Falsey's Sack wrote:This is alright actually. I found the bigger 3d environments very confusing from the little Alpha Sapphire I played but this pokedex map thing is a very useful feature to get rid of that issue.
Its quite fun to be playing and not know the optimal strategies and evolution levels and stuff. The pokemon Im seeing are generally alright designs as well which is a surprise. Some of the dialogue is very amusing, some of it just for the pure strangeness of it.
Baddies are funny, I hope it doesnt take some super serious world destruction twist.
Only just finished the first trial and my team is (I think)
Growlithe
Magnemite
Grubbin
Slowpoke
Munchlax
Litten (Getting rid as soon as it evolves)
Im looking at it through the perspective of how it would play for a 7 year old new to games and Im not convinced yet. A lot is very hand-holdy for an adult but a lot is left with lots of avenue for confusion as a child. We'll see how it goes at christmas I suppose.
I was 7 when I got Pokemon Blue/GameBoy for my birthday and didn't have a problem with it. Honestly, the stage Pokemon is at nowadays its likely the kid would still be discovering things months/years after starting.
In terms of progress im on the last island now , 33 hours in - most of my 'mons are LVL 35's or so with a team of:
CURRENT TEAM
Sandman - sandygast
Dr Doom - mismagius (god i hate how it looks, suffered for THE POWAH)
Okala - alolan vulpix (how do i evolve?)
Captain Gonk - bastiodon
Olive - araquinid
Gnasher - zygarde 10%
BOXED TEAM
Snorlax, Tsareena, Decidueye, alolan Raichu, Gengar, Drifblim and Espeon (really wanted a Sylveon), Greninja
whats weird is every playthrough of a pokemon game i always have an espeon, a gengar and a drifblim usually. i love ghosts.
anyone wanna trade or battle? hit me up, always down
Squinty wrote:Haven't really settled on a team yet, just a bunch of fill ins. Want more new Pokemon to use. Seem to have a team mostly full of old ones.
I preferred the way Black/White was. All new Pokemon, old Pokemon in the post game.
Yeah, that was awesome - though due to the lower no. of pokemon that wouldnt be feasable in this game. I do wish there was more pokemon, i heard theres only about ~400 from the available ~900. Seriousely, just stick in zigzagoon, bidoof and sentret in route 1 too, stuff like that. I feel XY had more of a variety.