Okay, 2 questions. Yes, I'm upping the QUANTITY on these mildly annoying commenter questions per reply now! How spicy. 1) Would you review an indie game if they offered to just...Give it to ya free and have exclusive early access abd yadda yadda yadda look there's tHIS THING I'M 2) Octopath Traveler 2. Have you played it yet? Complete insanity with a few small boundaries, 2 dozen optional bosses to fight, and you can make eveyone sub-class as a CAPITALIST.
You definitively haven't played that glitch fest that is RBY. It's so glitchy one of the glitch was used ... to render Mew legal and transferable on Bank !
Originally, I thought terra stuff would give gym leaders some cool twists and surprise me with wacky combos. Like... I dunno, Iono's levitating terra-electric ghost? NOPE, take your bug bear and be satisfied. Somehow this not so virtual Vtuber is the only one who knows how to use the gimmick properly.
I feel this problem is more systemic of the weird difficulty in pokemon. Where they make something cool and actually tricky while they have the others like Brassious tera grass his rock pokemon in front of my flame croc. It should have offered an interesting tool that would allow the gym leaders to be more adaptable and actually tricky but because we can't have a difficulty setting they need to be like the previous gen where they just hit the gimmick button on there final mon.
"Ugh, I'm gonna throw up. this was a bad idea. (laughs) Goddamnit, I love what I do!" that right there... that's why these reviews are so poignant and entertaining to watch xD
Can we have a Pokémon game with Greco-Roman military tactics in which we have to use certain Pokémon to fill certain roles in battle? That would be more fun than staring at the rancid turd that is Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for more than the 5 minutes it takes to get a look at Nemona's arse.
I mean, if a Pokemon game comes out with anything but the baseline combat, A) Everyone's gonna yell that it's not Pokemon. B) It will be because their brains finally realized that they aren't alive.
@@stooglesgoogles7246 I was gonna say this. Pokemon Conquest easily had the most hours from me of any pokemon game. Love the characters and interactions and the fact that you can at least see them develop an actual friendship with their perfect partner, along with the tactical strategizing that you get. Limited to Gen 5 since that was the most recent gen at the time, but in all honesty, I can live without gen 6-9. Stopped playing the actual games after gen 7.
I'd say the Monster Hunter Stories games are good alternatives as well, while not perfect games, I still had a lot of fun with them. Plus they both have decently long demos that let you play through the first area of the game, so you get to see for yourself if it's something you'd enjoy without having to spend any money.
@@Chadfill8348True especially the SMT Last Bible Series even though it had a lot of problems (aka Canned Of Worms) from battle systems which is kinda simplified to a certain extent of repetitiveness to negotiation system which is based on luck & memorization of certain beasts you have to recruit that can frustrates you every single time. But I love that game because of the one thing - An Imperfect but Intact and well enough written story.
Seriously, when I saw in the trailer that breeding was relegated to the picnic with the eggs coming from the basket, I was "Did Game Freak gave ammo to E621 ?!"
I bought the games last week, and i realized something sad: I love double battles, and i agreed in your first video essay that doubles should be the way to go. And i have beaten all storylines, and have just fought IN 3 DOUBLE BATTLES. IN THE ENTIRE GAME. Ruby and Sapphire had its first double battle before the FIRST GYM. Why did they pretty much got rid of double battles? I don’t get it. Excellent video here
If you really like double battles, could I suggest the game Cassette Beasts? It's not the best in the world, but it is pokemon-esque with less outdated BS mechanically and all battles are double battles.
It's like the start of every fucking Pokémon movie, with the narrator explaining how Pokémon live in so many varied locales and regions. Like YES WE GET IT POKÉMON EXIST, THEY HAVE FOR DECADES NOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO TREAT THE AUDIENCE LIKE POKÉMON ISN'T AN ESTABLISHED WORLDWIDE CULTURE.
@@TheLudomancer my little brother, when he was EIGHT, couldn't even get through some of the tutorials in these newer ones. Not because they're difficult or hard to understand, but because he was _bored_ out of his goddamn mind waiting for the text to end and instead switched to Mario or Kirby. Cuz at least if those games have intro cutscenes, they actually _establish the plot_ instead of regurgitate the same nonsense about how we all live in a Pokémon world(Pokémon world).
I mock for comedy, but I actually didn't hate anyone in Gen 8. Most of those characters were solid. Bede Especially. I've seen your comments on all of these vids, I love seeing people progress through my stuff and take such an active interest. It's great to have you on board!
the 'bad guy' teams has been quite braindead for several generations. gone are the large regionwide, world-ending or life threatening stakes like team magma/aqua, team galactic, team neo plasma.. what the hell is team yell? just a bunch of hooligan simping for an underage child. team star? a bunch of nerds who skipped school because they fought their bullies once
Frankly, Team Star was the closest I've come to caring about the team. Making them characters is a good start. Shame they're garbage and don't do anything.
@@TheLudomancer I think my frustration is that Team Star like team skull is a great iteration of the idea of the evil team just not given enough time to flesh it out. If we had more chances to run into them like team skull and actually time to flesh out the grunts and members of the team it could have made battling them more impactful. Also, an aside for me is that I'm kinda glad we're done with the world-ending crime organization as well I like some of the early ones I think having that all the time gets boring and I think a group of hoodlums as early route threats really work and helps make the journey feel more progressive as it allows stakes to escalate more naturally instead of us beating on these supposedly "experienced" trainers in the early routes like magma or plasma (despite the fact i still really like them with team rocket still being my personal favorite as I think while their motive is simple it's pretty understandable versus Archies true no thoughts head empty stupid plan.)
Totem and Titan pokemon have an identical name in all languages except Chinese and English. In Japanese, they have the same name, but use differet alphabets.
I love how your distorted edits throughout the video create more mystery and anticipation for Area Zero than most of the game does. Can’t wait to see your thoughts about that considering your reaction during the livestream.
I've cooled down significantly on it since that. It's competent and deeply, deeply hurt by the absence of anything preceding it. It actually does a half-decent job of selling it's mystique by letting it be approached pre-interaction. It's an ominous thing to see that fog bank. I think that the lengths it goes to create what it does are inspiring in one sense and deeply, deeply troubling in another. But I've talked enough about Pokemon. That video is not coming anytime soon.
You're completely correct and that kinda makes me want to throw up because you know they'd get a C&D two weeks prior to release after being public about the project for 7 of those years.
The convergent mons weren't a bad thing. Yes we already have regional variants, but we have both in real life too. Just look at crabs and Ornithomimus, the "ostrich mimic", or regional morphs in reptiles.
I don't actually care about the convergents in a vacuum. The memes around carcinization bring me infinite joy. I just find it VERY funny that they felt the need for a second excuse. Like... Did they forget??
@@ethangnasher3848 did they really need an excuse tho? They could have just called them all regional variants and no one would have batted an eye. Gamefreak has messed up a lot with these games, but the lore around these pokemon is way better than just "Durrrr dis is a Pikachu who lives in a different region and got a new type and a huge fat Garfield face".
@@incineroar9933 They need jack and shit man, but they still keep fumbling across their own established stuff. I ain't defending it, just pointing out what probably was their reasoning of doing the same shit twice expecting the second time the same reaction as the first.
Not arguing in reference to your aimless design section, but as much as I wish when it came to battle mechanics, the Pokemon Company makes WAY too much bank from the sale of new Pokemon cards to focus on one mechanic at a time. The TCG generates a surprising amount of revenue for Nintendo
Oh I know that full well. Basically every sentence in these videos deserves the qualifier: "This will never change because they make too much money to give a shit"
I wish, Pokémon died so that a better developer can use it to make actually good games again. Fuck it, give Pokémon to fromsoftware, fighting Charizard with a great sword is cooler than anything gamefreak made, ever.
It's happened a lot recently: People will come in on the big Pokemon video, and I see them comment on further ones within the day. It's probably my single favorite thing to see. Someone getting popcorn for my vids might be the most flattering comment I've gotten. (Poke Hell was a BITCH to edit, REALLY glad it came out well for you!)
@@TheLudomancer yeah I’ve been binging your videos since I got home from work today. I appreciate the creative insults when you’re tearing apart a game. It’s been satisfying to see people not being apologetic to the series.
I don’t know, at this rate I’ll hit that mark by the end of the week and I’m probably going to have a psychotic break when it happens. But there’s more to be said after that mark!
All this criticism... Really makes me wish you'd play Pokemon Reborn. It's definitely not a perfect Pokemon game, but both story and gameplay are improved by quite a bit. There's a level cap so that you would always need to win against your opponents with actual thinking and team building. If the level cap before acquiring the needed badge is passed then the Pokemon abides by the "traded Pokemon" rules sometimes not following your commands. But you can enter a password "hardcap" at the start of the game or at any PC (while using a data chip for that) which will make it so that your Pokemon won't go above the level the badges you currently have cap you out at. There are EXP candies so that you would be able to catch low level Pokemon and farm them up to high levels fast and not spent like 40 hours just farming levels to make a new team. And it has a lot of double battles during the mid, late and postgame. Catching pokemon can also be exciting if it's special encounters we're talking about. Finding a stolen traumatized mon in a random building, and figuring out what you need to do to snap it out of it. Wandering in a labyrinth cave and finding a mysterious egg with a diary of a (presumably) dead guy who meant for it to be a gift for his kid. Finding different pokemon of a familiar trainer who has released them and them joining you out of their respect for defeating their once master... And that's not even all that there is to it! The story is not perfect, and there are a lot of characters which makes it hard to focus on a particular one. And some story elements are not ones I'm particularly fond of... But again, it's better than the plot of literally any mainline pokemon game.
Yeah.....I couldn't bring myself to play these games especially with all the stuff I saw and the massive amount of proof that shows that Gamefreak will not change their ways. I'm fine to just kick back and play the games I know are good all the way through in this franchise as well as whatever lovely fan games/rom hacks I can get my hands on. I shall also keep enjoying your content especially the pokemon videos cause you point out in great detail the many issues this franchise has.
I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts on Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth. It's wild to me what that game got away with and how much content is packed into the switch release. Beyond that, the actual process of raising your digimon is so much more involved than "level go up, big number." It even has voice acting!
