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Entirely superior to its predecessor, but I do think there are some pacing issues, and Hugh being horrible.
I did feel that there were some pacing issues with Coballion, Terrakion, and Virizion appearing almost randomly. I knew that they are set encounters but I didn't know where they were set at and would forget to save beforehand. I knew you could come back to them postgame, but I didn't want to do that since I wanted to move on to other games after this one. And the whole Plasma Frigate business right after the 8th gym. I just wanted to go to the Pokémon League after this, but nope, can't do that. Colress fight was cool though :)
I don't think you need to play BW1 first, so if you want to, dive right into this one if you want. If Gen 4 didn't steal my heart, I'd say this is the best Pokémon game ever.
I did feel that there were some pacing issues with Coballion, Terrakion, and Virizion appearing almost randomly. I knew that they are set encounters but I didn't know where they were set at and would forget to save beforehand. I knew you could come back to them postgame, but I didn't want to do that since I wanted to move on to other games after this one. And the whole Plasma Frigate business right after the 8th gym. I just wanted to go to the Pokémon League after this, but nope, can't do that. Colress fight was cool though :)
I don't think you need to play BW1 first, so if you want to, dive right into this one if you want. If Gen 4 didn't steal my heart, I'd say this is the best Pokémon game ever.