See my comment above about speed. They have the opportunity to fix some pretty big issues here. I think the remake has justified its existence, though the extent of the fixes remains to be seen.there is nothing substancial to be added
See my comment above about speed. They have the opportunity to fix some pretty big issues here. I think the remake has justified its existence, though the extent of the fixes remains to be seen.there is nothing substancial to be added
Contests and Secret Bases? Gen 3 did both better.
verytime they keep showing BDSP I am reminded why the remakes should have stopped with ORAS, there is nothing substancial to be added aside from an awful artstyle
Missed the Battle Frontier discussion, but if BDSP include it as paid dlc is would be inexcusable. The SWSH DLC included two new wild areas with other new battle challenges, meanwhile the frontier would be just the same content we already got included in Platinum, charged for extra money.
Been saying this for a minute. The thing is that I'm sure that such a whiny fanbase is likely to actually boycott it instead of putting their money where their mouth is.
Either way, that would be a solid way to have the Frontier back for not just this game, but also for future ones. A DLC pack with the Frontier at its center would be a money printer for good reason.
Excellent content and it'd function as before with it being a huge feature of the old 3rd versions/remakes.
I'll ignore the blasphemous takes on this page just so we don't go off-topic.
...the game speed being slow is not a framerate issue. It was legit choiceI mean, if the FPS is really that bothering, there are better options than forking 60 dollars...
I mean, if the FPS is really that bothering, there are better options than forking 60 dollars...
Your arguments are meaningless in the face of this.
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!
But legit, the fact that DP is slower than RS, has worse mon and type distribution than RS (partially thanks to Cross evos, as much as I like them), garbage mechanics in honey and the great marsh, and spammed HMs (though Day Night cycles returning is nice), and then having the audacity of pulling an RGBY where Girantina is just sitting randomly in a cave, pitiful mon rep in some gyms that rival's Gen 2s idiocity (rip Fire), AND removing Emerald's Frontier makes me wonder how the hell the region wasn't criticized on first reception like RS was. Heck, Cynthia if not for her team is literally a Steven clone story and personality wise (to the point the leaked protos literally use him as a placeholder for her). Heck, Cyrus barely has a motive in DP
And in terms of fixing for the 3rd region, Plat mainly fixed Girantina's entrance massively Ala Distortion World (still one of the best in mainline), Cyrus getting more motives, added Battle Frontier, and the dex getting an overhaul. Sadly despite speed fixes, it's still slower than Gen 1-3, and HM spam is still pitiful
Even without Frontier, I'm gonna say it. BDSP will literally be better than OG Gen 4 + Plat to play through. I'm sorry, but Gen 4 was riding off of the coattails of Gen 2 nostalgia, and HGSS sealed that
Err, I guess mine is that Sinnoh Ash was a regression, which had even worse ones 5 beyond mind you, but 4 was still a regression character wise
It seems to me that BDSP are primarily targeting diehard gen 4 fans - particularly gen 4 purists - and I personally fit neither of those descriptions. So you can see why I'm not really that impressed with what I've seen from them.
To be fair I would assume they will have some bone to throw for veterans.I'm not getting any of that from BDSP. If you played the original there has yet to be shown a reason to play the remakes, even if your a Sinnoh fan unless you have no way of playing the old Gen IV games and have an itch to play through them again.
I'm not getting any of that from BDSP. If you played the original there has yet to be shown a reason to play the remakes, even if your a Sinnoh fan unless you have no way of playing the old Gen IV games and have an itch to play through them again.
Funnily, that's also the case for me.It is my chance to play the Sinnoh games without using an emulator (or Twilight Menu++) to me.