@@TheLudomancer honestly, feel that way with all JRPGs, as someone that understands Japanese to a degree, when ever a game has the Japanese audio, I know immediately when localization is BSin me, even if I don't fully understand the audio, I at least know the written text is wrong.
10:01 That has long been THE biggest problem I have with Pokemon. Even back when I still loved the franchise's world and gameplay, the plots they chose to follow never appealed to me. Back when I followed the anime, I quite liked Brock and Misty, but even as that archetypical 10-year-old boy he was pandered to, I never really liked Ash. At best I was indifferent to him. As you said in your general Pokemon video, this series is constantly at the threshold of having interesting stories, because a world you fill with beings that have special powers has theoretically limitless stories you could tell. And yet not only do they instead choose to keep telling the same old story over and over again, but it's one of the dullest stories possible that they could tell with that setting, where use of those creatures' abilities is confined to a very narrow set of rules and lock-and-key contrivances, usually told not shown, and mostly in service of the protagonist's own sporting glory. Everything that is most potentially interesting about Pokemon is the stuff that happens separate from your story arc. There's no more depressing sort of bad in gaming, than the sort that's bad not because of the developers' technical ineptitude but because of the stupid choices they make. Except now the games are bad because of the developers' technical ineptitude, too. This is why we need PalWorld.
I wouldn't say Ash is very archetypical, maybe in certain aspects at the start, but definitely comes into his own. If you only watched the beginning, I recommend going farther into it. Ash ends up being a great character with a lot of heart and great depth in his arc
You sir deserve an award, and a subscription. From the hard ads critics and opinions (most I agree with) mixed with the comedy is just golden. Keep up the good work
Thank you. Kinda saddening that my first vids to blow up were low-effort recuts of Popular Show of the Moment, but whatev. It’ll draw a few people back through my catalogue
These games have so many problems but I'm going to only talk about the Open World, Tera Raids, and Team Star. There will be spoilers! The Open World is bad. Besides the frame rate and bad graphics, there is nothing to do. An example is Casseroya Lake and Socarrat Trail which only exists for two things: The Titan Pokemon and Wo-Chien. Besides that there nothings else to do but catch pokemon. Speaking of the pokemon, they pop up when you're 5 feet near them and try to initiate an battle even if you're battling something already. Something that commonly happens is when you run away another encounter will start, happening up to three times in a row in my experience. This compounds with the world feeling lifeless and fake with the Npcs. Oh the npcs, their dialogue sucks and sounds random. A lot of dialogue is just so *insert adjective*. Most towns are just the same shops over and over again. In my experience, there are no houses you can go into. An particular horrible example is Zapapico Town which only exists to evolve your charcadet into Armarouge and Cerueledge. There is no reason to explore the world besides Gimminghoul coins which give you such a small amount that it is pointless. Most random tms on the ground are bad and you have no reason for not looking up where the tm you want is. Tera Raids are an broken buggy mess that are either click one attack or entireless pointless to try. Attacks happens randomly and random effects happen. Most of the time you can't tell what happening. Your allies are stupid. The tera problem can put up a shield that makes your allies irevelant and useless. There can be random pokeballs that show laziness or crunch . There is no reason to not send in the pokemon that is super effective and win. There is a timer in an game that you can't turn off animations for. I'm not going to talk about the story of Team Star or the game because it's a mess with no stakes and most of it is just filler. The Team Star raids suck. All you do is mash R and fight two trainers. Team Star are just differently named gym leaders. There is no reason to go back. Team Star also never gets in your way and affects you. So overall, open world is empty and bland, Tera Raids are arguably the worst part of the game only tying with Star Bases.
Holy hell this brought back memories of me being on one those towers repeatedly entering a fight with a Varoom and being stuck for minutes because the game refused to move my character standing IN the Varoom (It was so bad I recorded a few clips on the switch)
Question as another RPG that sticks to its roots, had Dragon Quest done anything significant with its combat? Since it also revolves around selecting a move. I played DQ IX and it wasnt the deepest combat either maybe i just didnt allocate points properly but i mostly just grinded by spamming attack or using a couple of spells that would defeat multiple enemies at once.
Great video. It really takes someone very passionate about the game to completely dunk on it. I completely agree on your takes, even tho I did enjoy playing the game. I would like your opinion on the area zero portion of the game. It feels like they could've had a fantastic plot but took the "small bytes" approach with DLC to finally flesh out everything about the area (and it's pretty obvious when you consider the DLC name) to sell more. I personally enjoyed the setting of AI going rogue and a bad professor (could've literally been the main plot) and I just wanted to hear what you think.
@@TheLudomancer it’s well worth the time investment, pokemon is finally catching up to what this game produced in 2011. if you like the first couple hours of the game, I’d recommend grabbing the pro version, which was japanese only but does have a fan translation available. it’s essentially what Platinum was to Diamond and Pearl
I mean gigantamax is pretty simple only giving you a single powered up attack reflecting the type of your regular attack, there may be some other stat boosting max moves or healing moves that i don't recall seeing not do i remember using, But apart from that it's mostly just visual flare, good visual flare that was properly hyped like you mentioned but mostly visual flare nonetheless. Megas should have been the gimmick to stick with and give it to Pokemon that actually need it as opposed to mons like Garchomp
I see your point, but I’d prefer having an alt moveset to switch to with terrain and stat up effects over Megas, which just… Make the Numbers Bigger, and the cost of your held item. Plus again, Dynamax is restricted to narratively special moments so I don’t get bored of it instantly.
I think Megas were the best of the gimmicks, but I still don’t think they were fun in the longer term, and they only really focused on the Pokémon that already received more of their attention. Also almost every mega design was just add more of the flourish features to make them “cooler” at the cost of a messier, weaker design.
@jazzy4830 I think the cases vary. For pokemon like Mega Garchomp I agree with you completely. But for pokemon like Charizard, while fan service and nostalgia bait, I do think it looks badass (both forms) and the upgrade I don't think is unwelcome but I do agree that pokemon that aren't that good or have fallen by the wayside due to power creep need it more. Maybe mons like Vanilluxe, Flygon, Swalot, Noctowl, etc.
@@juandiegotorres9632 Flygon is my boy, he has always deserved better and should definitely been the dragon/bug to start out with, which would have prevented him from being so clearly outclassed by Garchomp. I think when they were retyping everything to be a fairy they should have snuck that one in. I think dropping megas was a good call but I like what they did with pokemon like galarian meowth and slowbro, giving them regional variants and different evo paths, that and some stat/movepool tweaks, which they do constantly these days, would mostly fix their issues.
@@jazzy4830 I like regional variants. I wish certain evos weren't region exclusive like I hope pokemon like Wyrdeer and standard Ursaluna become somehow easier to obtain
I agree with SO MUCH of what’s here. I think you’re way underselling Nemona/Penny/Arven, though. They all have meaningful character flaws (all related to feelings of loneliness) that the game does fuck all with. Nemona is ADHD, possibly autistic, has great grades, rich family, struggles with poor stamina and a weak arm, and is excellent at battling, but hyperfiixates and clearly struggles to have an actual social life, thus, her desperation for literally ANYONE to meet her on her level in her hyperfixation. She’s also reckless and kind of tactless. There’s a lot of potential there for conflict and character growth/exploration (I’ve written like 60k words of fic and have scratched the itch only mildly). However, the game ITSELF basically plucks one or two traits, treats them like a joke, barely touches on how her neurodiversity is the reason she’s actually lonely (she cites feeling like ‘there’s an invisible wall’ between her and everyone else) and the every laughs hahaha good ok’l’ Classic Battle Obsessed Nemona. I could do the same with Penny and Arven. They’re great characters but moreso in design, concept, and potential, and aside from some mildly interesting chatter in the final hour (which isn’t even animated or voice acted), they are very much FAILED and done a disservice by the game’s incompetence.
@@TheLudomancer This is a quick aside if you have checked out the DLC or not but I think they really missed an opportunity hear to for charecter interaction and growth. Not having any of those three in either teal mask of Indigo disk really kinda cheapens the experience to me especially as it could made for more compelling dialogue and interactions past just the few new charecters (though I have to say the indigo disk elite four beats the ever living heaven and earth out of the paldean elite four cause god are they a way better group.
You do realize that it's the pokemon company pressuring GF right? A game a year is a cash cow tactic! GF HAD PLANS TO EXPAND LEGENDS ARCEUS WITH DLC. BUT PC SAID "NOPE, GEN 9!" so they shoved a small part of it into the last update of the game. I would say the last good pokemon game was USUM up until PLA came around. You still had megas alongside Z-moves, and Dyna/gigantamax tried to mesh both together. Z moves were the more accessible while megas were the notable ( Kinda like comparing infernape and Blaziken) THEY GOT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
Imma disagree on them getting Mega Evolutions right, but I honestly wish I hadn’t known the Arceus DLC plans. That… that hurts. It’s wild to say that Pokémon should be more like COD, but they really need a rotating set of developers.
@@TheLudomancer yeah the update that gave us the Berry outbreaks was supposed to be much bigger as a full blown DLC. I know that you said that megas/Dynamax/Zmoves/Tera are basically the "press to win" button but it isn't so cut and dry for those that know the game. Casual playthroughs sure they are. But not so much in the meta, pokemon is the biggest moneymakers in the game industry above League of Legends and it has a meta that is probably just as complex(maybe not). They know Adults still play this game because it's Nostalgic for them as well as still prove that they can be the best. The Meta forced Pokemon to evolve and when megas were added to Gen7 a lot of us thought they were here to stay...
