The first time I've played Pokemon was when it launched with Pokemon Red and Blue.  I purchased Blue at the same time my friend purchased Red, played through to the end, thought it was a decent game.  Tried playing through a little of Gold or Silver when my same friend got it and decided then not to purchase the other.  I later gave the series another chance with Diamond, purchased it but only got the seventh badge before I quit, and once again I'm giving it a chance with Pokemon X but this time seeing the game through to completion.

As yourself, either a boy or girl of your choosing, you start at home like every other game, and shortly after acquire one of three Pokemon.  They change it up a little bit in this one, as you're adventuring with four different friends, sometimes they'll help you along the way or want to compete whether it's seeing who has the most monsters in a specific region or through battle.  The main premise of the game even with the extra characters is the same as the rest of them, though.  Collect all eight Pokemon badges and become the champion, while along the way also hindering in some teams goal, this time known as Team Flare, in taking over the world using Pokemon.  While the story might be a similar plot as the rest of them, they've done really well in making you feel like you're part of the Pokemon world.

NPCs in recent RPGs are mostly useless, lacking any information that would really help you and most of their dialogue boxes are boring.  Pokemon gives you reason to talk to each and every NPC you can find, as most of them will tell you about certain Pokemon skills and give you a TM afterwards, some of the NPCs even ask you to come back future days until they've given you all they offer.  When you don't receive an item, the dialogue is short, but gets it point across as well as being informative about certain events in the world.  The level design is straight forward, but it does allow for exploration within that small contained area in each route, and then each Pokemon gym is uniquely designed in a different style.  One Pokemon gym might have you scaling a rock climbing wall in a weak Uncharted style, another having you roller skate around to catch and fight the opponents(or just stand still,) while another has you answering questions about Pokemon to avoid fighting trainers in that gym.

It's unfortunately the combat that is so poor.  The idea behind the combat is good, but like the rest of the series, it's a little boring to actually trudge through.  Each Pokemon has one or two types, both of which give the Pokemon different strengths and weaknesses compared to the other types.  This was okay during the original game, but you only have six Pokemon available to you at any one time against a possible 18 types, and while playing through the game, you're not going to have the option of setting up a party that will be able to counter every single enemy at the very beginning.  Even though ending with over 300, I just kept the same six Pokemon through the entire game.  Even if most battles are done with the lead Pokemon alone, you're going to constantly be throwing out that same Pokemon, waiting several seconds for the battle to even start and then give your Pokemon commands that will go through slowly, even when you have animations turned off and the speed set to max.  Does it matter though if your first Pokemon is strong against the opposing enemy though?  Most of the time you'll kill them in a single hit.  The single player really does the game no favors being one of the easiest RPGs in history, and many times you might get through an entire gym on a single Pokemon, even when that Pokemon does normal damage to everyone in that gym.

After completing the game I've done a little bit a battling.  I've even went through putting together my own competitive team, researching the Pokemon I'd use, taking hours to breed them with perfect IVs in a majority of stats, getting them a nature that would fit how I wanted to use the Pokemon, and getting the skills I wanted them to have.  I also named most of those six Pokemon, the first ones in the game I've actually named, only to give myself an advantage against people who may not know those Pokemon types off the top of their heads so they'll be unable to look them up and see what is best against them.  But I've only done a very few matches, and honestly I'm done.  The reason I thought would make the Pokemon experience so much better, the multiplayer, is more enjoyable than the main game, but not so much to where I'll repeatedly battle with the same Pokemon and I have no interest in making multiple Pokemon teams, and definitely no interest in spending hours breeding a new team.  It's a huge time sink, yes, so the game has a lot to offer in that regard, but having a lot of content doesn't mean that time is going to be spent having fun.

Pokemon X and Y have some good qualities, but overall they're pretty boring RPGs, as is the remainder of the series.

Gameplay - 3
Design - 8
Presentation - 6
Balance - 2

Overall - 4.75

well I read the end and it was good for a laugh. You thought multiplayer would be good and yet you dont like the gameplay (3/10). MP is pure gameplay. I understand your issue with balancing though (2/10), unless you run Smogon rules only 20% of pokes are good. Its obvious you wouldnt like the game though, if you dont enjoy the gameplay you are never going to enjoy a pokemon game. Its not like Beyond: Two Souls which can rely on story

I know this is your personal opinion and all but you should try focusing reviews on how you think people would like the game rather than closing it off to only your opinion(prob a poor way of saying that). People read reviews to see what is good and bad about the game from an honest stand point. But if you are just going to trash a game and ignore what people like or dislike in it then you are no longer being objective.   Instead people are going to get upset.

Example, I love ZombiU but i can see the flaws in it that could hinder the experience for others so i note that. Im not going to ignore those flaws just because i enjoyed it.

Or lets say I dislike a game like Journey for example. I still note what I think people will like in the game. Once again im not going to ignore the good aspects of it.

Every review is biased obviosly as it is your personal opinion but you should always try and be fair.  I doubt people are going to conitnue to consider your reviews fair if you continue to give one sided opinions.

I like the fact you carry only 6. You have to form a team that could cover all 18 tipes and combinations, regard the strategies, u have to get prepared for abilities, weather conditions, only with 6, and only 4 move slot in each

The easiest pokemon i played. Pokes grow up fast.
But at the same time they offer you a lot of good pokemons, and you seriusly want to train them all, but you can keep only 6.
What i did: trained 6 to a certain level, then trained other 6 to the same level, etc.
At the end all 12 pokes were in the same level, and no one are too strong to beat all foes in only 1 hit, so the battles are so much more interesting. Also, i could try a lot of combinations of pokes.

Online is much better than previous games, EV training so much easier, and not so boring like before. IV control now is possible. Friend safary, very good idea. Love this.

But i missed some BW2 features: chalenge mode.
Also, and most missed: battle with gym leaders, elite four members and champions of other regions.
And a lot of thing to do after beating the elite four.

I would rate that way:
best=BW2> HGSS >XY>RBY>DP>RS=worst

Hahahahaha no, that's now how Pokemon is balanced at all. See the metagame revolves around strategy. Pokemon with bad stats are perfectly usable due to utility and making use of various strategies. Its actually balanced far better. But if you take it on the surface that's what it looks like. The competititve community has also balanced competitive play themselves with the various clauses, that eliminate any sort of randomness from the games.

And why are you wasting all that time making a perfect team? You're just wasting your time making a bad team. Try some in game mock battles (virtual simulation) or use a battle simulator to test out your teams. But making a perfect IV"d team is pointless without a clear strategy. Shit I only tend to max our 4 IV's in a mon and then Im done. My strategies are too good for the common folk.

XY are the best games in the series. HG SS is the second best.

Wow... 4.75/5... that is pretty high score... You must have loved that game huh? jk jk

I quit after Black. Pokemon Platinum/Black were so utterly boring that I couldn't fathom it anymore. Not going to be one of those people who complain about it and then purchase the next one though.... that makes no sense.

Had fun back in the day but i've moved on from Pokemon. I can't stand the easy repetitive gameplay of each title anymore.

I never liked this series, but that being said, I think you're being a bit too harsh on the game itself.

I guess you only play action RPG's these days

HAHAHAHAHA !