BruisedMoose@piefed.social 6 days ago
I was down with the flu for a week, so I a) started Broken Sword…for REAL this time. b) charged up my 3DS for the first time in years and am just playing a lot of CrossworDS Plus or whatever.
Tonight I started Pokemon Heartgold, but I can’t lie, didn’t play them back in the day and don’t understand the appeal. I’m going to try though.
If you didn’t play Pokemon as a kid, you shouldn’t waste your time. They’re games for babies. You’re only going to like it as an adult if you’ve got nostalgia.
There are way better monster collecting games that aren’t made for kids in kindergarten if that’s what you’re looking for. The Shin Megami Tensei series has some amazing monster design.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
I think probably the most novel thing gold/silver did back I the day was a real-time clock and day of the week tracker. This meant you had to log in at certain times to hunt certain pokemon, or attend certain events. This isn’t as impressive today, but at the time was a whole new level of immersion fans had never seen before, in any handheld game really.
It was also incredible that they had the new jhoto region, but also the entire gen 1 kanto region also (set a few years in the future). I remember that was just mind blowing that this was even possible.
But if you’re not feeling it, don’t force yourself through it. The Pokemon games aren’t for everybody.
BruisedMoose@piefed.social 6 days ago
Yeah, I try one every few years because tastes change. I will say my time last night was a bit more engaging than in the past. So we’ll see.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
But… Why?
BruisedMoose@piefed.social 5 days ago
Well…