"Pressuring GF" - haha, no. Gamefreak, Nintendo and TPC are all PALS SITTING ON THE SAME BOARDS. They just don't care, because ONLY money talks and despite most of the real fanbase crying about Dexit, the shitty new games are still getting bought because "muh shiny hunt" or whatever. Isn't just the casuals, either, but people who supposedly protested the Dexit - and still bought every single buggy mess, from SWSH to BDSP to PLA to SV. Gamefreak always had predatory marketing for children (the "one game for the price of two" is to get kids to advertise and whales to trade with themselves), these problems with plot (it took until Gen 5 to introduce ONE insteresting character) and game structure, etc... Since the very beginning. It's just the convergence of 3-D (2-D functions as a REPRESENTATION of the game's world. Imagination fills in the blanks - that's what holds up the older games, lol. 3-D HAS to be realistic, or it doesn't work), mobile gacha trends (if it makes money with no effort, Gamefreak will go to it and if it's stepping on the fans, then so be it. Gamefreak absolutely does not listen to fan feedback. What for? If you bought the game, you've already been had. Casuals all the way, baby. People that praised and bought Let's Go will buy EVERYTHING. Gamefreak has no concept of customer loyalty as something that has to be cultivated) and the crunch just really exposed these problems. PLA is not "revolutionary". It's just the worse version of the (throwaway, compared to the main game) of the past/multiplayer mode of Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs. Except without actual multiplayer, which is weird because, these days, Gamefreak seems to think that random ladder battles are the same as a proper post-game. The whole "just go catch Pokemon over and over and over and over to literally sell/release them for power-ups (WTF, are the players finally joining Team Rocket?)" was in LGPE already and a few scripted behaviors don't really change that.
I'm just commenting to be a vote in favor of the Star Force video you have planned, because 1) While I definitely get that the games are deserving of criticism, I'm more than burnt out on Pokemon rage at this point, 2) It's an incredibly safe bet to say you are too, and it would be fun to hear you talk about something that hopefully won't cause as much visceral anger, and 3) I've only played one Star Force game, and only for a very short time before I completely lost interest, so I'm curious what positives there are that I didn't get from my limited view of it.
OH yeah. I have more to say on them but correct. I'm burnt out on it. It is normal for a lot of people to lose interest in Star Force, it's a very talky game and random encounters haven't aged well. Curious: Which one did you play?
Okay, glad it wasn't just me then. I found Star Force 2 at a used game shop a while back and picked it up since it seemed similar to Battle Network. Which it definitely is, but evidently not in a way that grabbed me as much.
Ahh, SF2 is the weak link among them. Takes ages to get started and isn't very thematically consistent. I personally find the combat greatly enjoyable as a more flexible system than Battle Network
I bought star force 3 off etsy and it was a blast, I've definitely thought about picking up the first star force since playing it. I'm just real bad at the combat, same goes for battle network lol. I will not tolerate base star force 2's encounter rate though, if I ever play that game.
Semi related, it might be worth noting that PLA and ScVi have two different directors. ScVi's director is Shigeru Ohmori while PLA's director is Kazumasa Iwao I feel like if one were to actually look into the inner workings of GF's development and the company itself, as well as how the corporate trickle down of TPC influences their decision amking, instead of just looking at the games, we might get answers as to why their quality is inconsistent
I still find it funny this game is supposed to be based in a similar territory to Spain yet the country looks like an Anus and finally the theme is supposed to be Motorcycle and vehicle culture... yet there are no roads, THERE ARE MORE ROADS ON THE CHAMPIONS HAIR STYLE.
I am personally incredibly conflicted on these games. On one hand, yes, they are unfished, pretty much every new feature is half baked, the environments are either incredibly boring or incredibly confusing, and every few seconds there’s a big ranging from harmless to game breaking. On the other, Arven’s story genuinely made me cry, the new Pokémon are great, and terastallization is actually a fairly balanced gimmick. It really feels like there were people who had big ambitions for this game but it was just never realized. But at the same time, it took away so many good features that we saw in legends arceus that make it hard to come to, simply because that standard Pokémon formula is so lifeless. There’s a lot I personally liked about these games, but there’s so much more that I don’t like and it makes me sad. I wanted to see these games be good despite everything, I love this series despite its flaws, but it will never change, because despite the massive missteps these recent games have made, they remain some of the most profitable games in the franchise, so they’ll likely change nothing, and we’ll keep getting these half baked games with one or two good ideas that leave me feeling disappointed over what these games could have been.
Honestly? Same. Penny's story is a grossly fumbled attempt, but it is undeniably an attempt. Arven is genuinely compelling and is probably a good line or two away from being a solid throughline for the whole game.
If this was a Sonic game it would be regarded as one of the worst games of all time. OH WAIT I don’t think I can care about how good or bad my tastes get for as long I am never among the complete fucking inhuman brainlets that are pokemon shills/fanboys
S&V I think makes some marked improvements over previous entries. It's got a LOT of additional problems and the base interactive elements are still irreparably shallow, but I'm not so high on my horse that I can't point out the improvements. Arven and Penny are solid attempts at character-driven storytelling, even if it is still baby steps, Area Zero slaps. Honestly I still maintain interest in the franchise because, A) Nostalgia, B) Case Study, C) Please Oh God Let Someone Else Touch The IP PLEASE TPC STOP THE LIFESTYLE BRAND BULLSHIT
I was actually gonna come back and edit the comment to get rid of the second section because like I a few minutes after posting it I kinda realized I let my frustration get too much of the best of me, so I’m actually pretty sorry about that. I’m not one to ignore that some the things I like (mostly music albums) are objectively just kinda shit and I’m sure most people are like that too but like idk there’s gotta be a line somewhere and it’s just kinda maddening that people aren’t aware of it. Again sorry for kinda being an ass about it or as you would say “too high on my horse”
@@TheLudomancer also uh this is a really good video and so is the other stuffs you made on pokemon keep it up and hopefully you get to talk about something you enjoy on the channel later like you said at the end :)
No worries. Letting frustration boil over and get the better of me is half of what I do on this channel. I'm glad that you enjoyed my stuff! And don't worry, Future videos are going to be much more focused and... 'yknow, coherent.
Another vote of confidence for Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth/Hacker's Memory. On that note, anyone know how Digimon World: Next Order attacks up against Pokémon Legends: Arceus, since they have surprisingly similar premises of being a pseudo-Open-World monster collecting isekai game with town building elements? Also, World of Final Fantasy/ Maxima did the whole "chibi monster collecting nostalgia bait side project of a long running turn based RPG series that was given to a 3rd Party studio while the main studio was working on an open world installment of the mainline series" schtick way better than Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl did.
I like to put video essays on my second monitor while playing games, which is what I did with the first Pokémon video originally, but after seeing the crazy production value, all your videos quickly earned primary-monitor status.
Who am I to deny you. Ludo: I've played every one Gamefreak. Experience hasn't helped so I've prepared a catchier, more memorable lesson for today. Editooor? My DRIP. GF: OH dear at least this will make for good plot- hubbhhbh! Ludo: You call them plots I call 'em nightmares, Gyms the Team the Legend the soft sell, It's such a sorry state, One focus to appreciate, That's all one can ask in Poke Hell. When Scripts are down, revision's easy. All that is required is to care, While Pokemon's a fine idea it cannot be your panacea That's why I've brought it all to bear! Ugh, The missed Po-Tential. GF: What've I done Wrong? Ludo: I've quite a list you whiny bitch. GF: Why must this torture be prolonged? Ludo: Oh Don't ask me, it's made you rich! GF: Well let me make it clear. My games are made to please a child. Ludo: That's no excuse for being mild! GF: I can't stop it's how I've been from birth! (begins stealing a wallet) Ludo: You'll earn that when you are of worth! YEET! Characters need thoughts as well, They're more than just a gimmick with a face. Arven, Nemona & Penny: Good Monsters, fur twirled and curled, but it don't fit in any ordinary world. - Record Scratch, Gross Tongue Noises - Let's See-se-see, s-s-s-see if you keep Pace! Jeff: Has he gone mad? Paula: Well he's been at this for a year. Jeff: So probably at least a tad. Paula: It's just because he holds it dear. Jeff: Can these games really be so bad. Paula: The problem is his voice, he's made a good point but we have no choice. Now let's head down shut up these Pricks! Jeff: You know he's doing this for kicks! Ludo: N, Ultraspace, Gigantamax, Forgotten all within one fiscal year. You nickel and you dime, Digging this hole since your prime, I scream I cry- Why try to rhyme, When you'll wallow 'til the end of time regardless! You've created Poke-Hell! UU-rp im gunna throw up this was a bad idea.
I think I finally realized why the Pokemon games are so lazy and why we as fans or former fans hope it can get better... It's because we watch the anime. So bare with me for a moment, when it comes to the Trifecta of Pokemon we have the Merchandise, the Anime and the Video games, The Trifecta CEO wet dreams are made of. And where do we get comfort from? The Merch. Where do we get our Emotion from? The Anime. Now where do we project our immersion? The games. The reason WHY the Games have gotten as far as they have is because The Anime gave us the Emotional story telling we so desperately wish were in the games and what we project our expectations from. The Pokemon Animes and Films can get Emotional, Dark, and downright Morbid at times if you go deep lore digging or see Ash dying for the tenth time. The Games however do not have the same emotional quality as the Films or anime, they never did! Gamefreak and PC rely on players to take our emotions from that media and project it onto the games. I bet everyone who reads this and plays the games relates a particular anime moment to a pokemon and gets an emotional attachment form that! This way the games can continue being lazy as long as the Anime and Films are still good!
big spoilers for the dlc below, keep scrolling if you don’t wanna read that people have talked abt kieran as an interesting and innovative new idea for a rival, and i’d almost be inclined to agree.. if it weren’t for the fact that he is *only* new and innovative for gamefreak’s pokemon specifically, and this specific character archetype exists in plenty of other games (and probably in better-written ways, because him turning evil doesn’t really feel like a gut-punch consequence when the player is railroaded into defeating him every time instead of having the choice to let him win and possibly prevent this). still, i want to see characters that really break the mold of established archetypes that feel like they’ve been part of every mainline pokemon game ever, and have them be part of the main game instead of having them be relegated to paid dlc. and maybe this is a pipe dream, but if characters like this are the first step to some refreshing new character ideas and storylines that finally break the formula, then i’m all for it. i just wish i could say kieran and his arc fully stuck the landing instead of “well, he’s a decent first attempt at a good idea”
Puzzle & Dragons X on the 3DS reminds me of what Pokémon would be like if it was good and actually had interesting gameplay mechanics and a plot. ...so of course it only released in Japan
7:15 Herba Mystica HM... Herba Mysticas allow your ride mon to unlock new travel abilities Gamefreak seems to die on the hill of sunk cost fallacy huh? Im not against the idea of travel tools that your gradually unlock but gamefreak this isnt funny, it makes no sense, stop it 12:43 all tera did was literally make quadweak Pokémon that are already strong lose their Achilles heel of 4x weakness and be busted, and stab even stronger, not much depth when everyone is running tera water or steel
Yeah it's gonna take 5 years, but once the latest generation leaves for BoTW2 and 3 the days of sale breaking records will be over. The comp scene will be all thats left.
