I'm gonna try to gateway-drug myself into liking modern Pokemon with Omega Ruby

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KhlavicLanguage
07/22/2025
07:41 PM
#1
I probably qualify as a "genwunner" in a loose sense.
I love gens 1 and 2, enjoyed 3 and 4, and basically fell off from there.
I thought the 2 hours of Pokemon Sun that I forced myself to play were some of the most unenjoyable gaming I've ever experienced.
I find the culture around Pokemon GO and the TCG to be weird and annoying and uninteresting.
I vastly preferred the old Sugimori watercolor art style and whine about it to anyone who will listen.

I woke up this morning hoping they'd finally announced rereleases of the older games and instead got Dragonite with ear-wings.

It's become clear to me that
  1. There is zero chance the series ever trends back towards the way I liked it - the new games absolutely print money on what appears to be a low budget
  2. A lot of this is just old man yelling at cloud
So, I went out and bought Omega Ruby. I figured maybe replaying a gen I like, on the more modern presentation style of the series, might loosen me up to trying the other games I let pass me by. I'm aware that even this game is a decade old but we gotta start somewhere. Already picked Mudkip and got past the first gym.
Chickens and cheese.
SomeLikeItHoth
07/22/2025
07:46 PM
#2
Modern Pokemon is Scarlet/Violet, not OmegaRuby.
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KhlavicLanguage
07/22/2025
07:47 PM
#3
KhlavicLanguage posted...
I'm aware that even this game is a decade old but we gotta start somewhere.

Chickens and cheese.
SomeLikeItHoth
07/22/2025
07:48 PM
#4
I hope you like it though. OmegaRuby is a great game.
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PerseusRad
07/22/2025
07:52 PM
#5
Alola games are notorious for being cutscene heavy, or at least feeling that way.
solosnake
07/22/2025
07:59 PM
#6
scarlet was my biggest switch 1 purchase regret
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OniLink5000
07/22/2025
08:13 PM
#7
Modern pokemon games are good, but characters are too nice and wholesome all the time. I'd like a return to the rival who wants to crush you, not support you.

what happened to "smell ya later?"
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SydnieStarlight
07/22/2025
08:15 PM
#8
I do think OR/AS are the best games in the series, but some of that stems from personal bias toward gen 3 and the various online features that are no longer usable. And that isn't to say they're flawless, mind you. But they do a lot of neat things I like very much while still being faithful to the originals. If you liked Ruby, I think you'll like OR~
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mehmeh1
07/22/2025
08:16 PM
#9
PerseusRad posted...
Alola games are notorious for being cutscene heavy, or at least feeling that way.
yeah they're by far the heaviest on handholding and there being a ton of dialogue, no other game in the series even comes close
OniLink5000 posted...
Modern pokemon games are good, but characters are too nice and wholesome all the time. I'd like a return to the rival who wants to crush you, not support you.

what happened to "smell ya later?"
does it count how on SV's DLC you basically break a nice kid into becoming an ass that REALLY wants to crush you
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DrizztLink
07/22/2025
08:49 PM
#10
I think this is Stockholm Syndroming yourself, not gateway drugging.
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MC_BatCommander
07/22/2025
08:53 PM
#11
My love for the series ended with the official games and was revived by hacks and fan games
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Blbmbr666
07/22/2025
08:54 PM
#12
NGL, also as a boomer genwunner.... I loved Violet. It was perfectly janky, just like RBY.

You're spitting about the watercolor art tho, vastly superior.
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MotaroRIP619
07/22/2025
08:55 PM
#13
I am kind of excited for the upcoming Legends game honestly.
Relient_K
07/22/2025
08:57 PM
#14
Scarlett was some of the most fun I've had since gen 5. 6 was a lot of fun, but I think a big part of that was that my wife and I (at the time we were just dating) were playing together, building teams together. But the actual game itself was kind of meh. 7 was okay ish, 8 is the only time I didn't finish a Pokemon game.
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Compsognathus
07/22/2025
08:59 PM
#15
You should celebrate being free from the grasp of modern Pokmon, not trying to dive into it.
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KhlavicLanguage
07/22/2025
09:00 PM
#16
Compsognathus posted...
You should celebrate being free from the grasp of modern Pokmon, not trying to dive into it.
I can only replay Red so many times. Really wish we'd gotten one more gen on the GB or GBA.
Chickens and cheese.
Compsognathus
07/22/2025
09:02 PM
#17
KhlavicLanguage posted...
I can only replay Red so many times. Really wish we'd gotten one more gen on the GB or GBA.
Play Black or White then.
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VeggetaX
07/22/2025
09:03 PM
#18
I don't get this. You feel the newer games aren't progressing enough so you get your fix by playing the older games with less qol?
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KhlavicLanguage
07/22/2025
09:07 PM
#19
VeggetaX posted...
I don't get this. You feel the newer games aren't progressing enough so you get your fix by playing the older games with less qol?
I don't think progress is my issue with the newer games. I just find them too focused on uninteresting plot and really dislike their overall presentation style. I'm trying to give them another chance because I'm completely burnt out on the entries I did enjoy and I think my gripes could be fade with more exposure.
Chickens and cheese.
Letsago
07/22/2025
09:10 PM
#20
I love ORAS. I used to think they were underrated, but they've been getting more love recently.
Also I'm a fan of the main postgame quest, curious what you'll think of it.
Let's-a go! Okey dokey!
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