| Dryden said: I have put about 70 hours on Pearl. It's a solid title -- a good RPG with deep mechanics. |
Are you freaking kidding me? The game does not have deep mechanics at all, it's as simple as they could make it so anyone could play it. It's actually just rock, paper, scissors with different options.
I tried Diamond because I hadn't played a Pokemon game since Red and I knew a lot of people that were getting the game. After playing it for a short while I realized something: it was the game as Pokemon Red for the Game Boy that I played more than 10 years ago simply with new names. The story was the same. The Pokemon might as well been the same. The enemies were even the same (just different name). They added a few new features like the online play and playing with two Pokemon at once, but it's still the same game.
The only hook for the game is the gotta catch em all tag and even that wasn't enough to keep me interested. The gameplay is painfully boring and simple and the story is nonexistent. If you like any of the other Pokemon games and want to complete your Pokemon collection, then pick it up, otherwise, don't waste your time.
