>>39144078>Late 2010>Buy BW without a second thought while riding a hype wave from Emerald-Platinum-HGSS>Start the game>Immediately there's a cutscene right from the beginning>Have to wait for someone to bring me my starter pokemon>Feels a bit forced but whatever>"I guess those two are my rivals or something. They sure seem way too friendly tho">Finish the two tutorial battles>"Anon we gotta hurry to Professor Juniper! She has something important to tell us!">The two leave and for the first time I get to control my character>"Great, can't wait to see how my starter reacts to the ruined roo->"Why doesn't my pokemon follow me? Did they remove the feature? Nah, it couldn't be, they must be keeping it for later when I leave the starter town.">Go downstairs>Another fucking cutscene>Enter the Professor's Lab>A cutscene>Leave the Professor's Lab>A cutscene>"Shall we go to Route 1? Come on anon, it's this way!">"Yes please fuck off to there so that I could play the gam->"Anon wait! Let's make the first step of our journey together!">Another FUCKING cutscene>After like half an hour of cutscenes I finally, fucking FINALLY get to play the goddamn game>Walk in grass to see what new pokemon are there and who made it back from the previous gens>Only encounter unovamons>Not a single one looks appealing and all of them give off that "not-Kanto" vibe>"Where are all the old 'mons? I mean, they've got to include at least someone, right?">Lose hope and go to the next town>Still no following pokemon in sight>Enter a pokemon center>Professor Juniper triggers another cutscene>Finally leave the place and... there's a Team Plasma cutsceneNever in my entire life did a game kill my interest in it as fast as BW.
