>>37108755you want me to tell you how i gauge it?
in kalos i swept the elite four without taking a single tick of damage because the game pours out powerful TMs and really strong mons like it's apologizing for something. The exp share made it even easier, with most of my guys being insanely over powered. so just from playing the game and having a decent team i blew the doors off the elite four in like fifteen minutes. the gym leaders were a joke, i dont even remember them. i never had to think beyond type effectiveness or use any kind of strategy.
for contrast, the gym leaders in unova were always using tactics or gimmicks, the pokemon choices were shit, and the TMs weren't fantastic with most of the powerful ones being held until after the fight with ghetsis. it wasnt hard as in i dont know...dark souls hard, but there were times i had to get creative because i hate grind and i dont like using healing items.
thats how i gauge the difficulty. no, there is no pokemon game that is terribly soul crushingly hard, but they do vary in difficulty with some games being a theme park ride and some actually making you think for a few seconds.