Well…at least I liked it. It’s not masterpiece but it’s one thing the pokemon franchise hasn’t been since Black and White (and it’s sequels): Fun. And that’s what I look for in a pokemon game. Your argument is valid, it’s flawed. But god damn I haven’t been able to stop playing it since I got it on release. I feel bad for the people who can’t enjoy this series anymore but ya know what? That’s completely fine.
I don’t think S&V is meaningfully different from any other GameFreak title outside of the finale. It’s still unfocussed, the combat is still dull, the creatures still have no personality, the world feels extremely tame for a place where animals are capable of making Black Holes.
One place where I disagree with you is that I enjoy the multiplayer aspects of Pokemon...well used to enjoy them. X and Y brought some real quality of life improvements on that front, but I HATED mega evolution, from both a single player and multiplayer angle. Single player, I play that for the experience of exploring new areas full of new Pokemon to catch. A whole new typing, that should mean loads of nearly nothing because there's a new evolution mechanic. Which means catching the same thing I've been catching since red and blue because it evolves into something new! I can just trade over my old ones, especially since breeding is a thing. In versus mode I find mega evolution obnoxious because my biggest gripe with Pokemon battling how easy it is to turn three on three or even six on six into super star basketball where one or two monsters carrying everything on one or both sides. Mega evolution exasperates that problem by deliberately allowing just one Pokemon to get an even more absurd stat boost than what's already possible. Furthermore, it's something only a select few can do, and it's not just going towards monsters who "need" it, as there was a lot more Charizard, Mewtwo, Heracross than there was Mawhile. What's more, mega evolution also pissed me off from a story perspective. Not anymore, because it seems Gamefreak/The Pokemon Company are willing to apply retroactive continuity to anything and everything without warning, but at the we were told in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl that 99% percent of all Pokemon were related to another through evolution, and that "legendary" Pokemon were special specifically because they did NOT evolve into anything. It's not the most compelling bit of story telling, but it's still absurd to throw it out just to give Mewtwo two more powerups. Why does a genetic experiment from Kanto have two naturally occurring minerals for it and only it on the other side of the ocean? I like Dynamax and terrastilize way more than mega evolution. Any monster can do them, so I'm not getting punished for using anything other than that giant rooster I'm supposed to think is so cool, and terrastilize is more of a tactical choice for type switching than it is a stat boosting win button. Mega Evolution is something I'd rather see segregated into non competitive spinoffs like Mystery Dungeon or Ranger. Terrastilize is something I wouldn't mind becoming a permanent addition to the main series. Gyarados is weak to electric twice over, so I should just thunderbolt, except you know that I'll use thunderbolt! You're going to switch to electrivire and get a free motor drive boost, so I should really use earthquake, except you know that I you that you know, so you're really going to keep Gyarados out and boost a stat while earthquake does nothing. What you didn't know was that this was a toe sucking ticket stunfisk that can use rock wrecker! Oh, you turned your gyarados into a ground type! Touche!
Finally a fellow Mega Evolution Hater. Everybody else who mentions that in the comments loves them, and the reasons boil down to: "They're So Cool!" Which... Can't argue there. Unfortunately, an extra 10 seconds surrounding a single repeated button press for every trainer doesn't really help. I do respect the competitive Pokemon scene, but I'd respect it one hell of a lot more if it were just... More. Go for a 3v3, speed things up, don't restrict the single-player people to the most barebones version of perfectly symmetrical combat, give us some Turn Economy to play with outside of generic mindgames and "Sweeper/Wall/Setup" roles.
@@TheLudomancerAs someone who loves megas, I more love the lore implication of pokemon going through this unnatural transformation that can hurt them for their trainer because of how close they are. I don't like the gameplay side of megas, rather how the story can use them. We see a bit of it in the anime, but unfortunately, the most interesting use of megas is done by fanfics. And fanfics and the anime are a major reason of my mega appreciation The other gimmicks can be done by everyone and every pokemon, no special bond between trainer and pokemon required
@@TechnoArpan Even mechanically that "bond" is just lip service. Don't even need Max Friendship to do it. It might've been a bit interesting if it actually cost friendship or whatever the Pokemon-Amie points are called to use it. I do seriously wish the lore behind it had been used better. My Fuckin Kingdom for a sense of history in the Pokemon world.
@@TheLudomancer I agree with that. It should need Max Friendship. It's a shame it doesn't. But like I said, my appreciation is because of the anime and fanfics and how they use it. Mostly fanfics. I'll be honest, I mostly only care about pokemon for the anime, manga and fanfics. The games aren't my main focus of the franchise because of how much they suck and because I'm not much of a gamer. I'd rather read a book or watch a show over play a game
@@TheLudomancer I have both Adobe and DaVinci. I did a short film on premiere but that was super basic picture stuff. You think it's worth getting more familiar with DaVinci instead then? Thanks for the reply btw!
@@GREATGAIWAIN Premiere is great when it works, but it’s extremely overpriced, and if you’re not gonna be using half the adobe suite daily, it ain’t worth $60 every month. But hey, if you’re better at sailing and pillaging than me, that’s the best option. Otherwise, see if DaVinci is good for what you need and if it’s not, make the jump into hell with me 🙃
90% and 8% that I got wrong was giving them too much credit. I could make a whole other video on how Maushold alone says terrible things about their priorities and where they draw the line for "Nothing Happening For Two Fockn Minutes Of Alleged Gameplay."
I've only looked through the script you linked to (without watching the video) and....... :/ Just... :/ Or "everything is bad, bland and nothing matters." Or something like that.
This game’s art direction nears on Peak for the franchise. Most of the games are content to mix and match the first three aesthetics from the “Grasslands Desert Ocean” thing, and this game doesn’t get away from that much, but good LORD Area Zero is how you actually design a level in an RPG.
Honestly I don't think it's ever been more alive. There was the original Boom that lasted 'til the mid 2000s with other people shooting for a slice of the pie like, for example, Bakugan, and then there was a lull, but now we've got more serious competitors in the space like TemTem, Cassette Beasts, Digimon still going strong, and PalWorld on the horizon.
My favourite part about making these videos is that you can use them to carbon date which shows I was watching while I wrote them.
Okay, 2 questions. Yes, I'm upping the QUANTITY on these mildly annoying commenter questions per reply now! How spicy.
1) Would you review an indie game if they offered to just...Give it to ya free and have exclusive early access abd yadda yadda yadda look there's tHIS THING I'M
2) Octopath Traveler 2. Have you played it yet? Complete insanity with a few small boundaries, 2 dozen optional bosses to fight, and you can make eveyone sub-class as a CAPITALIST.
Fitting that the glitchiest Pokémon game ever made has a final boss fight with Professor Glitch
Eat your heart out, Gen 1 Oak.
You definitively haven't played that glitch fest that is RBY. It's so glitchy one of the glitch was used ... to render Mew legal and transferable on Bank !
I couldn't agree more with the terminology bloating... I have no idea why we need a new term every time a slightly larger or tougher Pokémon appears.
In the original Japanese, they used the same name for Titan pokemon and Totem pokemon, so the fault is on the English translators.
This is the most elaborate, meticulously edited way to take the piss out of this game and by extent this franchise, and I'm all for it.
Glad to see it paying off! I’m pretty proud of this one!
I second this.
Originally, I thought terra stuff would give gym leaders some cool twists and surprise me with wacky combos.
Like... I dunno, Iono's levitating terra-electric ghost? NOPE, take your bug bear and be satisfied.
Somehow this not so virtual Vtuber is the only one who knows how to use the gimmick properly.
She's the only one Who nerds
I mean there’s Larry with STABraptor but yeh
And said Vtuber is incredibly annoying.
I fucking hate Electric types with Levitate. It's fucking cancer and force you to get a mold breaker mon to use Earthquake on it.
I feel this problem is more systemic of the weird difficulty in pokemon. Where they make something cool and actually tricky while they have the others like Brassious tera grass his rock pokemon in front of my flame croc. It should have offered an interesting tool that would allow the gym leaders to be more adaptable and actually tricky but because we can't have a difficulty setting they need to be like the previous gen where they just hit the gimmick button on there final mon.
"Ugh, I'm gonna throw up. this was a bad idea. (laughs) Goddamnit, I love what I do!" that right there... that's why these reviews are so poignant and entertaining to watch xD
You’re actually gonna make me cry, Thank you!!!
Can we have a Pokémon game with Greco-Roman military tactics in which we have to use certain Pokémon to fill certain roles in battle? That would be more fun than staring at the rancid turd that is Pokémon Scarlet and Violet for more than the 5 minutes it takes to get a look at Nemona's arse.
okay, but it will be half-assed and not used beyond its debut!
I mean, if a Pokemon game comes out with anything but the baseline combat, A) Everyone's gonna yell that it's not Pokemon. B) It will be because their brains finally realized that they aren't alive.
Pokemon conquest is close enough
@@stooglesgoogles7246 I was gonna say this. Pokemon Conquest easily had the most hours from me of any pokemon game. Love the characters and interactions and the fact that you can at least see them develop an actual friendship with their perfect partner, along with the tactical strategizing that you get.
Limited to Gen 5 since that was the most recent gen at the time, but in all honesty, I can live without gen 6-9. Stopped playing the actual games after gen 7.
My professional opinion: people should by a ds and either Fossil Fighters or FF Champions instead of any new Pokemon game
I'd say the Monster Hunter Stories games are good alternatives as well, while not perfect games, I still had a lot of fun with them. Plus they both have decently long demos that let you play through the first area of the game, so you get to see for yourself if it's something you'd enjoy without having to spend any money.
As a Fossil Fighters Fan and Monster Hunter Stories Fan I approve both.
