Current Events > So Gen 4 started the trend of Pokemon games having super annoying pacing?

(+) Yeah! (+)

I feel like the first three gens had good pacing with quick introes and not as much railroading

then all of a sudden incomes Diamond and Pearl and you're playing through 20 minutes of railroading and dialogue just to get your pokeball.

And it just got worse from there on out

Getting your starter definitely became more of a hassle.

Story-wise I'm fine with a longer maingame, but the dialogue and the overall slow engine that was DPPt made it more unbearable.

Battles, biking, surfing, all at a snail's pace.