>>57108945let me guess the worst offending parts of the terajuma section were the water/ice gyms (which had nigh unchangeable fields that super buff the type in question while nerfing counter types) and just the ice dungeon shit in general
also valor mountain being near completely unchanged despite the supposed huge terajuma revamp was disappointing
you're still forced to do an effective 6v12 at the top because your partner's team is shit on the field compared to the opponents (no you will NOT question why you couldn't have a partner whose team actually benefits from the volcanic top field; because that cute girl with a lot of flying types is in a plot coma due to lazy writing, and the fire type gym leader who you helped save an hour ago is nowhere to be found despite her being thirsty for team xen blood while also having a prime opportunity to kick their ass on a field her team will excel on), and you're still going to get shoved into a volcano even after you win because one of the few consistent things about rejuvenation is that you're not allowed to have anything good without any strings attached
i think it's easy to say that the volcano shitshow only unfolds the way it does because jan got lazy and decided to just plagiarize reborn
except instead of some throwaway character's medicham, it's the player character (who has reverse plot armor; instead of constantly coming out on top in extremely unfavorable situations, you constantly somehow lose almost every time anyways or have your victories stolen, no matter how implausible they'd be)
i'm gonna can this rant before i run out of ways to say "this game needs serious rewriting"
