Other General Pokemon Discussion

[Guren]

Armarouge and Ceruledge are Navi's from Battle Network and you can't convince me otherwise. They will both be on my team, fire overlap be damned.

Also... Gotta say this too and not sure where to put it....

Spoiler: AniPoke Spoiler

Sirfetch'd was a god damned CHAMPION. Holy hell. Dracovish too. I literally was like "No way did the duck defeat the beast..." for a moment there. Really good episode.

Seems like they're going more and more humanoid with their poké designs though.

All in all this gen is really growing on me the more I see it. They also fixed the horrible AA that plagued the earlier trailers or they edited that way.

 

[Ziosa]

im about to beat the second gym

Spoiler

and my third 'overall' objective

game is fun but i have a few problems. One of the most common ones actually being minor as i havent had much tech issues tbh, really just one lag spike that sorted itself out in a few seconds and a couple of frame drops. They need to sort out the small pokemon though, either making them more noticeable or have them move out of the way when dashing. Experience seems very easy to get, i'm already overleveled and i have only done a moderate amount of exploring and didnt even fight in some areas. The gimmick is better than i thought so far but the 'strong' trainers you can find in the world should also be able to use it; so its more than just boss battles and wild/raid encounters.

im still deciding on a team and will probably just swap out pokemon every now and again until i find ones i really wanna use

 

[Guren]

im about to beat the second gym

Spoiler

and my third 'overall' objective

game is fun but i have a few problems. One of the most common ones actually being minor as i havent had much tech issues tbh, really just one lag spike that sorted itself out in a few seconds and a couple of frame drops. They need to sort out the small pokemon though, either making them more noticeable or have them move out of the way when dashing. Experience seems very easy to get, i'm already overleveled and i have only done a moderate amount of exploring and didnt even fight in some areas. The gimmick is better than i thought so far but the 'strong' trainers you can find in the world should also be able to use it; so its more than just boss battles and wild/raid encounters.

im still deciding on a team and will probably just swap out pokemon every now and again until i find ones i really wanna use

My general problem with the game is that gyms don't scale as I feared. Which takes away from the open world ness and gives the impression there is a linear route to follow.

 

[Ziosa]

My general problem with the game is that gyms don't scale as I feared. Which takes away from the open world ness and gives the impression there is a linear route to follow.

i thought that would bother me but it kinda doesnt, plus the areas also dont scale so it makes sense that the nearby gym are the same sort of power. It also means i can try a more difficult gym if i want; which you couldnt do if they scale

also i think multiple gyms are around the same level so even though they are more linear than if they were in an actual open world, there is still choice which you do like first etc.

 

[Guren]

i thought that would bother me but it kinda doesnt, plus the areas also dont scale so it makes sense that the nearby gym are the same sort of power. It also means i can try a more difficult gym if i want; which you couldnt do if they scale

also i think multiple gyms are around the same level so even though they are more linear than if they were in an actual open world, there is still choice which you do like first etc.

Ah I see. Haven't really gotten around to play much yet only noticed it upon looking at the level caps.

 

[Ziosa]

Ah I see. Haven't really gotten around to play much yet only noticed it upon looking at the level caps.

i dont actually know yet how the levels work, as i went and did a gym that people might not do first as its not on that sort of 'path'. Spoiler is until you can ride the legendary as im not sure where you are at and what you have seen online

Spoiler

it was past the first titan which was the other option you could do instead of the gym

 

[Guren]

i dont actually know yet how the levels work, as i went and did a gym that people might not do first as its not on that sort of 'path'. Spoiler is until you can ride the legendary as im not sure where you are at and what you have seen online

Spoiler

it was past the first titan which was the other option you could do instead of the gym

I've done the 'official' first gym, the bug trainer. And am on route for the second one. Not super far, just went to check for levels. Beyond that I know nothing.
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I do miss the art direction from Arceus though this world feels so barren to me

 