My reasonable opinion: Reject pokemon and embrace SMT
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@@Chadfill8348True especially the SMT Last Bible Series even though it had a lot of problems (aka Canned Of Worms) from battle systems which is kinda simplified to a certain extent of repetitiveness to negotiation system which is based on luck & memorization of certain beasts you have to recruit that can frustrates you every single time. But I love that game because of the one thing - An Imperfect but Intact and well enough written story.
Funniest comment is definitely regarding the Pokémon screwing under the table to are making a sandwich on.
I was super proud of that one and you're the first to draw attention to it, THANK YOU!
Seriously, when I saw in the trailer that breeding was relegated to the picnic with the eggs coming from the basket, I was "Did Game Freak gave ammo to E621 ?!"
THE MUSICAL NUMBER I LOVE IT
Probably the best part of the video lmao
So happy with how it turned out. Especially that quick montage of other games.
I bought the games last week, and i realized something sad: I love double battles, and i agreed in your first video essay that doubles should be the way to go. And i have beaten all storylines, and have just fought IN 3 DOUBLE BATTLES. IN THE ENTIRE GAME. Ruby and Sapphire had its first double battle before the FIRST GYM. Why did they pretty much got rid of double battles? I don’t get it. Excellent video here
Glad you enjoyed and I'm not talking out of my ass.
If you really like double battles, could I suggest the game Cassette Beasts? It's not the best in the world, but it is pokemon-esque with less outdated BS mechanically and all battles are double battles.
Gamefreak: Is this an enjoyable aspect of our game? LETS DESTROY IT!
It's like the start of every fucking Pokémon movie, with the narrator explaining how Pokémon live in so many varied locales and regions.
Like YES WE GET IT POKÉMON EXIST, THEY HAVE FOR DECADES NOW, YOU DON'T NEED TO TREAT THE AUDIENCE LIKE POKÉMON ISN'T AN ESTABLISHED WORLDWIDE CULTURE.
You. You get it.
@@TheLudomancer my little brother, when he was EIGHT, couldn't even get through some of the tutorials in these newer ones.
Not because they're difficult or hard to understand, but because he was _bored_ out of his goddamn mind waiting for the text to end and instead switched to Mario or Kirby. Cuz at least if those games have intro cutscenes, they actually _establish the plot_ instead of regurgitate the same nonsense about how we all live in a Pokémon world(Pokémon world).
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I wanna be the greatest Master of them all
(Master of them all)
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Wow, tangible proof that Game Freak is really condescending to children.
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Don’t you dare slander Plank like that. He has way more character than these cardboard cutouts.
I mock for comedy, but I actually didn't hate anyone in Gen 8. Most of those characters were solid. Bede Especially.
I've seen your comments on all of these vids, I love seeing people progress through my stuff and take such an active interest. It's great to have you on board!
1:03 The Wingdings say “become as jewels” I think? Nice :)
the 'bad guy' teams has been quite braindead for several generations. gone are the large regionwide, world-ending or life threatening stakes like team magma/aqua, team galactic, team neo plasma.. what the hell is team yell? just a bunch of hooligan simping for an underage child. team star? a bunch of nerds who skipped school because they fought their bullies once
Frankly, Team Star was the closest I've come to caring about the team. Making them characters is a good start.
Shame they're garbage and don't do anything.
I cared more about Team Star than any of the villain teams
Wish they'd done more with them
@@TheLudomancer I think my frustration is that Team Star like team skull is a great iteration of the idea of the evil team just not given enough time to flesh it out. If we had more chances to run into them like team skull and actually time to flesh out the grunts and members of the team it could have made battling them more impactful.
Also, an aside for me is that I'm kinda glad we're done with the world-ending crime organization as well I like some of the early ones I think having that all the time gets boring and I think a group of hoodlums as early route threats really work and helps make the journey feel more progressive as it allows stakes to escalate more naturally instead of us beating on these supposedly "experienced" trainers in the early routes like magma or plasma (despite the fact i still really like them with team rocket still being my personal favorite as I think while their motive is simple it's pretty understandable versus Archies true no thoughts head empty stupid plan.)
Team star did nothing wrong and i wanted the option to take their side
Totem and Titan pokemon have an identical name in all languages except Chinese and English. In Japanese, they have the same name, but use differet alphabets.
I love how your distorted edits throughout the video create more mystery and anticipation for Area Zero than most of the game does. Can’t wait to see your thoughts about that considering your reaction during the livestream.
I've cooled down significantly on it since that. It's competent and deeply, deeply hurt by the absence of anything preceding it. It actually does a half-decent job of selling it's mystique by letting it be approached pre-interaction. It's an ominous thing to see that fog bank.
I think that the lengths it goes to create what it does are inspiring in one sense and deeply, deeply troubling in another. But I've talked enough about Pokemon. That video is not coming anytime soon.
FINALLY.
The mega man star force video can begin the recording and editing process!
It’s already all recorded. I just need to rewrite my script for reasons.
@@TheLudomancer nice
God I miss Radicalsoda...I guess you'll have to do
Don’t worry guys, someone will spend like 10 years making a rom hack that makes all the fights more interesting and polished
You're completely correct and that kinda makes me want to throw up because you know they'd get a C&D two weeks prior to release after being public about the project for 7 of those years.
@@TheLudomancer real
The convergent mons weren't a bad thing. Yes we already have regional variants, but we have both in real life too. Just look at crabs and Ornithomimus, the "ostrich mimic", or regional morphs in reptiles.
I don't actually care about the convergents in a vacuum. The memes around carcinization bring me infinite joy.
I just find it VERY funny that they felt the need for a second excuse. Like... Did they forget??
@@TheLudomancer A second excuse to bring old Pokémons back because nostalgia is hella worse than coomer brainrot somehow.
@@ethangnasher3848 did they really need an excuse tho? They could have just called them all regional variants and no one would have batted an eye. Gamefreak has messed up a lot with these games, but the lore around these pokemon is way better than just "Durrrr dis is a Pikachu who lives in a different region and got a new type and a huge fat Garfield face".
@@incineroar9933 They need jack and shit man, but they still keep fumbling across their own established stuff. I ain't defending it, just pointing out what probably was their reasoning of doing the same shit twice expecting the second time the same reaction as the first.
no because why do they take a pokedex number when they are the same thing
the only way I'd play these games now is if I found used copies, cause then my money wouldn't go back to gamefreak.
Not arguing in reference to your aimless design section, but as much as I wish when it came to battle mechanics, the Pokemon Company makes WAY too much bank from the sale of new Pokemon cards to focus on one mechanic at a time. The TCG generates a surprising amount of revenue for Nintendo
Oh I know that full well.
Basically every sentence in these videos deserves the qualifier: "This will never change because they make too much money to give a shit"
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The funny thing is that wasn't the case until Niantic decided to ask if they can release their Google Map Pokémon App.
saw 999 subs so I hit that sub button because I agree with these take and congratulations on 1k
Can I put you in a Community Post??
@@TheLudomancer sure thing
The video is more thought out and put together than the actual games!
4:06 says the company who hasn’t implemented voice acting in any of their games for over 20 years
With the way some of these lines read I’m not 100% sure they can speak themselves.
I wish, Pokémon died so that a better developer can use it to make actually good games again.
Fuck it, give Pokémon to fromsoftware, fighting Charizard with a great sword is cooler than anything gamefreak made, ever.
Forget bugs just consume product of a unity game. Consume the vtuber and women Consume now now now
God your videos are entertaining. It made me get the popcorn and enjoy you taking the piss out of these games. The ending “PokéHell” was god tier.
It's happened a lot recently: People will come in on the big Pokemon video, and I see them comment on further ones within the day. It's probably my single favorite thing to see.
Someone getting popcorn for my vids might be the most flattering comment I've gotten. (Poke Hell was a BITCH to edit, REALLY glad it came out well for you!)
@@TheLudomancer yeah I’ve been binging your videos since I got home from work today. I appreciate the creative insults when you’re tearing apart a game. It’s been satisfying to see people not being apologetic to the series.
the real question here is, at the 19:56 mark, why are you still at less than 1k subs? holy shit your videos are hilarious
I don’t know, at this rate I’ll hit that mark by the end of the week and I’m probably going to have a psychotic break when it happens. But there’s more to be said after that mark!
i think i’m done buying pokémon games this game was the last chance for me and it failed
All this criticism...
Really makes me wish you'd play Pokemon Reborn.
It's definitely not a perfect Pokemon game, but both story and gameplay are improved by quite a bit.
There's a level cap so that you would always need to win against your opponents with actual thinking and team building.
If the level cap before acquiring the needed badge is passed then the Pokemon abides by the "traded Pokemon" rules sometimes not following your commands. But you can enter a password "hardcap" at the start of the game or at any PC (while using a data chip for that) which will make it so that your Pokemon won't go above the level the badges you currently have cap you out at.
There are EXP candies so that you would be able to catch low level Pokemon and farm them up to high levels fast and not spent like 40 hours just farming levels to make a new team.
And it has a lot of double battles during the mid, late and postgame.
Catching pokemon can also be exciting if it's special encounters we're talking about.
Finding a stolen traumatized mon in a random building, and figuring out what you need to do to snap it out of it. Wandering in a labyrinth cave and finding a mysterious egg with a diary of a (presumably) dead guy who meant for it to be a gift for his kid.
Finding different pokemon of a familiar trainer who has released them and them joining you out of their respect for defeating their once master...
And that's not even all that there is to it!
The story is not perfect, and there are a lot of characters which makes it hard to focus on a particular one. And some story elements are not ones I'm particularly fond of...
But again, it's better than the plot of literally any mainline pokemon game.
Yeah.....I couldn't bring myself to play these games especially with all the stuff I saw and the massive amount of proof that shows that Gamefreak will not change their ways. I'm fine to just kick back and play the games I know are good all the way through in this franchise as well as whatever lovely fan games/rom hacks I can get my hands on. I shall also keep enjoying your content especially the pokemon videos cause you point out in great detail the many issues this franchise has.
I'd be really interested to hear your thoughts on Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth.
It's wild to me what that game got away with and how much content is packed into the switch release. Beyond that, the actual process of raising your digimon is so much more involved than "level go up, big number."
It even has voice acting!
I really enjoyed what I played of it, I should get back to it.
