• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    12·
    1 day ago

    Oh no.

    That’s … that’s too humanoid.

    I’m sorry you were made this way Braixen, the internet is not safe for you.

    • DoubleDongle@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 day ago

      Most of the starters for like the last four generations are basically fursonas. It’s tragic. I’ve been a Pokemon fan since the nineties but I’m losing interest.

      • arrow74@lemmy.zip
        2·
        1 day ago

        What made me lose interest is how dead the games feel. I’m impressed how they made the world more open and somehow made it feel so empty. Towns have barely any personality, and the routes are just designed to wonder around aimlessly in.

        Don’t even get me started on the permanent xp share, constant hand holding, and lack of any real puzzles.

        • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          1·
          15 hours ago

          I still think Gold/Silver/Crystal was the actual peak in terms of world design/mon design/storyline/characters, but I’m 100% willing to admit that could be my own particular age bracket of nostalgia talking.

          I do like some of the additional/revised gameplay mechanics from later games… team battles, weather, held items, that kind of stuff makes the games meaningfully more complex, as well as more detail and structure given to how breeding and heritability actually work.

          But a lot of the more… closer to current day stuff bssically just seems entirely like a gimmick that isn’t very well systemically thought out.

        • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          The older games still hold up at least. I’ve been playing through Emerald again and it’s been a lot of fun.

          There’s also quite a few good ROM hacks out there too.