>>51823117>she was just talking about how the trend in the 00s was bleak, grey, edgy tough guy gamesBased.
Orre was a run down shithole that you were tasked with saving. A place in such dire straits that only an ex-con from the inside out can save the day. The stakes are so much better defined than in most other games, where you are a prodigy/chosen one with no actual obstacles. The most prestine part of the game (Agate Village) is full of old, retired trainers who can't do anything (which the game even illustrates with an automated battle). The 10 year olds who usually save the day in mainline games are stuck running some KnD operation out of their shitty underground hideout. This makes Gale all the rewarding, when you find out that things are shaping up economically. The kids are running a news organization, wild Pokemon are coming back to the Region, tournament events are being held without a black market.
And the funny thing is? Later games would actually benefit from similar world building, if we're gonna have stuff like war stories (Unova or Kalos) and climate change parallels (in Galar).