Game was translated by a goddamn Pear Wiggler though.
@@TheLudomancer honestly, feel that way with all JRPGs, as someone that understands Japanese to a degree, when ever a game has the Japanese audio, I know immediately when localization is BSin me, even if I don't fully understand the audio, I at least know the written text is wrong.
10:01 That has long been THE biggest problem I have with Pokemon. Even back when I still loved the franchise's world and gameplay, the plots they chose to follow never appealed to me. Back when I followed the anime, I quite liked Brock and Misty, but even as that archetypical 10-year-old boy he was pandered to, I never really liked Ash. At best I was indifferent to him. As you said in your general Pokemon video, this series is constantly at the threshold of having interesting stories, because a world you fill with beings that have special powers has theoretically limitless stories you could tell. And yet not only do they instead choose to keep telling the same old story over and over again, but it's one of the dullest stories possible that they could tell with that setting, where use of those creatures' abilities is confined to a very narrow set of rules and lock-and-key contrivances, usually told not shown, and mostly in service of the protagonist's own sporting glory. Everything that is most potentially interesting about Pokemon is the stuff that happens separate from your story arc. There's no more depressing sort of bad in gaming, than the sort that's bad not because of the developers' technical ineptitude but because of the stupid choices they make. Except now the games are bad because of the developers' technical ineptitude, too.
This is why we need PalWorld.
I wouldn't say Ash is very archetypical, maybe in certain aspects at the start, but definitely comes into his own. If you only watched the beginning, I recommend going farther into it. Ash ends up being a great character with a lot of heart and great depth in his arc
You sir deserve an award, and a subscription. From the hard ads critics and opinions (most I agree with) mixed with the comedy is just golden. Keep up the good work
Woao! Jotaro Kujo Commendation!
Thanks Jotaro Kujo for the Commendation!
(By seriously, thanks. It means the world when people appreciate my stuff.)
Oh man, that Poke Hell bit was great
You are underrated
Thank you. Kinda saddening that my first vids to blow up were low-effort recuts of Popular Show of the Moment, but whatev. It’ll draw a few people back through my catalogue
my god this mad lad ended the review with a musical number
And I have never been prouder OR more ashamed of anything in my life.
These games have so many problems but I'm going to only talk about the Open World, Tera Raids, and Team Star. There will be spoilers!
The Open World is bad. Besides the frame rate and bad graphics, there is nothing to do. An example is Casseroya Lake and Socarrat Trail which only exists for two things: The Titan Pokemon and Wo-Chien. Besides that there nothings else to do but catch pokemon. Speaking of the pokemon, they pop up when you're 5 feet near them and try to initiate an battle even if you're battling something already. Something that commonly happens is when you run away another encounter will start, happening up to three times in a row in my experience. This compounds with the world feeling lifeless and fake with the Npcs. Oh the npcs, their dialogue sucks and sounds random. A lot of dialogue is just so *insert adjective*. Most towns are just the same shops over and over again. In my experience, there are no houses you can go into. An particular horrible example is Zapapico Town which only exists to evolve your charcadet into Armarouge and Cerueledge. There is no reason to explore the world besides Gimminghoul coins which give you such a small amount that it is pointless. Most random tms on the ground are bad and you have no reason for not looking up where the tm you want is.
Tera Raids are an broken buggy mess that are either click one attack or entireless pointless to try. Attacks happens randomly and random effects happen. Most of the time you can't tell what happening. Your allies are stupid. The tera problem can put up a shield that makes your allies irevelant and useless. There can be random pokeballs that show laziness or crunch . There is no reason to not send in the pokemon that is super effective and win. There is a timer in an game that you can't turn off animations for.
I'm not going to talk about the story of Team Star or the game because it's a mess with no stakes and most of it is just filler. The Team Star raids suck. All you do is mash R and fight two trainers. Team Star are just differently named gym leaders. There is no reason to go back. Team Star also never gets in your way and affects you.
So overall, open world is empty and bland, Tera Raids are arguably the worst part of the game only tying with Star Bases.
also the team star salute looks stupid as hell. who thought of that? no wonder they are bullied
Holy hell this brought back memories of me being on one those towers repeatedly entering a fight with a Varoom and being stuck for minutes because the game refused to move my character standing IN the Varoom
(It was so bad I recorded a few clips on the switch)
I just finished the game and have some "interesting" thoughts on this game.
Question as another RPG that sticks to its roots, had Dragon Quest done anything significant with its combat? Since it also revolves around selecting a move. I played DQ IX and it wasnt the deepest combat either maybe i just didnt allocate points properly but i mostly just grinded by spamming attack or using a couple of spells that would defeat multiple enemies at once.
More options, multiple party members, turn economy worth two shits… yeah, it’s solid.
Great video. It really takes someone very passionate about the game to completely dunk on it. I completely agree on your takes, even tho I did enjoy playing the game.
I would like your opinion on the area zero portion of the game. It feels like they could've had a fantastic plot but took the "small bytes" approach with DLC to finally flesh out everything about the area (and it's pretty obvious when you consider the DLC name) to sell more. I personally enjoyed the setting of AI going rogue and a bad professor (could've literally been the main plot) and I just wanted to hear what you think.
have you played dragon quest monsters joker 2? it’s become the game I wish pokemon was
I have never played a single Dragon Quest because Akira Toriyama’s art weird me out, but I’ll def look into it!
@@TheLudomancer it’s well worth the time investment, pokemon is finally catching up to what this game produced in 2011. if you like the first couple hours of the game, I’d recommend grabbing the pro version, which was japanese only but does have a fan translation available. it’s essentially what Platinum was to Diamond and Pearl
algorithm spazzed with this recommendation
14:37 lobotomy corporation mentioned: project moon fans, attack
_Glances up from Palworld_
I'm only listening for Ludomancer, Game Freak. I just want you to know that.
_Looks back at Palworld_
I mean gigantamax is pretty simple only giving you a single powered up attack reflecting the type of your regular attack, there may be some other stat boosting max moves or healing moves that i don't recall seeing not do i remember using, But apart from that it's mostly just visual flare, good visual flare that was properly hyped like you mentioned but mostly visual flare nonetheless. Megas should have been the gimmick to stick with and give it to Pokemon that actually need it as opposed to mons like Garchomp
I see your point, but I’d prefer having an alt moveset to switch to with terrain and stat up effects over Megas, which just… Make the Numbers Bigger, and the cost of your held item.
Plus again, Dynamax is restricted to narratively special moments so I don’t get bored of it instantly.
I think Megas were the best of the gimmicks, but I still don’t think they were fun in the longer term, and they only really focused on the Pokémon that already received more of their attention. Also almost every mega design was just add more of the flourish features to make them “cooler” at the cost of a messier, weaker design.
@jazzy4830 I think the cases vary. For pokemon like Mega Garchomp I agree with you completely. But for pokemon like Charizard, while fan service and nostalgia bait, I do think it looks badass (both forms) and the upgrade I don't think is unwelcome but I do agree that pokemon that aren't that good or have fallen by the wayside due to power creep need it more. Maybe mons like Vanilluxe, Flygon, Swalot, Noctowl, etc.
@@juandiegotorres9632 Flygon is my boy, he has always deserved better and should definitely been the dragon/bug to start out with, which would have prevented him from being so clearly outclassed by Garchomp. I think when they were retyping everything to be a fairy they should have snuck that one in. I think dropping megas was a good call but I like what they did with pokemon like galarian meowth and slowbro, giving them regional variants and different evo paths, that and some stat/movepool tweaks, which they do constantly these days, would mostly fix their issues.
@@jazzy4830 I like regional variants. I wish certain evos weren't region exclusive like I hope pokemon like Wyrdeer and standard Ursaluna become somehow easier to obtain
I agree with SO MUCH of what’s here. I think you’re way underselling Nemona/Penny/Arven, though. They all have meaningful character flaws (all related to feelings of loneliness) that the game does fuck all with. Nemona is ADHD, possibly autistic, has great grades, rich family, struggles with poor stamina and a weak arm, and is excellent at battling, but hyperfiixates and clearly struggles to have an actual social life, thus, her desperation for literally ANYONE to meet her on her level in her hyperfixation. She’s also reckless and kind of tactless. There’s a lot of potential there for conflict and character growth/exploration (I’ve written like 60k words of fic and have scratched the itch only mildly). However, the game ITSELF basically plucks one or two traits, treats them like a joke, barely touches on how her neurodiversity is the reason she’s actually lonely (she cites feeling like ‘there’s an invisible wall’ between her and everyone else) and the every laughs hahaha good ok’l’ Classic Battle Obsessed Nemona.
I could do the same with Penny and Arven. They’re great characters but moreso in design, concept, and potential, and aside from some mildly interesting chatter in the final hour (which isn’t even animated or voice acted), they are very much FAILED and done a disservice by the game’s incompetence.
Yeah. Definitely underserving them a little, but I Did write the script before release.
@@TheLudomancer This is a quick aside if you have checked out the DLC or not but I think they really missed an opportunity hear to for charecter interaction and growth. Not having any of those three in either teal mask of Indigo disk really kinda cheapens the experience to me especially as it could made for more compelling dialogue and interactions past just the few new charecters (though I have to say the indigo disk elite four beats the ever living heaven and earth out of the paldean elite four cause god are they a way better group.
0:05 I've been waiting for this the moment Bocchi glitched out. She's finally where she belongs. In a game plagued by glitches itself.
You do realize that it's the pokemon company pressuring GF right? A game a year is a cash cow tactic! GF HAD PLANS TO EXPAND LEGENDS ARCEUS WITH DLC. BUT PC SAID "NOPE, GEN 9!" so they shoved a small part of it into the last update of the game. I would say the last good pokemon game was USUM up until PLA came around. You still had megas alongside Z-moves, and Dyna/gigantamax tried to mesh both together. Z moves were the more accessible while megas were the notable ( Kinda like comparing infernape and Blaziken) THEY GOT IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
But my point is... POKEMON COMPANY! GIVE MORE THAN A YEAR TO LET GAME FREAK COOK UP SOMETHING!
Imma disagree on them getting Mega Evolutions right, but I honestly wish I hadn’t known the Arceus DLC plans. That… that hurts.
