>>48927972>shortEven using emulation and speedup it took me longer than running through emerald's campaign again.
>artificially difficultthis means nothing on its own, what are you even criticizing? Every pokemon game has "artificial difficulty" in some capacity
>bad music>extremely linear>barely any postgameLike every other pokemon game :^)
>le edgy storyborderline incomprehensible describes half of the franchise in that department, and the story isn't even a 3 in the edge department, its low tier edge.
>slow battlesnow this is a valid criticism. like gen 4 games, can only tolerate emulation because of the speed.
The reason people like these game anyway is the fact that they tried to do different shit. Double battles are a more interesting/strategic format, grinding against progressively more difficult trainers in Mt. Battle was vastly more interesting than route 1 with a bug catcher, catching shadow pokemon was vastly more engaging and difficult than quick balling le legendary. The games are flawed but still better than at least half the main franchise by a long shot.
