Dekoma
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I'm a gamer. a fuckin nerd. I mainly play retro games and modern games. Sometimes games you've never bat an eye on. Been gaming for many years since I was a little bab. Not to brag or anything, i'm just sayin. So obviously, my favorite games will not be ones released on the 7th or 8th gens. So your top game will be Skyrim, my top game will be A Link to the Past. Your best multiplayer might be Overwatch, mines will be Super Bomberman 5.
Honestly i've played so many games, I had difficulty logging every single one in my profile. So whatever you see here is probably still an incomplete list. Especially when this website includes rom hacks and bootlegs. Regardless if you like what i've played or if you enjoy my reviews, you're free to follow me if you feel like it. Or if you just like what I write for whatever reason.
I'm a gamer. a fuckin nerd. I mainly play retro games and modern games. Sometimes games you've never bat an eye on. Been gaming for many years since I was a little bab. Not to brag or anything, i'm just sayin. So obviously, my favorite games will not be ones released on the 7th or 8th gens. So your top game will be Skyrim, my top game will be A Link to the Past. Your best multiplayer might be Overwatch, mines will be Super Bomberman 5.
Honestly i've played so many games, I had difficulty logging every single one in my profile. So whatever you see here is probably still an incomplete list. Especially when this website includes rom hacks and bootlegs. Regardless if you like what i've played or if you enjoy my reviews, you're free to follow me if you feel like it. Or if you just like what I write for whatever reason.
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This review contains spoilers
Ignoring the stuff that scared the pants out of people on sleeping on this title (which i still think is a dumb reason to skip out on this gen), the games are very solid titles. Quite a number of things to get you ready for competitive have been made easier (hyper training now only requires your pokemon to be lv50 as opposed to lv100 plus bottle caps are purchisable), while some removals are very questionable (literally no interiors, barely any cave dungeons, postgame is reduced to just raids as of this review). My biggest gripe is no refighting elite four or gym leaders. As they would've been a good source of grinding for money postgame. but for whatever reason, Game Freak decided to just make them all a one and done thing.
Gameplay wise, the world is even massive than before. wild pokemon are pretty lively (even if they have 2 behavioral settings upon seeing you), sandwiches makes encountering certain types easier, herba mystica is a welcome addition for shiny hunters. and as I previously stated, battling is as solid as ever. Aside from graphical glitches that would happen sometimes because of improper terrain (my tinkaton slipped off a cliff because she was battling on a steep hill).
And because I have to point out the pink elephant in the room, the graphical glitches can get ugly sometimes. especially when you make it to the lake or do the cortondo gym challenge. it can especially be a bit jarring online since the game is less hinged during union circle sessions depending on the connection.
Story wise, I'd honestly say is better than black and white's story. You can argue with me that black and white left an imaginable impression on you as an 8 year old and can never change your opinion, but that's your opinion. the story here i feel shines brighter than black and white's. especially the little twist at the end (despite me marking this as spoiler warning, I'm still not saying). Its probably the best story in any pokemon game ever. Especially since the league isn't treated as the main thing (even if you are still collecting 8 gym badges plus the other badges for the other quests).
Overall, the games are a very good experience. Though unfortunately, i'm only giving a 3 and a half stars because the postgame is as dry as water in a desert. Most of my playtime came from EV training and exploring Paldea as much as possible. Which I really enjoyed. I just wish they gave us more to do during the endgame and didn't outright remove the battle tower. Maybe my score will change when there's a free update that gives us more postgame stuff to do or when dlc rolls around. But as of now, it gets the score i've appointed it.
Gameplay wise, the world is even massive than before. wild pokemon are pretty lively (even if they have 2 behavioral settings upon seeing you), sandwiches makes encountering certain types easier, herba mystica is a welcome addition for shiny hunters. and as I previously stated, battling is as solid as ever. Aside from graphical glitches that would happen sometimes because of improper terrain (my tinkaton slipped off a cliff because she was battling on a steep hill).
And because I have to point out the pink elephant in the room, the graphical glitches can get ugly sometimes. especially when you make it to the lake or do the cortondo gym challenge. it can especially be a bit jarring online since the game is less hinged during union circle sessions depending on the connection.
Story wise, I'd honestly say is better than black and white's story. You can argue with me that black and white left an imaginable impression on you as an 8 year old and can never change your opinion, but that's your opinion. the story here i feel shines brighter than black and white's. especially the little twist at the end (despite me marking this as spoiler warning, I'm still not saying). Its probably the best story in any pokemon game ever. Especially since the league isn't treated as the main thing (even if you are still collecting 8 gym badges plus the other badges for the other quests).
Overall, the games are a very good experience. Though unfortunately, i'm only giving a 3 and a half stars because the postgame is as dry as water in a desert. Most of my playtime came from EV training and exploring Paldea as much as possible. Which I really enjoyed. I just wish they gave us more to do during the endgame and didn't outright remove the battle tower. Maybe my score will change when there's a free update that gives us more postgame stuff to do or when dlc rolls around. But as of now, it gets the score i've appointed it.
Pretty standard YGO game. Compared to the other World Championship games (or at least the ones i've played), there's no duelists in the anime that appears in this game. Nor do any of the monster opponents have decks similar to what they use.
Honestly there's not much you can do in this game except build your deck and keep dueling monster opponents until you reach the highest rank. I built my dragon deck from 2005 in this game and faired pretty well against the computer. The game isn't even an RPG like the DS games. So interest in this one is very limited to weither you've actually played the card game in 2005-2006 or not. Since the cards and rulesets are from that era.
You also spend points to buy booster packs. Which is only good for getting extra cards if you used the password system to get your cards instantly for you ingame deck. Again, not much I can say about this game since there's barely anything goes on in this game.
Honestly there's not much you can do in this game except build your deck and keep dueling monster opponents until you reach the highest rank. I built my dragon deck from 2005 in this game and faired pretty well against the computer. The game isn't even an RPG like the DS games. So interest in this one is very limited to weither you've actually played the card game in 2005-2006 or not. Since the cards and rulesets are from that era.
You also spend points to buy booster packs. Which is only good for getting extra cards if you used the password system to get your cards instantly for you ingame deck. Again, not much I can say about this game since there's barely anything goes on in this game.
Feels like a back to the basics kind of game after World. The game just throws you in without much of an introduction and expects you to know what to do. Which imo is something I appreciate. Especially since i've played an MH game before world. One thing most of these games have in common with the opening sequence is you're always attacked by something and the game teaches you the basic controls there. Here, that never happens. The way the game opens is maybe reminicent to how they were when the series is just starting.
Besides that, its the usual MH fare. Kill monsters, make weapons and armor out of their remains, do missions to progress. But being a bit more open means the game can leave you in the dark if you don't bother looking at missions. If you're used to every later game's story progression, then this might throw you off. But if you're used to how things were before the whole story stuff, then you won't have much problems playing through this entry.
Pretty fun overall. Plus as I said, I like that its a back to the basics entry with all the new stuff still in tact.
Besides that, its the usual MH fare. Kill monsters, make weapons and armor out of their remains, do missions to progress. But being a bit more open means the game can leave you in the dark if you don't bother looking at missions. If you're used to every later game's story progression, then this might throw you off. But if you're used to how things were before the whole story stuff, then you won't have much problems playing through this entry.
Pretty fun overall. Plus as I said, I like that its a back to the basics entry with all the new stuff still in tact.