Orion-Sama
I love Iris!
- Joined
- May 2, 2005
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Pokémon Diamond/Pearl by far. I have my beefs with other games and Generations (Pair Generations in particular), but even with their negative points, at the very least the games play well and are functional. Diamond/Pearl were barely functional and felt like a huge drag. The frame rate was really slow compared to Gen 3. The battles were horribly slow and there was no way to speed them up. You drop off your Bike in gates, which hadn't happened since Gen 1. Surfing is even slower than normal walking. The game is just slow as hell and it really drags, making it really daunting to deal with it.
Also, it was the first game in the series to drop major features from the previous Gen's 3rd Versions to save them for its own 3rd Version as a cheap selling point. Back then that was a huge letdown that soiled the games even further. The very small variety in Pokémon during the game was also awful. I don't mind that this forced them to give Candice, Volkner and the Elite Four multi-type Teams though. In fact that was one of the very few things this game brought to the table and gave me hopes that they would drop the monotype trend once and for all, but alas, it was only a tease.
The Pokétch, Wi-Fi features, the slight shift away from monotypes (Even if temporary), the Physical/Special split, and the many great Moves were really good and welcome additions, but unfortunately the game plays like crap and it's really difficult to keep playing it. After Platinum I sold these games and don't want to ever play them again.
Also, it was the first game in the series to drop major features from the previous Gen's 3rd Versions to save them for its own 3rd Version as a cheap selling point. Back then that was a huge letdown that soiled the games even further. The very small variety in Pokémon during the game was also awful. I don't mind that this forced them to give Candice, Volkner and the Elite Four multi-type Teams though. In fact that was one of the very few things this game brought to the table and gave me hopes that they would drop the monotype trend once and for all, but alas, it was only a tease.
The Pokétch, Wi-Fi features, the slight shift away from monotypes (Even if temporary), the Physical/Special split, and the many great Moves were really good and welcome additions, but unfortunately the game plays like crap and it's really difficult to keep playing it. After Platinum I sold these games and don't want to ever play them again.