>>49066676Game Freak felt compelled to remake Gen IV due to fan expectations but were too busy developing Legends to bother doing it themselves, so they passed the project off to an inexperienced studio, with the result being a low effort cash grab (as this could've just been a remake of the singular (and vastly superior) Platinum instead of paired games) full of glitches, bugs, and poor design decisions. My enjoyment playing through Diamond was just barely held aloft by the underlying good(-ish) game and my base love for the franchise. Barely. Forced Exp. Share and affection can fuck right off, as they turned what should've been a decently challenging game into an absolute steamroll-fest full of jank character models, stiff animations, and absolutely zero innovation over the originals.
Suck my dick/10