Played over a period of 20 days. I'm not an experienced Pokemon player, having only played through Blue/Red in the past previously, but damn, while the game was pretty easy for a while it got harder in the last third. The last Elite Four + Champion match was surprisingly tough. Victory Road was also a bit tricky finding your way through.
I played the final battle with a team of Milotic, Groudon, Salamence, Breloom, Gardevoir and Manectric, and with Max Potions and Revives in the bag. Especially Milotic and Salamence takes quite some effort getting. Which I researched my way to recognize would be a pretty damn OP team. I thought I would sweep through it all.
Not completely. In my first couple of attempts I failed. Only in my third attempt I managed to do it successfully. Milotic's Ice Beam and Hydro Pump, and Manectric's Thunderbolt would be deal breakers, but, wow, it was quite challenging. I'm impressed if people beat it with weaker and more random Pokemons.
Anyway! If you like Pokemon it's a pretty good game. It's quite like Red and Blue but with more additional features, basically. Most notably (except colors) berries, Pokemon items, "nature" elements like weather, the Pokeblock contest (which was a bit odd), and 2 vs 2 matches, and a couple of other things. Also, a bunch of new Pokemons, even if there was quite a few of the original generation here too.
My only problem with games like these is they can get a bit too addicting, and depending a little too much on grinding. Which can be timeconsuming, and tiring, yet weirdly addicting at the same time. However, it's pretty good escapism if that's what you're after. I quite understand the success of this franchise.
I played the final battle with a team of Milotic, Groudon, Salamence, Breloom, Gardevoir and Manectric, and with Max Potions and Revives in the bag. Especially Milotic and Salamence takes quite some effort getting. Which I researched my way to recognize would be a pretty damn OP team. I thought I would sweep through it all.
Not completely. In my first couple of attempts I failed. Only in my third attempt I managed to do it successfully. Milotic's Ice Beam and Hydro Pump, and Manectric's Thunderbolt would be deal breakers, but, wow, it was quite challenging. I'm impressed if people beat it with weaker and more random Pokemons.
Anyway! If you like Pokemon it's a pretty good game. It's quite like Red and Blue but with more additional features, basically. Most notably (except colors) berries, Pokemon items, "nature" elements like weather, the Pokeblock contest (which was a bit odd), and 2 vs 2 matches, and a couple of other things. Also, a bunch of new Pokemons, even if there was quite a few of the original generation here too.
My only problem with games like these is they can get a bit too addicting, and depending a little too much on grinding. Which can be timeconsuming, and tiring, yet weirdly addicting at the same time. However, it's pretty good escapism if that's what you're after. I quite understand the success of this franchise.