/vr/ - Retro Games

I played both P1 & P2 on release. I remember being very hyped for 2 and its several improvements (sex, day and night, smartphone) felt like I was actually playing a follow up of pokemon.

However, in retrospective, pokemon 2 was actually inferior to 1 for several reasons:
- First of all, the world itself (Johto) is worse than Kanto. I think that traversing the map in a circle fashion was much better than the shape they came up with for 2.
- Team rocket seamed to have minor role in the game, yet it was an important actor in 1. If I recall correctly, in two they are almost disbanded, they barely have any presence. Half of pokemon 1 however was to fight them.
- As time went on I realized that "quality of life" additions removed the sense of danger and peril from the game by detracting the player from actual fighting into other minor diversions. More pokeballs, machines, and side content that, in time, helped the game become more people with the kawai crowd than the original kids who wanted to go on adventures and explore the world.
- It was a second part, it did good at providing more of what I loved without being an exact clone. But it was just a continuation of what I did in 1, you can just revive the experience a second time. For those like me who were maybe 10 at the time, everybody was playing pokemon then, and you could make new friends just by discussing rumors and theories. I think that, at the time 2 came in, I was just too mature for the game or not as naive.

And you know it.

>>6449797
It is like what those old developers says, it is not a matter of features but how well they are used. Early pokemon gens did well making you feel like you were in this epic and big journey to become the strongest pokemon trainer. Nowdays it looks more like a beauty contest.

>>5991752