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Vodacixi on 10 January 2020
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Wyrdness said:
Vodacixi said:

So, you guys can think that the DLC will give you tons of hours based on... nothing I guess, but I can't think the DLC will give far less based on the fact that third versions gave us a crap ton of new content, not only from a post game perspective, but for the entire game... plus thousands of visual, technical and gameplay improvements. Interesting.

I never said that Emerald and Platinum were the same with little tweaks. Never. I said they were similar. But if you don't remember well how different they were, I put a link with all the changes and improvements of those games. If ALL of that are "small tweaks", then I guess I can't convince you of anything. Stick to your beliefs.

Except look at the context of your post you knock the DLC for not changing the game and only adding 2 hours yet what would the changes you cite add in game time as dlc? Not even the two hours you cited for the DLC and you're paying more for it this is why people see the DLC as a better route to go.

I was just giving my thoughts an aproximate number. It could be more, it could be less. Of course, I believe it will be significantly less than what Emerald gave compared to Ruby and Sapphire. Or Platinum compared to Diamond and Pearl.

I don't know if I'm understanding you. Do you think the entire new content of Emerald is just two hours over Ruby and Sapphire? Hmm... I don't know. I think the Battle Frontier alone (there's more than that, obviously) is like tens of hours. Easily. Also, Emerald has many differences compared to Ruby and Sapphire that make it worth playing it again.

But you only talk about hours. I also talk about improvements. Emerald created animations for every Pokémon available back then, making them less static. Platinum modified the DS engine because Diamond and Pearl were extremely slow games for some reason both in battle and outside. Platinum was much more fluid and faster (thank God). Do you think the DLC will fix or improve any of the areas where Sword and Shield are very clearly flawed (animations for both Pokémon and NPCs, popping, online errors, balance Dynamax... and a large etc)? They didn't say anything about that at the Direct. It's been almost two months since the games released and it still stands at version 1.0. Personally, I don't think they will...

My point still stands: I prefer a new game than paying 30 dolars for (in my opinion based on everything I stated in my posts) far less content.