Current Events > I finished Pokemon Brilliant Diamond. Some thoughts:

(+) Yeah! (+)

* The GWS hasn't been added yet.

* You can't battle other players yet.

* Global Union Rooms have a maximum of 2 users, making them useless.

* The Grand Underground is really good.

* If you like Sinnoh, it's still Sinnoh. Gen 4 was my least favourite gen, and this remake didn't change my mind on that. Some of that was due to glitchy stuff, like getting stuck on Strength boulders and seeing seams in the game world, but for the most part I wasn't super happy with Brilliant Diamond for the same reasons I didn't like Platinum so much back in the day. I just don't like Sinnoh that much.

* Pokemon models and battling is fine. I like catching Pokemon.

This game released two months ago and it's still missing features like battle rooms and global trading. If you're waiting until the game is fully patched, you should keep waiting.

MrMallard posted...

This game released two months ago and it's still missing features like battle rooms and global trading.

"Still" implies anything will be added after release.

If you're waiting until the game is fully patched

Who would think it would be "fully patched"? What you got is what you got, Nintendo's not gonna do anything more with it.

Kisai posted...

"Still" implies anything will be added after release.

The GWS physically exists in the game world, if they're gonna keep it out of bounds that's only a bigger point against it.

Who would think it would be "fully patched"? What you got is what you got, Nintendo's not gonna do anything more with it.

I would think it would be fully patched, because the functions I'm talking about are present in the game world, with a toggle in place to keep players out until it's added to the game. While I disagree with the necessity of having to patch essential music and animations into these games, the fact is that these games have been patched and are presumably still going to be patched.

Like don't get me wrong, these games are absolutely fucking shameful - imagine shipping a game without a proper title screen. But at the same time, what the fuck are you even saying?

MrMallard posted...

* You can't battle other players yet.

I'm sorry, what?

I'm leaning towards the idea that this game will "eventually" add pvp, mostly because that's the most integral functionality of all pokemon games since Pokemon Yellow...

Are you guys being serious?

You can't play multiplayer vs other players in a newly released main-series pokemon game?

I thought DP was OK when it came out. But then I loved platinum. But for some reason as much as I enjoyed the remakes they just felt weird and hollow. And then I remembered why DP was just ok. Idk. It was a fun romp but definitely my least favorite remake.

DeadBankerDream posted...

I'm sorry, what?

So at the Pokemon Centre, there's a battle arena area where you connect with someone over Nintendo Online to battle them - just like always. The option is there, and the attendant is there to like save your game and connect you and stuff.

The issue is that they haven't added in that functionality yet. So all she says is "Sorry, but the Battle Arena isn't open yet".

Similar thing with the more casual union rooms where you can battle and trade at your own leisure. If you're connecting locally - and possibly via friend code - you can meet up with people in these rooms. But the global union rooms where you jump online with up to 32 random players have been needed until a later update, restricting 2 players to a global union room.

So you go to battle and trade, and there's one other person in the room. And they usually wanna trade, but they're trading their best Pokemon, like they're trying to show it off. Then the trade gets cancelled and they leave the room.

That's the state of the online connectivity rn.

I think you can connect with more people via friend code, and there shouldn't be limits on local connections. But the battle arena isn't in the game yet, and the union rooms are so gimped that you might as well not use them.

I thought you could still do linked battles with friends just not random on the GWS.

Edit:

Like this: https://youtu.be/9FfamKHoDAM

Looks like that's the case. It's just the proper online components that aren't in the game yet, aside from the Grand Underground.

The difficulty spike w/ the E4 & champ at the end threw me for a loop. I'd been solo-ing the entire game in true Pokemon fashion and then all of a sudden I hit a wall with them. I barely made it out alive after the E4 but then Cynthia decimated me.

Were the originals like this? I don't remember DP being like that. I mean I know I'm casual but damn.

I stopped playing after the 3rd gym, game is just so boring. A new play through on SwSh is so much more fun.

I've done multiple PvP battles with a friend. Do you mean fighting randoms?

Tc how was the challenge? Still piss easy like SwSh?

@ me if you answer this

I just got this a few days ago and realized all the duping tricks are gone. Fuck.

Did forced exp share ruin the game for you or nah?

InfinityMonster posted...

I just got this a few days ago and realized all the duping tricks are gone. Fuck.

You can still do it in emerald

Chicken posted...

I've done multiple PvP battles with a friend. Do you mean fighting randoms?

Yeah, like the battle terminal at the Pokemon Centres.

Smackems posted...

Tc how was the challenge? Still piss easy like SwSh?

@ me if you answer this

@Smackems pretty easy, sure. Forced Exp. Share meant I had to think about how much I was grinding, and I managed to stay pretty balanced up until the Pokemon League where my level 60 party got wiped out by Cynthia's level 66 Garchomp.

There are new Pokemon zones in the Grand Underground that scale with each gym visit, so you can overlevel if you spend all your time down there.

Would definitely wait to see if this game gets an Exp. Share toggle before you get it. Somehow I doubt it, but if you're looking for more of a challenge, you're definitely gonna wait for a while.

Teh_Dr_Phil posted...

Did forced exp share ruin the game for you or nah?

Ehh. The thing that bothered me the most was catching a new Pokemon and balancing it with the rest of my team.

I've been waiting like a decade for more challenge lmao

But thanks for the answer. I'll just skip it and try Arceus

the friendship shit bothers me. automatic healing of statuses, living on one HP, higher crit rate, it's too damn much to make sure little kids can't lose and cry