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But it's not and I discovered that recently.

I got sick last week and decided to play Pokemon in bed all weekend. I watched this YouTube video essay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dx9_X5fM6o and decided to challenge my view of Gold/Heart Gold as one of my favourite games since I haven't played it in 10 years.

First of all, this game has a lot to offer, obviously. I would say though that most of it is available in the post-game. And what I'm looking for is different nowadays. Ideally, I want a Pokemon game that is more replayable with plenty of depth and options, and a bit of challenge along the way from hometown to the Champion.

A lot of people do mention the level curve as a major fault of GSC, and its remakes by extension since they didn't do anything to fix it. For some reason I've been oblivious, could be nostalgia. But it just broke the game for me completely. I could not believe how boring it was to play through the rocket hideout in Mahogany and then the radio tower, warehouse, just I cannot believe I ever thought it was an acceptable standard of gameplay. Grunt after grunt of level 20 Rattatas, Zubats, Koffings just trash trash trash. It was horrible and it lasted for hours.

I called it quits at the Kimono Girls, which was a part I completely forgot about. Basically the league and Ho-Oh in this game is locked behind a series of 5 battles against level 38 Eeveelutions. I found this to be particularly tough.