>>56868725Platinum Pros:
-One of the best starter lineups in the entire series.
-Gen 4 roster has a couple of misses, but is otherwise an extremely good Gen. Introduces multiple new evolutionary states for older Mon.
-Music is top tier. Tons of funky/jazzy tunes all over the place. Eterna City theme is underrated as fuck btw.
-Graphics are a big step up.
-Day/Night and Seasonal cycle is a cool idea
-Gyms have much more unique and interesting designs that fit their types perfectly.
-Underground section is a fun idea to allow you to interact with the world a bit more
-Cynthia
Cons:
-Controls are insanely unresponsive. Idk if this is a game problem or a DS problem but god damn. You run into walls on accident so much.
-Game is ridiculously fucking slow. Slow to move, slow to respond, slow for dialogue (even on Fast), slow as fuck everything.
-Movesets in Gen 4 are retarded. Empoleon for example doesn't learn a single Steel move outside of breeding, but learns tons of Flying moves. Yeah I get he's a penguin, but he's fucking Water/Steel
-Game is also ridiculously easy. Vast majority of Gym leaders only have 3 mons and they're usually shitmons, or have terrible movesets.
-Many, many instances in the game (mostly Gyms) where you have to do a ton of work pushing buttons/moving shit around/solving puzzles to get to an end area. If you black out, they all reset making it extremely frustrating.
-Team Galactic is dogshit. Even in-game NPCs make fun of them for being stupid and looking stupid. Their plan is insanely generic.
-Map feels like a huge downgrade from Hoenn. Feels very generic and uninteresting to explore.
Generally speaking I think Platinum is fine, and introduces a LOT of good things that helped develop the series.
However, overall Emerald is just straight up a better, more fun game.
