An incredibly mediocre game. Instead of innovating or trying to enhance the experience as a "faithful" remake, it sticks too close to the DS originals, and because of that, comes off as really bland.
The presentation is quite lacking, and like most of the older Pokémon games, the story isn't too interesting. I felt like I was going to fall asleep for most of the game because it wasn't very engaging (until the end). There's some hints of polish and charm in there, but it's in the little things like the trainer or gym leader animations.
The game is not challenging at all until the end, but that's not unusual for modern Pokémon. The champion can go fuck themselves.
There's also some good QoL additions, and the Grand Underground is cool. It also feels like in some ways they didn't even consider how these new features would mesh with the original game. For example, with the 360 movement, I often bumped into and got stuck on things because the game world wasn't designed with that movement in mind.
I think I'm starting to fall off Pokémon. I don't even buy them for myself anymore but I still feel like I'm forcing myself to play something I'm not really enjoying. It kinda sucks that BDSP are so lacking because HGSS and even ORAS felt like certified improvements over the originals, whereas you could play this or Platinum, to be honest. I think some of the QoL additions make this the one to play, but it's your choice. I wish TPC would give these devs more time to actually polish and refine to make a really great end product. AAA yearly releases are hell, because all it leads to is crunch and mediocrity.
The presentation is quite lacking, and like most of the older Pokémon games, the story isn't too interesting. I felt like I was going to fall asleep for most of the game because it wasn't very engaging (until the end). There's some hints of polish and charm in there, but it's in the little things like the trainer or gym leader animations.
The game is not challenging at all until the end, but that's not unusual for modern Pokémon. The champion can go fuck themselves.
There's also some good QoL additions, and the Grand Underground is cool. It also feels like in some ways they didn't even consider how these new features would mesh with the original game. For example, with the 360 movement, I often bumped into and got stuck on things because the game world wasn't designed with that movement in mind.
I think I'm starting to fall off Pokémon. I don't even buy them for myself anymore but I still feel like I'm forcing myself to play something I'm not really enjoying. It kinda sucks that BDSP are so lacking because HGSS and even ORAS felt like certified improvements over the originals, whereas you could play this or Platinum, to be honest. I think some of the QoL additions make this the one to play, but it's your choice. I wish TPC would give these devs more time to actually polish and refine to make a really great end product. AAA yearly releases are hell, because all it leads to is crunch and mediocrity.