• cattywampas@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    As someone who hasn’t played a pokemon game since Gen 3, what are they like these days? Have they totally jumped the shark?

    • Nate Cox@programming.dev
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      7 hours ago

      Terrible. They are terrible today. The last game pair they put out was an absolute joke in every regard.

      I recommend never giving them another penny.

    • MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 hours ago

      It definitely depends on how much they incorporate improvements from Legends: Arceus (one of the side games). Gens 6 - 8 were all so easy that a popular way to play each of those is with a difficulty mod, if you are able.

      Gen 9 tried to mix it up a bit, but as another user mentioned the performance on the Switch was so poor that it was hard to enjoy.

      Legends: Arceus has introduced several quality of life features that could be game changing if they make it into Winds & Waves, but we shall see. This could be the most fun mainline gen, if they do it right, or they could fumble it again.

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      6 hours ago

      I’ve played every main-line and reboot pokemon game since they came out. I didn’t finish Scarlet and Violet, it was so bad, also didn’t finish Legends Arceus cause it was so lazy, and I’ve never played Legends Z-A. They’ve stopped putting in any amount of effort, so why should I bother to play them?