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>play SwSh
>easy af
>mindless af
>champion battle
>barely a challenge
>finish the game feeling disappointed, i would have forgave the final fight if the theme was hype but we didn't even get that
>start a second run
>nuzlocke + no potions
>maybe now the game will be less mindless and more fun (and also i want to squeeze more playtime out of this short ass game)
>finish opal's gym
>still really easy, the only deaths were due to me being an idiot or a crit
>reach ice gym
>difficulty suddenly ramps the fuck up
>her lapras took actual effort to beat
>ended up losing my hatterene
>"it was just one gym, i just didn't have good type matchups, that's why it was hard"
>7th gym equally as tough
>8th gym nearly destroys me, had to waste 2 dynamaxed turns using max guard so i can limit my casualties to just one pokemon
>the league battles are genuinely exciting and require planning, dynamax goes from dumb gimmik to something interesting that i have to plan for
>decided to not use eternatus fo final fight, it was fucking hype and i didn't even mind the bad music
>finish the game feeling satisfied
Making these games challening is so easy. you don't even need to nuzlocke, they just have to give the first few gym leaders more then 2-3 pokemon, come up with some mechanic that discourages healing/reviving, and not give you overpowered legends before the champion. i'm sick of having to impose these rules on myself just for a challenge.
