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Fact Checking Gardevoir said:
You could also try fan games! There are some who truly are great! Insurgence, Reborn, Omicron, ...
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I did Zeta / Omicron and Insurgence.
However, the main critique that I do to official games also applies to most fangames, that is: I no longer like the "new region + new evil team + being the chosen one of a legendary Pokémon + 8 champions + Pokémon League" formula.
The only difference between most fangames and official games, is the quality of the story + the new Pokémons. But the main formula is actually what bothers me the most ^^"
 
I mostly agree with that, actually. Though, I'd add that fan games usually try too hard to promise a lot of things only to fall flat in delivery. It's easy to say you allow every Pokemon up to date to be caught and you offer multiple regions. But most of the time it feels very arbitrary and crammed because you need to fit every Pokemon somewhere to make that possible. And you also need to make silly restrictions just so you have enough stuff to make a second region even worthwhile. The latter wouldn't be so bad if the games didn't try too hard to tell a story. Though at that point we're just getting back to the point where I said that I don't like story driven Pokemon games while seemingly the majority does.
 
I always play Pokemon games for the new mons. Can't have too many favorite mons =3
I usually don't even pay attention to the story 😅
 
Regarding the "story VS gameplay" debate, I am more interested in "gameplay" videogames, rather than the story, but when I play a videogame that tries to tell a story, I still pay attention to it :)
 
Megan said:
I like the first generation for the lack of story which allows me to make up my own. I also like how you can just go basically wherever you want and explore. So, I really would like to get that back.

Now, I know the reason why they even introduced the story formula from gen 3 onward was because GF really wanted to get the jRPG crowd into the series. And I'm also aware that those people are very much still a big percentage of the players playing the games. So I don't think they'll go back and do that.
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This. So much this!

We're old Megan ;)
 
StCooler said:
Regarding the "story VS gameplay" debate, I am more interested in "gameplay" videogames, rather than the story, but when I play a videogame that tries to tell a story, I still pay attention to it :)
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I don't think I'm in either camps, tbh. Gameplay can be fun. But then there's games like Xenoblade 2 whose system I've yet to fully understand. And that's coming from someone who's beaten game twice already. On the other hand I really like the theming and story of that game. The good thing about the gameplay is that you can get overpowered easily so it doesn't end up being too much of a problem. It also has some very big areas that are fun to explore.

And of course, opposed to that: I like the simplistic gameplay of the Pokemon games. Not having to worry about difficulty also helps. It's just sad that even the less linear games these days feel very linear. ^^"
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We're old Megan ;)
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Well, you know how it is: old but gold :3
Also: telling everyone you're old when you're only 21, I can't believe it! D:
 
StCooler said:
Regarding the "story VS gameplay" debate, I am more interested in "gameplay" videogames, rather than the story, but when I play a videogame that tries to tell a story, I still pay attention to it :)
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I guess I've just gotten detached/uninterested from/in Pokemon's attempts at story in particular.
Then again... I'm not entirely sure I've ever been interested in it at all when it comes to Pokemon, it's pretty much always been about the mons for me 🤔

In other games, especially in RPG's like The Witcher or The Elder Scrolls or even Fallout, I'll pay attention.
Heck I've played a whole bunch of Telltale games which are basically only story and next to no gameplay =P

So story vs gameplay... I guess it just kind of depends on the game for me. I can value either equally.
 
But Megan and Starlight, do you play the recent Pokémon games?

I left Pokémon after Black and White, but I still like the creatures, the competitive scene, and some Youtuber/streamers. Also I wanted to love the fangame scene, but they're mostly producing the same games as GameFreak.
 
StCooler said:
But Megan and Starlight, do you play the recent Pokémon games?

I left Pokémon after Black and White, but I still like the creatures, the competitive scene, and some Youtuber/streamers. Also I wanted to love the fangame scene, but they're mostly producing the same games as GameFreak.
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I still play occasionally. I even played Sword twice. Didn't finish L:A, though. Those boss fights can ef themselves. <_<
 
Megan said:
I still play occasionally. I even played Sword twice. Didn't finish L:A, though. Those boss fights can ef themselves. <_<
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Will you play the next Pokémon Scarlet / Violet games?
 
StCooler said:
Will you play the next Pokémon Scarlet / Violet games?
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Probably. Though, I definitely don't have as much of an interest in gen 9 as e.g. Xenoblade 3. Like, guess which game I won't spend an entire hour walking through pouring rain with insufficient rain protection just to get a copy. :P

Not sure which version to get. I'll see what information they will reveal about them...
 
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