Vou me abster de passar 1 hora escrevendo o quão importante esse jogo é para mim, a nostalgia de um tempo mais simples as charmosas músicas e as discussões com meu primo a cerca dos pokémons nunca vão sair da minha cabeça. Pode não ser meu jogo favorito, mas é o mais próximo que eu consigo listar de um jogo sem defeitos. Talvez minha nostalgia esteja falando mais alto, mas depois de rejogar pela terceira vez, esse jogo cresceu tanto em mim que eu nem tenho palavras, nenhum jogo de Pokémon é tão importante quanto este para mim, e tirando yume nikki, nenhum outro jogo me tocou tanto quanto este. É por jogos assim que eu criei apresso por esta forma de mídia, e apesar de não gostar dos jogos da franquia mais recentes, ainda tenho muito apresso por estes graças a esse jogo. Obrigado game Freak, apesar de todos os seus tropeços, obrigado por nos ter proporcionado este jogo

Esse definitivamente é meu jogo favorito. Tudo que eu espero ter em um jogo de pokémon tem aqui, e só explorar a rotas mais simples desse jogo me dá uma felicidade descomunal.
eu to fazendo essa review agora que eu terminei o main game dele, mas com certeza eu vou voltar nesse save e fazer tudo possível, porque os postgame desse jogo é o meu favorito de todos

AEH.. eu joguei ele no Challenge mode dessa vez, que alias é uma feature única desse jogo, e apesar de no início ter sido bem difícil, depois ficou só normal, não sei se é porque o jogo não fica realmente difícil ou se eu só sou bom mesmo :sunglasses:

Still a great entry, but I think the stronger story of the 1st game pushes my preference more towards that one, but still a really solid time.

I really liked the story aspect from Black 1 where for the first and last time in a Pokémon game you were made to think about whether your conception of the world was really moral and just. Although you get to see all of the post-effects of the in-universe musing, the plot becomes a bit less impactful when everyone out and out just goes "we're bad!" rather than "what if you are?"

It's nice to see all sorts of Pokémon reintroduced into the wild during the main campaign, but although it's a selling point for the box, feels like a little bit of a concession when they went all out on making a brand new roster of 'mons for the OG, like a direct pander to the people complaining that the ice cream cone ruined their childhood or whatever.

All of that aside (which despite having a bit to say on it, I'd say are minor complaints) I think everything else about the game is an upgrade over the OG so it's a net win, but I think the first game packs a bigger punch and left a better lasting impression on me.

[Same thoughts for White 2 as well, of course]

I dunno if people will think this is a hot take or not, but I'll say it upfront: Not only are these my favorite Pokemon games, I genuinely think they're the best games in the series to date.

Black and White 2 are nearly flawless Pokemon games. Is the story as good as Black and White 1? No, but it's still pretty good and ties a bow on BW1's plot extremely well. The Pokemon diversity in this game is excellent, and makes it extremely replayable, correcting one of the issues BW1 had. This is the only Pokemon game with actual difficulty options (it has to be unlocked, but, still, great!). And it's not an easy game either by Pokemon standards. I won't call it hard, but you can wipe if you're not prepped or over-leveled for quite a few fights in this game. There's an in-game achievement system, there's Gym rematches, there's returning legendaries, there's everything a Pokemon game should have - yet this game doesn't get the credit it deserves and that baffles me to no end.

There's a ton of fan service in the post-game too with the Pokemon World Tournament. If you know you know.

My only big critique is how the story stops you and forces you to do PokeStar Studios side content. Can JRPGs stop forcing weird minigames on us please? Thanks.

TL;DR - I love BW2 and not only are they my favorite set of Pokemon games, I think they're the best and most underrated set as well. Fantastic games.

Score: 95