I honestly liked the game. It's about par for most Pokemon games, aside from the rough jump to 3D. I really enjoyed the Pokémon-Amie system the most. While the camera tracking sucked being able to pet and feed my pokemon has been a feature I've wanted since Yellow released. This and player customization really made it a blast.

BW2 is mechanically a good improvement on the first game. While I rather enjoyed the story it didn't reach the height of the first games for me to be honest. It feels oddly disjointed from the first game in some ways, bringing up major players from the first game rather late in the game(Not counting Memory link). Otherwise it does do a good job of showing the division of those who mean well, those who seek power, and those who are apathetic.

This was the Pokemon game that got me back into playing the games, and honestly I don't think there will be another game in the franchise like it. I was taken off guard by the dynamic music, the fun gyms, and honestly the characters that unfolded their world of ideals, dreams, and truth. It's always going to hold a special place to me for that reason.