Missed the whole Battle Frontier discussion from a few pages ago, but I want to say this: while I like the Battle Frontiers (and battling in Battle Facilities in general), I do not consider a Battle Frontier to be the most important thing in the series. I think they are fun but not downright necessary. I wouldn't say no to a Frontier appearing again, but I do not downright need it. And, sad as it may sound (and this is probably very unpopular), I feel that Battle Frontiers are a thing of the past nowadays. The last time we got one was in HG/SS, which were released 11-12 years ago. And even so, the Frontier in those games was just copypasted from Platinum, which means it has been 12-13 years since we got a new Frontier.
There has also only been two Battle Frontiers in the entire series, and it never really felt like a staple feature in the series to me. I also remember that in the past, during the Emerald days at least, there were a ton of players who were not interested in the Frontier at all, both casual, hardcore and competitive players. While there were also many like myself who were interested in the Frontier, our interest always felt a bit niche compared to the fandom on the whole. Can't speak for how it was during the Platinum/HG/SS days since I wasn't really active in the fandom back then, but that's what I remember from the Emerald days at least. So, because of that, I can fully understand why GF have chosen to not include a Battle Frontier in the more recent games and generations.
From my five favorite Pokémon games (B/W, B2/W2, X/Y, OR/AS, US/UM), not a single one has a Frontier. In the four latest generations, I have also found myself being satisfied with just the standard Facility and 1-3 extra facilities. So I do not need a Frontier to get the most enjoyment out of a Pokémon game. Spoilers for BD/SP: While I am still unsure about getting SP, the lack of a Frontier does not really matter all that much to me and it is not among the reasons I am unsure about getting the game. But if this had been just a few years ago, I would probably not have gotten the game just because of the lack of a Frontier. Similar to how I didn't get OR/AS upon release because they didn't have a Frontier... but I later got them anyway and had tons of fun with them. The Maison ended up being more than satisfying enough. I have also become more of a casual player lately, so I don't really think I would have the time/interest to play in a Frontier if it were to return.
So that's my view on that. Now, to something else. I have a new possibly unpopular opinion, somewhat related to the above. While I don't need the Battle Frontier to return, there's a similar feature which I have always wanted to return: Black Tower/White Treehollow from B2/W2. Or some sort of spritual successor to them. With the ability to switch betwen them of course, giving you the ability to have both in the same game just like in B2/W2. Don't know if that is unpopular, but it is at least an opinion I don't think I have ever seen posted anywhere before. While I don't really need them to return, just like with the Frontier, I would honestly much rather see the return of some new area similar to them than the return of a Battle Frontier. I have been thinking about Black Tower/White Treehollow a lot lately, as well as gone back to battling in them for a bit, and I have to say that they are two of my favorite areas/places/facilities in the whole series. I also think they are highly underappreciated since they are rarely discussed anywhere. Don't know about anyone else, but that's how I feel.
Actually I think the more target audience are those who never played Gen 4 before. I get the feeling from FRLG, HGSS, and ORAS that they wanted those games to appease/entertain/surprise both veteran players and new players alike.
Excuse me sir, are you *daring* to say you want to have fun playing a game?For me the reason I'll get BDSP is so I can try out Sinnoh with the Quality of Life additions from newer games, namely no HMs, Exp Share (although it should be optional) and the portable PC Box
If you couldn't tell I'm a lazy fucker
kind of how Strength boulder stay in their hole for the entire game (may be a recent QoL change?)
If I may ask, what hack did you make?I just made it in my hack so that most HMs you need the item itself to progress, but you don't need to teach it to any mon
except Fly and flash, cuz Fly is actually fun, and Flash would be too buggy otherwise
It's a shame HMs were ditched entirely though
That's the thing, I really like overworld puzzles and things like that as a break in the pacing of the game. It's just that half the time in Pokemon they're not that good. "Use Cut" is not a puzzle, TRICK MASTER. I'd love more OG Strength puzzles, one-way routes, and other cleverness, but they've gotten rid of a lot of that as they phazed out HMs.That was added in Gen V, when Strength was changed from "Hey, let's put a Sokoban puzzle for no reason" to "Use this to open alternate or better paths to backtrack".