[Ziosa]

i feel like Legends: arceus was a bit of a trial run for the formula but Scarlet&violet was very far into development so they couldn't adjust things when the former was a massive success. Either that or it was rushed; which could explain certain things

which version did you get? I really like how they made them such different games, as normally the only differences are the legendaries and like 3 or something exclusive pokemon families

 

[Guren]

i feel like Legends: arceus was a bit of a trial run for the formula but Scarlet&violet was very far into development so they couldn't adjust things when the former was a massive success. Either that or it was rushed; which could explain certain things

which version did you get? I really like how they made them such different games, as normally the only differences are the legendaries and like 3 or something exclusive pokemon families

I've got scarlet. And yeah I'm pretty sure it was rushed since it has a lot of performance issues. Sub 30fps for a game that doesn't even come close to the visual scale of let's say Xenoblade 3. That game while rough ran at a stable 30 fps. Which is the bare minimum for me these days.

Not even mentioning the glitches I've encountered so far in this pokemon game. Shame really since it has a lot of potential. But this franchise is too baked in with the anime, merch release etc. So they can't be delayed even if it's in an abysmal state.

 

[Ziosa]

i dont really care about performance or FPS too much, as long as the game is stable enough to play and has no game breaking glitches ill consider it good tech-wise lol. I have played games at terrible fps and still had fun

i have also got scarlet but i was on the fence so couldve easily got violet

 

[Guren]

i dont really care about performance or FPS too much, as long as the game is stable enough to play and has no game breaking glitches ill consider it good tech-wise lol. I have played games at terrible fps and still had fun

i have also got scarlet but i was on the fence so couldve easily got violet

it just fluctuates too much for my liking, I played xenoblade 3 on the switch and had no complaints about it. I'll probably finish Scarlet but not rushing it, been watching the world cup too much to sit around playing anyway

 

[Ziosa]

it just fluctuates too much for my liking, I played xenoblade 3 on the switch and had no complaints about it. I'll probably finish Scarlet but not rushing it, been watching the world cup too much to sit around playing anyway

im mostly playing kinda quick so i stop caring about spoilers lol, as i have been trying to avoid them and somewhat succeeded. Also i have yet to actually finish a switch game lmao (i am on giratina in Legends: arceus but it still feels like the 'main' game and not post)

 

[Guren]

im mostly playing kinda quick so i stop caring about spoilers lol, as i have been trying to avoid them and somewhat succeeded. Also i have yet to actually finish a switch game lmao (i am on giratina in Legends: arceus but it still feels like the 'main' game and not post)

iirc the Giratina fight is like the very last fight lol.

 

[Ziosa]

iirc the Giratina fight is like the very last fight lol.

it probably is lol, and i will go back and do it eventually

other games i have on my switch are either really long or have no 'end' so cant beat them lol
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@Guren I might need your help to evolve a pokemon lol

 

[Guren]

it probably is lol, and i will go back and do it eventually

other games i have on my switch are either really long or have no 'end' so cant beat them lol
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@Guren I might need your help to evolve a pokemon lol

Do I need nintendo online for that to work?

 

[Emperor Cross]

Was the Diamond and Pearl remake any good ?

 

[Guren]

Was the Diamond and Pearl remake any good ?

It had a lot of glitches iirc. But the elite four is the hardest in any mainline game I've ever seen. Fully EV trained, held items. Cynthia's Garchomp for example holds a berry that cuts super effective ice type moves in half.
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Just a shame I didn't really like the chibi art style. Just wasn't for me.

 

[Emperor Cross]

I wanted to buy it this week, to play a good game until Witcher 3 is out. >.<

 

[Guren]

I wanted to buy it this week, to play a good game until Witcher 3 is out. >.<

It's pokemon lol if it's a consolation. It runs better then the current one

 

[Emperor Cross]

It's pokemon lol if it's a consolation. It runs better then the current one

I'm the type to still play Gen 4 with a randomizer