AcademicSaucer
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poor kids
They need bad guys for conflict though to drive the adventure forward.
I think a formula that has grown boring and the lack of challenge are its number one problems. But I get your point
As are Pixard and Ghibli movies, and The Last Airbender or Batman the animated series.
Being marketed at kids shouldn't be an excuse to have boring stories and bad writing
To me going up through the ranks is fine as is, the bad guys conflict doesn't amount to be more than a side quest that is being forced to main game.They need bad guys for conflict though to drive the adventure forward.
As someone who generally dislikes children, it's interesting to see so many posts say that talking down to children is okay because they generally won't know they're being talked down to.
The earlier games have a pretty charming, childlike voice. X and Y's dialogue was a new low for the series, just devoid of any personality.
Pokemon isn't just aimed at kids, it's aimed at very young kids, the kind that are still learning to read and write and is made with the hopes of aiding them.
I seem to recall one of the older games, either blue/red or gold/silver, literally advertising this on the back of the box.
The same people that play it for its natural difficulty?Who the hell plays Pokemon for the writing?
I think a game like Fantasy Life does a great job of not talking down to the player and feels fun to read even as an adult. But here on GAF, get ready for the defense force OP.
When has Pokemon had genuinely good writing anyway? It's got a simple story, in every game. I think it's just how it's going to be. Like the TV show. From the first season to now. It's horribly simple... and it always has been. It's quite obvious gamefreak intends to keep it that way considering it's been that way for years.
You don't think even grade school kids deserve better writing than this? Shit is inane. I've played Pokemon mods written by people who only learned English because they mod Pokemon, with stronger writing
You could open a book and educate yourself, you know.Pokemon has always been pretty weird if you think about it for a second.
Is it a japanese thing that the mom of the house lives in the kitchen 24/7? She doesn't even have a goddamn bedroom. I assume dad took it with him after the divorce.
Gen 4 and gen 5 had really good story and Game Freak pour a lot of detail into creating the region lore and backstory.
This was absent in gen 6.
Gen 4 and gen 5 had really good story and Game Freak pour a lot of detail into creating the region lore and backstory.
This was absent in gen 6.
None of that seems insulting.
You don't think even grade school kids deserve better writing than this? Shit is inane. I've played Pokemon mods written by people who only learned English because they mod Pokemon, with stronger writing
Children aren't retards. While children might be able to enjoy trash quality writing, that doesn't mean the quality of the writing for children needs to be crap for them to understand it.The game is marketed at children?
Pokemon needs the following things: Pokemon to collect, special moves to use, and a complicated element chart to memorize. It has these things. It excels at what it does. Do you really need Prof Oak to give you 40 pages of dialouge before taking your damn starter pokemon?
I think the archaic UI design is more pressing.
I wish this was known and understood more.Children aren't retards. While children might be able to enjoy trash quality writing, that doesn't mean the quality of the writing for children needs to be crap for them to understand it.
Not every show/game is going to have that kind of writing. as i also stated, lowest common denominator.
The earlier games have a pretty charming, childlike voice. X and Y's dialogue was a new low for the series, just devoid of any personality.
No, I'm not.Hey, you bought the new Pokemon game? That means you're fucking stupid.
No, it's not.No, that's not my opinion. That's Game Freak's opinion of you.
Yes, you are.I am not exaggerating.
No, it doesn't.As an adult, this is what playing Pokemon feels like.
No, you don't.And I get it, I totally get it.
I thought 5 was pretty lackluster. I thought it had a decent premise that Pokemon are basically slaves, but the people who claim that also use Pokemon as "slaves," so the story made no sense at all.