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- Sep 23, 2019
I mean, it's only got 1 more HM than crystal.Haven't played a Pokemon game since gen 3 but I've been playing through Platinum recently for the first time and...its not so good. The basic gameplay loop is the same which is still enjoyable but something just doesn't click, maybe all the little annoyances are adding up to a bad experience. There are way too many HMs and exploring the map is more annoying than previous generations. Doesn't feel like they added anything of substance other than a bunch of pointless side activities I couldn't care less about. The new Pokemon designs all feel uninspired and lame (though maybe thats my nostalgia talking).
I just got done with the Ice gym and was close to giving up completely on this game. Every battle in this area has an ice storm which adds bullshit time to every battle, there are snowy pits which slow you way down when walking and I had to fuck around trying to get a new HM slave because I already taught 4 moves to my other one by this point, all so I could climb some rocks to talk to my idiot rival. Give me a fucking break.
Do Gen 5+ games improve or am I better off just replaying Crystal from here on out.
If your issues are 'too many hms' and 'exploring is annoying' Gen 5 does change some things. It reduces the total number of HMs, and makes the number needed to progress through the main story a lot smaller (though you do still have side areas you'll need the hms for). Not counting fly, Black and White only need 1 and Black2White2 only need 2.
From Gen 7 onwards, they change it to not need HMs at all though.