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tack50 on 27 May 2021
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Pemalite said:

So my first Pokemon game I ever completed was Pokemon Blue. - I would have sunk hundreds of hours into that as a kid on the Gameboy.

The next Pokemon game I ever completed was Sword. - And I honestly couldn't wait for it to be over.

The worst part was that Sword and Shield brought absolutely *nothing* new to the story, it's the same recycled scenarios. It was boring.
Visually the game looked like trash and didn't belong on the Switch as a AAA priced release... And it's hand-holding linear paths that sometimes "pretended" to be open world didn't do it any favors either.

Not sure if I will pick up Arceus considering the minimal changes from Pokemon Blue (1996) to Pokemon Sword (2019) from a story and gameplay perspective... Guess I will wait on reviews and hope they put some effort into it.

I am probably being a little critical on the franchise, but that is only because I want it to be better and I know it can be better. - I did enjoy Pokemon Snap! recently.

I haven't played Sword and Shield admittedly, but Pokemon isn't the kind of game you play for the story in the first place (even if SwSh is probably subpar on that department even by Pokemon standards). The only Pokemon games I remember having a good story are the Gen 5 games.