Pokemon: My reflections on why the series is no longer fun

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Khuutra said:
There was definitely a pacing problem with Diamond and Pearl, a problem which was exacerbated by an extreme level creep at the end and further exacerbated by the very slow combat.

I ended up beating the Champion with a team whose average level was 10-15 lower than hers. It took a lot of buffing and liberal use of my Dialga.

Grinding to an appropriate level would have taken so long that I didn't feel it was worth it.

I never really played much after beating Cynthia, which is a shame.

I'll need to ask some Platinum players if the leveling rate is more balanced.

I agree with that.

 

Also, the music (which to me is incredibly important) was kinda crappy in Diamond/Pearl.

 

I felt that

Pokemon Diamond has

- Worse music than Silver

- Not nearly as good Pokemon as Silver

- Less funny comments

- More grinding based

 

 

The problem isn't that it is more of the same, it is that is worse at doing the same stuff.