Current Events > I started Pokemon Sword after the hate train. It's actually decent

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Ive put in about 10 hours. Have three badges and a full team. Ive been mostly messing around in Wild Area and looking for favorites. The game has a solid foundation going for it. GameFreak just needs to perfect it which is a long shot.

The Wild Area is a great concept. I like what the game has done with it so far. Picking and choosing which Pokemon I want to encounter is more convenient than pure random encounter though Im glad both options are present for the player. The Raid Battles are neat though I havent done them much so I cant give a thorough opinion.

I like how some of the towns look in terms of design though I wish there was more to do while exploring the towns. Aside from Hop, I like a majority of the cast. Nothing spectacular but they are fine. Hop is annoying. Dont care for Team Yell but I like Marnie.

Wish the game was a little more difficult but Ive had some close calls with the gym leaders mainly due to not having any type advantage. I want to point out that I am limiting myself somewhat in order to provide more of a challenge. Would be really nice if GF had difficulty options or something..

The whole Dexit business and general GF laziness is still inexcusable but I think the game is okay so far.

Im rocking Raboot, Corvisquire, Hattena, Impidimp, Vespiqueen, and Froslass. Was supposed to have Galar Corsola and Frosmoth but I decided to go with old favorites.


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Dexit is my only real gripe at this point. Rest of the game is solid.

Everything else is legit just nitpicking, like REEEE DRAW DISTANCE and REEEE TREES

I'm at about 85% of the pokedex with ~75 hours played. Hard to be disappointed with that type of return in today's gaming atmosphere.

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I been watching a twitch streamer play it and it's been a blast for the whole chat. The guy hasn't played a pokemon game since like.... gen 2 and everything that appears, he is like "What the fuck is that" ... and his laughter is contagious.

https://clips.twitch.tv/EncouragingGrossHerdCoolStoryBob
https://clips.twitch.tv/SpineyBoredPangolinTheThing

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I think the issue now is that it doesn't seem very much like a home console Pokemon...just something you'd expect on the 3DS just with higher resolution. It doesn't feel ambitious enough for being the first mainline console Pokemon, but it's still alright, is what I'm getting at.

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I'm sure it's a fun game, but I just personally don't think it's worth the $60 price tag. I'm hoping they somehow manage to significantly improve their follow up version. Although there's a chance it gets X/Y'd and they just move to the next gen immediately.

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BakonBitz posted...

I think the issue now is that it doesn't seem very much like a home console Pokemon...just something you'd expect on the 3DS just with higher resolution. It doesn't feel ambitious enough for being the first mainline console Pokemon, but it's still alright, is what I'm getting at.

Yes, this does fee up an upscale 3DS game. I probably wouldnt have any legit complaints if this was $40 or something.

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