Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Rotollo]

Tencent in the wake of the Wu Flu

does your average joe hardcore pokemon fan really know about tencent and it's pull over video game companies though?

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

does your average joe hardcore pokemon fan really know about tencent and it's pull over video game companies though?

More than you'd think. Tencent has become quite infamous as the company 1-Uping EA as the worst ever, and as already pointed out the Kung Flu has only put China as a whole under more public scrutiny. All of my circles are well aware of their dealings as a personal example.

 

[Disc]

does your average joe hardcore pokemon fan really know about tencent and it's pull over video game companies though?

Iunno, but people only really need one good reason to downvote. There's people for whom tencent's involvement is that thing, there's people who don't care but are downvoted for the other reasons.

 

[Pissmaster]

I thought MOBAs were dead as fuck

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

does your average joe hardcore pokemon fan really know about tencent and it's pull over video game companies though?

Does your average Joe video game player in general know about that? (much like everything in the world..no)

 

[HumanHive]

Tencent is unfairly maligned, though. Actually extremely good company. Most of these downvotes are probably American bots.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

Tencent is unfairly maligned, though. Actually extremely good company. Most of these downvotes are probably American bots.

I am not gonna scream "Nintendo man bad" because they are making a Moba based off a popular IP, this is shit that they have always done with Pokemon (Pinball anyone?) but Tencent are downright scumbags and always have been.

 

[Pissmaster]

So if they partnered with 50 Cent instead would they get five times more downvotes on that video?

 

[Rotollo]

So if they partnered with 50 Cent instead would they get five times more downvotes on that video?

No, we would instead get a sequel to 50 cent bulletproof in the pokemon universe.

 

[Vapewizard]

It sums up a lot of Game Freak's choices, doesn't it? Introduce a new mechanic that's rough around the edges but could become something really cool. Then, rather than expand upon or refine it, just completely scrap it, never mention it again and introduce a new, equally barebones mechanic in the next game.

I actually forgot sky battles were even a thing until it was mentioned here again, and the only reason I still remember triple and rotation battles is cause you had those battle facilities using them.

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

I actually forgot sky battles were even a thing until it was mentioned here again, and the only reason I still remember triple and rotation battles is cause you had those battle facilities using them.

That is cause they were sort of awful.

I mean really, the only actual battle format Gamefreak gives a shit about is double battles.

 

[Be patient I have lurkism]

Why the fuck did so many people still want Gen 4 remakes to begin with? I'd rather have a shitty cashgrab everyone agrees is a shitty cashgrab than yet another overpriced and polarizingly disappointing game that makes me feel sad

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

Why the fuck did so many people still want Gen 4 remakes to begin with? I'd rather have a shitty cashgrab everyone agrees is a shitty cashgrab than yet another overpriced and polarizingly disappointing game that makes me feel sad

Was ORAS and let's go really all that bad? I agree that US/UM were pretty unnecessary (if you want to consider those games remakes), but I've played ORAS myself and it was a pretty fun time for me (granted I've never played gen 3 prior to that, but still).

 

[Be patient I have lurkism]

Was ORAS and let's go really all that bad? I agree that US/UM were pretty unnecessary (if you want to consider those games remakes), but I've played ORAS myself and it was a pretty fun time for me (granted I've never played gen 3 prior to that, but still).

ORAS gets worse and worse with hindsight to me but there are still things I like about it. It's less about remakes being subpar and more about mainline games being subpar in general

 

[Itu aru kamusu tugeza]

Why the fuck did so many people still want Gen 4 remakes to begin with? I'd rather have a shitty cashgrab everyone agrees is a shitty cashgrab than yet another overpriced and polarizingly disappointing game that makes me feel sad

Battered Pokémon fans conditioned to expect a remake due to Game Freak’s habit of remaking a gen every few games.
Pokémon targets kids exclusively for this purpose, as they’ll grow up nostalgic for the experience and not troublesome features and quirks the programmers forgot how to implement.

 

[Questionable Ceviche]

I would be more excited for a possible gen4 remake if it wasn't going to be more of the same lazy garbage they've been pumping out as mainline games for a while now. They have all the money in the world to make the console RPG that people have been wanting forever, but they don't put in the effort. The new Snap trailer just shows what SwSh could have been - gorgeously rendered open environments full of pokemon that live in the world instead of stuck in as an afterthought with some jittery, clipping animation.

 

[ChucklesTheJester]

4th gen remake sounds like a great idea. For a dev team that cares about the product, and wants it to be better. Doesn't sound so great for the current dev team.

 

[Be patient I have lurkism]

I would be more excited for a possible gen4 remake if it wasn't going to be more of the same lazy garbage they've been pumping out as mainline games for a while now. They have all the money in the world to make the console RPG that people have been wanting forever, but they don't put in the effort. The new Snap trailer just shows what SwSh could have been - gorgeously rendered open environments full of pokemon that live in the world instead of stuck in as an afterthought with some jittery, clipping animation.

I would totally be down with a "Colosseum 3 mentality" spin-off. Maybe then we'd get a proper console game made by anyone other than Gamefreak. Plus, double battles are based as fuck and I'm not even a competitivefag

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

I would totally be down with a "Colosseum 3 mentality" spin-off. Maybe then we'd get a proper console game made by anyone other than Gamefreak. Plus, double battles are based as fuck and I'm not even a competitivefag

How often do people even do double battles outside of the tournament?

 

[Be patient I have lurkism]

How often do people even do double battles outside of the tournament?

I sure didn't. It's just that I played a BW romhack recently that happened to feature doubles more prominently and I realized how flexible the format is for main campaign difficulty compared to singles. With singles you can come up with creative strategies underleveled but the fact remains that level is often a crucial factor in winning a battle. With double battles it comes down to focusing on the bigger threats that screw up your team and slowly taking down the opponent's teamwork. Since that also applies to you as well, this situation makes for some interesting and dynamic misdirection games rather than seeing who has the bigger dick when attacking.

There's probably a more different nuance to it in actual competitive, but for single player it's also really good. In that romhack I was talking about, postgame bosses were outlevelling my party by 20 levels and yet I could still pull off a good strategy that didn't feel like cheesing the game (like FEAR or Moody). Doubles has the potential to fix the difficulty problem that Pokemon struggles to balance in the main story, in my opinion