplistic.
Moderator of Previous Generations, Forum Games and VPP
You got a thing!