It’s wild to say that Pokémon should be more like COD, but they really need a rotating set of developers.
@@TheLudomancer yeah the update that gave us the Berry outbreaks was supposed to be much bigger as a full blown DLC. I know that you said that megas/Dynamax/Zmoves/Tera are basically the "press to win" button but it isn't so cut and dry for those that know the game. Casual playthroughs sure they are. But not so much in the meta, pokemon is the biggest moneymakers in the game industry above League of Legends and it has a meta that is probably just as complex(maybe not). They know Adults still play this game because it's Nostalgic for them as well as still prove that they can be the best. The Meta forced Pokemon to evolve and when megas were added to Gen7 a lot of us thought they were here to stay...
"Pressuring GF" - haha, no. Gamefreak, Nintendo and TPC are all PALS SITTING ON THE SAME BOARDS. They just don't care, because ONLY money talks and despite most of the real fanbase crying about Dexit, the shitty new games are still getting bought because "muh shiny hunt" or whatever. Isn't just the casuals, either, but people who supposedly protested the Dexit - and still bought every single buggy mess, from SWSH to BDSP to PLA to SV. Gamefreak always had predatory marketing for children (the "one game for the price of two" is to get kids to advertise and whales to trade with themselves), these problems with plot (it took until Gen 5 to introduce ONE insteresting character) and game structure, etc... Since the very beginning. It's just the convergence of 3-D (2-D functions as a REPRESENTATION of the game's world. Imagination fills in the blanks - that's what holds up the older games, lol. 3-D HAS to be realistic, or it doesn't work), mobile gacha trends (if it makes money with no effort, Gamefreak will go to it and if it's stepping on the fans, then so be it. Gamefreak absolutely does not listen to fan feedback. What for? If you bought the game, you've already been had. Casuals all the way, baby. People that praised and bought Let's Go will buy EVERYTHING. Gamefreak has no concept of customer loyalty as something that has to be cultivated) and the crunch just really exposed these problems. PLA is not "revolutionary". It's just the worse version of the (throwaway, compared to the main game) of the past/multiplayer mode of Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs. Except without actual multiplayer, which is weird because, these days, Gamefreak seems to think that random ladder battles are the same as a proper post-game. The whole "just go catch Pokemon over and over and over and over to literally sell/release them for power-ups (WTF, are the players finally joining Team Rocket?)" was in LGPE already and a few scripted behaviors don't really change that.
I enjoyed going from level 20 to level 50 zones in 30 seconds by going around where im supposed to. Yay "non-linear" areas
Love the song at the end!!!!
Yeah! It’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever done! Glad you liked it!
@@TheLudomancer nah I think it was clever as hell lmao … *as hell* get it
…. I don’t know whether to thank you or block you. :)
I'm just commenting to be a vote in favor of the Star Force video you have planned, because
1) While I definitely get that the games are deserving of criticism, I'm more than burnt out on Pokemon rage at this point,
2) It's an incredibly safe bet to say you are too, and it would be fun to hear you talk about something that hopefully won't cause as much visceral anger, and
3) I've only played one Star Force game, and only for a very short time before I completely lost interest, so I'm curious what positives there are that I didn't get from my limited view of it.
OH yeah. I have more to say on them but correct. I'm burnt out on it. It is normal for a lot of people to lose interest in Star Force, it's a very talky game and random encounters haven't aged well.
Curious: Which one did you play?
Okay, glad it wasn't just me then. I found Star Force 2 at a used game shop a while back and picked it up since it seemed similar to Battle Network. Which it definitely is, but evidently not in a way that grabbed me as much.
Ahh, SF2 is the weak link among them. Takes ages to get started and isn't very thematically consistent. I personally find the combat greatly enjoyable as a more flexible system than Battle Network
I bought star force 3 off etsy and it was a blast, I've definitely thought about picking up the first star force since playing it. I'm just real bad at the combat, same goes for battle network lol. I will not tolerate base star force 2's encounter rate though, if I ever play that game.
Semi related, it might be worth noting that PLA and ScVi have two different directors. ScVi's director is Shigeru Ohmori while PLA's director is Kazumasa Iwao
I feel like if one were to actually look into the inner workings of GF's development and the company itself, as well as how the corporate trickle down of TPC influences their decision amking, instead of just looking at the games, we might get answers as to why their quality is inconsistent
Gotta say, I really hope you make a Palworld review.
I still find it funny this game is supposed to be based in a similar territory to Spain yet the country looks like an Anus and finally the theme is supposed to be Motorcycle and vehicle culture... yet there are no roads, THERE ARE MORE ROADS ON THE CHAMPIONS HAIR STYLE.
You usually make pretty decent points, but Herba Mystica isn't generic pseudo latin. Its anglicized spanish
Ah. Interesting. I just hear -a on the end of a word and thing Latin. Tracks with it as a taxonomical classification.
I am personally incredibly conflicted on these games. On one hand, yes, they are unfished, pretty much every new feature is half baked, the environments are either incredibly boring or incredibly confusing, and every few seconds there’s a big ranging from harmless to game breaking. On the other, Arven’s story genuinely made me cry, the new Pokémon are great, and terastallization is actually a fairly balanced gimmick. It really feels like there were people who had big ambitions for this game but it was just never realized. But at the same time, it took away so many good features that we saw in legends arceus that make it hard to come to, simply because that standard Pokémon formula is so lifeless. There’s a lot I personally liked about these games, but there’s so much more that I don’t like and it makes me sad. I wanted to see these games be good despite everything, I love this series despite its flaws, but it will never change, because despite the massive missteps these recent games have made, they remain some of the most profitable games in the franchise, so they’ll likely change nothing, and we’ll keep getting these half baked games with one or two good ideas that leave me feeling disappointed over what these games could have been.
Honestly? Same.
Penny's story is a grossly fumbled attempt, but it is undeniably an attempt.
Arven is genuinely compelling and is probably a good line or two away from being a solid throughline for the whole game.
If this was a Sonic game it would be regarded as one of the worst games of all time. OH WAIT
I don’t think I can care about how good or bad my tastes get for as long I am never among the complete fucking inhuman brainlets that are pokemon shills/fanboys
S&V I think makes some marked improvements over previous entries.
It's got a LOT of additional problems and the base interactive elements are still irreparably shallow, but I'm not so high on my horse that I can't point out the improvements. Arven and Penny are solid attempts at character-driven storytelling, even if it is still baby steps, Area Zero slaps.
Honestly I still maintain interest in the franchise because, A) Nostalgia, B) Case Study, C) Please Oh God Let Someone Else Touch The IP PLEASE TPC STOP THE LIFESTYLE BRAND BULLSHIT
I was actually gonna come back and edit the comment to get rid of the second section because like I a few minutes after posting it I kinda realized I let my frustration get too much of the best of me, so I’m actually pretty sorry about that. I’m not one to ignore that some the things I like (mostly music albums) are objectively just kinda shit and I’m sure most people are like that too but like idk there’s gotta be a line somewhere and it’s just kinda maddening that people aren’t aware of it. Again sorry for kinda being an ass about it or as you would say “too high on my horse”
@@TheLudomancer also uh this is a really good video and so is the other stuffs you made on pokemon keep it up and hopefully you get to talk about something you enjoy on the channel later like you said at the end :)
No worries. Letting frustration boil over and get the better of me is half of what I do on this channel.
I'm glad that you enjoyed my stuff! And don't worry, Future videos are going to be much more focused and... 'yknow, coherent.
I can't believe you have only 1.4k subscribers.
Bro I had half that like, last week. If you think that's an injustice, please, share me around!
@@TheLudomancer Gotchu fam. 😤
Another vote of confidence for Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth/Hacker's Memory. On that note, anyone know how Digimon World: Next Order attacks up against Pokémon Legends: Arceus, since they have surprisingly similar premises of being a pseudo-Open-World monster collecting isekai game with town building elements?
Also, World of Final Fantasy/ Maxima did the whole "chibi monster collecting nostalgia bait side project of a long running turn based RPG series that was given to a 3rd Party studio while the main studio was working on an open world installment of the mainline series" schtick way better than Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl did.
4:03
Is just me
"ASK ME if i know"
I like to put video essays on my second monitor while playing games, which is what I did with the first Pokémon video originally, but after seeing the crazy production value, all your videos quickly earned primary-monitor status.
I'm Flattered! I always try to make my last video look like High Guardian Spice by comparison.
Agreed, Digimon does have boobies and consequences.
Don't know about palworld yet tho
I needs lyrics for Poke Hell. I absolutely love these massive deconstructions.
Who am I to deny you.
Ludo: I've played every one Gamefreak.
Experience hasn't helped so I've prepared a catchier, more memorable lesson for today. Editooor? My DRIP.
GF: OH dear at least this will make for good plot- hubbhhbh!
Ludo: You call them plots I call 'em nightmares,
Gyms the Team the Legend the soft sell,
It's such a sorry state,
One focus to appreciate,
That's all one can ask in Poke Hell.
When Scripts are down, revision's easy.
All that is required is to care,
While Pokemon's a fine idea
it cannot be your panacea
That's why I've brought it all to bear!
Ugh, The missed Po-Tential.
GF: What've I done Wrong?
Ludo: I've quite a list you whiny bitch.
GF: Why must this torture be prolonged?
Ludo: Oh Don't ask me, it's made you rich!
GF: Well let me make it clear. My games are made to please a child.
Ludo: That's no excuse for being mild!
GF: I can't stop it's how I've been from birth! (begins stealing a wallet)
Ludo: You'll earn that when you are of worth!
YEET!
Characters need thoughts as well,
They're more than just a gimmick with a face.
Arven, Nemona & Penny: Good Monsters, fur twirled and curled,
but it don't fit in any ordinary world.
- Record Scratch, Gross Tongue Noises -
Let's See-se-see, s-s-s-see if you keep Pace!
Jeff: Has he gone mad?
Paula: Well he's been at this for a year.
Jeff: So probably at least a tad.
Paula: It's just because he holds it dear.
Jeff: Can these games really be so bad.
Paula: The problem is his voice, he's made a good point but we have no choice.
Now let's head down shut up these Pricks!
Jeff: You know he's doing this for kicks!
