Ohh og, this game...
I am legit have a lot of trouble putting on words how I feel about Legends Arceus.....
On one hand, they do something that the series needed for a long time: a new experimental and original take that is both something pokemon fans wanted for decades, and also a surprise that gives a lot of things to love about these titles.
COnsidering Platinum is my favorite pokemn game, this title feels almost made for me, as the way the story of this game ties together bits and pieces from all over the pokemon universe is amazing, and each little reference can be connected to the story of all the traditional titles almost flawlessly.: the attenrion to world building of this is gonna make any veterans of the series really happy.
Not to mention it has some of the best music in the series: an homage to old tracks that now are reborn in a amazing traditional form.
The tone of the game is also really cool: finally you get to see a more mature take on a world that always felt too utopic, and where you can just straight up """"die"""" in the wild. It's a giant breath of fresh air.
That said....... I am sorry, I feel this should have needed more time in the hoven: it hads a more experimental gameplay and battle system that I feel needed a bit more balancing and polish, the item system is weirdly restrictive (seriously why do I have to pay a big sum to a random guy only to be able to carry more items?), the game can feel sort of unbalanced at the time, and the presence of long, unskippable cutscenes do a lot to break the pacing of the game (even tho I do admit, they are at least more enjoyable compared to the ones from the other recent pokemon games).
I am not even mad at the graphical presentation: I feel they are not as horrible as other people say, even though I agree that it feels really offputting, especially considering what the Switch can do.
I want to love Legends Arceus even more like any other people, and I am glad that Game Freak will not stop at this and is planning other game sin the Legends series, but for a first attempt..... I kinda wish they polished the experience a little more.......
.... also literal God's iphone is a dumb idea and will always be, sorryyyy.....
I am legit have a lot of trouble putting on words how I feel about Legends Arceus.....
On one hand, they do something that the series needed for a long time: a new experimental and original take that is both something pokemon fans wanted for decades, and also a surprise that gives a lot of things to love about these titles.
COnsidering Platinum is my favorite pokemn game, this title feels almost made for me, as the way the story of this game ties together bits and pieces from all over the pokemon universe is amazing, and each little reference can be connected to the story of all the traditional titles almost flawlessly.: the attenrion to world building of this is gonna make any veterans of the series really happy.
Not to mention it has some of the best music in the series: an homage to old tracks that now are reborn in a amazing traditional form.
The tone of the game is also really cool: finally you get to see a more mature take on a world that always felt too utopic, and where you can just straight up """"die"""" in the wild. It's a giant breath of fresh air.
That said....... I am sorry, I feel this should have needed more time in the hoven: it hads a more experimental gameplay and battle system that I feel needed a bit more balancing and polish, the item system is weirdly restrictive (seriously why do I have to pay a big sum to a random guy only to be able to carry more items?), the game can feel sort of unbalanced at the time, and the presence of long, unskippable cutscenes do a lot to break the pacing of the game (even tho I do admit, they are at least more enjoyable compared to the ones from the other recent pokemon games).
I am not even mad at the graphical presentation: I feel they are not as horrible as other people say, even though I agree that it feels really offputting, especially considering what the Switch can do.
I want to love Legends Arceus even more like any other people, and I am glad that Game Freak will not stop at this and is planning other game sin the Legends series, but for a first attempt..... I kinda wish they polished the experience a little more.......
.... also literal God's iphone is a dumb idea and will always be, sorryyyy.....