On one hand I feel excited deep down about the new X Y games and I have played it and enjoyed it at first. I didn't get halfway before I started a new game, then another new game. It seems I can't play Pokemon anymore without having to play like a perfectionist.
I'm a longtime player since the first Gameboy games but I stopped after Gen III and took it back up with Gen V when I got interested in competitive battling and EV training, and eventually IV breeding. Now I can't play Pokemon like I used to. I'm too perfectionist and hard on myself. It's like I can't just "let go" and take it easy and just play normally. The current game on Y I have now, I soft resetted until I got my starter with the right nature and then fully EV trained it with Super Training while it was still Level 5. Then as soon as I got to the Daycare I started breeding for the right natures with other Pokemon I wanted for my main playthrough team, and again Super Trained completely while they were Level 1.
When I didn't care about all those things and didn't know what natures did, I would just play normally and catch Pokemon and train them as an ongoing thing. That way I got to know most Pokemon in Gen III and wasn't focused on stats and breeding etc. I can't do that anymore because it feels inferior and inadequate. Now I'm boring and exhausting myself making sure a select few Pokemon are "perfect". Even with the party of Pokemon I have that have been bred for ages for the right nature and then strictly Super Trained until "perfect" aren't even perfect because I haven't started IV breeding in this game yet, as haven't got access to the IV checker so early in the game etc.
All those hours of rigidness, and curtailing my ability to enjoy Pokemon for what it is like when I was a kid...all for nothing. It doesn't help that I have a mental illness that takes away most of my concentration and motivation, but before I could still play through the main story and retain interest for a few months. It's a shame but this probably means I'll be giving up Pokemon again. I haven't even discovered all the new Pokemon and done the story of Pokemon X/Y.
Not really sure what I want to get out of this post but writing thoughts down helps put things into order.
I'm a longtime player since the first Gameboy games but I stopped after Gen III and took it back up with Gen V when I got interested in competitive battling and EV training, and eventually IV breeding. Now I can't play Pokemon like I used to. I'm too perfectionist and hard on myself. It's like I can't just "let go" and take it easy and just play normally. The current game on Y I have now, I soft resetted until I got my starter with the right nature and then fully EV trained it with Super Training while it was still Level 5. Then as soon as I got to the Daycare I started breeding for the right natures with other Pokemon I wanted for my main playthrough team, and again Super Trained completely while they were Level 1.
When I didn't care about all those things and didn't know what natures did, I would just play normally and catch Pokemon and train them as an ongoing thing. That way I got to know most Pokemon in Gen III and wasn't focused on stats and breeding etc. I can't do that anymore because it feels inferior and inadequate. Now I'm boring and exhausting myself making sure a select few Pokemon are "perfect". Even with the party of Pokemon I have that have been bred for ages for the right nature and then strictly Super Trained until "perfect" aren't even perfect because I haven't started IV breeding in this game yet, as haven't got access to the IV checker so early in the game etc.
All those hours of rigidness, and curtailing my ability to enjoy Pokemon for what it is like when I was a kid...all for nothing. It doesn't help that I have a mental illness that takes away most of my concentration and motivation, but before I could still play through the main story and retain interest for a few months. It's a shame but this probably means I'll be giving up Pokemon again. I haven't even discovered all the new Pokemon and done the story of Pokemon X/Y.
Not really sure what I want to get out of this post but writing thoughts down helps put things into order.