Ludo: N, Ultraspace, Gigantamax,
Forgotten all within one fiscal year.
You nickel and you dime,
Digging this hole since your prime,
I scream I cry- Why try to rhyme,
When you'll wallow 'til the end of time
regardless! You've created Poke-Hell!
UU-rp im gunna throw up this was a bad idea.
I think I finally realized why the Pokemon games are so lazy and why we as fans or former fans hope it can get better... It's because we watch the anime. So bare with me for a moment, when it comes to the Trifecta of Pokemon we have the Merchandise, the Anime and the Video games, The Trifecta CEO wet dreams are made of. And where do we get comfort from? The Merch. Where do we get our Emotion from? The Anime. Now where do we project our immersion? The games. The reason WHY the Games have gotten as far as they have is because The Anime gave us the Emotional story telling we so desperately wish were in the games and what we project our expectations from. The Pokemon Animes and Films can get Emotional, Dark, and downright Morbid at times if you go deep lore digging or see Ash dying for the tenth time. The Games however do not have the same emotional quality as the Films or anime, they never did! Gamefreak and PC rely on players to take our emotions from that media and project it onto the games. I bet everyone who reads this and plays the games relates a particular anime moment to a pokemon and gets an emotional attachment form that! This way the games can continue being lazy as long as the Anime and Films are still good!
This video was well as a whole but the musical number was the highlight.
big spoilers for the dlc below, keep scrolling if you don’t wanna read that
people have talked abt kieran as an interesting and innovative new idea for a rival, and i’d almost be inclined to agree.. if it weren’t for the fact that he is *only* new and innovative for gamefreak’s pokemon specifically, and this specific character archetype exists in plenty of other games (and probably in better-written ways, because him turning evil doesn’t really feel like a gut-punch consequence when the player is railroaded into defeating him every time instead of having the choice to let him win and possibly prevent this). still, i want to see characters that really break the mold of established archetypes that feel like they’ve been part of every mainline pokemon game ever, and have them be part of the main game instead of having them be relegated to paid dlc. and maybe this is a pipe dream, but if characters like this are the first step to some refreshing new character ideas and storylines that finally break the formula, then i’m all for it. i just wish i could say kieran and his arc fully stuck the landing instead of “well, he’s a decent first attempt at a good idea”
Puzzle & Dragons X on the 3DS reminds me of what Pokémon would be like if it was good and actually had interesting gameplay mechanics and a plot.
...so of course it only released in Japan
Why Gen six was when Pokemon actually died.
0:18 "my faevit"
7:15 Herba Mystica
HM...
Herba Mysticas allow your ride mon to unlock new travel abilities
Gamefreak seems to die on the hill of sunk cost fallacy huh?
Im not against the idea of travel tools that your gradually unlock but gamefreak this isnt funny, it makes no sense, stop it
12:43 all tera did was literally make quadweak Pokémon that are already strong lose their Achilles heel of 4x weakness and be busted, and stab even stronger, not much depth when everyone is running tera water or steel
Yeah it's gonna take 5 years, but once the latest generation leaves for BoTW2 and 3 the days of sale breaking records will be over. The comp scene will be all thats left.
I loved the new games! Does such with the issues it has, but hey. Corr game was the most fun I've had with a Pokémon game since like, Black/White
Well…at least I liked it. It’s not masterpiece but it’s one thing the pokemon franchise hasn’t been since Black and White (and it’s sequels):
Fun.
And that’s what I look for in a pokemon game. Your argument is valid, it’s flawed. But god damn I haven’t been able to stop playing it since I got it on release.
I feel bad for the people who can’t enjoy this series anymore but ya know what? That’s completely fine.
I don’t think S&V is meaningfully different from any other GameFreak title outside of the finale. It’s still unfocussed, the combat is still dull, the creatures still have no personality, the world feels extremely tame for a place where animals are capable of making Black Holes.
No need to diss SM 113, it's way more than pretty colours 😭. SM peak btw, even by the relatively high anime standards (brought down by xy lol)
Very well-done! ❤
One place where I disagree with you is that I enjoy the multiplayer aspects of Pokemon...well used to enjoy them. X and Y brought some real quality of life improvements on that front, but I HATED mega evolution, from both a single player and multiplayer angle. Single player, I play that for the experience of exploring new areas full of new Pokemon to catch. A whole new typing, that should mean loads of nearly nothing because there's a new evolution mechanic. Which means catching the same thing I've been catching since red and blue because it evolves into something new! I can just trade over my old ones, especially since breeding is a thing.
In versus mode I find mega evolution obnoxious because my biggest gripe with Pokemon battling how easy it is to turn three on three or even six on six into super star basketball where one or two monsters carrying everything on one or both sides. Mega evolution exasperates that problem by deliberately allowing just one Pokemon to get an even more absurd stat boost than what's already possible. Furthermore, it's something only a select few can do, and it's not just going towards monsters who "need" it, as there was a lot more Charizard, Mewtwo, Heracross than there was Mawhile.
What's more, mega evolution also pissed me off from a story perspective. Not anymore, because it seems Gamefreak/The Pokemon Company are willing to apply retroactive continuity to anything and everything without warning, but at the we were told in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl that 99% percent of all Pokemon were related to another through evolution, and that "legendary" Pokemon were special specifically because they did NOT evolve into anything. It's not the most compelling bit of story telling, but it's still absurd to throw it out just to give Mewtwo two more powerups. Why does a genetic experiment from Kanto have two naturally occurring minerals for it and only it on the other side of the ocean?
I like Dynamax and terrastilize way more than mega evolution. Any monster can do them, so I'm not getting punished for using anything other than that giant rooster I'm supposed to think is so cool, and terrastilize is more of a tactical choice for type switching than it is a stat boosting win button. Mega Evolution is something I'd rather see segregated into non competitive spinoffs like Mystery Dungeon or Ranger. Terrastilize is something I wouldn't mind becoming a permanent addition to the main series.
Gyarados is weak to electric twice over, so I should just thunderbolt, except you know that I'll use thunderbolt! You're going to switch to electrivire and get a free motor drive boost, so I should really use earthquake, except you know that I you that you know, so you're really going to keep Gyarados out and boost a stat while earthquake does nothing. What you didn't know was that this was a toe sucking ticket stunfisk that can use rock wrecker! Oh, you turned your gyarados into a ground type! Touche!
Finally a fellow Mega Evolution Hater. Everybody else who mentions that in the comments loves them, and the reasons boil down to: "They're So Cool!" Which... Can't argue there. Unfortunately, an extra 10 seconds surrounding a single repeated button press for every trainer doesn't really help.
I do respect the competitive Pokemon scene, but I'd respect it one hell of a lot more if it were just... More. Go for a 3v3, speed things up, don't restrict the single-player people to the most barebones version of perfectly symmetrical combat, give us some Turn Economy to play with outside of generic mindgames and "Sweeper/Wall/Setup" roles.
@@TheLudomancerAs someone who loves megas, I more love the lore implication of pokemon going through this unnatural transformation that can hurt them for their trainer because of how close they are. I don't like the gameplay side of megas, rather how the story can use them. We see a bit of it in the anime, but unfortunately, the most interesting use of megas is done by fanfics. And fanfics and the anime are a major reason of my mega appreciation
The other gimmicks can be done by everyone and every pokemon, no special bond between trainer and pokemon required
@@TechnoArpan Even mechanically that "bond" is just lip service. Don't even need Max Friendship to do it.
It might've been a bit interesting if it actually cost friendship or whatever the Pokemon-Amie points are called to use it.
I do seriously wish the lore behind it had been used better. My Fuckin Kingdom for a sense of history in the Pokemon world.
@@TheLudomancer I agree with that. It should need Max Friendship. It's a shame it doesn't. But like I said, my appreciation is because of the anime and fanfics and how they use it. Mostly fanfics.
I'll be honest, I mostly only care about pokemon for the anime, manga and fanfics. The games aren't my main focus of the franchise because of how much they suck and because I'm not much of a gamer. I'd rather read a book or watch a show over play a game
You know... Maybe I should go deeper into Premiere...
For the love of god don’t, Premiere breaks every thirty seconds, use ANYTHING else if you can, Adobe is a horrible company.
@@TheLudomancer I have both Adobe and DaVinci. I did a short film on premiere but that was super basic picture stuff. You think it's worth getting more familiar with DaVinci instead then?
Thanks for the reply btw!
@@GREATGAIWAIN Premiere is great when it works, but it’s extremely overpriced, and if you’re not gonna be using half the adobe suite daily, it ain’t worth $60 every month.
But hey, if you’re better at sailing and pillaging than me, that’s the best option.
Otherwise, see if DaVinci is good for what you need and if it’s not, make the jump into hell with me 🙃
After playing the game if you did, how much would you say you got it right?
90% and 8% that I got wrong was giving them too much credit.
I could make a whole other video on how Maushold alone says terrible things about their priorities and where they draw the line for "Nothing Happening For Two Fockn Minutes Of Alleged Gameplay."
I've only looked through the script you linked to (without watching the video) and....... :/
Just... :/
Or "everything is bad, bland and nothing matters." Or something like that.
Amazing
That you are, good chum! Thank you!
Other open world games are just better
Digimon has boobys an consequences
Yeah yeah you right
Instant quality, just add boobs.
Consequences too, but mostly boobs.
At least the DLC felt a little difficult.
People who never played the game shat on it for bad graphics. If you want graphics, watch a movie
This game’s art direction nears on Peak for the franchise. Most of the games are content to mix and match the first three aesthetics from the “Grasslands Desert Ocean” thing, and this game doesn’t get away from that much, but good LORD Area Zero is how you actually design a level in an RPG.
To think pokeautists are why the genre is half dead
Honestly I don't think it's ever been more alive.
There was the original Boom that lasted 'til the mid 2000s with other people shooting for a slice of the pie like, for example, Bakugan, and then there was a lull, but now we've got more serious competitors in the space like TemTem, Cassette Beasts, Digimon still going strong, and PalWorld on the horizon.
@@TheLudomancer yes and idiot game journalists still make "pokemon killer" articles ignoring smt and dq5 started monster taming before pokemon
I love how much you use persona games for how to do games well. 🫡