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Gamefreak has done nothing but disappoint me every fucking opportunity they got since gen 6. Empty regions, missed opportunities, removed content and awful visuals time and time again.
Especially considering the absolute state of ORAS as a follow up to HGSS. With ORAS being a step in the opposite direction in every fucking way imaginable, you can understand my low expectations of gamefreak by now.
My expectations are beyond low. They're one step away from zero fucking kelvin. All i ever wanted from a sinnoh remake was the diamond and pearl games in their pure, original grid-based form with no changes whatsoever.
No 3D movement/camera SWSH bullshit, no alternate canon asspulls like in ORAS, no removed content and lazy hallways and certainly no retarded shoehorned mechanic like gigantamax. Nothing.
And it's exactly what i asked for and more.
Not ONLY did they keep the grid based overworld, not ONLY did they leave the region design seemingly unchanged, but they even attempted to replicate the chibi-esque style of the gen 4 trainer overworld sprites.
I was expecting them to fuck this up so god damn badly, but it looks so genuine and sincere that i love every single thing about it. Completely and utterly unchanged in as many fundamental ways as possible.
And they even expanded on the lore with a spinoff game on the side. A game where they were free to experiment all they wanted while leaving the remakes virtually unchanged.
My predictions about gen 8 came true with that being a classic-style game and an experimental game. It was just a few years in the works, and i couldn't be happier.
