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C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 8h

oh, while I'm listing 'mainline' games since XY, obviously Diamond and Pearl remake"s" are very lacking. I got it and enjoyed it because I felt like replaying Gen 4. So that's one where I'm for once not claiming it's a success of a game, but I still managed a thorough satisfactory experience with it

C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 8h

Some of these are true of some prior games in ways, but only now do I feel they define the experience:

urban graphics lacking
tutorial lockdown intro WAY too long
Human platforming really shoddy, which comes into the motion battles & is an intentional forefront game part
environment dull/unvaried

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C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 8h

so, like, boycott-minded people, I think I'm somewhat joining em, despite disagreeing for several generations. "Dexit" is a tedious objection. I don't feel the need to be apologist: there's no way to pretend those long dialog sequences were justified; they just didn't put the games below 8/10 for me

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C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 8h

I note I've said 'lovely' thrice. It shows I'm charmed by an aesthetic that resonates since my childhood, the first capitalist thing I ever found fascinating & worth investment.

Legends Za: I've learned several of its impediments before I've seen anything to adore. I do feel guilty enabling this.

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C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 8h

SV: clearly impaired by Switch 1, which can't be excused in overall review. Still, we can now access its intent, & even crippled it was just so cool to explore, free & adventurous

Me being a sucker for all those games is a preamble to me saying I finally, totally get the disappointment with new one

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C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 8h

Sunmoon: even more sunny, a bit ambitious. Both of these suffer in cutesy storytelling & puzzlelessness, but felt lovely & refreshing
USUM: pending, not fully played
SS: oh, same reaction as XY, just in a higher resolution, heh. Lovely. Really liked DLC
Arceus: genuinely brilliant, enthralling game

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C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 8h

Mainline Pokémon games have received a lot of fanbase criticism since Gen 6, and impressed reviews coexist with disappointed ones. I have continued to enjoy them. I'll say stuff after my takes:
XY: I know they're simplistic, but great new designs, lovely region, something sunny about it. bad badguy

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C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 9h

Me buying them stuff felt like trying to stop them from buying stuff. it just led to them buying accessories for the stuff I bought them.

C Surname @surnamatic.bsky.social · 10h

Facebook just newly pointless now, all content encouraging us to comment on Posts by Pages we don't Follow. I'm falling for it a bit; maybe I need a break from the platform