>>58270594The gym teams suck. Why the hell does Bugsy have a Kakuna and Metapod? Why not Ledyba and Spinirak? Why does Morty not have a Misdreavus? Why does Jasmine have 2 unevolved Magnemite and not a Magneton and a Skarmory or Foretress or anything? Why does Pryce have a Seel at GYM SEVEN when Jynx and Sneasel exist? Why does Chuck have two pokemon total at GYM SIX? They're almost all awful. Poorly put together teams with baffling decisions. By FAR the worst gyms in the entire series. And what does HG/SS do to fix this? Nothing. Not a thing. They're the same teams. 0 tweaks.
The movepools also suck. Every tolerable TM is in the postgame only, so you're stuck with a level up movepool.....which are designed with D/P/Pt's level curve in mind and not Johtos, so you get awful moves at level 30-40 because, in Sinnoh, thats like gym 5, but in Johto, thats Elite Four. You're going to be stuck with growl and tackle and 30 power moves on most pokemon.
Then, there's what i call bandaid fixes! These are when theres something so ass about gen 2 that they try to fix it, but fix it in a way that barely helps. Stones are AWFUL to get, so they made them easier....by locking them behind an awful set of mini games and only putting SOME of the stones there? Some pokemon are awful to get and you cant get some Gen 2 mons in Johto, so they fixed it...by putting them in an infuriatingly dull and overcomplicated Safari Zone you unlock SO late into the game that it barely matters. The Kanto postgame sucks and is too short, so they fixed it....by adding worthless filler.
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